At the final show of 2025, we found out who took Holding Company of the Year, Network Agency of the Year, Advertiser of the Year and Independent Agency of the Year.
The Drum Awards Festival is now over for another year. If you missed any of the live shows, you can watch them now on The Drum TV. Or if you want to quickly find out who won what, you can check out all of the results below.
To wrap up the festival, we brought together judges from this year’s awards shows for one last time to decide on an overall best piece of winning work, weighing up all the Grand Prix winners from throughout the festival. The Drum’s editorial team also got together to discuss their favorite winners and to decide who should receive the Editor’s Choice Award.
Here are the winners of The Drum Awards 2025 Grand Finale.
Independent Agency of the Year (sponsored by Microsoft Advertising)
The Romans
Holding Company of the Year
Interpublic Group (IPG)
Network Agency of the Year
Area 23
B2B Agency of the Year
Stein
Underdog Agency of the Year
Hopeful Monsters
Advertiser of the Year
Unilever
Editor’s Choice 2025
Area 23 for Kyikatêjê
Grand Prix of Grand Prix 2025
Dentsu Creative New York for Mondelez International
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