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Top 25 Advertising agencies based in Italy
RevenueBase identified 2,822 advertising agencies headquartered in Italy as of August 2026 and tracks 21,625 professional contacts across them, including 5,685 with verified work emails and 1,896 with mobile numbers. Milano is the largest hub.
This list covers advertising agencies headquartered in Italy, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed August 30, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest advertising agencies based in Italy
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 745 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Setting the standard for the next generation of global agencies, Archetype partners with category creators and industry leaders to build the world’s most magnetic brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 563 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Active International, the corporate trade leader for over four decades, enables companies to maximize the value they receive for assets, increase their return on ad spend, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 385 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Today is the culmination of 12 years in the field of marketing and communication.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 296 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A fine bunch of underdogs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 291 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CAIRORCS MEDIA è la concessionaria di Cairo Communication nata nel gennaio 2021 dalla fusione di RCS Pubblicità e Cairo Pubblicità.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 250 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “OMD is the world’s largest media network, with more than people working across more than 100 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 229 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BBDO Italy è un’agenzia di comunicazione ed è una delle realtà più dinamiche, solide e rispettate del mercato: ha vinto la sfida dell’integrazione digitale e della trasformazione…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 210 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ShowHeroes Group is a global leader in contextual video and CTV advertising solutions, offering content and sustainable technology that create relevant and meaningful connections…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 141 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Havas Media Network consists of two global media networks: Havas Media and Arena Media.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 138 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mediamond nasce nel 2009 come concessionaria per la vendita della pubblicità sulle properties digitali, stampa e radio di Mediaset e Mondadori, leader italiani nel rispettivo…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 134 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SpeeD è una realtà leader nella comunicazione pubblicitaria locale e nazionale.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 134 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “FREE-WAY nasce all’inizio del 1998 al fine di poter far fronte alle sue sempre crescenti esigenze di marketing operativo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 113 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Creative agency focused on Brand Experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 94 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1980 in Milan and 2005 in Shanghai, Attila & Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 90 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cheil Italy is a subsidiary of Cheil Worldwide Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 78 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Digital Angels è un'agenzia di marketing con sedi a Roma e Milano che, dal 2011, trasforma la visione dei brand in risultati concreti.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sun-TIMES è un'agenzia di comunicazione specializzata nell'ideazione di strategie marketing, sviluppo siti internet, grafica pubblicitaria e uffici stampa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “up!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “arteficegroup è un gruppo indipendente di comunicazione integrata, fondato nel 1996 a Milano, che integra 3 unit con competenze verticali specializzate.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 73 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Omnicom Media Group è la divisione media di Omnicom Group Inc, leader mondiale nell’advertising, nel marketing e nei servizi di comunicazione.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hello, we are Frankly - and we solve your problems with creativity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Born to make the best work, brilliantly.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Siamo un’agenzia di comunicazione integrata, lavoriamo in Team multidisciplinari per la gestione di progetti di Comunicazione e Marketing, Digital Business e Strategie multicanale.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “McCann Worldgroup Italia, parte del gruppo Interpublic (NYSE, IPG), è un'azienda leader nel settore dei servizi di marketing globale che comprende: McCann (pubblicità) MRM//McCann…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “JET’S è un’agenzia di comunicazione integrata.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: advertising agencies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names advertising agencies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of advertising agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name advertising agencies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Advertising agencies based in Italy at a glance
As of Aug 30, 2026Companies by employee count
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among advertising agencies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Italy whose own description of what they do matches “advertising agencies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names advertising agencies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among advertising agencies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Italy are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 5,685 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on August 30, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Advertising agencies by metro
- Advertising agencies in Milano278
- Advertising agencies in Roma195
- Advertising agencies in Milan181
- Advertising agencies in Milano Mi95
- Advertising agencies in Torino93
- Advertising agencies in Rome66
- Advertising agencies in Napoli45
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names advertising agencies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many advertising agencies are there based in Italy?
RevenueBase identified 2,822 advertising agencies headquartered in Italy as of August 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Archetype, headquartered in Milan, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most advertising agencies?
Milano leads with 278 headquartered companies, followed by Roma (195) and Milan (181).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 5,685 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,822 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on August 30, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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