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This is a list of notable advertising agencies

Advertising agency

An advertising agency or ad agency is a service business dedicated to creating, planning and handling advertising for its clients. An ad agency is independent from the client and provides an outside point of view to the effort of selling the client's products or services...

and marketing

Marketing

Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...

groups. These agencies have a large revenue, won major national and international advertising awards or were among the earliest agencies created.

Aegis Group
AKQA
AKQA
AKQA is a creative agency specializing in interactive marketing. The privately held company has offices in London, San Francisco, New York, Washington D.C, Amsterdam, Berlin, Shanghai and San Salvador, totally roughly 1,000 full-time employees.-Philosophy:...
Ally & Gargano
Ally & Gargano
Ally & Gargano was an American advertising agency, which Advertising Age named agency of the year in 1982. Famous clients included Volvo, Saab, Federal Express , and Dunkin' Donuts ....

(1963–1991)
Anomaly
Anomaly
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BBDO
BBDO
BBDO is a worldwide advertising agency network, with its headquarters in New York City. The agency began in 1891 with George Batten's Batten Company, and later in 1928, through a merger of BDO and Batten Co. the agency became BBDO...
Bernstein-Rein
Bernstein-Rein
Bernstein-Rein is an independent marketing and communications firm established in 1964 and located in Kansas City, Missouri. It is the 10th-largest independent agency in the United States and ranked 40th overall...
Bozell Worldwide
Bozell Worldwide
Bozell is an American full-service public relations and advertising agency headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, North America. The agency also has a location in Kansas City.-History:...

(founded in 1921)
C21 (company)
C21 (company)
C21 is a creative and communications agency located in the United Kingdom. The agency is led by director Christina Clarke, who founded the business in 1998. C21 has been awarded membership of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising and has been listed as recommended by the UK Recommended...
Cordiant Communications Group
Cordiant Communications Group
Cordiant Communications Group was an advertising agency conglomerate in business from 1995 to 2003. In 2001, Cordiant was the eighth largest advertising group worldwide, with an estimated gross income of US$1.2 billion and billings of around US$13.4 billion....
CORE (advertising media)
CORE (advertising media)
Core is an advertising agency founded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1995 by Marc KempterCore has three major divisions: a full-service advertising agency; Core Audiovisual; Core Content.Core was named in Graphis Inc...

(founded in 1995) in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
Crispin Porter + Bogusky
Crispin Porter + Bogusky
Crispin Porter + Bogusky , a member of publicly-traded MDC Partners, is an advertising agency that currently employs around 1,000 people. It was founded in 1965 by Sam Crispin.. Crispin then became partners with Chuck Porter and Alex Bogusky...
Crowell Advertising
Crowell Advertising
Crowell Advertising is an advertising agency based in Salt Lake City, Utah.Founded by Tracy Crowell in June, 1987, the agency currently represents international clients , national clients , and regional clients .-History:Crowell Advertising was founded by Tracy...

(founded in 1987) in Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
Davidson & Belluso
Davidson & Belluso
Davidson & Bellusois an advertising agency and graphic design firm headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 2001 by partners Rob Davidson and Michela Belluso...

(founded in 2001) in Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
DDB Worldwide
DDB Worldwide
DDB Worldwide Communications Group Inc., known internationally as DDB, is a worldwide marketing communications network. It is owned by Omnicom Group Inc, one of the world's largest advertising holding companies...
Della Femina, Travisano and Partners
Dentsu
Dentsu
is one of the largest advertising agencies in the world. Its headquarters are located in the Dentsu Building in the Shiodome district of Minato, Tokyo....
DeVito/Verdi
DeVito/Verdi
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D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles
D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles
D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles was an advertising agency in the United States with worldwide subsidiaries.DMB&B was established in November 1985 by the merger of the Benton & Bowles and D'Arcy-MacManus Masius advertising agencies...

(1906–2002)
Doyle Dane Bernbach
Draftfcb
Eric Mower and Associates
Eric Mower and Associates
Eric Mower and Associates is an integrated marketing communications agency that offers consumer and business-to-business advertising, public relations and public affairs, brand promotion and digital/direct/relationship marketing....

, in Syracuse, NY
Euro RSCG
Euro RSCG
Euro RSCG Worldwide is one of the largest integrated marketing communications agencies in the world, made up of 233 offices located in 75 countries throughout Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Euro RSCG provides advertising, marketing services, corporate...
Fallon Worldwide
Fallon Worldwide
Fallon Worldwide is an international advertising agency headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota with affiliate offices in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, São Paulo and Tokyo. It is a subsidiary of Publicis.-History:...
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Grey EMEA
Grey EMEA
Grey EMEA is the largest division of Grey Group, a global advertising and marketing agency and member of the WPP network...
Grey Global Group
Grey Global Group
Grey Group is a global advertising and marketing agency, whose slogan is providing solutions - with headquarters in New York City, and 432 offices in 96 countries, operating in 154 cities — organized into four geographical units: North America; Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin...
GSD&M Idea City
Havas
Havas
Havas is the second largest advertising group in France and is a "Global advertising and communications services group" and the sixth-largest global advertising and communications group worldwide, operating on the communications consulting market through three main operational divisions:*Euro RSCG...
Interpublic Group
Interpublic Group of Companies
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. is one of the "big four" global advertising holding companies . Headquartered in New York City, it has 41,000 employees and reported full−year revenues of US$6.5 billion for 2010...
Jellyvision
Jellyvision
Jellyvision is a multimedia production company, founded by Harry Gottlieb, and is best known for making the You Don't Know Jack games. Originally named "Learn Television," it produced a number of edutainment titles, such as "That's A Fact, Jack!", before branching out into pure entertainment...
JWT
JWT
JWT is one of the largest advertising agencies in the United States and the fourth-largest in the world. It is one of the key companies of Sir Martin Sorrell's WPP Group and is headquartered in New York. The global agency is led by Worldwide Chairman and Global CEO Bob Jeffrey who took over the...
la comunidad
La comunidad (agency)
la comunidad is an independently owned advertising agency with offices in Miami and Buenos Aires.la comu was founded in March 2001 simultaneously in both the USA and Argentina by Jose and Joaquin Molla...
Leo Burnett Worldwide
Leo Burnett Worldwide
Leo Burnett Worldwide is an American advertising company, created in 1935 by Leo Burnett. The company was opened in Chicago in 1935. In 1950 the company started its two first major advertising projects, for Kellogg’s and P&G....
London Creative
London Creative
London Creative is a strategic communications agency based in London. The company works with a range of business sectors including film and entertainment, business to business, FMCG brands, finance, retail and consumer.-Achievements:...

(founded 1997)
The Martin Agency
The Martin Agency
The Martin Agency is an American advertising agency based in Richmond, Virginia that is now part of Interpublic Group of Companies.*Freecreditreport.com jingle since October 2007 starring Eric Violette.*"The money you could be saving with Geico"-Clients:...
McCann Erickson
McCann Erickson
McCann Erickson is a global advertising agency network, with offices in more than 130 countries. McCann is a subsidiary of the Interpublic Group of Companies, one of the four large holding companies in the advertising industry....
Mother Advertising
Mother Advertising
- Mother Advertising is an advertising agency with offices in London, New York and Buenos Aires. Mother London is the UK’s largest independent advertising agency . The agency's philosophy is "To make great work, have fun and make money...
Neathawk Dubuque & Packett
Neathawk Dubuque & Packett
ND&P is an American full-service advertising, marketing and public relations agency with offices in Richmond and Roanoke, VA, Chattanooga, TN, Charlotte and Durham, NC, and Tampa, FL, with an array of clients including VCU Medical Center, Bliley’s, Jefferson Hotel, Virginia Tech, Loma Linda...

(founded in 1963)
Omobono
Omobono
Omobono is an advertising agency based in Cambridge, UK. Their clients include the Financial Services Authority, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Ocean Sky, BP, Miele, and Syngenta.-History:...
Ogilvy & Mather
Ogilvy & Mather
Ogilvy & Mather is an international advertising, marketing and public relations agency based in Manhattan and owned by the WPP Group. The company operates 497 offices in 125 countries with approximately 16,000 employees.-History:...
Omnicom Group
Omnicom Group
Omnicom Group is a holding company whose agencies provide marketing and communications services in the disciplines of advertising, customer relationship management , strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and...
Pappas Group
Pappas Group
The Pappas Group is an interactive strategy, design and branding agency located in the Washington, DC area. Since its founding, the agency has provided brand consulting, creative and execution for companies and organizations across a multitude of verticals, garnering the team numerous industry...
Partners and Napier
Partners and Napier
Partners + Napier is a full-service ideas agency headquartered in Rochester, New York. The agency has another full-service office in Atlanta, Georgia, and additional field offices in New York, New York and San Francisco, California....
Publicis Groupe
PubliGestion
PubliGestion
PubliGestion is the first advertising agency in Haiti. It was founded in 1976 by Eliane C. Bayard.The company works with Brasserie Nationale d'Haiti, Compagnie des Tabacs Comme Il Faut, Voila, and Rhum Barbancourt....
R/GA
R/GA
R/GA Media Group Inc. is an advertising agency headquartered in New York — with additional offices in San Francisco, Chicago, London, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Singapore, and Stockholm. The agency is part of the Interpublic Group of Companies , one of four global advertising holding companies...
Razorfish
RPMC
Saatchi & Saatchi
Saatchi & Saatchi
Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency network with 140 offices in 80 countries and over 6,500 staff. It was founded in London in 1970 but now headquartered in New York. The parent company of the agency group was known as Saatchi & Saatchi PLC from 1976 to 1994, was listed on the London...
Scali, McCabe and Sloves (founded 1967, acquired by Lowe Worldwide
Lowe Worldwide
Lowe and Partners is an international advertising agency headquartered in London. The Agency is a unit of the Interpublic Group, one of the world's largest advertising agency holding companies...

in 1993)
Sapient Corporation
StrawberryFrog
TAXI
TAXI (advertising agency)
TAXI is a marketing communications company that was founded, in 1992, in Montreal. TAXI is wholly owned subsidiary of Y&R Brands, which is owned by London based WPP. The company has five locations in Canada, one in the United States and one in Europe...
TBWA Worldwide
Tombras Group
Tombras Group
The Tombras Group, founded in 1946, is a privately held advertising agency headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, noted for its national and regional advertising campaigns in the United States. With annual billings of $80 million, Tombras is one of the nation's largest independent digital-centric...
Tribal DDB
Tribal DDB
Tribal DDB is a worldwide network of interactive agencies, established in 2000, when the advertising giant DDB integrated all its interactive-web properties under the Tribal brand....
Wieden+Kennedy
Wieden+Kennedy
Wieden+Kennedy is an independently owned American advertising agency best known for its work for Nike...
WPP Group
WPP Group
WPP plc is a global media communications services company with its main management office in London, United Kingdom and its executive office in Dublin, Ireland. It is the world's largest advertising group by revenues, and employs over 150,000 people in 2,400 offices in 107 countries...
Young & Rubicam
Young & Rubicam
Y&R is a marketing and communications company specializing in advertising, digital and social media, sales promotion, direct marketing and brand identity consulting.-History:...
Zubi Advertising Services
Zubi Advertising Services
Zubi Advertising Services, Inc. is a full-service and independently owned Hispanic agency in the U.S. with a proven 36-year track record of award-winning U.S. Hispanic Market branding campaigns. Zubi has over 122 employees across its headquarters in Miami, and satellite offices in Detroit, Los...

By 2005 worldwide revenue

Rank	Agency	Headquarters	Revenue (US$ millions)
1	Omnicom Group Omnicom Group Omnicom Group is a holding company whose agencies provide marketing and communications services in the disciplines of advertising, customer relationship management , strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and...	New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...	10,481.1
2	WPP Group WPP Group WPP plc is a global media communications services company with its main management office in London, United Kingdom and its executive office in Dublin, Ireland. It is the world's largest advertising group by revenues, and employs over 150,000 people in 2,400 offices in 107 countries...	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...	10,032.2
3	Interpublic Group of Companies Interpublic Group of Companies The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. is one of the "big four" global advertising holding companies . Headquartered in New York City, it has 41,000 employees and reported full−year revenues of US$6.5 billion for 2010...	New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...	6,700.0
4	Publicis Groupe	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...	5,107.2
5	Dentsu Dentsu is one of the largest advertising agencies in the world. Its headquarters are located in the Dentsu Building in the Shiodome district of Minato, Tokyo.... *	Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...	2,887.8
6	Havas Havas Havas is the second largest advertising group in France and is a "Global advertising and communications services group" and the sixth-largest global advertising and communications group worldwide, operating on the communications consulting market through three main operational divisions:*Euro RSCG...	Suresnes, France	1,808.0
7	Aegis Group	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...	1,577.6
8	Hakuhodo DY Holdings*	Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...	1,364.0
9	Asatsu-DK Asatsu-DK , often abbreviated simply as ADK or sometime calls , is a Japanese advertising agency. Headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, the firm is Japan's third largest advertising agency, after Dentsu and Hakuhodo. The agency has 38 offices in over 15 countries. One of the offices, Asatsu-DK Europe, was...	Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...	444.8
10	MDC Partners MDC Partners MDC Partners Inc. is a holding company based in Toronto, Canada and New York. It was founded by Miles Nadal who is also the CEO of MDC Partners.The company is primarily known for its holdings in advertising companies, especially Crispin Porter and Bogusky....	Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... /New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...	443.5
11	Sapient	Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...	358.4
12	Digitas Digitas Digitas is an integrated advertising agency and a member of the Publicis Groupe. The company currently has over 3,000 employees in 32 offices in 19 countries. Digitas also owns The Third Act: , Digitas Health, , Prodigious Worldwide and Solutions \| Digitas...	Boston Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...	340.5
13	aQuantive AQuantive aQuantive, Inc. was the parent company of a group of three digital marketing service and technology companies: Avenue A/Razorfish, Atlas Solutions, and DRIVE Performance Solutions....	Seattle	258.4
14	Aspen Marketing Services Aspen Marketing Services Aspen Marketing Services is a privately-held marketing services agency in the United States. Aspen Marketing is headquartered in West Chicago, IL, with offices in Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Dallas, New York City, Phoenix, Morristown, NJ, Rosemont, IL and Tampa and has more than 640 employees...	West Chicago, Illinois West Chicago, Illinois West Chicago is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 23,469 at the 2000 census. It was formerly named Turner Junction after its founder, John B. Turner, president of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad in 1855...	229.0
15	Cheil Communications Cheil Communications Cheil Worldwide Inc., is a global marketing and communications company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It is South Korea's largest advertising agency and was ranked 16th in the world by Advertising Age in 2006....	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...	210.7
16	Monster Worldwide	New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...	168.6
17	WB Doner & Company	Southfield, Michigan Southfield, Michigan According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which 0.04% is water. The main branch of the River Rouge runs through Southfield. The city is bounded to the south by Eight Mile Road, its western border is Inkster Road, and to the east it is bounded by Greenfield Road...	164.3
18	Cossette Communication Group Cossette Communication Group Cossette Inc. is a marketing and communications company, headquartered in Quebec City, Canada. It has been listed as one of the top 15 advertising agencies in North America, and it numbers among the 25 leading agencies worldwide. Cossette's offices are in Quebec City, Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto,...	Quebec City Quebec City Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...	164.1
19	Richards Group	Dallas	148.0
20	Bartle Bogle Hegarty Bartle Bogle Hegarty Bartle Bogle Hegarty is a British advertising agency, responsible for some notable advertising campaigns of the last 30 years. The company was founded by John Bartle, Nigel Bogle & Sir John Hegarty in 1982. Sir John Hegarty and Nigel Bogle still lead it today, together with worldwide CEO Simon... *	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...	128.1
21	M&C Saatchi M&C Saatchi M&C Saatchi is an international advertising agency network formed in January 1995 by the brothers Maurice Saatchi and Charles Saatchi after they were ousted from the advertising agency group Saatchi & Saatchi which they had founded in 1970...	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...	123.3
22	Chime Communications PLC	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...	114.2
23	Merkle Merkle Merkle can refer to any of the following:* Merkle, a pioneer motorcycle manufacturer* Merkle–Damgård construction – A method to build cryptographic hash functions.* Merkle–Hellman knapsack cryptosystem* Merkle's Puzzles- Surnames :* Ed Merkle...	Lanham, Maryland Lanham, Maryland Lanham is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County in the State of Maryland in the United States of America. Because it is not formally incorporated, it has no official boundaries, but the United States Census Bureau has defined a census-designated place consisting of Lanham and the...	108.0
24	Wieden+Kennedy Wieden+Kennedy Wieden+Kennedy is an independently owned American advertising agency best known for its work for Nike... *	Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...	102.9
25	RPA RPA (Rubin Postaer and Associates) RPA is an American advertising and marketing agency headquartered in Santa Monica, California. It was founded in 1986 by Gerry Rubin and Larry Postaer and currently employs approximately 500 associates...	Santa Monica Santa Mônica Santa Mônica is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...	102.2
26	Cramer-Krasselt Cramer-Krasselt Cramer-Krasselt is an American integrated marketing and communications agency. It is the second-largest independent agency in the U.S. according to Advertising Age in terms of revenue and is probably best known for its ads for Corona Beer....	Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...	96.2
27	ChoicePoint Precision Marketing	Alpharetta, Georgia Alpharetta, Georgia -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 34,854 people, 13,911 households, and 8,916 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,631.6 people per square mile . There were 14,670 housing units at an average density of 686.7 per square mile...	91.5

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