May 17, 2011

The Ad Agency Bloodline

Vitamin T : The Ad Agency Bloodline

As helper monkeys, we're quite curious. And as a talented, creative individual (who clearly knows where to find great info), we thought you might be curious, too. So we created this infographic (check out the full graphic) to give a look at the mergers, acquisitions, and launches of some of the largest agencies in the world, from the early 1800s to today.

We pulled together tons of agency data for this project from lots of sources across the Web. So if you find something that looks incorrect, please contact the Internet immediately. And if you're an agency who's not on here, but would like to be, let us know in case we get curious enough to try this again.

Comments (11)

Wonder where M&C Saatchi fits in here?
Kenji, Tue., July 5, 6:30 AM
Good question, Kenji! Since they're not part of one of the holding companies, they'd fall under the notable agencies. We just had to limit our list based on space availability :) But cool agency!
Susie, Mon., July 11, 3:51 PM
This is a fantastic poster! Do you have any printed copies of this? Our students would find it incredibly helpful?
Michelle Smith, Mon., October 17, 7:16 AM
Love it. Can we get an updated version?
nico, Thu., November 3, 5:57 AM
Hi Nico, maybe next year? It took a lot to get this all together!! Michelle, just write me at tdonnelly(at)vitamintalent(dot)com and I'll send you one!
Tim, Thu., November 3, 12:00 PM
Um.... a nice map, but where is Grey under WPP??
Black and White, Wed., November 9, 5:05 AM
Great work. Any chance of publishing the data? I'd love to make it searchable.
Onur Ozer, Wed., March 21, 7:56 AM
Hi Onur, let me check with the boss. We had an agency do it for us (appropriate, huh?) and they'd have all the files. If I can get them, I'll send them to you.
Tim, Wed., March 21, 11:19 AM
Hi Onur, we've looked into making it INTERACTIVE, which would make it completely searchable - so stay tuned!
Tim, Wed., March 21, 1:43 PM
i know its changing quickly. but one big player in europe is missing. the serviceplan group (from germany) one of the biggest independent agencies in europe. over 1000 people, founded in 1970, 180mio. ranked 2nd this year in cannes for independent agency of the year. maybe you can add it for a new version. GREAT. Thanks.
T, Wed., July 18, 5:13 PM
Good catch, T! Yes, we'll definitely include it (thank to your comment) if we create an updated version. Thanks!
Tim Donnelly, Wed., July 18, 5:47 PM

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