The numbers
$3.7 billion — Omnicom Group’s Q1 2025 revenue, a 1.6% increase year-over-year.
3.4% — Organic revenue growth for Q1, led by its media and advertising (7.2%) and precision marketing (5.8%) divisions.
2.5% to 4.5% — The holding company’s forecasted organic revenue growth for 2025, adjusted on the low end from its prediction of 3.5% to 4.5% made in February.
Watercooler talk
Last month, shareholders approved Omnicom’s proposed acquisition of Interpublic Group (IPG), with 93.5% and 99.6% votes cast in favor of the transaction, respectively.
Chief executive officer (CEO) John Wren asserted that the acquisition is still on track to close in the second half of 2025. He also revealed that Omnicom has already received regulatory approval from China, Colombia, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.
Wren said that Omnicom lowered the bottom-end of its organic revenue growth estimate for 2025 in an effort to be “conservative” about tariffs and economic uncertainty. Chief financial officer Phil Angelastro added that while economic uncertainties are real, clients have not yet taken action to adjust advertising spend as they are still “looking for clarity.”
Key quote
“We have not had any clients of any significance that we’re in fear of losing because of the [IPG] transaction… That’s just nonsense fed by my competitors to the trade [publications]: that we’re going to lose people, lose accounts, lose business. Not true,” said Wren.
