WPP at a glance
WPP is the world leader in marketing communications services. We are made up of leading companies in:
Advertising; Media Investment Management; Information, Consumer Insight;
Public Relations & Public Affairs; Branding & Identity; Healthcare Communications;
Direct, Promotion & Relationship Marketing; Specialist Communications
Facts & figures
| Number of employees |
138,000 (including associates) |
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| Number of offices |
2,400+ |
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| Number of countries |
107 |
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| Reported revenues |
£8.7bn (as at 31 December 2009) |
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| Reported billings |
£37.9bn (as at 31 December 2009) |
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| Market capitalisation |
£7.7bn (as at 31 December 2009) |
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Recognition & awards
- Member: FTSE100, Euro FT300, Forbes Global 2000, FTSE4Good Index
- Winner in the UK’s 2009 Building Public Trust Awards, FTSE100 category, for excellence in corporate reporting – based on the Annual Report, Corporate Responsibility Report and investor presentations.
- In 2009, WPP’s website was named Best of Industry for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development by the US Web Marketing Association.
- In the 2009 International ARC Awards, WPP took Gold for Best Online Annual Report in Class and Honors for Best Annual Report across All Classes.
- The Annual Report on Annual Reports 2009 gave WPP an A Rating ‘Excellent’ and ranked it 11 out of 300 companies.
- For the second consecutive year WPP’s global newspaper, The WIRE, was voted No.1 out of an international field of over 400 in the 2008 LACP Inspire Awards.
- WPP’s Corporate Responsibility Report contains information on WPP’s ratings by socially-responsible investors and is available on WPP.com.