Adsposure

What Adsposure does

Adsposure is a privately-held U.S. transit advertising media company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Blue Ash, Ohio (Cincinnati area). The company operates an out-of-home (OOH) advertising network across 12 U.S. markets — Cincinnati, Des Moines, Fort Worth, Indianapolis, Durham NC, Louisville, Kansas City, Northern Kentucky, St. Louis, Tulsa, Youngstown, and Victor Valley CA — selling physical and digital transit media placements to local businesses, advertising agencies, national brands, and transit authorities. Its product suite spans full bus wraps, bus billboard/King Kong ads, partial side ads, rear-end supertails, transit shelter posters, interior cards and Michelangelos, digital interior screens (22-second ad spots on VVTA buses), paratransit ads, and station wallscapes/wall murals. The technology layer is primarily a media-sales and inventory-management operation built around transit authority partnerships rather than a software platform; no APIs, SDKs, or AI/ML capabilities are disclosed.

The company operates a direct-sales go-to-market with regional satellite offices staffed by local sales teams serving each market, plus a national HQ supporting enterprise and agency accounts. Revenue is generated almost entirely from advertising placements sold on a quote-based, campaign-by-campaign basis, with pricing varying by ad format, placement location, and market reach. A distinctive structural element is the revenue-share arrangement with transit authorities — 50% of campaign funds flow back into local transit systems — which functions as both a partnership incentive and a sales differentiator versus billboard-focused OOH competitors. The customer base is broad and diversified, with named logos spanning enterprise (Eli Lilly, Pepsi, Red Bull, Fidelity, Fifth Third Bank, Lyft, Live Nation, Planet Fitness), SMBs (Jolly Plumbing, Ken Nunn Law Office, Bart Durham), nonprofits (YMCA, Habitat for Humanity, Tulsa Library), and government (Ohio Department of Health). The company also runs an annual Transit Awards program with a public voting platform that recorded 22,030 votes across 12 markets in 2025-26, serving as both a category-marketing engine and a community engagement layer.

Name

Adsposure

Legal name

Adsposure

Website

https://adsposure.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Adsposure is a privately-held U.S. transit advertising media company operating across 12 markets, selling out-of-home ad placements including bus wraps, transit shelter posters, and digital interior screens to local businesses, agencies, national brands, and transit authorities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transit Advertising (Out-of-Home Media)

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (54181), Indoor and Outdoor Display Advertising (54185), Media Buying Agencies (54183)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Transit Advertising (Bus, Rail, Subway, Taxi, Airport Transit) (BPAFALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

OOH Media Planning, Buying & Inventory Aggregation (BPAFALAJ), Street Furniture Advertising (Bus Shelters, Kiosks, Benches, Phone Booths) (BPAFALAD), Mobile & Vehicle Wrap Advertising (Fleet Graphics, Mobile Billboards) (BPAFALAG)

Keywords

• Transit advertising
• Out-of-home advertising
• Bus advertising
• Transit media
• Shelter advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

Bule

HQ country

Philippines

HQ region

Asia

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Transit Advertising Placements: Revenue generated from selling various transit advertising formats including full bus wraps, interior cards, shelter posters, digital screens, and wall murals across 12 U.S. markets. Pricing is based on ad format, placement location, and market reach.
2. Agency Partnerships: Working with agencies to incorporate transit advertising into broader marketing campaigns, positioning OOH as an engagement driver for mobile and digital
3. Transit Authority Revenue Sharing: Working with transit authorities and municipalities to generate additional revenue for their systems through advertising placements, with 50% of campaign funds going back into local transit systems

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Adsposure sells out-of-home transit advertising placements across 12 U.S. markets, operating as the exclusive advertising partner for multiple transit authorities. The company offers a range of ad formats including full bus wraps, bus billboard ads, partial side ads, bus rear end supertails, transit shelter posters, bus interior cards, digital interior screens, paratransit ads, and station wallscapes. Revenue is generated by selling these advertising placements to local businesses, national brands, marketing agencies, and nonprofits.

Product overview

Adsposure is a transit advertising company specializing in out-of-home (OOH) advertising across 12 U.S. markets. The company offers a comprehensive suite of transit advertising services including full bus wraps, bus billboard ads, partial side ads, bus rear end ads (supertails), transit shelter posters, interior cards, digital interior ads, and station wallscapes. Adsposure operates as the transit advertising partner for various transit authorities, providing advertising opportunities in markets including Cincinnati, Des Moines, Fort Worth, Indianapolis, Durham NC, Louisville, Kansas City, Northern Kentucky, St. Louis, Tulsa, Youngstown, and Victor Valley. The company also organizes an annual Transit Awards competition to recognize excellence in transit advertising campaigns.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Full Bus Wraps

Quantifiable outcome

• Transit advertising generates 1%+ revenue for every $1 spent on average
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers27 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Victor Valley Transit Authority (VVTA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025New in 2025, VVTA partnered with Adsposure to offer transit advertising options in the High Desert area including Hesperia and Victorville, California. The partnership introduces bus shelter advertising with prominent eye-level placements along active neighborhoods. VVTA also offers digital interior screens rolling on 83 buses with 22-second ad spots.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Outfront Media: Outfront Media is one of the largest U.S. out-of-home advertising companies, with a substantial transit inventory including bus wraps, rail, and shelter ads across major U.S. markets. It is a broad incumbent that overlaps with Adsposure in transit OOH but operates at national scale with programmatic capabilities Adsposure lacks.
• Lamar Advertising: Lamar Advertising is a leading U.S. outdoor advertising operator with a large static billboard portfolio plus a growing transit-advertising business (Lamar Transit Advertising). It competes for the same advertiser and agency budgets as Adsposure, but its scale and static-billboard dominance make it a broader incumbent rather than a transit specialist.
• JCDecaux: JCDecaux is the global leader in street furniture and transit advertising, operating bus shelters, rail, and airport advertising worldwide including the U.S. It is a broad incumbent that competes with Adsposure for shelter-ad inventory and agency holding-company contracts, particularly in markets where JCDecaux holds municipal street-furniture concessions.
• Outfront Media Transit Services: Outfront Media's transit division operates large-format wraps, brand trains, and shelter advertising for major U.S. transit authorities including in markets where Adsposure competes (e.g., Cincinnati). It represents the national-scale competition that advertisers evaluate when deciding whether to consolidate spend with one vendor.

Regional players

• Autogramm Jones (transit ad agency): The Jones Agency is a regional advertising and media-buying firm that places transit and OOH advertising for clients in select U.S. regions. While it operates as an agency rather than an inventory owner, it is a comparable go-to-market channel that competes with Adsposure's agency partnership revenue stream.

Direct peers

• Signal Outdoor Advertising: Signal Outdoor Advertising is a regional transit and outdoor advertising company operating bus, bench, and shelter inventory in select U.S. markets. It competes for the same local advertiser and agency budgets as Adsposure in overlapping mid-tier metros.
• Intersection: Intersection operates digital and static advertising in transit systems (subway, rail, bus shelters) across major U.S. cities, including the LinkNYC network. It is a transit-focused peer with a heavier digital and technology orientation than Adsposure, making it a relevant competitor for agency RFPs that demand digital transit inventory.
• Vector Media: Vector Media is a transit advertising specialist that wraps buses, trains, and transit shelters across multiple U.S. markets. It is the closest pure-play direct competitor to Adsposure, operating a similar inventory mix of bus wraps, interior cards, and shelter ads for national advertisers and agencies.
• Total Outdoor!: Total Outdoor! is a transit advertising specialist operating bus wraps and interior advertising across regional U.S. transit markets. It mirrors Adsposure's mid-market, multi-city transit positioning and serves the same SMB and national-brand advertiser segments.

Emerging players

• Adomni: Adomni operates a programmatic digital out-of-home (DOOH) marketplace including transit screens, and represents an emerging technology-driven challenger to traditional transit advertising sales motions. It is comparable to Adsposure as a transit-channel alternative, though it differentiates via programmatic buying rather than dedicated field sales.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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