Havas Dublin

What Havas Dublin does

Havas Dublin, operating as Havas Village Dublin, is the Irish subsidiary of Paris-listed Havas Group (EPA:HAV, majority-owned by Vivendi SE). The firm functions as an integrated full-service communications agency headquartered at 48-50 Cuffe Street, Dublin 2, combining four operating divisions under one roof: Havas Creative (brand strategy, advertising, communications design), Havas Media Ireland (media strategy, planning, buying, programmatic, performance, social), Havas Digital Dublin (SEO, PPC, paid social, content, analytics, CRM), and Gate One Dublin (business and digital transformation consulting spanning operating model design, M&A integration, and customer experience). Havas Play Ireland operates as a sub-service focused on branded content, experiences, and cultural partnerships.

The agency sells professional services on a quote-based engagement model, with revenue derived from integrated marketing communications, brand strategy, media commissions, digital execution, and consultancy mandates. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The firm targets enterprise clients across consumer brands (Domino's, Kia, JDE/Kenco, Bushmills, Birra Moretti, Jacob's Biscuits, Batchelors), government and regulated bodies (NHS UK, CCPC, Laois County Council), and nonprofit organizations (Epilepsy Ireland). The Meaningful Brands research program is a 17-year flagship annual study (c.2,500 Irish and 156,000+ global respondents in 2025) sold as a thought leadership and strategic planning asset.

The go-to-market is consultative enterprise field sales, with new business inquiries routed through dedicated email channels and senior leadership contacts (e.g., Gareth Fitzpatrick for media new business). Service delivery is integrated across Dublin-based teams with leverage from the global Havas network for international campaign execution. The underlying technology stack is non-proprietary at the Dublin level, relying on standard programmatic, analytics, and CRM tools plus the group's Mx media experience planning system and Meaningful Brands research library. No public funding rounds, acquisitions, or M&A activity are disclosed for the Dublin entity.

Name

Havas Dublin

Legal name

Havas Village Dublin

Website

https://havas.ie

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Havas Dublin is an integrated full-service communications agency offering creative, media, digital, and business transformation consulting to enterprise and government clients across Ireland, leveraging the global Havas Group network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Advertising and Marketing Services

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (541810), Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services (5418), Public Relations Agencies (54182)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Full-Service Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Brand Campaign & Integrated Communications Agencies (MPAAAAAC), Festival & Live Entertainment Brand Partnerships (MPAAAGAF)

Keywords

• Integrated marketing communications
• Media planning and buying
• Creative advertising services
• Digital marketing agency
• Business transformation consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Dublin

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Marketing and Communications Services: Revenue is generated through integrated marketing, advertising, media planning and buying, digital services, and business transformation consulting. The agency operates on a client services model with various engagement structures.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Havas Dublin operates as a full-service communications village under the Havas Group, combining creative, media, digital, corporate PR, and business transformation consultancy services under one roof. The offering is organized around five divisions — Havas Creative (advertising, brand design, communications strategy), Havas Media (media strategy and buying using the proprietary Mx system), Havas Digital (SEO, PPC, social, programmatic, analytics), Gate One (business and digital transformation consulting), and Meaningful Brands (annual consumer research). Teams are built around client needs rather than internal silos.

Product overview

Havas Dublin operates as a full-service communications village under the Havas Village model, combining creative, media, digital, corporate PR, and consultancy services under one roof. The offering is structured around five core divisions: Havas Creative (full-service creative agency offering communications strategy, brand design, advertising, and digital marketing), Havas Media (media strategy and buying with their proprietary Mx system for creating Media Experiences), Havas Digital (digital services including SEO, PPC, social media, programmatic, and analytics), Gate One (business and digital transformation consultancy), and the Meaningful Brands research study. Havas Play Ireland is a sub-service of Havas Media focused on branded content, experiences, and partnerships. The philosophy is to build teams around client needs rather than internal silos.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Gate One: A global business and digital transformation consultancy helping clients with transformation leadership, digital and data, operating models, culture and change management, sustainability, mergers and acquisitions, and customer experience.
• Meaningful Brands

Products and services

• Havas Creative Full-service creative agency building on a global network, using creative and cultural insights to deliver meaningful brand work for clients. Services include communications strategy, brand design, advertising, digital marketing, and brand strategy.
• Havas Media Media agency that invests in meaningful media using the proprietary Mx system to build Media Experiences that connect clients with target audiences. Services include media strategy, media buying, digital, data consulting, programmatic buying, performance marketing, mobile, out of home and geolocal, social media, experiential, and entertainment and sport.
• Havas Digital Digital services division driven by the power of digital to influence cultural change and deliver business growth. Capabilities include digital strategy and planning, user experience design, customer engagement, PPC, SEO, paid social, content creation, social media management, programmatic, online video, analytics and tracking, CRM, data collection, data analysis, data planning, conversion optimisation, and consulting.
• Gate One Global business and digital transformation consultancy dedicated to helping clients thrive through high-impact transformation projects. Capabilities include transformation leadership and delivery, digital and data, operating models, culture and change management, sustainability, mergers and acquisitions, and customer experience.
• Meaningful Brands Havas Group's flagship annual research study that uncovers how consumers are thinking, feeling, and behaving towards brands and what brands can do to become more meaningful, resilient, and relevant. The 2025 report surveyed approximately 2,500 Irish participants and over 156,000 people globally.
• Havas Play Ireland Service that helps brands earn attention by showing up meaningfully in moments that people care about most, through content, experiences, partnerships and digital innovation. Translates culture into campaigns that perform by connecting brands with passion points.

Quantifiable outcome

• Domino's Crème Egg Cookie sold out across Ireland in 2 weeks
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dentsu Ireland: Dentsu's Irish operations providing creative, media (Carat, iProspect), and customer experience services, structurally similar to Havas Village's integrated model.
• VML Dublin (formerly Wunderman Thompson / JWT): WPP-owned Dublin office providing creative, digital, and customer experience services — a direct peer across integrated marketing mandates and a fellow global network subsidiary.
• McCann Dublin: IPG-owned Dublin creative agency offering advertising, digital, and brand strategy services, competing in the same Irish enterprise creative market as Havas Dublin.
• In the Company of Huskies: Independent Dublin-based creative, digital, and media agency competing with Havas Dublin for integrated enterprise mandates, particularly in consumer and tech sectors.
• BBDO Dublin: Long-standing Dublin creative agency within the Omnicom network, competing for the same enterprise creative and integrated communications briefs as Havas Creative Dublin.
• Publicis Dublin: Irish operations of Publicis Groupe, offering creative, media (Publicis Media), digital, and PR services in Dublin — directly comparable to the Havas Village offering across the same client set.
• Rothco (Accenture Song Dublin): Leading Dublin-based full-service creative agency (now part of Accenture Song) competing head-to-head with Havas Creative on Irish creative, digital, and integrated campaigns for major enterprise clients.
• Core: Independent Dublin-headquartered creative and media agency competing with Havas Dublin across integrated campaigns, with comparable emphasis on data-driven creative and media.
• Ogilvy Dublin: WPP's creative and brand strategy network operating in Dublin, competing for integrated campaigns across consumer, government, and corporate clients in Ireland.
• PHD Media Ireland: Omnicom media agency with a Dublin presence, competing directly with Havas Media Ireland for media planning and buying mandates from the same enterprise client base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/havasdublin
• Facebookfacebook.com/havasdublin
• Instagraminstagram.com/havasdublin
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/havasdublin

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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