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What do recent industry reports cite as the average agency profit margin benchmarks for media buying versus pure branding shops in the current economic climate
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What do recent industry reports cite as the average agency profit margin benchmarks for media buying versus pure branding shops in the current economic climate
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2025 2026 agency profitability benchmark report media buying agency profit margins branding creative agency net margin EBITDAGoogle ↗
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2025 2026 agency profitability benchmark report media buying agency profit margins branding creative agency net margin EBITDA Google ↗
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