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Below is a list of the major advertising agencies and marketing groups in the world, according to trade magazine Advertising Age.
[edit] By 2005 worldwide revenue
| Rank |
Agency |
Headquarters |
Revenue |
|
|
|
(US$ millions) |
| 1 |
Omnicom Group |
New York City |
10,481.1 |
|
|
| 2 |
WPP Group |
London |
10,032.2 |
|
|
| 3 |
Interpublic Group of Companies |
New York City |
6,700 |
|
|
| 4 |
Publicis Groupe |
Paris |
5,107.2 |
|
|
| 5 |
Dentsu* |
Tokyo |
2,887.8 |
| 6 |
Havas |
Suresnes, France |
1,808.0 |
|
|
| 7 |
Aegis Group |
London |
1,577.6 |
| 8 |
Hakuhodo DY Holdings* |
Tokyo |
1,364.0 |
| 9 |
Asatsu-DK |
Tokyo |
444.8 |
| 10 |
MDC Partners |
Toronto/New York City |
443.5 |
|
|
| 11 |
Carlson Marketing Group* |
Minneapolis |
370.0 |
| 12 |
Sapient |
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
358.4 |
| 13 |
Digitas |
Boston |
340.5 |
| 14 |
aQuantive (Owned by Microsoft) [1] |
Seattle |
258.4 |
| 15 |
Aspen Marketing Services |
West Chicago, Illinois |
229.0 |
| 16 |
Media Square* |
London |
215.0 |
| 17 |
HealthSTAR Communications* |
Woodbridge, New Jersey |
213.0 |
| 18 |
Cheil Communications |
Seoul |
210.7 |
| 19 |
George P. Johnson Co. |
Auburn Hills, Michigan |
193.0 |
| 20 |
Epsilon |
Wakefield, Massachusetts |
184.4 |
| 21 |
TBA Global Events |
Woodland Hills, California |
175.0 |
| 22 |
Monster Worldwide |
New York City |
168.6 |
| 23 |
Clemenger Communications |
Melbourne |
166.0 |
| 24 |
WB Doner & Company |
Southfield, Michigan |
164.3 |
| 25 |
Cossette Communication Group |
Quebec City |
164.1 |
| 26 |
Tokyu Agency |
Tokyo |
154.1 |
| 27 |
Media Consulta |
Berlin |
152.2 |
| 28 |
Alloy Media & Marketing |
New York City |
151.8 |
| 29 |
Richards Group |
Dallas |
148.0 |
| 30 |
Mosaic Sales Solutions |
Irving, Texas |
146.1 |
| 31 |
STW Group |
Sydney |
134.0 |
| 32 |
Bartle Bogle Hegarty* |
London |
128.1 |
| 33 |
M&C Saatchi |
London |
123.3 |
| 34 |
LB Icon |
Stockholm/Amsterdam |
121.3 |
| 35 |
InChord Communications |
Westerville, Ohio |
118.0 |
| 36 |
Chime Communications PLC |
London |
114.2 |
| 37 |
Marketing Store |
Lombard, Illinois |
108.2 |
| 38 |
Merkle |
Lanham, Maryland |
108.0 |
| 39 |
Wieden+Kennedy* |
Portland, Oregon |
102.9 |
| 40 |
RPA |
Santa Monica |
102.2 |
| 41 |
DVC Worldwide* |
Morristown, New Jersey |
100.4 |
| 42 |
Scholz & Friends Group |
Hamburg |
99.0 |
| 43 |
Armando Testa Group* |
Turin |
98.0 |
| 44 |
Cramer-Krasselt |
Chicago |
96.2 |
| 45 |
Serviceplan Agenturgruppe |
Munich |
91.8 |
| 46 |
ChoicePoint Precision Marketing |
Alpharetta, Georgia |
91.5 |
| 47 |
Harte-Hanks Direct |
Langhorne, Pennsylvania |
88.5 |
| 48 |
SourceLink |
Elk Grove Village, Illinois |
86.6 |
| 49 |
Protocol Integrated Direct Marketing* |
Deerfield, Illinois |
84.0 |
| 50 |
Viralytics Media |
Chicago, IL |
82.3 |
| 51 |
Asahi Advertising |
Tokyo |
81.4 |
| 52 |
G&G Advertising* |
Orlando, FL |
28.5 |
| 53 |
Twin Cities Ad* |
Minneapolis,MN |
21.4 |
| 54 |
Doubleyou |
Barcelona, Spain |
UNK |
*estimate
[edit] Other notable agencies
Listed alphabetically. These agencies have won major national and international advertising awards for multimillion-dollar clients, or they were among the earliest agencies created. In addition to the world's top agencies, there are thousands of notable smaller advertising agencies around the world.