Online Advertising in Europe Surges 40% to EUR11 Billion in 2007

02/06/2008 12:19

PR Newswire

BERLIN, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe (IAB Europe) has just released the findings of its annual advertising expenditure survey for 2007. Compiled by IAB Europe and then processed and analyzed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), this report is the definitive guide to the size and value of the European online advertising industry. The research shows that online is experiencing an average growth rate of 40% year-on-year across the 16 countries covered in the report.

In 2007 the European online advertising market was worth EUR11.2 billion, up four billion euros from EUR7.2 billion in 2006. With a like-for-like growth rate of 40%, the European online advertising market shows signs of closing the gap on the US which grew 26% to a market value of EUR14.5 billion in the same period.

Two thirds (65% or EUR7.3 billion) of European online ad budgets were spent in the big three markets of the UK, Germany and France. However some of the smaller markets in our report enjoyed very high growth rates - Greece at 91%, Spain at 55% and Slovenia at 49%.

Alain Heureux, President of IAB Europe concludes, "The rise of online advertising in Europe continues unabated. Not only is the growth coming from some of the smaller markets which are seeing significant increases in their market value, but also from the more mature countries as companies move their advertising budgets online for the first time."

Nicki Lynas, Senior Manager at PwC said, "The development of the more mature markets in Europe is a sign that they are seeing increasing amounts of investment from a wider range of advertisers than ever before."

Full version:

http://www.bvdw.org/fileadmin/downloads/aktuelles_presse/pressemitteilungen/Marked_Up_AdEx_Results_2nd_June_2008_cs.pdf

Media contact:
Christoph Salzig,
salzig@bvdw.org,
+49(0)177-85-28-61-6
Media contact: Christoph Salzig, salzig@bvdw.org, +49(0)177-85-28-61-6






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