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PPC agencies in Stoke-on-Trent.

PPC, or pay-per-click, is paid placement on search engines and social platforms. It spans Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, and, for larger budgets, programmatic display and YouTube. In 2026 the discipline is increasingly run by AI: Performance Max, Smart Bidding, and first-party audience signals doing the heavy lifting under human strategists. This page shows every agency on AgencyIndex offering ppc in Stoke-on-Trent.

At a glance
  • 1 UK agencies offering ppc in Stoke-on-Trent
  • Part of the PPC service set
  • Indexed in Stoke-on-Trent
  • Reviewed 17 May 2026
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SearchUp
Independent·Stoke-on-Trent·2-10 Employees·Verified

SearchUp is a Stoke-on-Trent-based SEO and digital marketing agency specialising in eCommerce and DTC brands, offering SEO, PPC, server-side tracking, and AI visibility services. We work with a range of clients from independent ecommerce brands to household names with billions in annual revenue, delivering data-led results rather than vanity metrics. Founded and run without outside investment or industry connections, SearchUp has grown into a consistently profitable agency with strong margins, built on a practitioner-first approach: honest, direct communication and no lock-in contracts.

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Editor's note

AgencyIndex tracks 1 ppc agency in Stoke-on-Trent. The list above is filtered to that intersection and ordered with verified and featured listings first.

For the wider editor's view on ppc agencies in the UK, see the ppc service brief. For context on Stoke-on-Trent's marketing cluster, see the Stoke-on-Trent location brief. The pricing, timeline and red-flag notes below apply to ppc as a discipline; they do not change materially in Stoke-on-Trent.

Typical cost
10-20% of spend
or £1,000-5,000/mo retainer

Boutique / freelance £300-1,500 · Mid-market £1,500-5,000 · Network £5,000-20,000+. Hybrid models pair % of spend with a £1,500-2,500 monthly minimum. London quotes ~30% higher than regional UK.

Realistic timeline
Days to weeks
for first data, ~3 months to stabilise

Hours-2 days launch + learning · 2-6 weeks early optimisation · 6-12 weeks meaningful trend read · 3+ months stable CPA on Smart Bidding.

Red flags
6 to watch
in any pitch
  • · Pure percentage-of-spend pricing with no CPA, ROAS, or quality commitment
  • · No named Google Ads or Meta certified specialist on the account
  • · Refuses to give the brand admin access to its own ad accounts and pixels
  • · Vague attribution: can't explain GA4, view-through, or offline conversion imports
  • · Junior staff running everything from templates, no senior oversight or testing roadmap
  • · Account opens in their MCC with no path to migrate it back when the relationship ends
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Frequently asked

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The 5 questions our editors get most often, answered honestly. These apply to ppc as a discipline regardless of city.

Curated by humans

UK PPC retainers in 2026 split three ways. Boutique shops and freelancers manage smaller accounts for £300-1,500 a month. Mid-market agencies typically run £1,500-5,000. Network and enterprise specialists charge £5,000-20,000+, often as a percentage of ad spend. The percentage model usually lands between 10% and 20% of monthly media, with smaller budgets at the higher end and enterprise accounts at the lower end. London quotes around 30% above regional UK.