BARCELONA -- Germany once again had a strong showing in this year’s ADCE Creative Rankings, capturing top agency spots and top-ranked country status for the third straight year.

The rankings are based on points earned for wins in the 2025 ADCE Awards, announced at last week’s ADCE '25 European Creativity Festival in Barcelona.

Serviceplan Germany Munich again led the way, ranking as both ADCE Agency of the Year and Independent Agency of the Year for the third year in a row.  Overall, the agency won one ADCE Equal Star Award (honoring work that promotes inclusion, gender equality, and creativity overcoming stereotypes), three Gold, three Silver, eight Bronze, and four Shortlisted entries in this year’s awards.  

Highlights of the 2025 ADCE Creative Rankings are below.  Click on the links to view the full rankings for each category.  Rankings of agencies, brands and more within specific countries can be viewed by using dropdown menus.

Agency Rankings

1. Serviceplan Germany Munich

2. Playmakers Tbilisi

3. INNOCEAN Berlin

4. Saatchi & Saatchi Germany Düsseldorf

5. UZINA Lisbon

6. Fuego Camina Conmigo Barcelona

7. Saatchi & Saatchi Ukraine Kyiv

8. Dentsu Creative Iberia Lisbon (tie)

8. Wien Nord Serviceplan Vienna (tie)

10. Happiness Amsterdam

Independent Agency Rankings

1. Serviceplan Germany Munich

2. Playmakers Tbilisi

3. UZINA Lisbon

4. Fuego Camina Conmigo Barcelona

5. Wien Nord Serviceplan Vienna

The ADCE 2025 top-ranked entrants in the following categories are as follows (click category link to view the full list).

• Brand: PSP
• Design firm: Sons & Daughters ID Vilnius 
• Non-profit client: Reporters Without Borders
• Production company: Enkeny Films Tbilisi
• Music & Sound company: Heima Production Tbilisi
• Agency network: Saatchi & Saatchi
• Agency holding company: Publicis Groupe
• Highest ranked work: “Birds Never Fly” by Playmakers Tbilisi for PSP 

Country Rankings

1. Germany
2. Spain
3. Austria
4. Portugal
5. Georgia

The rankings are calculated based on cumulative points for ADCE 2025 Awards wins as follows: Gold 30 points, Silver 14, Bronze 6, Shortlist 2, Special Awards 60, and Grand Prix 90. 

The complete showcase of all 2025 ADCE Awards winners can be viewed here.

All ADCE 2025 winners will be incorporated into The One Club’s Global Creative Rankings, making it the industry’s foremost global benchmark ranking of agencies, brands, work, and creative professionals. 

The final 2025 Global Creative Rankings, to be announced in early January, will combine points from The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, ADCE Awards, ONE Asia Creative Awards, The One Club US chapter awards, and Type Directors Club TDC competitions.

About the Art Directors Club of Europe

The Art Directors Club of Europe (ADCE) is a non-profit based in Barcelona, it unites 25 professional clubs and associations from 24 European countries, including Germany, Italy, the UK, and Ukraine. Founded in 1990, ADCE promotes excellence in graphic design and advertising creativity across Europe, representing over 7,000 professionals and showcasing top local works. Its current president is Alexander Schill, Global Chief Creative Officer of Serviceplan Group.

ADCE is part of The One Club for Creativity based in New York, home of The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, Art Directors Club of Europe (ADCE) awards, ONE Asia Awards, Type Directors Club and competition, TDC Ascenders, ADC Young Guns, Young Ones Student Awards, Next Creative Leaders, and more – is the world’s foremost non-profit organization whose mission is to support and celebrate the global creative community.  Revenue generated from entries to its global and regional awards shows go back into the industry to fund programs that support industry access, creative education, professional development, and enhancement of creative careers around the world.