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Private Equity Can’t Look Away from OOH

Private Equity Can’t Look Away from OOH

The screens are bigger. The data’s sharper. And the money’s moving fast.

In the past 18 months, a wave of private equity and strategic investment has flooded the OOH space—across premium billboards, smaller screens, and programmatic infrastructure. From urban spectaculars to regional rollups, capital is moving aggressively into a channel that’s increasingly measurable, digitized, and scalable.

Who’s Buying What (and When)

Here’s a quick-hit timeline of the most significant OOH investment and acquisition activity over the past two years:

Why It All Matters

This isn’t just M&A — it’s the foundation of a reshaped OOH landscape:

• Private equity is driving scale and digital acceleration.

• Strategic buyers like T-Mobile are turning OOH into part of the digital stack.

• Legacy operators are stitching together the mid-market.

Where Marny Road Fits In

We connect planning, activation, and optimization in one seamless, data-driven loop we call The Flow—designed to deliver precision, scale, and measurable outcomes across OOH media.

Whether it’s a traditional direct buy or a complex programmatic campaign, we help customers activate OOH that behaves like digital—only bigger, bolder, and unskippable.