Havas (French pronunciation: [avas]; Euronext: HAV) is the second largest advertising group in France and is a "Global advertising and communications services group" and the 6th-largest global advertising and communications group worldwide, operating on the communications consulting market through three main operational divisions:

The company which today bears the name Havas is itself a former subsidiary of the original Havas which acquired the rights to the name in 2002. It is a holding company headquartered in the outskirts of Paris and listed in the Euronext main market.

Havas was the first French news agency, created in 1835. The Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency comes from it. Havas was acquired by Vivendi in 1998, and renamed Vivendi Universal Publishing. VUP in turn merged with Lagardere to become Editis in 2004.

French corporate raider Vincent Bolloré, through his holding company the Bolloré Group, is the main shareholder, controlling 26.41% of the share capital as at 20 July 2006. Bolloré is also the Chairman of the Havas board (Président du conseil d'administration).