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   <periodOfReport>2003-11-03</periodOfReport>
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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000029989</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>OMNICOM GROUP INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>OMC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001247250</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>DENISON SUSAN S</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>511 EAST 80TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10021</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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         <isDirector>1</isDirector>
         <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
         <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
         <isOther>0</isOther>
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      <securityTitle>
         <value>Common Stock Par Value $0.15</value>
      </securityTitle>
      <transactionDate>
         <value>2003-11-03</value>
      </transactionDate>
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         <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
         <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
         <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
      </transactionCoding>
      <transactionAmounts>
         <transactionShares>
           <value>500</value>
         </transactionShares>
         <transactionPricePerShare>
           <value>79.97</value>
         </transactionPricePerShare>
         <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
           <value>A</value>
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           <value>5187</value>
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            <value>D</value>
         </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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   <footnotes>
      <footnote id="F1"> Includes 250 shares awarded 05/21/03 pursuant to the Omnicom Group Inc. Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors and which are subject to forfeiture, and 604 shares awarded on 1/14/03 pursuant to election by Director to receive portion of annual retainer in shares of Common Stock, pursuant to the 1998 Incentive Compensation Plan</footnote>
   </footnotes>
   <ownerSignature>
      <signatureName>By: Barry J. Wagner, Attorney-in-Fact for Susan S. Denison</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-11-03</signatureDate>
   </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

