 In June 2005, the French Publicis Groupe (then the third largest communications firm in the world) acquired a 50.1% stake in Freud Communications.In 2006, Freud purchased advertising agency DFGW.In 2011, Freud Communications had a turnover of around £40 million per year, a staff of more than two hundred and was ranked by "PR Week" in their ranking system as 6th in the UK.