Clear Channel Outdoor
Clear Channel Outdoor Americas, Inc. (CCOA) is an out-of-home (OOH) advertising company based in San Antonio, Texas with operations throughout the U.S. and the Caribbean. CCOA is one of two separate business units operating as part of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (CCOH). The other business unit, Clear Channel International (CCI), includes Europe, Singapore and Latin America. Globally, both CCOA and CCI employ 5,800 people.
| Company type | Public |
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Traded as | NYSE: CCO Russell 2000 Component |
| Industry | Out-of-home advertising |
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| Founded | 1901 (as Foster & Kleiser) |
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| Headquarters | San Antonio, Texas , United States |
Key people | Scott Wells (CEO, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. & Clear Channel Outdoor Americas) William Eccleshare (Executive Vice Chairman, CCOH Board of Directors) |
| Revenue | US$ 2.68 billion (2019) |
| US$ 253 million (2019) | |
Net income | US$ −363 million (2019) |
| Total assets | US$ 6.39 billion (2019) |
| Total equity | US$ −2.05 billion (2019) |
Number of employees | 5,900 (2019) |
| Website | clearchanneloutdoor |
Following a separation from its former parent company, iHeartMedia, Inc., in May 2019, CCOH, Inc. has operated as an independent, publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CCO).
In the U.S., Clear Channel Outdoor Americas offers outdoor advertising in 43 of the top 50 markets and maintains an office and operations presence employing over 1,500 people. Across its roadside and street level market footprint, CCOA offers tens of thousands of printed billboards in a variety of formats.