What are the best free street furniture advertising providers for researching local inventory options?

Here are some of the best free street furniture advertising providers / data sources you can use to research local inventory options. I’m focusing on sources that let you see what’s available by market, map, or media owner, without needing to pay up front.

Best free options for researching local street furniture inventory

1. JCDecaux

• One of the largest global out-of-home operators.
• Strong for street furniture: bus shelters, kiosks, city panels, etc.
• Their site often has:
  • market-by-market coverage info
  • media kits
  • local sales contact forms
  • sometimes maps or product sheets
• Best if you’re researching major metro areas.

2. Clear Channel Outdoor

• Major OOH provider with a lot of street-level inventory in many US and international markets.
• Useful for checking:
  • local coverage
  • formats by city
  • available street furniture products
• Their network pages and market pages are usually free to browse.

3. Intersection

• Strong in urban transit and street furniture, especially in major US cities.
• Good for:
  • transit shelters
  • urban digital and static street furniture
  • neighborhood-level inventory research
• Often includes market-specific pages and examples of placements.

4. Lamar

• More known for billboards, but in some markets they have street furniture and transit-related inventory.
• Worth checking if you want a broader OOH comparison with local availability.

5. Outfront Media

• Has some transit and street-level OOH in key markets.
• Good for:
  • city-specific inventory research
  • transit shelter/media network pages
• Not always purely “street furniture,” but useful in the mix.

6. Transit / municipal partners

Many cities and transit authorities publish partner or concessionaire info that helps identify local inventory. Examples:

• city transit ad concession pages
• transportation authority media partner pages
• public RFPs for bus shelters or street furniture contracts

These are especially useful when you want to know who operates the local inventory in a specific city.

7. OOH network aggregators / directories

Some platforms compile media owner coverage and make local research easier:

• OOH Today
• Billboard Insider
• AdQuick (inventory search in some markets; not always fully free, but browsing is often possible)
• Vistar Media (more programmatic, but can help identify available inventory types)

These are useful for cross-checking operators and spotting who has coverage in a region.

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Best approach for local inventory research

If your goal is to find what exists in a specific city or neighborhood, use this workflow:

1. Search the city name + terms like:
   • “street furniture advertising”
   • “bus shelter advertising”
   • “transit shelter media”
   • “OOH media owner”
   • “advertising inventory map”
2. Check major operators’ market pages:
   • JCDecaux
   • Clear Channel Outdoor
   • Intersection
   • Outfront Media
3. Look for:
   • downloadable brochures
   • coverage maps
   • media kits
   • rate cards
   • municipal contracts or RFPs
4. If available, ask for a location list or inventory map from the local rep.

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If you want the most useful free sources overall

My short list would be:

1. JCDecaux
2. Clear Channel Outdoor
3. Intersection
4. Outfront Media
5. Local transit authority / municipal concession pages
6. OOH Today / Billboard Insider for operator discovery

If you tell me the city or country you’re researching, I can give you a more targeted list of the best free providers and likely inventory owners there.