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Logo: Publicis Annual Report 2007, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3

French multinational advertising and public relations company

Publicis Groupe S.A. is a French multinational advertising and public relations company. As of 2024, the company is the largest advertising company in the world by revenue.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1926Founded1

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  • TickerPUB on Euronext Paris1
  • Industryactivities of head offices, advertising industry, public relations1
  • HeadquartersParis1
  • Founded inParis1
  • Websitewww.publicisgroupe.com
  • Legal formSA à directoire (s.a.i.)1

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Publicis Groupe S.A. is a French multinational advertising and public relations company. As of 2024, the company is the largest advertising company in the world by revenue. Based in Paris, it is one of the 'Big Three' advertising companies, alongside WPP and Omnicom. Publicis Groupe S.A. is headed by Arthur Sadoun, and its agencies provide digital and traditional advertising, media services and marketing services to national and multinational clients.2

The story

Founded by Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet in 1926, in Paris.1

Leadership

Who has led Publicis, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Maurice Lévy1987–2017
  2. Arthur Sadoun2017–now

Chair

  1. Élisabeth Badinter1996–2017
  2. Nazim Valimahomed2004–2009
197019801990200020102020
Board members and other officers (6)

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Subsidiaries

  • Digitas
  • ETO
  • Leo Burnett Worldwide
  • MSL
  • MSLGROUP
  • Media Transports
  • Performics
  • Publicis Sapient
  • Razorfish
  • Saatchi & Saatchi
  • Spark Foundry
  • ZenithOptimedia

Also owns

  • The Program Exchange

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2009Acquired Razorfish1
  2. 1982Acquired Giraudy1

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Publicis revenue by year113.1B EUR in 2023+81% since 2014
05.0B EUR10.0B EUR15.0B EUR2014: 7.3B EUR7.3B EUR20142015: 9.6B EUR9.6B EUR2015+32%2016: 9.7B EUR9.7B EUR2016+1%2017: 9.7B EUR9.7B EUR2017−0%2018: 9.0B EUR9.0B EUR2018−7%2019: 9.8B EUR9.8B EUR2019+9%2020: 9.7B EUR9.7B EUR2020−1%2021: 10.5B EUR10.5B EUR2021+8%2022: 12.6B EUR12.6B EUR2022+20%2023: 13.1B EUR13.1B EUR2023+4%
  • 202313.1B EUR1
  • 202212.6B EUR1
  • 202110.5B EUR1
  • 20209.7B EUR1
  • 20199.8B EUR1
  • 20189.0B EUR1

Net income

Publicis net income by year11.3B EUR in 2023+82% since 2014
-1.0B EUR-500.0M EUR0500.0M EUR1.0B EUR1.5B EUR2014: 720.0M EUR720.0M EUR20142015: 901.0M EUR901.0M EUR2015+25%2016: -527.0M EUR-527.0M EUR20162017: 862.0M EUR862.0M EUR20172018: 919.0M EUR919.0M EUR2018+7%2019: 841.0M EUR841.0M EUR2019−8%2020: 576.0M EUR576.0M EUR2020−32%2021: 1.0B EUR1.0B EUR2021+78%2022: 1.2B EUR1.2B EUR2022+19%2023: 1.3B EUR1.3B EUR2023+7%
  • 20231.3B EUR1
  • 20221.2B EUR1
  • 20211.0B EUR1
  • 2020576.0M EUR1
  • 2019841.0M EUR1
  • 2018919.0M EUR1

Timeline

  1. 2017New chief executive Arthur Sadoun becomes CEO1
  2. 1987New chief executive Maurice Lévy becomes CEO1
  3. 1926Founded Founded in Paris1

Sources

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