Company type | Public |
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Industry | Real estate investment trust, Advertising |
Founded | 1902 |
Founder | Charles W. Lamar |
Headquarters | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
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Products | Outdoor Advertising |
Revenue | US$1.57 billion[1] |
Number of employees | 3,300[1] |
Website | lamar |
Lamar Advertising Company is an outdoor advertising company which operates billboards, logo signs, and transit displays in the United States and Canada.[2] The company was founded in 1902 by Charles W. Lamar and J.M. Coe, and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[3] The company has over 200 locations in the United States and Canada. They have reportedly more than 363,000 displays across the USA.[4] Lamar Advertising Company became a real estate investment trust in 2014.[5][6]