# List or correct your agency

Listings are free and automatic. There is nothing to buy, and no form to fill in to be ranked.

## How agencies get listed

We survey public Google Business Profile listings every month. Your agency is included automatically if it has a Google Business Profile in one of the cities we cover, a marketing-related category and a website on the listing.

To appear in a ranking you need at least 3 Google reviews or verified evidence, and your listing must evidence the service in question. Client reviews carry most of the Scout Score, so the most reliable way to improve your position is the same as on Google: do good work and ask happy clients to review you. [See exactly how the score works](https://www.agencyscout.co.za/methodology.md).

## How verification works

Up to 20 of the 100 points in the Scout Score come from evidence of your work. Evidence we find on your own website counts half. Evidence we can check against an independent source counts in full, and any verified evidence qualifies you to rank even with fewer than 3 Google reviews.

Email us from an address at your agency’s domain with links we can check:

- **Partner status:** your listing in the programme’s own directory. We count Google Premier Partner, Google Partner, Microsoft Advertising Partner, Meta Business Partner, TikTok Marketing Partner, Shopify Partner, HubSpot Partner.
- **Case studies:** pages that name the client and at least one measurable result, with a contact at the client who can confirm it.
- **Service pages:** the page on your website for each service you want to rank for.
- **Awards:** the organiser’s page listing your win or shortlist.

We check the source itself, not a screenshot, and mark each item verified or rejected. Verification is free and never changes a score by hand: verified evidence counts through the [published formula](https://www.agencyscout.co.za/methodology.md) like everyone else’s.

[Email evidence to verify](mailto:hello@agencyscout.co.za?subject=Evidence%20to%20verify%20for%20my%20agency)

## Not listed yet?

Check that your Google Business Profile shows your website and an accurate category, such as “Marketing agency”, “Internet marketing service” or “Website designer”. Then email us with your agency name and Google Maps link and we’ll check it in the next survey.

[Email us to add your agency](mailto:hello@agencyscout.co.za?subject=Please%20add%20my%20agency)

## Correct your details

Most details come straight from your Google Business Profile, so correcting them there fixes them here at the next refresh. If a service tag or summary on Agency Scout is wrong, email us from an address at your agency’s domain with the page link and the correction.

[Email a correction](mailto:hello@agencyscout.co.za?subject=Correction%20to%20my%20agency%20listing)

## Request removal

Email us from an address at your agency’s domain and we’ll hide the profile. It will no longer appear in rankings or search results on Agency Scout.

[Request removal](mailto:hello@agencyscout.co.za?subject=Remove%20my%20agency%20listing)

## What we can’t do

- We can’t change your score or position. Every agency is ranked by the same formula, and verified evidence counts through it, not around it.
- We don’t sell featured placements, badges or advertising in rankings.
- We can’t remove or edit individual Google reviews. Those belong to Google and the reviewer.

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Canonical page: https://www.agencyscout.co.za/list-your-agency. Agency Scout: independent rankings of South African marketing agencies. No paid placements.