Universal McCann is a creative media agency that has a client list that includes Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, The Hershey Company, CVS Health, ExxonMobil, BMW and Sony. The agency is part of the Interpublic network and is a member of the IPG Mediabrands group with Initiative, Magna, Mediabrands Audience Platform and three other agencies. UM operates in more than 100 countries and employs more than 4,800 people. When it comes to the largest advertising agencies in the US, South Korea's Cheil Worldwide takes the top spot.
With 53 offices in 43 countries and 6,200 employees worldwide, Cheil is more than three times larger in turnover than its closest domestic rival. Owned by Samsung Group, Cheil's list of top customers includes Adidas, GE, Coca-Cola, Lego, Microsoft, Shell and more. Leo Burnett is another well-known advertising agency with 85 offices and 8,000 employees worldwide. The agency was founded in 1935 and is a member of Publicis.
It is known for creating iconic characters such as Uncle Ben, Jolly Green Giant, Tony the Tiger, Pillsbury Dough-Boy and Marlboro Man. Walter Thompson is another global marketing agency with 200 offices in 90 countries and nearly 10,000 employees. Founded in 1897, JWT has been creating creative solutions that make brands last for more than 150 years. The agency is the registration agency for Church's Chicken USMC, Subway and KPMG to name a few.
Mindshare was created in 1997 and is one of the best media buying and planning agencies in the world. It is part of WPP's GroupM and has 116 offices in 86 countries in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Mindshare acts as a registered media agency for Pandora Jewelry, TJX and Tyson Foods. DDB was founded in 1949 by Bill Bernbach, Ned Doyle and Maxwell Dane.
It is one of the most recognized advertising agencies and regularly receives awards for its work. While maintaining a lower profile than other major agencies, DDB continues to work with major brands from Heineken to Ubisoft and Volkswagen while serving as the registration agency for McDonald's, Jeep and more. Dentsu is Japan's largest advertising agency with 8 business domains including marketing, digital, creative, promotions, media content public relations and global business. Founded in 1901 it works with global brands such as Facebook.
With its ability to provide everything from strategy to logistics as well as branding and cybersecurity more companies are choosing to work with this multifaceted agency. Deloitte Digital is another large advertising agency that offers traditional and digital services. It recently acquired San Francisco-based creative store Heat and Swedish agency Acne. BBDO is another large advertising agency with 15000 employees in 289 offices in 81 countries.
Leo Burnett is a communications agency powered by its HumanKind operating system with 85 offices worldwide. GS&P is a creative company that puts people at the center of everything they do working with both customers and consumers in an environment of honesty and truth eliminating preconceptions and learning together. Their mission is to create experiences that reach millions but seem to speak only to you which they call mass intimacy. Wieden+Kennedy is an independent advertising agency with offices in Portland New York Amsterdam London Tokyo and Shanghai. LRXD is a Health & Happiness advertising agency that offers traditional & digital services working with brands that help people stay healthy & celebrate feeling good.
Neverstop is a boutique agency specializing in event design & production experiential & guerrilla marketing & multimedia & web communication. Saatchi & Saatchi which began as an emerging advertising agency in London in the 1970s has grown to become a global communication agency with 114 offices in 67 countries. Asatsu-DK is a Japanese advertising agency & the third largest agency in Japan after Dentsu & Hakuhodo. Proximity Worldwide is a global digital agency specializing in digital advertising direct marketing & CRM. Successful announcements begin when clients build a good relationship with agencies & work together to determine what their goals are. Dentsu Aegis Network is a multinational media communication & digital marketing company headquartered in London United Kingdom & a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japanese advertising & public relations firm Dentsu one of the five largest advertising agencies in the world. Another early agency created by James 'Jem' White in 1800 in Fleet Street London eventually became White Bull Holmes a recruitment advertising agency which ceased operations in the late 1980s.
The agency is consistently at the top of the RECMA Global Qualitative Assessment Ranking & serves clients in 150 countries with more than 10 000 talented employees. Havas is the second largest advertising agency in France & operates in more than 100 countries around the world together with WPP plc Omnicom Group The Interpublic Group of Companies & Dentsu Publicis is considered one of the five largest advertising agencies in the world. The most dramatic change in recent years has been Cactus an independent Denver-based creative advertising agency for Travel & Tourism CPG QSR Entertainment Retail & Healthcare founded with a vision to help businesses organizations & causes grow & prosper by delivering meaningful work that has a big impact.