Leading National Advertisers 2019 Fact Pack
45 Marketers that spent more than $1 billion on 2018 U.S. advertising
$4.5 billion Amazon’s 2018 U.S. ad and promotion spending. It ranked No. 3, up from No. 70 in 2010
LEADING NATIONAL ADVERTISERS 2019 FACT PACK
$475 million Facebook’s U.S. ad spending. Its ad budget more than tripled in 2018
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1. Ad Age Leading National Advertisers 2. Billion dollar spenders Top 200’s 2018 total U.S. ad spending Marketers with 2018 total U.S. ad spending $163 BILLION greater than $1 billion +3.6 PERCENT 45
3. Media and marketing-services 4. Internet ad spending spending Zenith’s 2019 U.S. forecast Zenith’s 2019 U.S. forecast $106 BILLION $478 BILLION +15 PERCENT +3.5 PERCENT
5. TV ad spending 6. Retail 200 LNA’s share of 2018 U.S. TV advertising Biggest ad category in 2018 U.S. measured-media spending 63 PERCENT $15 BILLION -7.1 PERCENT
7. Comcast Corp. 8. Facebook Biggest U.S. advertiser Biggest LNA ad spending increase $6.1 BILLION +236 PERCENT 2018 TOTAL U.S. AD SPENDING NO. 100 U.S. ADVERTISER IN 2018 ($475 MILLION)
9. Geico 10. Procter & Gamble Co. Most-advertised brand Biggest household product advertiser $1.5 BILLION 53 PERCENT 2018 U.S. MEASURED-MEDIA SPENDING 2018 U.S. SHARE OF HOUSEHOLD PRODUCT AD SPENDING
Source: Ad Age Datacenter, WPP’s Kantar, Publicis Groupe’s Zenith.
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Advertisers 1-25
U.S. Total measured- U.S. ad media ad spending spending Rank Marketer Headquarters 2018 2018 1 Comcast Corp. Philadelphia $6,122 $1,709 2 AT&T Dallas 5,362 1,992
3 Amazon Seattle 4,470 1,508 4 Procter & Gamble Co. Cincinnati 4,305 2,814 5 General Motors Co. Detroit 3,139 1,523 Disney became the No. 6 advertiser with its 21st Century Fox No. 6 acquisition, up from No. 23 in last year’s ranking. Before the deal, Fox spun off news, sports and broadcast businesses as Walt Disney Co. Fox Corp. (No. 125). Burbank, Calif. 3,132 1,135 7 Charter Communications Stamford, Conn. 3,042 366 8 Alphabet (Google) Mountain View, Calif. 2,960 651 9 American Express Co. New York 2,798 309 10 Verizon Communications New York 2,682 1,090 11 Walmart Bentonville, Ark. 2,604 688 12 JPMorgan Chase & Co. New York 2,513 232 13 Ford Motor Co. Dearborn, Mich. 2,331 1,000 14 Pfizer New York 2,282 1,460 15 Nestlé Vevey, Switzerland 2,202 897 16 Samsung Electronics Co. Suwon, South Korea 2,152 571 17 Berkshire Hathaway Omaha, Neb. 2,141 1,893 18 L’Oréal Clichy, France 2,137 1,204 19 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles London 2,129 844 20 Capital One Financial Corp. McLean, Va. 2,065 656 21 Expedia Group Bellevue, Wash. 1,953 1,089 22 Johnson & Johnson New Brunswick, N.J. 1,765 935 Bonn, Germany/ 23 Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile US) 1,700 1,088 Bellevue, Wash. 24 LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Paris 1,560 402 25 McDonald’s Corp. Chicago 1,541 761
Source: Ad Age Datacenter. Total U.S. advertising spending is Ad Age estimate. U.S. measured-media spending from WPP’s Kantar. Numbers rounded. More info: kantar.com/media. Full report: AdAge.com/lna2019. Marketer database: AdAge.com/marketertrees2019. About 200 LNA: AdAge.com/aboutlna2019.
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2. AT&T: Estimated pro forma ad spending including WarnerMedia, formerly Time Warner (acquired June 2018). 6. Walt Disney Co.: Estimated pro forma ad spending including 21st Century Fox (acquired March 2019). 9. American Express: Estimated marketing and promotion expenses. 14. Pfizer: Estimate based on a revision to Ad Age’s spending model. 15. Nestlé: Estimated “consumer facing” marketing expenses. 23. Deutsche Telekom: T-Mobile US in April 2018 signed deal to buy Sprint Corp., controlled by No. 39 SoftBank Group Corp.
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Ad Age Leading National Advertisers Ranked by total U.S. advertising spending in 2018. Dollars in millions.
Advertisers 26-50
U.S. Total measured- U.S. ad media ad spending spending Rank Marketer Headquarters 2018 2018 26 Anheuser-Busch InBev Leuven, Belgium $1,531 $558 27 Merck & Co. Kenilworth, N.J. 1,502 302 28 Target Corp. Minneapolis 1,494 481 29 PepsiCo Purchase, N.Y. 1,494 946 30 Bank of America Corp. Charlotte, N.C. 1,486 191 31 Toyota Motor Corp. Toyota City, Japan 1,444 911 32 Nike Beaverton, Ore. 1,442 76 33 Honda Motor Co. Tokyo 1,390 555 Rotterdam, Netherlands/ 34 Unilever 1,379 754 London 35 Macy’s Cincinnati 1,358 400 36 GlaxoSmithKline Brentford, U.K. 1,276 717 37 Progressive Corp. Mayfield Village, Ohio 1,194 1,048 38 Kohl’s Corp. Menomonee Falls, Wis. 1,133 301 39 SoftBank Group Corp. (Sprint Corp.) Tokyo/Overland Park, Kan. 1,100 819 40 Estée Lauder Cos. New York 1,088 93 41 Nissan Motor Co. Yokohama, Japan 1,069 628 42 Home Depot Atlanta 1,062 379 43 U.S. Government Washington 1,043 616 Netflix spent $1 billion on marketing for its domestic No. 44 streaming business in 2018, a 70 percent increase. The company spent $2.4 billion on worldwide marketing, Netflix including $1.8 billion on advertising. Los Gatos, Calif. 1,025 225 45 Yum Brands Louisville, Ky. 1,016 887 46 Sanofi Paris 939 627 47 Coca-Cola Co. Atlanta 913 583 State Farm Mutual 48 Bloomington, Ill. 903 628 Auto Insurance Co. 49 Apple Cupertino, Calif. 890 829 50 Lowe’s Cos. Mooresville, N.C. 869 358
Source: Ad Age Datacenter. Total U.S. advertising spending is Ad Age estimate. U.S. measured-media spending from WPP’s Kantar. Numbers rounded. More info: kantar.com/media. Full report: AdAge.com/lna2019. Marketer database: AdAge.com/marketertrees2019. About 200 LNA: AdAge.com/aboutlna2019.
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36. GlaxoSmithKline: Estimate based on a revision to Ad Age’s spending model.
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Advertisers 51-75
U.S. Total measured- U.S. ad media ad spending spending Rank Marketer Headquarters 2018 2018 51 Discover Financial Services Riverwoods, Ill. $857 $267 51 Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco 857 249 53 Mars Inc. McLean, Va. 823 508 54 Diageo London 823 132 55 Allstate Corp. Northbrook, Ill. 816 442 56 Microsoft Corp. Redmond, Wash. 811 639 57 Molson Coors Brewing Co. Denver/Montreal 810 347 58 Sony Corp. Tokyo 795 473 59 IAC (IAC/InterActiveCorp) New York 795 256 60 Eli Lilly & Co. Indianapolis 769 468 61 Kroger Co. Cincinnati 752 154 62 Volkswagen Wolfsburg, Germany 728 529 63 J.C. Penney Co. Plano, Texas 724 313 64 AbbVie North Chicago, Ill. 723 634 65 Best Buy Co. Richfield, Minn. 712 241 66 Citigroup New York 710 218 Uber in 2018 spent an estimated $701 million on U.S. No. 67 advertising and $1.3 billion worldwide (11.5 percent of revenue). Rival Lyft (No. 134) last year pumped Uber Technologies 16.3 percent of revenue into advertising. San Francisco 701 165 68 Daimler Stuttgart, Germany 689 236 69 Constellation Brands Victor, N.Y. 682 374 Herzogenaurach, 70 Adidas Group 681 76 Germany 71 Wayfair Boston 664 139 72 Viacom New York 650 287 73 Walgreens Boots Alliance Deerfield, Ill. 646 258 74 Coty New York 635 228 Charenton-le-Pont, 75 EssilorLuxottica 615 91 France
70. Adidas: Estimate based on a revision to Ad Age’s spending model for marketing and point-of-sale expenses. 75. EssilorLuxottica: Formed by October 2018 merger of Essilor International and Luxottica Group. Estimated pro forma advertising and marketing expenses.
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Ad Age Leading National Advertisers Ranked by total U.S. advertising spending in 2018. Dollars in millions.
Advertisers 76-100
U.S. Total measured- U.S. ad media ad spending spending Rank Marketer Headquarters 2018 2018 Burlington, Mass./ 76 Keurig Dr Pepper $605 $236 Plano, Texas 77 Amgen Thousand Oaks, Calif. 598 288 78 RB (Reckitt Benckiser Group) Slough, U.K. 585 338 79 Intuit Mountain View, Calif. 584 261 80 eBay San Jose, Calif. 570 194 81 Hyundai Motor Co. Seoul, South Korea 560 351 82 Restaurant Brands International Oakville, Ontario 556 473 83 Booking Holdings Norwalk, Conn. 555 737 84 Kia Motors Corp. Seoul, South Korea 544 292 85 Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Santa Monica, Calif. 543 210 86 Dell Technologies Round Rock, Texas 540 182 87 IBM Corp. Armonk, N.Y. 536 276 88 Liberty Mutual Holding Co. Boston 535 298 89 Albertsons Cos. Boise, Idaho 524 55 90 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. New York 524 256 91 Gap Inc. San Francisco 523 179 92 AstraZeneca Cambridge, U.K. 520 287 93 Marriott International Bethesda, Md. 518 168 94 Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Tokyo 515 176 95 Clorox Co. Oakland, Calif. 514 213 96 Rock Holdings (Quicken Loans) Detroit 502 399 97 Bed Bath & Beyond Union, N.J. 500 131 98 Novartis Basel, Switzerland 498 309 99 Henkel Duesseldorf, Germany 497 79 Facebook is a big ad seller—and buyer. Facebook No. 100 more than tripled ad spending in 2018, with worldwide ad costs soaring to $1.1 billion (2.0 percent of revenue, Facebook highest percentage ever for Facebook). Menlo Park, Calif. 475 352
Source: Ad Age Datacenter. Total U.S. advertising spending is Ad Age estimate. U.S. measured-media spending from WPP’s Kantar. Numbers rounded. More info: kantar.com/media. Full report: AdAge.com/lna2019. Marketer database: AdAge.com/marketertrees2019. About 200 LNA: AdAge.com/aboutlna2019.
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76. Keurig Dr Pepper: Formed by July 2018 merger of Keurig Green Mountain and Dr Pepper Snapple Group. Estimated pro forma advertising and marketing expenses. 84. Kia: Estimate based on a revision to Ad Age’s spending model. 90. Bristol-Myers Squibb: Estimate based on a revision to Ad Age’s spending model. 93. Marriott: Estimate based on a revision to Ad Age’s spending model. 94. Takeda: Estimated pro forma advertising and sales promotion spending including Shire (acquired January 2019). 98. Novartis: Estimated pro forma spending excluding Alcon (spun off in April 2019). Estimate based on a revision to Ad Age’s spending model.
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Advertisers 101-125
U.S. Total measured- U.S. ad media ad spending spending Rank Marketer Headquarters 2018 2018 101 Subaru Corp. Tokyo $471 $304 102 LendingTree Charlotte, N.C. 470 325 103 Doctor’s Associates (Subway) Milford, Conn. 468 325 Inspire Brands launched in February 2018 as a multi- No. 104 brand restaurant company after Arby’s Restaurant Group bought Buffalo Wild Wings for $2.9 billion. Inspire Inspire Brands last December added Sonic in a $2.3 billion deal. Atlanta 467 422 105 Bayer Leverkusen, Germany 464 528 106 General Mills Minneapolis 456 535 107 Dunkin’ Brands Group Canton, Mass. 455 147 108 L Brands Columbus, Ohio 454 46 109 Kellogg Co. Battle Creek, Mich. 454 431 110 Colgate-Palmolive Co. New York 450 129 111 Visa San Francisco 447 115 112 Pernod Ricard Paris 445 20 113 Gilead Sciences Foster City, Calif. 432 166 114 U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis 429 55 115 Dish Network Corp. Englewood, Colo. 426 331 116 Allergan Dublin 423 376 117 Novo Nordisk Bagsvaerd, Denmark 422 250 118 Heineken Amsterdam 414 151 119 Kraft Heinz Co. Pittsburgh/Chicago 403 520 120 Hershey Co. Hershey, Pa. 403 441 121 Church & Dwight Co. Ewing, N.J. 396 266 122 Suntory Holdings (Beam Suntory) Tokyo 396 98 123 CVS Health Corp. Woonsocket, R.I. 394 124 124 Chewy Dania Beach, Fla. 393 121 125 Fox Corp. New York 392 141
105. Bayer: Estimated pro forma ad spending including Monsanto (acquired June 2018). Estimate based on a revision to Ad Age’s spending model. 116. Allergan: Estimate based on a revision to Ad Age’s spending model. 119. Kraft Heinz: Estimated ad expenses. 122. Suntory Holdings: Estimated advertising and sales promotion expenses. 123. CVS Health: Estimated pro forma ad spending including Aetna (acquired November 2018). 124. Chewy: Completed initial public offering in June 2019. Chewy is controlled by PetSmart and BC Partners, the buyout firm that owns PetSmart. 125. Fox Corp.: Pro forma ad spending.
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Ad Age Leading National Advertisers Ranked by total U.S. advertising spending in 2018. Dollars in millions.
Advertisers 126-150
U.S. Total measured- U.S. ad media ad spending spending Rank Marketer Headquarters 2018 2018 126 LG Electronics Seoul, South Korea $390 $162 127 Domino’s Pizza Ann Arbor, Mich. 389 418 VF last month spun off its (shrinking) jeans business No. 128 (Wrangler, Lee, Rock & Republic) as a separate company, Kontoor Brands. VF now is focusing on footwear and VF Corp. apparel brands including Vans and The North Face. Greensboro, N.C. 384 41 129 Wendy’s Co. Dublin, Ohio 376 272 130 CBS Corp. New York 370 175 131 Signet Jewelers Hamilton, Bermuda 369 267 132 Under Armour Baltimore 366 17 133 Kering Paris 359 128 134 Lyft San Francisco 345 24 135 TJX Cos. Framingham, Mass. 339 257 136 Kimberly-Clark Corp. Irving, Texas 338 272 Neuilly-sur-Seine, 137 Chanel 331 130 France 138 Salesforce San Francisco 329 37 Ingelheim am Rhein, 139 Boehringer Ingelheim 327 187 Germany Apollo Education Group 140 Phoenix 326 189 (University of Phoenix) 141 UnitedHealth Group Minnetonka, Minn. 325 217 142 Carnival Corp. Miami 322 88 143 Dick’s Sporting Goods Coraopolis, Pa. 322 61 144 Recruit Holdings Co. Tokyo 319 222 145 Campbell Soup Co. Camden, N.J. 319 178 146 Charles Schwab Corp. San Francisco 313 140 147 AARP Washington 307 143 148 Mattel El Segundo, Calif. 303 96 149 MasterCard Purchase, N.Y. 299 59 150 FMR Corp. (Fidelity Investments) Boston 298 169
Source: Ad Age Datacenter. Total U.S. advertising spending is Ad Age estimate. U.S. measured-media spending from WPP’s Kantar. Numbers rounded. More info: kantar.com/media. Full report: AdAge.com/lna2019. Marketer database: AdAge.com/marketertrees2019. About 200 LNA: AdAge.com/aboutlna2019.
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128. VF: Estimated net ad spending excluding jeans business (spun off in May 2019 as Kontoor Brands). 133. Kering: Estimated pro forma spending excluding Puma (spun off in May 2018).
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Advertisers 151-175
U.S. Total measured- U.S. ad media ad spending spending Rank Marketer Headquarters 2018 2018 151 BMW Group Munich $296 $95 152 FedEx Corp. Memphis, Tenn. 294 90 153 TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. Omaha, Neb. 293 215 154 Danone Paris 291 94 155 Activision Blizzard Santa Monica, Calif. 290 56 156 Mondelez International Deerfield, Ill. 289 126 157 Bausch Health Cos. Laval, Quebec 288 64 158 News Corp. New York 287 132 159 PNC Financial Services Group Pittsburgh 285 42 TripAdvisor did something new in 2018: After years of No. 160 increases, it cut overall ad spending. The company reduced online traffic acquisition costs while boosting TripAdvisor TV spending in its hotel business segment. Needham, Mass. 281 309 161 Cox Enterprises Atlanta 281 256 162 Zurich Insurance Group Zurich 276 137 163 Sherwin-Williams Co. Cleveland 276 69 164 Office Depot Boca Raton, Fla. 270 85 165 Dine Brands Global Glendale, Calif. 270 219 166 Sirius XM Holdings New York 267 20 167 AutoNation Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 264 8 168 PayPal Holdings San Jose, Calif. 261 94 169 Nintendo Co. Kyoto, Japan 256 56 170 Compagnie Financière Richemont Geneva 254 91 171 Darden Restaurants Orlando, Fla. 252 169 172 Norwegian Cruise Lines Miami 252 113 173 Publix Super Markets Lakeland, Fla. 249 56 174 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. Columbus, Ohio 248 162 175 Delta Air Lines Atlanta 247 43
157. Bausch Health: Changed name from Valeant Pharmaceuticals International in July 2018.
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Ad Age Leading National Advertisers Ranked by total U.S. advertising spending in 2018. Dollars in millions.
Advertisers 176-200 U.S. Total measured- U.S. ad media ad spending spending Rank Marketer Headquarters 2018 2018 176 Conagra Brands Chicago $246 $66 177 Revlon New York 246 46 178 PVH Corp. New York 244 52 179 Tyson Foods Springdale, Ark. 243 191 180 Intel Corp. Santa Clara, Calif. 242 72 181 Overstock Midvale, Utah 242 51 182 Altice USA Long Island City, N.Y. 240 80 183 Hasbro Pawtucket, R.I. 240 107 184 Transform Holdco (Sears, Kmart) Hoffman Estates, Ill. 237 94 185 Royal Caribbean Cruises Miami 237 75 186 Staples Framingham, Mass. 232 67 187 H&R Block Kansas City, Mo. 231 168 188 Telephone & Data Systems (U.S. Cellular) Chicago 230 39 CarGurus connects buyers and dealers on its online No. 189 marketplace, and it spends heavily on advertising to help drive its business. CarGurus spent 53 cents on CarGurus advertising for each dollar of revenue in 2018. Cambridge, Mass. 230 87 190 Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD Bank Group) Toronto 221 14 191 WeatherTech Bolingbrook, Ill. 221 176 192 Hilton Worldwide Holdings McLean, Va. 218 142 193 Papa John’s International Louisville, Ky. 217 94 194 United Services Automobile Association San Antonio 215 190 195 Southwest Airlines Co. Dallas 215 71 196 Tata Motors Mumbai, India 215 123 197 Rakuten Tokyo 211 6 198 Sleep Number Corp. Minneapolis 210 170
199 Steinhoff International Holdings Stellenbosch, South 206 151 (Mattress Firm) Africa 200 Experian Dublin 205 230 Ad Age Leading National Advertisers: Top 200 $163B $71B
Source: Ad Age Datacenter. Total U.S. advertising spending is Ad Age estimate. U.S. measured-media spending from WPP’s Kantar. Numbers rounded. More info: kantar.com/media. Full report: AdAge.com/lna2019. Marketer database: AdAge.com/marketertrees2019. About 200 LNA: AdAge.com/aboutlna2019.
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182. Altice USA: Altice Europe, formerly Altice, spun off Altice USA in June 2018. 184. Transform Holdco: Acquired Sears and Kmart in February 2019. 192. Hilton: Estimate based on a revision to Ad Age’s spending model.
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P005_P016_AA_20190624_SUPP.indd 16 6/14/19 11:59 AM Fastest-growing ad spenders Highest U.S. ad spending growth rates in 2018 among the 200 Leading National Advertisers. Facebook’s estimated U.S. spending more than tripled. Two other members of the tech industry’s FAANG gang— Netflix and Amazon—also make the top 10. Estimated ad spending at Alphabet, parent of FAANG member Google, jumped 23 percent. Estimated spending at Apple, the other member of the corps, fell 1 percent.
Estimated 2018 Estimated U.S. ad spending growth, total U.S. ad spending 2018 vs. 2017
Facebook Entertainment and media 236% $475 million
Netflix Entertainment and media 70% $1.0 billion
Chewy etail 55% $393 million