> Enrich.chat gives AI agents verified work emails and mobiles. To use it from an agent, read https://enrich.chat/agents.md . This is the Markdown version of https://enrich.chat/companies-using/the-trade-desk/ # Companies using The Trade Desk The Trade Desk is a demand side platform that advertisers use to buy and manage programmatic ads across channels. Here are the organizations where it was detected, where it is most common and how to reach the people who run it. By Enrich.chat Editorial. Updated October 21, 2026. **Short answer:** Organizations that use The Trade Desk include Walmart, Accenture, FedEx, Starbucks and McDonald's. The Trade Desk is in the advertising and retargeting category; below are the industries where it is most common, how adoption changes with size and the tools found alongside it. ## What is The Trade Desk? The Trade Desk is a demand side platform that advertisers use to buy and manage programmatic ads across channels. It sits in the advertising and retargeting category and is usually owned by advertising and paid media leaders. ## Which companies use The Trade Desk? Organizations where The Trade Desk was detected include Walmart, Accenture, FedEx, Starbucks and McDonald's. The table lists a selection of larger ones in alphabetical order; names link to company profiles. | Company | Industry | Size | | --- | --- | --- | | [Accenture](https://enrich.chat/company/accenture/) | Management consulting | 100,000+ | | [Albertsons](https://enrich.chat/company/albertsons/) | Retail | 100,000+ | | [Aldi Süd](https://enrich.chat/company/aldi-s-d/) | Retail | 100,000+ | | [Aramark](https://enrich.chat/company/aramark/) | Hospitality | 100,000+ | | [Bank of America](https://enrich.chat/company/bank-of-america/) | Banking | 100,000+ | | [Citi](https://enrich.chat/company/citi/) | Financial services | 100,000+ | | [Cognizant](https://enrich.chat/company/cognizant/) | Information technology and services | 100,000+ | | [CommonSpirit Health](https://enrich.chat/company/commonspirit-health/) | Hospitals and health care | 100,000+ | | [Compass Group USA](https://enrich.chat/company/compass-group-usa/) | Food and beverages | 100,000+ | | [CVS Health](https://enrich.chat/company/cvs-health/) | Hospitals and health care | 100,000+ | | [Dollar General](https://enrich.chat/company/dollar-general/) | Retail | 100,000+ | | [Dunkin'​](https://enrich.chat/company/dunkin/) | Food and beverages | 100,000+ | | [FedEx](https://enrich.chat/company/fedex/) | Package and freight delivery | 100,000+ | | [Hilton Austin](https://enrich.chat/company/hilton-austin/) | Hospitality | 100,000+ | | [J.P. Morgan](https://enrich.chat/company/j-p-morgan/) | Financial services | 100,000+ | | [Jewel-Osco](https://enrich.chat/company/jewel-osco/) | Retail | 100,000+ | | [Kaiser Permanente](https://enrich.chat/company/kaiser-permanente/) | Hospitals and health care | 100,000+ | | [La Poste Groupe](https://enrich.chat/company/la-poste-groupe/) | Logistics and supply chain | 100,000+ | | [Lowe's](https://enrich.chat/company/lowes/) | Retail | 100,000+ | | [McDonald's](https://enrich.chat/company/mcdonalds/) | Restaurants | 100,000+ | | [Peugeot](https://enrich.chat/company/peugeot/) | Automotive | 100,000+ | | [PwC](https://enrich.chat/company/pwc/) | Professional training and coaching | 100,000+ | | [Safeway](https://enrich.chat/company/safeway/) | Retail | 100,000+ | | [Siemens](https://enrich.chat/company/siemens/) | Machinery | 100,000+ | | [Starbucks](https://enrich.chat/company/starbucks/) | Retail | 100,000+ | | [University of California](https://enrich.chat/company/university-of-california/) | Higher education | 100,000+ | | [Walgreens](https://enrich.chat/company/walgreens/) | Health, wellness and fitness | 100,000+ | | [Walmart](https://enrich.chat/company/walmart/) | Retail | 100,000+ | | [Wells Fargo](https://enrich.chat/company/wells-fargo/) | Financial services | 100,000+ | | [Woolworths Supermarkets](https://enrich.chat/company/woolworths-supermarkets/) | Retail | 100,000+ | ## Which industries use The Trade Desk most? The bars show, for each industry, the share of listed organizations where The Trade Desk was detected. **Figure: Where The Trade Desk shows up most often.** Bars for the share of organizations in each of 8 industries where The Trade Desk was detected, from Restaurants at 43% down to Leisure, travel and tourism at 22%. *Share of listed organizations in each industry where The Trade Desk was detected.* ## Do larger companies use The Trade Desk more? For each size range, the column shows the share of listed organizations where The Trade Desk was detected. **Figure: The Trade Desk by company size.** Six columns, one per size range from 2,000 to over 100,000 employees, showing the share of organizations where The Trade Desk was detected: 2-5K 12%, 5-10K 16%, 10-25K 18%, 25-50K 22%, 50-100K 27%, 100K+ 25%. *Share of listed organizations in each size range where The Trade Desk was detected.* ## What tools go with The Trade Desk? Among the organizations that use The Trade Desk, these tools stand out: each is detected more often alongside The Trade Desk than across all the organizations listed. The tick on each bar marks that wider average. **Figure: Tools that stand out among The Trade Desk users.** Bars for the share of The Trade Desk users that also use each tool, with a tick for the share across all listed organizations: Qualtrics 20% against 7%, Yahoo Analytics 19% against 5%, LiveRamp 18% against 5%, Yahoo Ad Manager Plus 16% against 5%, Amazon Associates 16% against 4%, Quantcast 15% against 5%, Simpli.fi 13% against 3%, AdRoll 11% against 3%. *Share of organizations using The Trade Desk where each tool was also detected. The tick marks the share across all listed organizations.* [Qualtrics](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/qualtrics/)[Yahoo Analytics](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/yahoo-analytics/)[LiveRamp](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/liveramp/)[Yahoo Ad Manager Plus](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/yahoo-ad-manager-plus/)[Amazon Associates](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/amazon-associates/)[Quantcast](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/quantcast/)[Simpli.fi](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/simpli-fi/)[AdRoll](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/adroll/) ## The Trade Desk by industry Open an industry to see the organizations in it that use The Trade Desk. [Hospitals and health care](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/the-trade-desk/hospitals-and-health-care/)[Retail](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/the-trade-desk/retail/)[Information technology and services](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/the-trade-desk/information-technology-and-services/)[Higher education](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/the-trade-desk/higher-education/)[Financial services](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/the-trade-desk/financial-services/)[Insurance](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/the-trade-desk/insurance/)[Restaurants](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/the-trade-desk/restaurants/)[Automotive](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/the-trade-desk/automotive/)[Hospitality](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/the-trade-desk/hospitality/)[Government administration](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/the-trade-desk/government-administration/)[Telecommunications](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/the-trade-desk/telecommunications/)[Food and beverages](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/the-trade-desk/food-and-beverages/)[Banking](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/the-trade-desk/banking/)[Health, wellness and fitness](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/the-trade-desk/health-wellness-and-fitness/)[Nonprofit organization management](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/the-trade-desk/nonprofit-organization-management/) ## How do you reach the people who run The Trade Desk? The tool tells you what a company already runs; the people to talk to are usually advertising and paid media leaders. Pick an account from the table, then ask your AI agent for them. ```text Use www.enrich.chat to find the advertising and paid media leaders at [company], with titles and verified work emails ``` Check any other company with the free [tech stack lookup](https://enrich.chat/tools/tech-stack-lookup/), or find a company's [email format](https://enrich.chat/tools/email-format-finder/). ## Frequently asked questions ### What companies use The Trade Desk? Organizations where The Trade Desk was detected include Walmart, Accenture, FedEx, Starbucks and McDonald's. The page lists a selection of larger ones with links to their profiles. ### Which industries use The Trade Desk most? The Trade Desk shows up most often in restaurants, publishing and computer and network security. ### How is The Trade Desk usage detected? From public signals: code and tags on a company's website, the HTTP headers its servers send, and DNS records. A detected tool shows it was seen, not what the company pays for it. ### Who should I contact at a company that uses The Trade Desk? Usually advertising and paid media leaders. Ask your AI agent to use www.enrich.chat to find people in those roles at the account, with verified work emails. ## Try this prompt Find the people who run The Trade Desk ```text Use www.enrich.chat to find the advertising and paid media leaders at [company], with titles and verified work emails ``` ## Related - [Companies using a technology](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/) - [Companies using Facebook Custom Audiences](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/facebook-custom-audiences/) - [Companies using DoubleClick](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/doubleclick/) - [Companies using Adobe Media Optimizer](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/adobe-media-optimizer/) - [Companies using DoubleClick Conversion Tracking](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/doubleclick-conversion/) - [Companies using Google Dynamic Remarketing](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/google-dynamic-remarketing/) - [Companies using LinkedIn Marketing Solutions](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/linkedin-marketing-solutions/) - [Companies using Google Ads Conversion Tracking](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/google-adwords-conversion/) - [Companies using DoubleClick Floodlight](https://enrich.chat/companies-using/doubleclick-floodlight/) - [Tech stack lookup](https://enrich.chat/tools/tech-stack-lookup/)