Out-of-Home Forecast and Trends 2026

In-Store Placements and Programmatic Buying Fuel Growth

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Out-of-home (OOH) ad spending keeps climbing, powered by digital screens, in-store placements, and programmatic buying. Growth is steady, but budgets still lean on traditional formats as automation reshapes how brands plan and buy.
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This report explains our US out-of-home (OOH) ad spending forecast through 2029, highlighting the shift toward digital screens, in-store retail media, and programmatic buying. The tension: faster automation and precision is coming up against a medium still anchored in traditional formats.

Key Question: How is US OOH ad spending changing?

Key Stat: Digital out-of-home (DOOH) will account for 45.2% of total OOH ad spending in 2028, up from 22.0% in 2016.

Clients can find the full version of this chart later in the report.

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Ross Benes

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Rahul Chadha
Director, Report Editing
Zach Goldner
Senior Forecasting Analyst
Sakina Thanawala
Copy Editor
Emman Velasco
Chart Editor
Paul Verna
VP, Content
Yoram Wurmser
Principal Analyst
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