Dentsu International

Dentsu
Company typePrivate limited company, Subsidiary
IndustryAdvertising
Founded2013 (Dentsu Aegis Network)
1989 (Aegis)
1966 (Centrale d'achats radio, affichage, télévision)
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Revenue£1,135.0 million (2011)[1]
£197.2 million (2011)[1]
£81.1 million (2011)[1]
Number of employees
66,000 (2020)[2] (46000)
ParentDentsu
Subsidiaries
  • Fetch
  • 360i
  • AMNET
  • BJL
  • Carat
  • Cardinal Path
  • Gravity
  • Grip Limited
  • gyro
  • dentsu X
  • eCommera
  • ICUC
  • iProspect
  • Dentsu Creative
  • dentsu mcgarrybowen
  • Merkle
  • Fountainhead MKTG
  • Posterscope
  • Webchutney
  • Story Lab
  • Vizeum
  • Amplifi
Websitedentsu.com

Dentsu (previously Dentsu Aegis Network) is a multinational media and digital marketing communications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Japanese advertising and public relations firm Dentsu. Its principal services are communications strategy through digital creative execution, media planning and buying, sports marketing and content creation, brand tracking and marketing analytics. It is organised into ten main divisions: Carat, Dentsu (operations outside Japan), Dentsu media, mcgarrybowen, Merkle, Fountainhead MKTG, Posterscope, Isobar, Soap Creative, iProspect and Vizeum. Dentsu Aegis Network manages all the Dentsu inc. owned businesses outside the Japan market, which includes the former Aegis Group business that it acquired in 2013. It also includes 360i, Amplifi, Amnet, BJL, Grip Limited, The StoryLab, Data2Decisions, Mitchell Communications, Cardinal Path and psLIVE. It has 66,000 people across 143 countries.

Aegis' origins date back to the founding of the media agency Centrale d'Achats Radio, Affichage, Télévision (Carat) in France in 1966. Formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, Aegis was acquired by the Japan-based advertising group Dentsu in March 2013.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "Interim Management Statement - Media & Digital Communications Group - Aegis Group plc". 5 March 2013. Archived from the original on 5 March 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Dentsu Aegis Network Rebrands to dentsu | dentsu international". 28 September 2020.
  3. ^ Wentz, Laurel (26 March 2013). "DENTSU CLOSES $5 BILLION ACQUISITION OF AEGIS GROUP". Ad Age. Retrieved 8 February 2022.