Top ranking agencies and brands by number of shortlisted entries
All the finalists have been announced for the 2019 Loeries Awards and we rank the top agencies and brands by the number of shortlisted entries.
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Finalists by Agency / Entrant
Joe Public leads the pack with an impressive 82 shortlisted entries and short on its heels is TBWA\Hunt Lascaris Johannesburg with 68. The top 5 agencies ranked are:
- Joe Public - 82 entries
- TBWA\Hunt Lascaris Johannesburg - 68 entries
- Ogilvy Johannesburg - 44 entries
- Impact BBDO - 42 entries
- King James Group - 40 entries
| Agency / Entrant | Count |
| 02 academy Lagos | 5 |
| 307 | 9 |
| 7 Films | 4 |
| AAA School of Advertising | 22 |
| Abnormal | 4 |
| Accenture | 4 |
| Advantage Y&R | 2 |
| AFDA | 3 |
| Afri Modern | 4 |
| and | 1 |
| Ashlee Lloyd Design Studio | 1 |
| Audio Militia & Joe Public | 1 |
| BABYLONSTOREN | 1 |
| Bain & Bunkell | 1 |
| BBDO KENYA | 1 |
| Bioscope Films | 2 |
| Bittersuite | 2 |
| Black Africa Brand Counsulting | 3 |
| Black River FC | 5 |
| BlackGinger Studio | 1 |
| Bomb Commercials | 1 |
| Bonisa Collection | 5 |
| BRANDTRUTH//DGTL | 2 |
| Brave Group | 3 |
| BurntOnion and Castle Lite Brand Team | 1 |
| Capacity Relations | 1 |
| Carat | 1 |
| Carbon Films | 3 |
| Chocolate Tribe & Joe Public | 1 |
| Collective ID | 1 |
| CWDi | 1 |
| Dalmatian Advertising | 1 |
| DARLING FILMS (PTY) LTD | 7 |
| David Krynauw (Pty) Ltd | 1 |
| DDB | 8 |
| dhk Architects | 2 |
| Digitas Liquorice | 10 |
| Discovery | 1 |
| DNA Brand Architects | 1 |
| Duke Advertising (Pty) Ltd | 4 |
| Eclipse Public Relations & King James | 1 |
| Egg Films/Joe Public United | 4 |
| Express DDB Kenya Limited | 1 |
| FCB Africa | 2 |
| FCB Durban | 1 |
| FCB Joburg (Pty) Ltd | 38 |
| Feral Child Studio | 2 |
| Fortcom Pty Ltd T/A FORT | 2 |
| FoxP2 Advertising | 23 |
| Futura | 1 |
| Giant Films | 9 |
| Glen 21 and Castle Lite Brand Team | 1 |
| Gorilla | 2 |
| Greenside Design Center College of Design | 5 |
| Grey Advertising Africa (Pty) Ltd | 4 |
| Grid Worldwide | 24 |
| GTB | 3 |
| Haas Advertising, SUNSHINE Agency | 2 |
| Hanzo Films FZE | 8 |
| Havas Johannesburg | 4 |
| Havas Worldwide ME | 1 |
| Hellocomputer | 2 |
| Hitchcock Michalski | 1 |
| Hoorah Digital Consultancy | 2 |
| Horizon FCB Dubai | 3 |
| Howard Audio & Joe Public | 5 |
| Iconic | 1 |
| Impact BBDO | 42 |
| Isobar Kenya | 4 |
| J Walter Thompson JHB | 4 |
| J. Walter Thompson Cairo | 3 |
| J. Walter Thompson KSA | 10 |
| Jack Singer | 1 |
| Joe Public | 82 |
| Joe Public / Plank Film Productions | 1 |
| Joe Public / Produce Sound | 2 |
| Joe Public Connect | 10 |
| Joe Public Shift | 6 |
| Joe Public United | 4 |
| K's Galleries | 1 |
| King James Group | 40 |
| King James Group Cape Town | 3 |
| Landor | 2 |
| Leo Burnett | 5 |
| Lulasclan | 3 |
| Luma Animation | 3 |
| M-KOPA | 1 |
| M&C Saatchi Abel | 21 |
| MADE Agency | 3 |
| McCann1886 | 15 |
| Modern Gesture | 1 |
| Mr Price [MRP] | 2 |
| MullenLowe Istanbul | 1 |
| MullenLowe MENA | 8 |
| MultiChoice Africa | 1 |
| Mutant | 2 |
| Nedbank | 1 |
| Nelson Mandela University | 1 |
| Net#work BBDO | 2 |
| Noah's Ark Communications Limited | 2 |
| NORTH VCA | 2 |
| North-West University | 16 |
| Ogilvy Africa | 1 |
| Ogilvy Cape Town | 20 |
| Ogilvy Johannesburg | 44 |
| Openfield Marketing Johannesburg (Pty) Ltd | 1 |
| Paragon Group | 1 |
| Parsons Branding | 3 |
| Patriot Films | 6 |
| Plank Film Productions | 2 |
| Plank Film Productions / Joe Public | 3 |
| PlusNarrative | 3 |
| Post Modern | 1 |
| Produce Sound | 3 |
| Promise | 10 |
| Publicis | 2 |
| Rapp | 2 |
| Red & Yellow Creative School of Business | 7 |
| Regency Foundation Networx | 1 |
| Retroviral | 1 |
| Romance & Joe Public | 9 |
| Scanad JWT | 1 |
| Scanad kenya | 4 |
| Seriti Studios PTY LTD T/A Seriti FIlms | 1 |
| Showmax | 3 |
| Six Fingaz Media & 34° | 1 |
| Slee & Co. Architects (Pty) Ltd | 1 |
| Squad Digital | 1 |
| Stellenbosch Academy | 1 |
| Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography | 32 |
| Strangelove Studios | 2 |
| Sunshine | 1 |
| Sunshinegun | 4 |
| Superunion (Pty) LTD | 1 |
| Switch | 2 |
| TBWA REKLAM HIZMETLERI A.S. | 12 |
| TBWA\Hunt Lascaris Durban | 4 |
| TBWA\Hunt Lascaris Johannesburg | 68 |
| TBWA\RAAD | 23 |
| The human.kind Group & FoxP2 | 1 |
| The Jupiter Drawing Room, Cape Town | 2 |
| The Odd Number | 9 |
| The Open Window | 25 |
| The Riverbed | 1 |
| The Star Film Company | 1 |
| The Upstairs Ludus | 1 |
| They Shoot Films & Joe Public | 3 |
| TigerFight (Pty) Ltd | 1 |
| Trace | 1 |
| Traffic Digital | 1 |
| Triple D Design | 1 |
| Tsai Design Studio | 1 |
| University of Johannesburg | 4 |
| Upstairs Post Production | 1 |
| Vega | 23 |
| VML South Africa (Pty) Ltd | 28 |
| Wicked Pixels | 2 |
| Woolworths VM | 1 |
| Wunderman South Africa | 3 |
| X3M Marketing Ideas Limited | 2 |
| Xfacta | 2 |
| Yoco & Bioscope Films | 1 |
| Yonder Media | 1 |
Finalists by brand
Chicken Licken has the most entries shortlisted at 71 and MTN is ranked second with 38 entries. The top-ranked brands by shortlisted entries announced are:
- Chicken Licken - 71 entries
- MTN - 38 entries
- Sanlam - 35 entries
- City Lodge Hotel Group - 27 entries
- Nando's - 24 entries
| Brand | Count |
| Chicken Licken | 71 |
| MTN | 38 |
| Sanlam | 35 |
| City Lodge Hotel Group | 27 |
| Nando's | 24 |
| Coca-Cola | 21 |
| 28 Too Many | 20 |
| AB inBev | 17 |
| Edgars | 17 |
| Saint | 16 |
| Unilever | 16 |
| Assupol | 15 |
| People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA) | 15 |
| KFC | 13 |
| Toyota | 13 |
| Tiger Brands | 12 |
| Cell C | 11 |
| South African Breweries | 11 |
| Nissan | 10 |
| Philips & The Nelson Mandela Foundation | 10 |
| Saudi Telecom Company | 10 |
| BBL Security Products | 8 |
| Commission for Gender Equality | 8 |
| National Geographic | 8 |
| Netflix | 8 |
| DSTV | 7 |
| Investec | 7 |
| Twix | 7 |
| Adidas | 6 |
| Boerenmeisjie | 6 |
| Cancer Dojo | 6 |
| Jet | 6 |
| Okavango Diamond Company | 6 |
| Standard Chartered Bank | 6 |
| Waste Management Coalition | 6 |
| Bonisa Collection | 5 |
| Brand South Africa | 5 |
| Connect | 5 |
| Diageo | 5 |
| Infiniti | 5 |
| Kwa Mailos | 5 |
| Mondelez | 5 |
| N.A | 5 |
| OLX | 5 |
| Samsonite | 5 |
| Ster-Kinekor | 5 |
| Afri Modern | 4 |
| BBC South Africa | 4 |
| Berger Paints | 4 |
| Dulux | 4 |
| Enova Industries | 4 |
| GLO | 4 |
| HeForShe | 4 |
| HeyLu | 4 |
| KIFFKAK | 4 |
| Nedbank | 4 |
| TOPS at SPAR | 4 |
| Vodacom | 4 |
| Volkswagen | 4 |
| Vote for a better SA | 4 |
| Absa | 3 |
| AFDA The School of the Creative Economy | 3 |
| Afrihost | 3 |
| ATKV | 3 |
| AVBOB | 3 |
| Cipla | 3 |
| Cliff Central | 3 |
| Craft Homes | 3 |
| Datsun South Africa | 3 |
| Emirates NBD | 3 |
| Ford | 3 |
| IKEA | 3 |
| IndieFin | 3 |
| KFS | 3 |
| Kulula | 3 |
| LAND ROVER | 3 |
| Lekker Vegan | 3 |
| Maglite | 3 |
| Old Mutual | 3 |
| Pick n Pay | 3 |
| Procter & Gamble | 3 |
| Rediscover Dairy | 3 |
| Samsung | 3 |
| Showmax | 3 |
| Siemens | 3 |
| Standard Bank | 3 |
| The Little Green Beverage Company | 3 |
| Turkcell | 3 |
| Woolworths | 3 |
*Only brands with 3 or more finalists are shown