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US Out-of-Home Ad Spending 2021

What Marketers Need to Know About the Rebounding Outdoor Ad Market

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The outdoor advertising market begins to recoup its losses after a difficult 2020.
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Executive Summary

In 2020, out-of-home (OOH) advertising was acutely affected by the pandemic. Advertising dollars are coming back to OOH this year, but they’re unevenly distributed among outdoor ad formats. The outdoor industry is also undergoing a technological change that will alter the way advertisers plan and buy OOH.

How much money will be spent on OOH advertising?

We expect US OOH ad spending to increase 14.5% this year for a total of $6.96 billion.

Is most OOH advertising digital?

Although outdoor advertising is becoming more digitized, digital out-of-home (DOOH) ad spending will account for just 31.2% of the total in 2021.

Which outdoor ad formats are rebounding the fastest?

Billboards have experienced much smaller ad spending declines compared with other OOH ad formats, which is why billboards’ share of total OOH ad revenues increased from 67.7% in Q1 2020 to 85.7% in Q1 2021, per the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA). Place-based advertising took the hardest hit, with its share of OOH ad revenues declining from 9.3% in Q1 2020 to 2.1% in Q1 2021.

What share of OOH advertising is transacted programmatically?

Just 3.9% of total OOH ad spending will be transacted or fulfilled programmatically this year. But programmatic is a subset of digital outdoor advertising, and when viewed in that light, programmatic will account for 12.5% of DOOH ad spending in 2021 and 16.4% in 2022.

WHAT’S IN THIS REPORT? This report examines trends, data, and strategies related to how marketers are approaching US OOH advertising. It includes our latest forecasts for total OOH ad spending, digital OOH, traditional OOH, and programmatic OOH ad spending.

KEY STAT: This year, US advertisers will spend $6.96 billion on OOH ads, up from $6.08 billion in 2020.

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    Table of Contents

    1. Executive Summary
    2. Understanding the Opportunity
    3. Identifying Potential Disruptors
    1. Acting on Opportunities
    2. Key Takeaways
    3. Insider Intelligence Interviews
    1. Read Next
    2. Sources
    3. Media Gallery

    Interviewed for This Report

    Alison Broback
    ODN
    Chief Client Officer
    Interviewed July 8, 2021
    Connor Burden
    AdQuick
    Co-founder
    Interviewed July 13, 2021
    Ian Dallimore
    Lamar Advertising
    Vice President, Digital Growth and General Manager, Programmatic
    Interviewed June 23, 2021
    Adam Green
    Broadsign
    Senior Vice President, Strategy
    Interviewed July 7, 2021
    Chris Grosso
    Intersection
    CEO
    Interviewed June 29, 2021
    Christina Radigan
    OAAA
    CMO
    Interviewed July 14, 2021
    Brian Rappaport
    Quan Media Group
    Founder and CEO
    Interviewed June 16, 2021
    Daione Sanders
    Carvertise
    Director, Sales
    Interviewed June 15, 2021
    Keri Weber
    The Richards Group
    OOH Group Head
    Interviewed June 24, 2021
    Daniel Wilkins
    Agency672
    Founder and Chief Client Officer
    Interviewed June 15, 2021
    Heawon Yoo
    Lightbox OOH Video Network
    CMO
    Interviewed July 1, 2021

    authors

    Ross Benes

    Contributors

    Nazmul Islam
    Junior Forecasting Analyst
    Nicole Perrin
    Principal Analyst
    Lauren Ruhlen
    Researcher
    Paul Verna
    VP, Multimedia
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