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Havas

Havas

Advertising & Marketing ServicesHolding Companyhavas.com

Havas is a French multinational advertising and public relations company headquartered in Puteaux, France, structured into three main operational divisions that offer services spanning digital advertising, direct marketing, media planning and buying, corporate communications, sales promotion, design, sports marketing, multimedia interactive communications, public relations, and innovation consulting.

Last updated Oct 23, 2026 by ATDb automated enrichment

Founded
1835
HQ
Puteaux, Île-de-France, France
Connections
106

AI-drafted from public sources56 sources cited

At a glance

Employees
10001+
Revenue
>$2B
Stock
HAV
21integrations8competitors6corporate family7acquisitions

About

One of the world's largest global communications and advertising groups, operating across creative, media, and health marketing disciplines in 150 countries, listed on Euronext Amsterdam following its 2024 spin-off from Vivendi.

Havas is a French multinational advertising and public relations company headquartered in Puteaux, France, structured into three main operational divisions that offer services spanning digital advertising, direct marketing, media planning and buying, corporate communications, sales promotion, design, sports marketing, multimedia interactive communications, public relations, and innovation consulting. Its core business units — Havas Creative Network, Havas Media Network, and Havas Health & You — operate within the Havas Villages model to drive synergy across disciplines, with teams offering best-in-class services in programmatic buying, mobile, data consulting, performance marketing, out-of-home and geolocal, and social media across 150 countries worldwide. Through its joint venture Horizon Global, Havas is also uniting its Converged.AI platform with Horizon Media's Blu platform to form BluConverged, an AI-native experience designed to deliver smarter insights, faster outcomes, and greater transparency for global clients. Source 1: wikipedia.org — Havas Source 2: jobsinadtech.com — Havas Media Ltd Source 3: deepreach.com — Havas multi-location ad campaigns Source 4: havas.com — Horizon Media Holdings and Havas Unveil New Global ...

Business model

Agency

Target market

Enterprise

What they offer

  • Havas Creative Network

    Global network of creative agencies delivering brand strategy, advertising, design, and content across all channels.

  • Havas Media Network

    Media planning and buying division offering programmatic, performance marketing, out-of-home, social media, and data consulting services.

  • Havas Health & You

    Specialist health and wellness marketing unit serving pharmaceutical, biotech, and consumer health clients.

  • Converged.AI

    Havas's proprietary AI-powered media planning and audience intelligence platform, being integrated with Horizon Media's Blu platform to form BluConverged.

  • BluConverged

    AI-native media platform formed through the Horizon Global joint venture, combining Havas's Converged.AI with Horizon Media's Blu platform for smarter insights and greater transparency.

  • Havas Villages

    Integrated agency campus model co-locating creative, media, and health teams to foster collaboration and deliver unified client solutions.

Key features

Integrated Havas Villages model co-locating creative, media, and health disciplinesProgrammatic buying and data-driven media planningAI-native media platform (BluConverged) via Horizon Global joint venturePerformance marketing and mobile capabilitiesOut-of-home and geolocal advertising expertiseGlobal reach across 150 countriesSpecialist health and wellness marketing through Havas Health & YouCorporate communications and public relations services

Use cases

Integrated brand advertising campaigns across digital and traditional channelsProgrammatic media buying and audience targetingPharmaceutical and healthcare brand marketingCorporate communications and reputation managementPerformance marketing and direct response campaignsSocial media strategy and content creationOut-of-home and location-based advertisingSports marketing and sponsorship activation

Customer segments

Global enterprise brandsPharmaceutical and healthcare companiesConsumer goods companiesFinancial services firmsTechnology companiesRetail and e-commerce brandsGovernment and public sector

Tech & specs

Technology stack

Converged.AI (proprietary AI media platform)BluConverged (AI-native platform, Horizon Global JV)Programmatic buying technologyData management and analytics platformsSocial media management tools

Security & compliance

GDPR

Deployment

Cloud

API

Limited

Corporate history
  1. 1835 · Founded
How it came together
  • 2013·Rebranded → Havas↗
  • 2020·Acquired → Havas↗
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