Monday, May 16, 2011

Top sports advertisers

Telecommunications and auto manufacturers dominate the top ten of sports advertisers, as reported recently by the Sports Business Journal.

Here's the top ten list along with 2010 sports advertising spending:

1. AT&T Mobility - $366,313,812
2. Anheuser-Busch - $356,205,906
3. Verizon - $340,529,688
4. Ford - $304,976,281
5. Toyota - $240,029,368
6. Chevrolet - $238,965,192
7. Geico - $216,789,219
8. MillerCoors - $214,447,797
9. McDonald's - $202,887,766
10. Sprint - $179,083,297

Overall, auto made up 23.8% of the sports ad spending followed by telecom at 11.9%. The quick-service restaurant/pizza category was at 9.6%, beer at 7.5%, insurance at 6% and movies at 5%.

The brand which made the biggest jump in 2010 spending versus 2009 was Bank of America--a 192% increase to $89,874,195.

As for highest percentage of total ad spending dedicated to sports, the number one brand is not surprising--Nike had 92% of its ad spend dedicated to sports followed by Anheuser-Busch at 81% and MillerCoors, 75%.

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