AboutLast updated: November 2026

About The Agency Research Hub.

Who publishes The Agency Research Hub?

The Agency Research Hub is published by Tim Kilroy, a coach and consultant for agency owners.

Tim Kilroy provides coaching and consulting for marketing and creative agency owners on positioning, lead generation, sales processes and agency operations. He reports coaching more than 300 agencies and brings over 25 years of agency and marketing experience. This site curates agency research and his commentary on it.

Why this site exists

Research that turns into a decision

What this site is

This is one of a small number of websites Tim Kilroy publishes. It focuses on one angle: curating digital agency industry research and explaining what it means for agency owners. Most industry reports get downloaded once and never opened again. Pairing each finding with a plain take is meant to turn data into an operating decision. His main business website is timkilroy.com, where you will find his coaching, playbooks and tools.

What this site is not

It is not independent. Tim Kilroy sells coaching and consulting to agency owners, and this site points readers to his services where they fit. The rankings and comparisons here are written by him, judged on stated criteria, and each says so. It is not a research firm either: the studies cited are produced by others, such as Promethean Research, RSW/US and SparkToro, and are linked so you can read the originals.

The publisher

What Tim Kilroy does

Tim Kilroy has been a marketing and agency leader since 1997. He has started three agencies, sold two and, in his words, crashed one into the side of a mountain. He works primarily with established marketing, creative, development, PR and content agencies between $1M and $20M in annual revenue whose growth still depends on the founder.

His work includes group coaching through Agency Studio, one-on-one support through Agency Studio+, and custom growth systems: SalesOS for agency sales processes and DemandOS for whole-team demand generation. He also builds AI tools for sales-call review, prospect research and content visibility. See the coaching formats and prices or read how this site picks research.

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FAQ

Questions about Tim Kilroy and this site

Who is Tim Kilroy’s coaching for?: Established marketing, creative, development, PR and content agencies between $1M and $20M in annual revenue, plus founders under $50K a month through Agency Studio. The common thread is an agency whose growth still depends on the founder posting, pitching and chasing every lead.
What is marketing agency coaching?: Marketing agency coaching helps agency owners fix the business side: positioning, lead generation, sales process and operations. Tim Kilroy offers group coaching, one-on-one support and custom growth systems, and reports coaching more than 300 agencies with over 25 years of agency and marketing experience.
What happens on Tim Kilroy’s free WTF call?: It is a free 30-minute call with no pitch. You describe what is going on in the agency, Tim helps diagnose the real problem rather than the symptom, and you leave knowing what to fix first whether or not you work together.
How often is this research hub updated?: The hub is updated when a new report clears the bar or a cited figure changes. Every main page shows a Last updated line near the top. As of November 2026, the flagship report featured is the Promethean Research 2026 Digital Agency Industry Report, published in spring 2026.
How do I contact Tim Kilroy?: Use the contact page at timkilroy.com/contact. Every contact button on this site goes there. You can also book the free 30-minute WTF call from timkilroy.com if you want to talk through a specific problem in your agency.

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