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Top 25 Advertising companies based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 5,458 advertising companies headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 38,372 professional contacts across them, including 13,684 with verified work emails and 772 with mobile numbers. Berlin is the largest hub.

This list covers advertising companies headquartered in Germany, 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 September 7, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 7, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
5,458Companies
38,372Contacts tracked
13,684Verified emails
772Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest advertising companies based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 5,458 advertising companies based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 7, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to advertising companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceMunich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 20265,001-10,0001,298 contacts →

“Serviceplan Group is the largest independent, partner-led agency group in Europe.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
2Strong evidenceKöln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 202610001+806 contacts →

“Ströer is a leading German media house and, with its "OOH plus" strategy, combines the business segments outdoor advertising/out-of-home (OOH), digital media and dialog marketing…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
3Indirect evidenceDüsseldorf, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 2026501-1,000516 contacts →

“Über OMD Germany OMD ist eine der führenden Mediaagenturen Deutschlands und trägt mit innovativen Marketing- und Medialösungen dazu bei, Unternehmen in ihrem Business noch…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
4Strong evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 20261,001-5,000424 contacts →

“Jung von Matt is – in terms of awards for both creativity and efficiency – the most successful advertising agency group in German-speaking countries.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
5Indirect evidenceKöln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 2026501-1,000413 contacts →

“Dürfen wir uns vorstellen?”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
6Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 2026501-1,000381 contacts →

“pilot is one of the largest independent and owner-managed agency groups in Germany.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
7Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500323 contacts →

“Zum goldenen Hirschen is the seventh biggest independent agency in Germany with around 380 employees and over 80 customers at 7 locations.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
8Indirect evidenceFrankfurt Am Main, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500283 contacts →

“Willkommen bei Havas Media, Deutschlands dynamischster Media Agentur.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
9Indirect evidenceKöln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 2026501-1,000280 contacts →

“Ströer ist ein führender deutscher Außenwerber und bietet werbungtreibenden Kunden individualisierte, voll integrierte Komplettlösungen entlang der gesamten Marketing- und…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
10Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500263 contacts →

“We are thjnk – about 420 employees at ten agencies in six cities on two continents.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
11Indirect evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500259 contacts →

“Mit ihrer digitalen Performance DNA wissen wir bei PIA Media genau, wie man Business Impact in einer fragmentierten digitalen Welt erreicht und Marken, Produkt- und…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
12Indirect evidenceDüsseldorf, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 2026501-1,000226 contacts →

“Hello.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
13Strong evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500209 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
14Strong evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500199 contacts →

“Grabarz & Partner is an independent, owner-managed advertising agency and among the most creative agencies in Germany and the world.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
15Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500199 contacts →

“At Media Impact, we are the fastest and most creative customer understanding people in Germany.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
16Indirect evidenceFrankfurt, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500191 contacts →

“PHD ist eine der am schnellsten wachsenden Mediaagenturen in Deutschland und versteht sich als Challenger unter den etablierten Agenturen.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
17Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500178 contacts →

“Wir sind ressourcenmangel.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
18Strong evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-200168 contacts →

“YOC is a technology company and develops software for the digital advertising market.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
19Strong evidenceFreiburg Im Breisgau, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500159 contacts →

“At Virtual Minds, our focus is on delivering exceptional advertising success for our clients - innovative, agile and omni-channel.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
20Indirect evidenceMünchen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-200152 contacts →

“Mawave Marketing – Europas Spitzenreiter für Social Media Outcomes – übersetzt Consumer Brands in Social Media.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
21Strong evidenceHamburg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-200148 contacts →

“Pulse Advertising is one of the largest independent global influencer marketing and social media agencies in 2026, built for multi-country campaign execution.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
22Indirect evidenceDüsseldorf, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 20261,001-5,000147 contacts →

“Publicis Media ist weltweit eines der größten Mediaagenturnetzwerke und Teil des französischen Kommunikationskonzerns Publicis Groupe.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
23Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500146 contacts →

“DDB Germany und BBDO Germany haben sich zu einer Creative & Marketing Company zusammengeschlossen.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
24Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500140 contacts →

“Founded in Berlin in 2008, TLGG is regarded as the first digital agency to have fully captured the extent and scope of the digital revolution.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
25Indirect evidenceBerlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 7, 2026501-1,000137 contacts →

“Die Wall GmbH ist ein deutschlandweit tätiger Spezialist für Stadtmöblierung und Außenwerbung und Teil von JCDecaux SE, der Nummer 1 der Außenwerbung weltweit.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026

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Advertising companies based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 7, 2026
35.7%Verified-email coverage
2.0%Mobile-number coverage
7.0Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
8.3%Largest-city concentration · Berlin
Sep 7, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
3,737
11-50
1,309
51-200
212
201-500
40
501-1,000
18
1,001-5,000
8
5,001-10,000
2
10001+
4

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails on this list were verified

Email last verified

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 companies, 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 Germany whose own description of what they do matches “advertising companies”. 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 companies), 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 companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Germany 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, 13,684 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 September 7, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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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 companies, 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 companies are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 5,458 advertising companies headquartered in Germany as of September 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?

Serviceplan Group, headquartered in Munich, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most advertising companies?

Berlin leads with 454 headquartered companies, followed by Hamburg (361) and Munchen (188).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 7, 2026.

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About this data

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.