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Billboard Advertising Industry Statistics

From California holding 25% of the nation’s billboard inventory to UK billboards making up 35% of the EU total and China driving 1.2 million digital screens, this page maps where attention really concentrates and how fast formats are changing. It also separates visibility from impact with US DOOH reaching 42% of OOH revenue in 2023 and global programmatic DOOH processing 25% of US OOH spend in 2023, so you can see which markets and media are winning now.
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November 11, 2026Updated
Billboard Advertising Industry Statistics
How this report is researched
01Editorial Scope

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01 Industry overview

The billboard advertising industry at a glance

Billboard advertising is expanding within a resilient out-of-home market: global OOH spend reached $54.2 billion in 2025, while digital formats represented 47% of worldwide OOH revenue.

$54.2B[56]
Global OOH spend, 2025
$56.4B[56]
Global OOH forecast, 2026
$9.46B[1]
U.S. OOH revenue, 2025
47%[56]
Global DOOH share, 2025
Market size
Global out-of-home advertising expenditure reached $54.2 billion in 2025, up 15% from 2024. In the United States, total OOH revenue reached a record $9.46 billion, while billboards accounted for $6.72 billion, or 71.1% of U.S. OOH revenue.[56][1]
Forecast & CAGR
WOO forecasts global OOH expenditure of $56.4 billion in 2026, implying growth of approximately 4.1% from 2025. Grand View Research estimates the broader global billboard and outdoor advertising market at $41.2 billion in 2025 and projects an 8.4% CAGR from 2026 to 2033; definitions differ between the two estimates.[56][57]
Market share & regions
Asia-Pacific led global OOH spending in 2025 with $29.7 billion, followed by North America at $10.3 billion and Europe at $10.2 billion; Latin America contributed $2.9 billion and Africa $1.2 billion. APAC also had the highest DOOH share at 55.7%, compared with 36.9% in North America and 41.3% in Europe.[56]
Segmentation
U.S. OOH revenue in 2025 comprised billboards at $6.72 billion, transit at $1.68 billion, place-based media at $557.9 million and street furniture at $491.7 million. Globally, digital OOH generated $25.5 billion, equal to 47% of total OOH revenue, while static formats accounted for the remainder.[1][56]
Key players & concentration
Large operators remain significant participants but the market is fragmented across national, regional and local owners. OUTFRONT Media reported $1.391 billion in U.S. billboard revenue in 2025 and operated 1,928 digital billboard displays at year-end; Lamar Advertising reported approximately 159,300 billboard displays across 45 U.S. states and Canada, including about 5,500 digital billboards.[22][12]
Pricing
Programmatic OOH pricing averaged $6.53 CPM in the first half of 2025, according to Place Exchange. Billboard rates vary by location, audience, format and share of voice; OUTFRONT reported an average initial investment of approximately $260,000 for a new digital billboard display as of December 31, 2025.[3][22]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Digitization and automated buying are the main structural growth drivers: global DOOH expenditure reached $25.5 billion in 2025, while programmatic DOOH reached $1.339 billion, or 8.4% of DOOH revenue. Industry challenges include proving return on investment, inconsistent measurement across markets and the high capital cost of converting static inventory to digital screens.[56]
Consumer behavior & competition
OOH competes for budgets with digital, television, audio and print, but benefits from exposure during daily travel and public activity. In 2025, U.S. digital OOH represented 36.3% of total OOH revenue and grew 10.5% year over year, indicating that competition is increasingly centered on measurable, data-enabled inventory rather than static boards alone.[1]
M&A
T-Mobile agreed to acquire Vistar Media for approximately $600 million in January 2025 and completed the acquisition on February 3, 2025. The transaction brought a major digital-out-of-home marketplace and advertising technology platform into T-Mobile’s advertising business.[58][59]
Regulation
In the United States, the federal Highway Beautification Act of 1965 governs outdoor advertising along covered federal-aid highways, while states and local governments impose additional zoning, permitting and sign-control rules. OAAA identifies a 0.5% federal highway-construction-cost bonus for states participating in outdoor-advertising controls.[1]
Latest news
The latest major industry measurement release reported global OOH expenditure of $54.2 billion in 2025 and a $56.4 billion forecast for 2026. A separate WOO study put global programmatic DOOH spend at approximately $1.4 billion in 2025, equal to 7% of total DOOH expenditure under that study’s methodology.[56]

02 Ranking

Top 9 Companies in the Billboard Advertising Industry

The leading companies in the billboard advertising industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 10, 2026 · Next review December 10, 2026

Verdict

JCDecaux leads Gitnux's 2026 billboard advertising ranking with an Overall score of 9.9, with 1,105,906 panels across 79 countries. Lamar Advertising is the runner-up at 9.4, driven by approximately 159,300 billboard displays in 45 states and Canada.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in billboard networks

    JCDecaux

    FR

    Ranked #1 · 9.9 · Billboard networks

    Why we picked it: It operates global billboard inventories plus street-furniture and transport formats, supported by 79-country scale.

  2. #2 overall

    Lamar Advertising

    US

    Ranked #2 · 9.4 · Billboard networks

    Why we picked it: It concentrates on US-and-Canada billboards, including about 5,500 digital billboards within its footprint.

  3. #3 overall

    OUTFRONT Media

    US

    Ranked #3 · 8.0 · Billboard networks

    Why we picked it: It reports US billboard revenue and uses a digital inventory footprint that grew to 1,928 digital displays.

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. No other segment places in the top 5, so picks 2 and 3 follow rank.

Full ranking

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Top 9 companies in the billboard advertising industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

JCDecaux

Billboard networks · FR

9.9
2

Lamar Advertising

Billboard networks · US

9.4
3

OUTFRONT Media

Billboard networks · US

8.0
4

Ströer

Billboard networks · DE

7.5
5

Clear Channel Outdoor

Billboard networks · US

7.0
6

Global

Billboards and outdoor media, United Kingdom · GB

7.0
7

APG|SGA

Posters and digital OOH, Switzerland and Serbia · CH

7.0
8

PATTISON Outdoor

Classic and digital billboards, Canada · CA

7.0
9

oOh!media

Classic and digital OOH, Australia and New Zealand · AU

7.0

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).

Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.

Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.

Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 10, 2026.

Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.

Cite this ranking

APA

David Kowalski. (2026, February 13). Top 9 companies in the billboard advertising industry. In Billboard Advertising Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/billboard-advertising-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Comparison

Revenue of the largest billboard advertising companies

JCDecaux leads with $4.0B in annual revenue (group level, converted to USD).

JCDecaux$4.0B
Lamar Advertising$2.3B
Ströer$2.2B
OUTFRONT Media$1.8B
oOh!media$456M
source-verifiedjcdecaux.com · sec.gov · stroeer.de · d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net · oohmedia.com.au2025

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

Technology growth centers on programmatic and AI usage. In Q1 2026, technology-sector spending on US out-of-home advertising rose 139% year over year.

AI in the billboard advertising industry

  • 3 AI companies—Genspark, OpenAI and Lambda—were among the fastest-growing new OOH advertisers in the United States in Q1 2026.[1]
  • 139% was the year-over-year increase in technology-sector spending on U.S. out-of-home advertising in Q1 2026.[1]

Automation in the billboard advertising industry

  • 100% was the approximate year-over-year increase in Ströer’s programmatic bookings from 2022 to 2023.[2]
  • 63.6% was the increase in JCDecaux’s programmatic DOOH revenue in 2023.[2]
  • 16% was the increase in the number of programmatic OOH screens in H1 2025.[3]
  • 24% of U.S. national digital OOH spending was transacted programmatically in 2024.[1]
  • 96% of U.S. programmatic OOH spending was conducted through private deals in H1 2025.[3]
  • 15% of U.S. national digital OOH spending was transacted programmatically in 2023.[1]

Digital Transformation in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across 15 countries, 77% of organizations used generative AI for marketing content creation in 2025.[4]
  • Among German digital-industry companies, 76% expected marketing automation to become more important in the future in 2025.[5]
  • 44% of client-side marketing respondents said their companies were actively bringing more marketing functions in-house in 2024.[6]
  • 30% of agencies, brands and publishers had fully integrated AI across the media campaign lifecycle in the advertising industry in 2025.[7]
  • Among U.S. advertising organizations, 87% relied on manual budget pacing in 2026, highlighting continued scope for advertising-workflow automation.[8]
  • Across 15 countries, 75% of organizations used generative AI for search-engine optimization in 2025.[4]

Technology Adoption in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 63% of multinational brand owners were already using generative AI in marketing in 2024, most commonly for content creation, ideation and task automation.[9]
  • 96% of major brands used AI in marketing in 2026, including 80% using it for content creation and 54% for media buying or optimization.[9]
  • 77% of marketers reported using AI in 2024, up from 57% in 2023, based on Digiday+ Research surveys.[10]
  • 83% of advertising executives said their companies had deployed AI in the creative process in 2026, up from 60% in 2024.[7]

Cloud Computing in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 85% of large EU businesses used paid cloud computing services in 2025, compared with 52% of small and medium-sized enterprises.[11]
  • 52.74% of EU enterprises used paid cloud computing services in 2025.[11]
  • 72% of EU enterprises using cloud computing used it for office software in 2025, while another 72% used it for file storage.[11]
  • 85% of EU enterprises using cloud computing used it to host email systems in 2025.[11]

Big Data in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 60% of enterprises in Denmark performed data analytics internally or externally in 2025, the highest share among EU countries.[11]
  • 33% of EU enterprises used data analytics performed by their own employees in 2025.[11]
  • 25% of enterprises in Poland performed data analytics internally or externally in 2025, the lowest share among the EU countries reported.[11]
  • 40% of EU enterprises performed data analytics internally or through another organization in 2025.[11]

IoT in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 72% of EU enterprises using IoT used cameras or other connected devices to secure their premises in 2021.[11]
  • 34% of EU information and communication enterprises used IoT devices or systems in 2021.[11]
  • 48% of large EU enterprises used Internet of Things devices or systems in 2021, compared with 26% of small enterprises.[11]
  • 29% of EU enterprises used Internet of Things devices or systems in 2021.[11]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Measurement and data quality shape decision quality and automation readiness. Clear Channel Outdoor’s 2025 filing projects 9.0% CAGR for US digital out-of-home revenue from 2026 to 2030.

Business intelligence in the billboard advertising industry

  • 9.0% was the projected compound annual growth rate for U.S. digital out-of-home revenue from 2026 to 2030 in Clear Channel Outdoor’s 2025 filing.[12]
  • $3 billion was the estimated U.S. digital out-of-home market size in 2025 according to the IAB Digital Out-of-Home Measurement Guide.[7]
  • 34% was the growth rate of U.S. programmatic digital out-of-home advertising in 2024 according to the IAB.[7]
  • $1.35 billion was the projected U.S. programmatic digital out-of-home advertising spend for 2026 in Billboards America’s industry summary.[13]
  • 4x was the projected revenue uplift of digital billboards over printed assets in Clear Channel Outdoor’s 2025 investor materials.[12]
  • $1.25 billion was the estimated U.S. programmatic digital out-of-home market size for 2025 in the IAB’s 2025 measurement guide.[7]

Data analytics in the billboard advertising industry

  • 382% greater online activity per advertising dollar was attributed to out-of-home advertising versus television in an OAAA value analysis.[1]
  • 76% of recent U.S. digital out-of-home viewers took an action after exposure, according to a 2024 Harris Poll commissioned by OAAA.[13]
  • $2.00 was the median incremental return on ad spend for digital out-of-home campaigns in the ABCS Insights normative database.[14]
  • 74% of mobile users took action on their phones after seeing a digital out-of-home advertisement in the ABCS Insights database.[14]
  • 20% of U.S. adults discussed a brand after seeing an out-of-home advertisement in 2026 YouGov research.[15]
  • 35% of U.S. adults researched a product or service on a mobile phone after seeing an out-of-home advertisement in 2026 YouGov research.[15]

Data Quality in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 31% of CMOs say data completeness is the biggest data-quality problem affecting their marketing organizations across the surveyed markets in 2025.[16]
  • 67% of marketing professionals report that poor data quality disrupts lead handoffs between marketing and sales.[17]
  • 73% of marketers say at least 10% of their lead data is inaccurate or outdated, based on a survey of more than 200 marketing operations and demand-generation professionals.[17]
  • 45% of CMOs estimate that the marketing data their teams use for decisions is incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated; the survey covered marketers across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in 2025.[16]
  • 30% of CMOs identify improving data quality as the biggest lever for improving marketing performance across surveyed marketing organizations in 2025.[16]

Data Governance in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 71% of global respondents report that their organization has a data-governance program in 2024, up from 60% in 2023.[18]
  • 45% of respondents identify regulatory compliance as a goal of their data-governance program in 2024, in a global survey of data and analytics professionals.[18]
  • 58% of organizations with data-governance programs report improved data quality in 2024, based on a global survey of data and analytics professionals.[18]
  • 49% of advertising and data decision-makers at U.S. brands, agencies, and publishers are creating or planning dedicated teams or departments in response to privacy and data-governance requirements in 2024.[7]
  • 14% of organizations in the Dutch marketing sector report using data governance in 2024, down from 16% in 2022.[19]
  • 92% of marketing decision-makers report investing in automated data-governance platforms, according to a survey of more than 200 marketing operations and demand-generation professionals.[17]

KPIs in the billboard advertising industry

  • 26% of U.S. adults noticed out-of-home advertising several times a week in 2026 YouGov research.[15]
  • 68% of U.S. adults noticed billboards in 2026, according to YouGov’s out-of-home advertising survey.[15]
  • 21% of U.S. adults noticed out-of-home advertising multiple times a day in 2026 YouGov research.[15]
  • $2.61 was the median incremental return on ad spend for out-of-home campaigns in the ABCS Insights normative database.[14]
  • 3% of U.S. adults said they never noticed out-of-home advertising in 2026 YouGov research.[15]
  • 49% of consumers said digital out-of-home advertising made them more likely to act in the ABCS Insights normative database.[14]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Operators keep expanding digital inventory and marketplaces. Programmatic DOOH reached $1.339B in 2025, or 8.4% of DOOH revenue under that study’s figures.

Growth in the billboard advertising industry

  • Global out-of-home advertising expenditure increased 10% to $46.2 billion in 2024.[2]
  • Lamar completed $45.393 million of outdoor advertising asset acquisitions during 2024.[20]
  • JCDecaux’s digital out-of-home revenue grew 21.9% in 2024.[21]
  • Outfront Media’s U.S. billboard revenue was $1.409 billion in 2024, compared with $1.370 billion in 2023.[22]
  • Outfront Media increased its U.S. digital billboard displays from 1,874 in 2023 to 1,935 in 2024.[22]
  • JCDecaux’s billboard revenue grew 6.6% in 2024, driven by its most digitized markets.[21]

Differentiation in the billboard advertising industry

  • JCDecaux’s 2024 airport programmatic offering connected airport DOOH inventory to more than 30 demand-side platforms through VIOOH.[23]
  • JCDecaux’s 2025 worldwide offering included 630,196 street-furniture panels, 319,081 transport panels and 85,743 billboard panels.[21]
  • JCDecaux reported digital out-of-home at 39.0% of group revenue in 2024, differentiating its offering through digital inventory.[21]
  • The 2025 Clear Channel campaign used both printed and digital billboards across multiple designated market areas.[24]
  • Clear Channel Outdoor’s 2026 Footballco collaboration used a nationwide digital billboard network to distribute real-time sports content beyond stadium locations.[24]
  • Lamar’s approximately 5,000 digital billboards generated about 32% of its billboard advertising net revenue in 2024.[20]

Mergers and acquisitions in the billboard advertising industry

  • Billups acquired Brussels-based Outsight in 2024, its third acquisition since September, adding an agency that managed more than 940 campaigns across nearly 1.6 million posters in 2023.[2]
  • Lamar acquired more than 230 billboard faces, including 30 digital displays, from AdSource Outdoor in Louisiana in August 2026.[20]
  • JCDecaux Top Media acquired High Traffic Media in Panama in February 2025, adding analogue and digital billboard assets.[21]
  • Lamar completed $45.393 million of outdoor advertising asset acquisitions in 2024.[20]
  • Adams Outdoor acquired all 28 billboard assets in the Charlotte market from Kegerreis Outdoor Advertising in October 2024.[2]
  • JCDecaux decided not to proceed with the proposed acquisition of Clear Channel Outdoor’s Spanish operations on October 28, 2024.[21]

Strategic partnerships in the billboard advertising industry

  • Harkey Media’s 2025 development and sales partnerships gave its sales team representation of more than 500 billboard units across the United States.[2]
  • JCDecaux and Displayce entered a strategic alliance in 2022 that included JCDecaux acquiring a majority stake in the DOOH demand-side platform.[23]
  • JCDecaux was reappointed as Sydney Airport’s exclusive media partner in 2024 following a competitive tender.[21]
  • Clear Channel Outdoor renewed its Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport advertising partnership for 10 years in December 2024.[24]
  • JCDecaux’s Shenzhen airport partnership began on February 1, 2024 and covered around 400 existing media assets.[25]
  • Clear Channel Outdoor and Footballco formed a 2026 partnership to distribute tournament content across digital billboards throughout the United States.[24]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Execution capacity ties to installation, maintenance, and sales coverage. Lamar reported approximately 1,100 employees in billboard installation, maintenance, and operations as of December 31, 2024.

Hiring in the billboard advertising industry

  • 1,700 Clear Channel Outdoor employees were based in Europe as of December 31, 2023.[12]
  • 1,700 Clear Channel Outdoor employees were based in the United States as of December 31, 2023.[12]
  • More than 3,500 people worked for Lamar Advertising as of December 31, 2024, including approximately 975 local account executives.[12]
  • Approximately 1,100 Lamar Advertising employees worked in billboard installation, maintenance and operations as of December 31, 2024.[12]
  • 3,900 employees worked for Clear Channel Outdoor globally as of December 31, 2023.[12]

Employee retention in the billboard advertising industry

  • 51% higher retention than a typical U.S. workplace was reported for Lamar Advertising by Great Place To Work.[26]
  • 88% of Lamar Advertising employees surveyed said the company was a great place to work.[26]
  • 12 years was the average tenure of Lamar Advertising’s local account executives and local management employees in 2024.[12]

Remote Work in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across marketing organizations, 37.8% reported working from home all the time in Fall 2024, according to a U.S. CMO survey.[27]
  • Among U.S. marketing, advertising and public-relations office job postings, 12.2% were advertised as remote in 2024.[28]
  • Across marketing organizations, 55.6% reported working from home some of the time in Fall 2024, according to a U.S. CMO survey.[27]
  • Across management, marketing and sales respondents, 20% reported working fully remotely in the State of Sales and Marketing Report.[29]

Hybrid Work in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across advertising professionals, 64% preferred hybrid work over fully remote or fully on-site work in the 2024 Myers Report survey.[30]
  • Across management, marketing and sales respondents, 57% said their employer offered a hybrid work option to at least some employees.[29]
  • Among marketers, 68.7% said in 2024 that their current balance of office and home-working days was appropriate.[31]
  • Across advertising professionals, 74% reported working in hybrid situations in the 2024 Myers Report survey of 3,462 respondents.[30]

Upskilling in the billboard advertising industry

  • 4,300 volunteer hours were contributed by Clear Channel Outdoor’s U.S. employees through its Local Spirit Day program in 2023.[32]
  • 1,100 Lamar Advertising operations employees received training and certification for crane operations and climbing safety in 2024.[12]
  • 950 or more Lamar Advertising account executives received weekly sales-training videos in 2022.[32]
  • 1 day of paid volunteer time per year was offered to Clear Channel Outdoor U.S. employees through its Spirit Day program in 2023.[32]

Employee Engagement in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across the global workforce, 21% of employees were engaged in 2024, according to Gallup’s worldwide workplace measure.[33]
  • Across organizations with highly activated communications strategies, 40% reported increased employee engagement in Gallagher’s 2026 global survey.[34]
  • Across organizations surveyed globally, 32% reported an increase in employee engagement from their previous survey in Gallagher’s 2026 Employee Communications Report.[34]
  • Across organizations with low-activation communications strategies, 23% reported increased employee engagement in Gallagher’s 2026 global survey.[34]

DEI in the billboard advertising industry

  • 18% of Lamar Advertising employees identified as minorities as of December 31, 2024.[12]
  • 40% of Clear Channel Outdoor’s U.S. employees were female as of December 31, 2023.[32]
  • 27% of Clear Channel Outdoor’s board members were women in its 2024 ESG reporting.[35]
  • 38% of Clear Channel Outdoor’s European employees were female as of December 31, 2023.[32]
  • 39% of Clear Channel Outdoor’s U.S. employees identified as people of color as of December 31, 2023.[32]

Change Management in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among marketers, 31% said their media agency’s role had undergone some change during the previous three years in Nielsen’s CMO Report survey.[36]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Buyer concerns map to measurable outcomes and repeated exposure. In 2026 YouGov research, 68% of US adults noticed billboards.

Customer experience in the billboard advertising industry

  • 80% of U.S. adults who noticed an out-of-home advertisement in November 2022 were inspired to take an action.[1]
  • 88% of U.S. adults noticed an out-of-home advertisement in November 2022, indicating broad exposure within the billboard advertising customer experience.[1]
  • 83% of billboard viewers made a point to look at the advertising message at least some of the time in a U.S. Nielsen study.[37]
  • 53% of surveyed consumers said they began remembering an out-of-home advertisement after seeing it one to three times.[1]
  • 85% of out-of-home viewers found the advertisements useful, according to OAAA’s summary of consumer research.[1]

Customer retention in the billboard advertising industry

  • 80% was the reported effectiveness boost for paid search when supported by out-of-home investment.[38]
  • 56% was the reported effectiveness boost for social media when supported by out-of-home investment.[38]
  • 49% of consumers said they would still notice the same out-of-home advertisement after one month, supporting repeated brand exposure.[1]
  • 31% was the reported effectiveness boost for online advertising when supported by out-of-home investment.[38]
  • 275% was the reported increase in customer loyalty associated with out-of-home advertising investment in a cited industry study.[38]

Customer acquisition in the billboard advertising industry

  • 29% of U.S. adults exposed to digital out-of-home advertising downloaded or used an advertised app.[1]
  • 78% of U.S. adults who immediately visited a business after seeing an out-of-home advertisement made a purchase on that visit.[1]
  • 27% of U.S. adults exposed to digital out-of-home advertising accessed a coupon, discount code, or information through an interactive technology.[1]
  • 42% of U.S. shoppers said out-of-home advertising affected their in-store purchase decisions.[1]
  • 16% of U.S. adults exposed to digital out-of-home advertising called a phone number shown in the advertisement.[1]

Customer loyalty in the billboard advertising industry

  • 66% of adults said seeing an out-of-home advertisement in a high-traffic or iconic area would affect their opinion of a product or brand.[1]
  • 39% of adults affected by an out-of-home advertisement in a high-traffic or iconic area said they would view the advertised product or brand as trustworthy.[1]
  • 45% of U.S. adults said out-of-home advertising influences their social-media behavior.[1]
  • 46% of adults affected by an out-of-home advertisement in a high-traffic or iconic area said they would view the advertised product or brand as high quality.[1]
  • 38% of adults affected by an out-of-home advertisement in a high-traffic or iconic area said they would view the brand as more memorable than others.[1]

Lead generation in the billboard advertising industry

  • 25% of U.S. adults posted something on Instagram after seeing an out-of-home advertisement during the previous six months.[1]
  • 38% of U.S. adults visited a Facebook page or posted on Facebook after seeing an out-of-home advertisement during the previous six months.[1]
  • 41% of U.S. adults exposed to digital out-of-home advertising visited an advertiser’s website.[1]
  • 46% of U.S. adults searched online after seeing or hearing an out-of-home advertisement during the previous six months.[1]
  • 33% of U.S. adults exposed to digital out-of-home advertising visited an advertiser’s social-media site.[1]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Digital OOH drives measurable actions and engagement. In 2024 Harris Poll commissioned by OAAA, 76% of recent US digital out-of-home viewers took an action after exposure.

Marketing in the billboard advertising industry

  • $9.46 billion was U.S. out-of-home advertising revenue in 2025.[1]
  • 86% of connected-commerce marketers expected to increase their out-of-home investment over the following two years in 2026 research.[1]
  • 28% of the top 100 U.S. out-of-home advertisers were technology or digitally native brands in 2025.[1]
  • 3.6% was U.S. out-of-home advertising revenue growth in 2025 compared with 2024.[1]
  • 98% of connected-commerce marketers incorporated out-of-home advertising into purchase-driven initiatives in 2026.[1]

Digital marketing in the billboard advertising industry

  • 27% of U.S. adults exposed to digital out-of-home advertising accessed a coupon, discount code, or other information through interactive technology.[1]
  • 15% of U.S. adults exposed to digital out-of-home advertising posted about the advertisement or product on social media or a blog.[1]
  • 41% of U.S. adults exposed to digital out-of-home advertising visited the advertiser’s website.[1]
  • 24% of U.S. adults exposed to digital out-of-home advertising ordered the advertiser’s product online.[1]
  • 18% of U.S. adults exposed to digital out-of-home advertising interacted with the advertisement by messaging, uploading a photo, or voting.[1]

Branding in the billboard advertising industry

  • 62% of exposed consumers agreed that the electric-vehicle brand was making electric vehicles more accessible.[1]
  • 55% was the purchase-consideration result among consumers shopping for the product after exposure to the electric-vehicle out-of-home campaign.[1]
  • 69% of exposed consumers agreed that the electric-vehicle brand was building a brand for the future.[1]
  • 63% was the purchase-consideration result reported after consumers were exposed to the electric-vehicle out-of-home campaign.[1]
  • 13% was the reported purchase-intent lift from Nestlé Perrier’s data-driven digital out-of-home campaign.[1]

Social media in the billboard advertising industry

  • 36% of adults said they tagged a brand or company in a social-media post after seeing an out-of-home advertisement.[1]
  • 40% of adults said they shared items from an out-of-home advertisement with others.[1]
  • 33% of adults said they participated in a social-media contest or challenge after seeing an out-of-home advertisement.[1]
  • 30% of adults said they created a social-media post using a hashtag featured in an out-of-home advertisement.[1]
  • 14% of U.S. adults said they often or always share out-of-home advertisements on social media.[1]

Influencer Marketing in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • Six in 10 multinational brands had dedicated influencer-marketing budgets globally in 2025, up from 37% in 2019.[9]
  • 58% of global marketers reported dedicated and growing budgets for creator or influencer partnerships in Nielsen’s 2026 survey.[39]
  • 77.7% of surveyed U.S. companies increased their creator-economy budgets in 2025, according to a survey of 139 marketers.[40]
  • 74% of surveyed brands, agencies and creators reported year-over-year creator-marketing budget increases in the 2025 survey covering nine countries.[41]
  • $37 billion in U.S. creator advertising spend is projected for 2025, growing four times faster than the broader media industry.[7]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Inventory mix and digital conversion constrain throughput and capex planning. Clear Channel Outdoor’s digital-display share of total inventory was 11% based on reported 8% US digital inventory share.

Process optimization in the billboard advertising industry

  • 2% of Lamar’s existing outdoor business was programmatic out-of-home in 2024, identified by the company as a growth area for improving billboard sales processes in the United States.[12]
  • 78,800 bulletin displays were operated by Lamar at December 31, 2024, within its U.S. and Canadian billboard network.[12]
  • 41% of Clear Channel Outdoor’s U.S. revenue came from digital assets in 2024, although digital assets represented 8% of its U.S. inventory.[12]
  • 21.9% was the increase in JCDecaux’s digital advertising revenue in 2024, reaching €1,535.4 million globally.[42]
  • 700 square metres was the area of JCDecaux’s largest digital billboard worldwide, installed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2024.[23]

Operational efficiency in the billboard advertising industry

  • 11.2% was JCDecaux’s group operating margin in 2024, 70 basis points above the prior year.[43]
  • 36.9% was Outfront Media’s billboard adjusted OIBDA margin in 2024, up from 36.5% in 2023 in the United States.[12]
  • 30% was the reported reduction in annual operating costs for Daktronics’ DXB-1000 digital billboard compared with previous models.[44]
  • 4% was Outfront Media billboard adjusted OIBDA growth in 2024, reaching $520.5 million in the United States.[12]
  • 90% of Clear Channel Outdoor America revenue came from roadside billboard displays in 2024.[12]

Quality management in the billboard advertising industry

  • 14 feet by 48 feet was Lamar’s most common bulletin size in 2024, equivalent to 672 square feet of advertising surface.[12]
  • 672 square feet was the typical advertising area of Lamar’s most common bulletin format in the United States and Canada in 2024.[12]
  • 700 square metres was the display area of JCDecaux’s largest digital billboard worldwide, installed in Melbourne in 2024.[23]
  • 11% was Clear Channel Outdoor America’s digital-display share of total inventory in 2024, based on the company’s reported 8% U.S. inventory share for digital assets and America display mix.[12]
  • 2.6 million euros was JCDecaux’s maintenance-spare-parts expense for billboard operations in 2024, down from €3.0 million in 2023.[21]

Supply chain in the billboard advertising industry

  • 45.0 million euros was JCDecaux’s group maintenance-spare-parts expense in 2024, down from €46.8 million in 2023.[43]
  • 2.6 million euros was JCDecaux billboard maintenance-spare-parts expense in 2024, compared with €3.0 million in 2023.[21]
  • 24% of Lamar’s 2024 billboard advertising net revenue came from poster rentals across its U.S. and Canadian operations.[12]
  • 76% of Lamar’s 2024 billboard advertising net revenue came from bulletin rentals, while 24% came from poster rentals in the United States and Canada.[12]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the marketing and advertising sector (sector benchmark)

  • 63.1% of marketers outsourced work to an agency or third party during the previous 12 months in the 2025 survey, covering more than 3,500 respondents globally.[31]
  • 49% of marketing respondents outsourced digital content production fully or partly in 2024, according to the Marketing Benchmark Survey.[45]
  • 57% of marketing respondents outsourced video production fully or partly in 2024, the most commonly outsourced marketing function in the survey.[45]
  • 67.5% of B2B brands outsourced work to an agency or third party during the previous 12 months in 2025, compared with 60.2% of B2C brands.[31]
  • 45% of marketing respondents outsourced design functions fully or partly in 2024, according to the Marketing Benchmark Survey.[45]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Pricing and margins reflect format mix and regional mix, including yield and adjusted profitability. In 2024, Lamar billboard adjusted EBITDA margin was 55.5%.

Pricing strategy in the billboard advertising industry

  • 15% of Outfront Media billboard segment revenue came from the Los Angeles metropolitan area in 2024.[12]
  • 76% of Lamar’s 2024 billboard advertising net revenue came from bulletin rentals, reflecting the higher-cost format’s role in its pricing mix.[12]
  • 3% was Outfront Media billboard revenue growth in 2024, driven by higher average revenue per display, or yield, in the United States.[12]
  • 24% of Lamar’s 2024 billboard advertising net revenue came from poster rentals, the smaller-format component of its billboard pricing mix.[12]
  • 9% of Outfront Media billboard segment revenue came from the New York metropolitan area in 2024.[12]

Cost reduction in the billboard advertising industry

  • 1.5% was Outfront Media’s decrease in consolidated total operating expenses in 2024, to $949.0 million.[12]
  • 30% was Daktronics’ reported reduction in annual operating costs for its DXB-1000 digital billboard compared with previous models.[44]
  • 1% was Outfront Media’s reduction in billboard property-lease expense in 2024, to $472.3 million from $477.3 million in 2023.[12]
  • 15 million Australian dollars was the maximum annual cost saving targeted by oOh!media’s 2024 restructuring plan.[46]
  • 2.6 million euros was JCDecaux’s 2024 billboard maintenance-spare-parts expense, down from €3.0 million in 2023.[21]

Profitability in the billboard advertising industry

  • $1,116.702 million was Lamar’s billboard adjusted EBITDA in 2025 in the United States and Canada.[12]
  • 55.5% was Lamar’s 2024 billboard adjusted EBITDA margin, calculated from reported billboard adjusted EBITDA of $1,085.547 million and billboard net revenue of $1,956.176 million.[12]
  • 16.6% was JCDecaux’s billboard operating margin in 2024 globally.[43]
  • 4% was Outfront Media billboard adjusted OIBDA growth in 2024, reaching $520.5 million.[12]
  • $1,085.547 million was Lamar’s billboard adjusted EBITDA in 2024 in the United States and Canada.[12]

Financial planning in the billboard advertising industry

  • $1,409.3 million was Outfront Media’s 2024 billboard revenue in the United States.[12]
  • €3,935.3 million was JCDecaux’s 2024 global out-of-home revenue, including billboard, street-furniture and transport operations.[23]
  • $385.9 million was Outfront Media’s 2024 billboard operating income in the United States.[12]
  • $2,207.103 million was Lamar’s total 2024 net revenue, including $1,956.176 million from billboard operations and $250.927 million from other segments.[12]
  • $1,956.176 million was Lamar’s 2024 billboard net revenue in the United States and Canada.[12]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Product definitions track digital build and conversion pipelines. Lamar operated about 5,500 digital billboard advertising displays at December 31, 2025.

Product development in the billboard advertising industry

  • 5,500 digital billboard displays were operated by Lamar Advertising across 43 U.S. states and Canada at December 31, 2025.[12]
  • 2,500 square feet was the total area of a new 3D anamorphic digital billboard display installed on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood in 2025.[44]
  • 7.5% was the year-over-year growth rate for U.S. digital out-of-home advertising in 2024.[1]
  • 34% of U.S. out-of-home advertising spend was represented by digital out-of-home formats in 2024.[1]
  • 125 digital billboard displays were added by OUTFRONT Media through new builds, conversions, acquisitions and management agreements in 2025.[12]

Product lifecycle in the billboard advertising industry

  • 8% of Clear Channel Outdoor’s U.S. inventory consisted of digital assets at December 31, 2024.[12]
  • $10.7 million was the 2025 year-over-year increase in OUTFRONT Media capital expenditures, driven partly by digital-display growth and billboard upgrades.[12]
  • 125 digital billboard displays were added by OUTFRONT Media in 2025, indicating continued expansion of its digital asset lifecycle.[12]
  • $27.3 million of billboard-installation and other contract-fulfillment costs were capitalized by Lamar Advertising in 2025.[12]
  • $27.1 million of previously capitalized contract-fulfillment costs were expensed by Lamar Advertising in 2025.[12]

After-sales in the billboard advertising industry

  • 79% of Lamar Advertising’s outdoor net revenue came from local advertising in 2025, supported by local sales and service.[12]
  • Approximately 5,500 digital billboard advertising displays were operated by Lamar Advertising at December 31, 2025.[12]
  • $63.4 million was Clear Channel Outdoor’s 2024 capital expenditure in its America segment.[12]
  • $88.8 million was OUTFRONT Media’s total capital expenditure in 2025, including maintenance spending for billboard display upgrades.[12]
  • $44.2 million was Clear Channel Outdoor’s 2025 capital expenditure in its America segment, which includes U.S. billboard operations.[12]

Value proposition in the billboard advertising industry

  • 72.0% of U.S. out-of-home advertising revenue came from billboards in 2024.[1]
  • $9.13 billion was total U.S. out-of-home advertising revenue in 2024, with billboards generating $6.572 billion.[1]
  • 76% of recent digital out-of-home ad viewers took an action because of a digital out-of-home advertisement in 2024.[13]
  • $2.80 in sales was generated for every $1 spent on out-of-home advertising according to an OAAA value analysis.[1]
  • 73% of U.S. consumers viewed digital out-of-home advertising favorably in a 2024 Harris Poll commissioned by OAAA.[13]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Sustainability reporting covers safety, energy use, and material reuse. JCDecaux reported 35.1% of emissions calculated using primary supplier or value-chain data in 2024.

Sustainability in the billboard advertising industry

  • 37.4% was JCDecaux’s reduction in accident frequency rate in 2024 versus 2019, worldwide.[21]
  • 35.1% of JCDecaux emissions were calculated using primary supplier or value-chain data in 2024.[21]
  • Nearly 50% of JCDecaux revenue was aligned with the European Taxonomy, according to its ESG strategy disclosure.[21]
  • Nearly 50% of JCDecaux’s workforce operated in field roles exposed to physical risks in 2024, worldwide.[21]
  • 100% of JCDecaux countries respected the Group’s fundamental social values in 2024, worldwide.[21]

ESG in the billboard advertising industry

  • 100% of JCDecaux new employees signed the Code of Ethics commitment in 2023, worldwide.[23]
  • 95% of JCDecaux countries had established local billboard committees by 2022 for compliance oversight.[23]
  • Nearly 50% of JCDecaux revenue was aligned with the European Taxonomy, according to the Group’s ESG strategy.[21]
  • 28% was JCDecaux’s reduction in total market-based greenhouse-gas emissions in 2024 versus 2019, worldwide.[21]
  • 100% of JCDecaux employees had completed Code of Ethics training by 2023, worldwide.[23]

Ethics in the billboard advertising industry

  • 100% of JCDecaux new employees signed the International Charter of Fundamental Social Values in 2024.[21]
  • 33% of JCDecaux’s workforce was in countries with a perceived high level of corruption in 2023.[23]
  • 17 principles are covered by JCDecaux’s International Charter of Fundamental Social Values.[21]
  • 25% of JCDecaux revenue was generated in countries with a perceived high level of corruption in 2023.[23]
  • 100% of JCDecaux employees had been trained on the Group Code of Ethics by 2023, worldwide.[23]

CSR in the billboard advertising industry

  • 100% of JCDecaux countries respected the Group’s fundamental social values in 2024.[21]
  • Nearly 50% of JCDecaux’s workforce worked in field operations exposed to physical risks in 2024.[21]
  • 25% is JCDecaux’s target reduction in accident frequency rate by 2030 versus 2019.[21]
  • 11,894 employees were employed by JCDecaux worldwide in 2024 as part of its responsible-employer program.[21]
  • 2X is the number of Great Place to Work certifications reported by OUTFRONT Media.[47]

Circular economy in the billboard advertising industry

  • 1,046 tons of PVC advertising copy had been repurposed by Clear Channel Outdoor by 2023.[48]
  • 100% of OUTFRONT digital billboards were LED-powered, according to its sustainability disclosure.[47]
  • 100% of OUTFRONT’s billboard vinyl was repurposed after initial use through partnerships with Rareform and Sky Group.[47]
  • 98% of Clear Channel Outdoor digital billboard components were estimated to be recyclable in 2023.[48]
  • 1,960 tons of polyethylene advertising copy had been repurposed by Clear Channel Outdoor by 2023.[48]

Carbon footprint in the billboard advertising industry

  • 352.2 kilotonnes CO2e were JCDecaux’s total location-based Scope 1–3 emissions in 2024.[21]
  • 212.2 kilotonnes CO2e were JCDecaux’s total market-based Scope 1–3 emissions in 2024.[21]
  • 97.0 tonnes CO2e per million euros of revenue was JCDecaux’s location-based GHG intensity in 2024.[21]
  • 324 metric tons of CO2 emissions were offset annually by OUTFRONT’s Fairfield, New Jersey solar-powered office.[47]
  • 58.4 tonnes CO2e per million euros of revenue was JCDecaux’s market-based GHG intensity in 2024.[21]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Cross-border scale and technology marketplace partnerships extend distribution. JCDecaux operated in 79 countries in 2025.

Globalization in the billboard advertising industry

  • JCDecaux operated in 79 countries in 2025, supported by 11,894 employees across six global regions.[21]
  • JCDecaux’s 2025 acquisition of High Traffic Media expanded its billboard presence into Panama’s capital, metro system and major shopping malls.[21]
  • JCDecaux’s 2024 billboard panel network included 38,861 panels in the rest of Europe, 30,916 in France and 17,600 in the rest of the world.[21]
  • JCDecaux’s 2024 outdoor advertising revenue comparison listed $3.931 billion for JCDecaux, $2.348 billion for Clear Channel Outdoor and $2.207 billion for Lamar.[21]
  • $46.2 billion was spent globally on out-of-home advertising in 2024, representing 4.8% of worldwide advertising expenditure.[2]

Cultural adaptation in the billboard advertising industry

  • The 2026 TikTok–Displayce partnership distributed mobile-originated campaigns to premium DOOH screens in key urban areas and high-traffic zones across Europe.[54]
  • Nearly 50 million fans per month across North America were reached by Footballco’s soccer media brands in the 2026 Clear Channel Outdoor collaboration.[24]
  • 65 million U.S. adults aged 18 and over were reached weekly by Clear Channel Outdoor’s digital billboard network carrying global soccer content in 2026.[24]
  • JCDecaux’s 2025 Panama acquisition added analogue and digital billboard assets serving Panama City, the Panama City Metro and local shopping malls.[21]
  • Footballco’s 2026 billboard content partnership included real-time news, match analysis, cultural storytelling and fan-focused programming.[24]

Supplier management in the billboard advertising industry

  • Clear Channel Outdoor’s Detroit airport advertising partnership was renewed for 10 years in 2024 after a competitive request-for-proposals process.[24]
  • Lamar’s local production staffs performed design, printing coordination and installation work in most of its markets in 2024.[20]
  • Outfront Media spent $21.7 million on maintenance capital expenditures in 2024, including billboard components, software, technology and office facilities.[22]
  • Clear Channel Outdoor’s 2024 Detroit airport contract included three local subcontractors: Chandler Campbell & Daschle, Bayview Electric and McConnell Communications.[24]
  • Outfront Media built or converted 89 digital billboard displays in the United States in 2024 and marketed advertising on 21 third-party digital billboards.[22]

Stakeholder management in the billboard advertising industry

  • JCDecaux’s 2025 company profile stated that its services included installation, maintenance and advertising sales for international, national and local advertisers.[21]
  • JCDecaux served communities, passengers and partners in 78 countries in its company information published before the 2025 expansion.[21]
  • The 2024 Detroit airport advertising program served an airport handling more than 31 million annual travelers.[24]
  • Philadelphia City Council approved a 2024 amendment to the airport advertising concession agreement involving Clear Channel Airports and the city’s aviation department.[55]
  • Clear Channel Outdoor’s 2024 Detroit airport contract continued a partnership with Wayne County Airport Authority that began in 2003.[24]

Distribution channels in the billboard advertising industry

  • JCDecaux launched a global airport programmatic DOOH offer in 2024 through VIOOH and more than 30 demand-side platforms.[23]
  • Billboards generated $6.572 billion, or 72.0% of U.S. out-of-home advertising revenue, in 2024.[1]
  • U.S. digital out-of-home advertising revenue grew 7.5% in 2024, according to the Out of Home Advertising Association of America.[1]
  • JCDecaux’s 2025 worldwide network included 153 airports and 258 contracts for metros, buses, trains and tramways.[21]
  • Outfront Media had 1,935 digital billboard displays in the United States at December 31, 2024.[22]

Key questions about the Billboard Advertising Industry

What is the market size for billboard advertising in 2025?
Global OOH spend reached $54.2 billion in 2025. In the United States, billboards generated $6.72 billion in 2025.
How fast is the billboard and broader OOH market expected to grow in 2026?
WOO forecasts global OOH expenditure of $56.4 billion in 2026, implying growth of approximately 4.1% from 2025. Grand View Research projects an 8.4% CAGR for the broader global billboard and outdoor advertising market from 2026 to 2033.
Which companies lead the billboard advertising industry?
JCDecaux leads Gitnux's 2026 billboard advertising ranking with an Overall score of 9.9, with 1,105,906 panels across 79 countries. Lamar Advertising is the runner-up at 9.4, driven by approximately 159,300 billboard displays in 45 states and Canada.
What technology shifts are changing billboard buying and delivery?
Digitization and automated buying drive growth: global DOOH reached $25.5 billion in 2025, and programmatic DOOH reached $1.339 billion, or 8.4% of DOOH revenue. Programmatic DOOH also remains transactionally concentrated, with 96% of US programmatic OOH spending conducted through private deals in H1 2025.
How is the billboard market structured across operators and inventories?
Large operators remain significant participants, while the market is fragmented across national, regional, and local owners. The US mix shows billboards at 71.1% of US OOH revenue in 2025.
How do digital formats affect billboard share and performance indicators?
Globally, digital OOH generated $25.5 billion in 2025, equal to 47% of total OOH revenue. In Q1 2026, 36% of US OOH revenue came from digital OOH, and digital billboards showed 12.9% year-over-year digital OOH revenue growth.
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