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Reach Audiences on the Move

Taxi advertising puts your brand directly into the streets, placing messages at eye level with pedestrians, motorists, commuters and shoppers in busy urban environments.

From iconic London taxis to local taxi networks across major UK cities, taxis provide highly visible, mobile advertising that moves through the areas where your target audience lives, works, shops and socialises.

A wrapped London taxi can generate up to 10,000 daily impressions, making taxi advertising particularly effective in busy city centres and high-footfall locations.

At The Media Angel, we plan and buy taxi advertising campaigns across the UK, helping brands identify the right locations, formats and campaign duration to reach their audiences effectively.

Why Choose Taxi Advertising?

Taxi advertising offers something that many static advertising formats cannot: mobility.

Rather than remaining in one location, taxis travel through busy streets and multiple neighbourhoods throughout the day, creating repeated opportunities for people to see your brand.

This makes taxi advertising particularly effective for:

Building local and regional brand awareness
Reaching commuters and city-centre audiences
Supporting retail and store launches
Promoting events and attractions
Reaching tourists and visitors
Supporting travel and leisure campaigns
Creating high-impact brand visibility
Reinforcing wider OOH, TV and digital campaigns

Taxi advertising can also provide visibility throughout the day and night, helping your campaign remain present across different audience journeys and environments.

High-Impact Taxi Advertising Formats

There are a number of ways to use taxis to promote your brand, depending on your objectives and budget.

Full Taxi Wraps

Full livery wraps transform the entire exterior of a taxi into a moving billboard, creating maximum visual impact and strong brand visibility.

They work particularly well for product launches, major campaigns and brands looking to create standout creative that is difficult to miss.

Taxi Supersides

Supersides provide prominent advertising space along the side of the vehicle, putting your brand at eye level with pedestrians and passing traffic.

They offer a highly visible alternative to a full wrap and can be particularly effective for regional and city-based campaigns.

Interior Advertising

Interior advertising can include tip-up seat panels and other formats within the taxi.

These placements provide a more captive environment, allowing passengers to see your message at close range during their journey.

Reach Busy Urban Audiences

Taxi advertising is particularly valuable in densely populated areas where there is a constant flow of pedestrians, commuters, shoppers and visitors.

Campaigns can be planned around specific cities, neighbourhoods, transport hubs, shopping areas, tourist destinations and other high-footfall locations.

This makes taxi advertising a flexible option for brands that want to concentrate their investment in particular geographic areas rather than run a national campaign.

Make Your Brand Part of the City

Taxi advertising can also provide a strong creative opportunity.

A striking taxi wrap can become part of the visual landscape of a city, creating memorable brand exposure while travelling through busy streets. For larger campaigns, fleets of branded taxis can increase visibility and create a greater sense of scale.

Taxi advertising can therefore work particularly well alongside other OOH formats, such as roadside, bus, rail, shopping centre and digital outdoor advertising.

Taxi Advertising Across the UK

Although London is one of the most recognisable markets for taxi advertising, opportunities are available across a number of UK cities and major urban areas.

We can help you assess the available taxi advertising opportunities based on your target audience, geographic priorities, campaign objectives and budget.

Whether you want to brand a single taxi, run a campaign across a fleet or combine taxis with a wider OOH campaign, we’ll help identify the most effective approach.

Why Choose The Media Angel?

At The Media Angel, we independently plan and buy outdoor advertising campaigns across the UK.

We can help you identify the right taxi formats and locations, negotiate competitive rates, manage campaign timings and coordinate your taxi advertising with other media activity.

Our aim is to make your media budget work harder by ensuring your campaign reaches the right people, in the right places and at the right time.

Make Your Brand Impossible to Miss

From an iconic fully wrapped London taxi to a targeted regional campaign, taxi advertising provides a highly visible way to put your brand directly into the streets.

Talk to The Media Angel about your next taxi advertising campaign.

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Did you know?

10,000

impressions from a London wrapped taxi

(cab-E media)

77%

of people agree advertising on black taxis is an eye-catching place for brands

(Transport Media)

90%

of ABC1s recall seeing a black-cab advert that week

(Cab-E Media))

80%

of people notice new taxi advertisements

(Transport Media)

So if you are looking to get your brand seen OOH on taxis stations and need help securing the best locations for your campaign objectives, get in touch today…

Some of our taxi campaigns…

The Media Angel has consistently produced sector leading outcomes which exceed our expectations. This has been delivered through work which bears the hallmarks of innovation, a collaborative approach and efficient use of our resources through effective negotiation and market awareness on the part of Alison and her team. It all adds up to sustained excellence.

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We are constantly being given strategic recommendations about which media platforms to use to successfully position ourselves to reach our niche target audience. Since using The Media Angel they have helped us gain our full potential through advertising.

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What is taxi advertising?

Taxi advertising is a form of Out of Home (OOH) advertising that uses taxis as moving advertising platforms. Brands can advertise on the exterior or inside taxis, reaching pedestrians, motorists, commuters, shoppers and passengers as vehicles travel through busy urban areas.

Taxi advertising can be used for local, regional or national campaigns and is particularly effective in cities, tourist destinations and other high-footfall locations.

Is taxi advertising effective?

Yes. Taxi advertising provides high visibility and repeated exposure, particularly in busy city-centre environments.

80% of people notice new taxi advertisements, while more than 95% of taxi time is spent in city-centre environments. This makes taxis particularly effective for reaching urban audiences throughout the day.

Taxi advertising can also work alongside other OOH formats, TV, radio, cinema and digital advertising to reinforce campaign messages.

How much does taxi advertising cost?

The cost of taxi advertising depends on the city, number of vehicles, advertising format, campaign duration and level of coverage required.

A single taxi or small local campaign will cost significantly less than a large fleet or fully wrapped national campaign.

We can recommend the most appropriate format and campaign scale for your budget and negotiate competitive rates with taxi media owners.

What types of taxi advertising are available?

The main taxi advertising formats include:

Full taxi wraps or liveries
Taxi supersides
Rear advertising
Interior advertising
Tip-up seat panels
Headrest and passenger-area advertising
Fleet branding

Availability varies between cities and taxi operators.

What is a taxi wrap?

A taxi wrap, sometimes called a full livery, uses advertising graphics across a large proportion of the vehicle’s exterior.

It creates a highly visible moving billboard and is particularly effective for product launches, major brand campaigns, events and campaigns where maximum visual impact is important.

What are taxi supersides?

Taxi supersides are large advertising panels positioned on the side of the vehicle.

They provide prominent street-level visibility to pedestrians, cyclists, motorists and other road users and can be a more cost-effective alternative to a full taxi wrap.

Can I advertise inside taxis?

Yes. Interior taxi advertising can include tip-up seat panels and other passenger-facing formats.

These placements provide a more captive environment, allowing passengers to view your advertising at close range during their journey.

Interior advertising can be particularly useful when your campaign needs more space for information, a call to action or a QR code.

Can taxi advertising be targeted by location?

Yes. Taxi advertising can be targeted geographically by selecting specific cities, areas, taxi fleets and operating zones.

This makes it particularly useful for businesses targeting specific towns and cities or wanting to reach audiences around shopping districts, transport hubs, tourist attractions, business areas or retail locations.

Can I advertise on London taxis?

Yes. London’s iconic black cabs offer a range of exterior and interior advertising opportunities.

Fully branded London taxis can provide particularly high visibility in central London and other busy areas, while interior formats allow brands to reach passengers directly during their journeys.

Can I advertise on taxis outside London?

Yes. Taxi advertising is available in many UK cities and urban areas.

Campaigns can be planned around individual cities or selected locations depending on your target audience and media objectives.

This can make taxi advertising particularly useful for regional brands, tourism campaigns, retailers, universities, events and local businesses.

How many people see taxi advertising?

Audience delivery depends on the number of vehicles, campaign location, campaign duration and format.

Taxis make almost 200,000 journeys each day, providing significant opportunities for repeated exposure in busy urban environments.

A fully wrapped London taxi can generate up to 10,000 daily impressions, although actual campaign delivery will vary by location and vehicle activity.

Can taxi advertising target commuters?

Yes. Taxi advertising can be particularly effective for reaching commuters and workers travelling through busy urban areas.

Campaigns can be concentrated around business districts, transport hubs, railway stations, shopping areas and other locations with high levels of commuter activity.

Can taxi advertising reach tourists?

Yes. Taxis are particularly useful for reaching tourists and visitors because they operate heavily around airports, railway stations, hotels, attractions, shopping districts and city-centre destinations.

This makes taxi advertising a useful option for tourism, hospitality, attractions, travel and leisure brands.

Can taxi advertising drive people to a shop or event?

Yes. Taxi advertising can help direct consumers towards physical locations such as shops, restaurants, attractions and events.

Campaigns can be concentrated around the areas where your target customers are most likely to be travelling, helping to create a connection between advertising exposure and a physical location.

QR codes, promotional offers and clear calls to action can also be incorporated into suitable creative.

Can taxi advertising be combined with other OOH advertising?

Absolutely. Taxi advertising works particularly well as part of a wider OOH campaign.

For example, a campaign could combine taxis with:

Roadside billboards
Bus advertising
Bus shelters
Rail advertising
Shopping centre advertising
Digital Out of Home (DOOH)

Using several OOH formats allows brands to reach consumers at different points during their daily journeys and reinforce the same campaign message.

Can taxi advertising be combined with TV and digital advertising?

Yes. Taxi advertising can complement TV, Connected TV, Video on Demand, social media, digital advertising and radio.

TV and digital can establish broad awareness, while taxi advertising provides repeated physical exposure as consumers travel around cities.

Using multiple channels can help reinforce campaign messages and increase opportunities for consumers to see and remember a brand.

How far in advance should I book taxi advertising?

We recommend booking as early as possible, particularly for premium taxi formats, major cities, fully wrapped vehicles and campaigns planned around busy periods.

Advance booking gives you greater choice of vehicles, formats and campaign dates and allows sufficient time for artwork production and approvals.

Last-minute opportunities may also be available depending on inventory.

How is taxi advertising measured?

Taxi advertising is generally measured using estimated audience delivery, reach and frequency, depending on the media owner and format.

Campaigns can be planned using audience and location data to estimate the number of people likely to see the advertising.

We can provide campaign delivery information and post-campaign reporting where available from the relevant media owner.

Why use a taxi advertising agency?

A specialist media agency can help you identify the most appropriate taxi networks, locations and formats for your target audience.

We can compare available opportunities, negotiate rates, check availability, manage artwork requirements and coordinate taxi advertising with other media activity.

This saves time and helps ensure your campaign is planned around your objectives rather than simply booking available vehicles.

Why choose The Media Angel for taxi advertising?

The Media Angel is an independent media planning and buying agency, giving us the flexibility to assess taxi advertising opportunities across different locations and media owners.

We can help with audience and location planning, format selection, media buying, negotiation and campaign coordination.

Whether you’re looking for a small regional taxi campaign or a high-impact city-wide campaign, we’ll help you identify the right opportunities and make your media budget work harder.