Euro Fair Statistics Certified Key Figures of Exhibitions Euro Fair Statistics in Europe Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Finland France Germany Hungary Italy Luxemburg Facts about Euro Fair Statistics 4 Moldavia Introduction 5 Poland UFI message 6 Portugal Definitions 8 Romania Location of events 12 Russia Lists of used codes 13 Serbia Event data by city 22 Slovenia Spain Switzerland Sweden The Netherlands Turkey Ukraine FACTS ABOUT EURO FAIR STATISTICS The 2015 edition contains the certified statistics of 2 420 exhibitions Rented space Number of events from the following 23 countries: Industry sector (UFI code) sqm % % Austria ....................................................................................... 23 Leisure, Hobby, Entertainment (3) 3 425 629 13% 429 17% Belgium...................................................................................... 61 Bulgaria ....................................................................................... 5 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery (1) 2 294 007 9% 166 6% Croatia ......................................................................................... 5 Construction, Infrastructure (5) 2 190 111 8% 158 6% Czech Republic ......................................................................... 30 Finland ....................................................................................... 66 Food and Beverage, Hospitality (2) 1 969 254 7% 209 8% France ..................................................................................... 579 Furniture, Interior design (12) 1 947 031 7% 95 4% Germany .................................................................................. 198 Hungary ..................................................................................... 15 General (27) 1 904 816 7% 148 6% Italy .......................................................................................... 181 Luxembourg................................................................................11 Engineering, Industrial, Manufacturing, Machines, Instruments, Hardware (19) 1 667 616 6% 142 6% Moldavia ...................................................................................... 2 Automobiles, Motorcycles (16) 1 490 809 6% 87 3% Poland ..................................................................................... 199 Portugal ..................................................................................... 31 Textiles, Apparel, Fashion (25) 1 478 428 6% 159 6% Romania .................................................................................... 12 Premium, Household, Gifts, Toys (13) 1 162 347 4% 100 4% Russia...................................................................................... 150 Serbia .......................................................................................... 2 Transport, Logistics, Maritime (26) 848 954 3% 60 2% Slovenia ....................................................................................... 1 Health, Medical Equipment (22) 792 961 3% 90 4% Spain ....................................................................................... 261 Sweden...................................................................................... 32 IT and Telecommunications (21) 656 605 2% 61 2% Switzerland ................................................................................ 84 The Netherlands ........................................................................ 29 Business Services, retail (4) 573 834 2% 120 5% Turkey ...................................................................................... 419 Energy, Oil, Gas (9) 478 451 2% 68 3% Ukraine ...................................................................................... 24 Security, Fire Safety, Defense (7) 438 647 2% 34 1% Jewelry, Watch & Accessories (24) 403 064 2% 41 2% At these events, organized by 782 organizers, a total of 677 146 exhibitors, 67,3 million visitors and 24.8 million square metres of Electronics, Components (18) 382 405 1% 42 2% rented space were registered. Education (8) 375 610 1% 115 5% 35% of the exhibitions were addressed to trade visitors, 31% to public Environmental Protection (10) 332 254 1% 58 2% visitors and 34% to both target groups. Beauty, Cosmetics (14) 326 300 1% 35 1% UFI estimates that the audited events present in this report represents, Travel (6) 324 475 1% 28 1% in 2015, almost around half of the European exhibition market in terms of net space rented. Printing , Packaging (11) 226 273 less than 1% 25 1% Chemistry (17) 198 434 less than 1% 30 1% The breakdown of all the events by industry sector (provided by each partner) is presented in the table on the right. As almost 6% of all Aviation, Aerospace (20) 155 920 less than 1% 5 less than 1% events (representing 6% of the total net space rented) had more than one industry sector mentioned, both overall cumulated % reach Real Estate (15) 138 672 less than 1% 44 2% 106%. UFI regularly produces some additional analysis on this data in Optics (23) 101 363 less than 1% 6 less than 1% its annual report on Global Exhibition Industry Statistics. 4 - Euro Fair Statistics 2015 INTRODUCTION Exhibitions play a vital role in today’s business world. It is therefore of fundamental importance that customers have access to reliable exhibition data. This report includes the data provided by the 14 bodies mentioned below who certify that the statistics contained in this Carole Ramuz report have been issued according to the definitions outlined hereafter. Association President, Expo-Event.Live Further information is available by contacting each organization directly directly (contact details are provided on page 7). Communication Verband Schweiz Ettore Riello Chairman, Italian Exhibition Sergei Alexeev and Trade Fair Association Mikael Jansson Wolfgang Marzin President of the Russian Union President of SFC, President of FKM, Germany of Exhibitions and Fairs Sweden Riemer Rijpkema Director of CLC-VECTA Centrum voor Live Communication, The Netherlands Pedro Aleixo Dias Frédéric Jouët Andrzej Mochon BDO & Associados, Portugal Président UNIMEV CENTREX Chairman Martin Roy President of FKM Austria Frédéric François Cengiz Özcan President of FEBELUX, Xabier Basañez Llantada Deputy Secretary General, Belgium & Luxembourg President of AFE UCCET, Turkey Anni Vepsäläinen Chairman of the Finnish Union of Trade Fair Organizers Euro Fair Statistics 2015 - 5 UFI MESSAGE UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry is happy to present the eighth UFI edition of this report. Our goal is continuously to develop the geographical scope of this project and an important step was taken three years ago with the inclusion of certified data, in addition to audited data. Two years ago, data from Switzerland was included for the first time. UFI is the leading global association of the world’s tradeshow organisers and exhibition centre operators, as well as the major national and international exhibition associations, and Due to the different levels of development and global diversity, selected partners of the exhibition industry. methods may vary slightly from country to country but all the national bodies who have taken part in this study guarantee UFI’s main goal is to represent, promote and support the business interests of its members the quality of the statistics they have provided. and the exhibition industry. UFI directly represents around 50,000 exhibition industry employees globally, and also works closely with its 55 national and regional association UFI strongly believes that auditing should, wherever possible, members. 700 member organisations in 85 countries around the world are presently signed be done in a consistent manner to make figures comparable up as members. and audited events are identified as such in this report with the name of the auditor. Nearly 950 international trade fairs proudly bear the UFI approved label, a quality guarantee for visitors and exhibitors alike. UFI continues to play an important role in developing a basic minimum standard for the industry including the publication UFI members continue to provide the international business community with a unique and implementation of “UFI’s Auditing Rules for UFI Approved marketing media aimed at developing outstanding face-to-face business opportunities. Events”. The latter are identified in the report. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Christian Druart at [email protected]. UFI Headquarters Paris, September 2016 17 rue Louise Michel Kai Hattendorf 92300 Levallois-Perret, France UFI Managing Director +33 (0)1 46 39 75 00 www.ufi.org (*) The “UFI Approved Event” label is given to exhibitions organized by UFI members after a quality assessment. In 2015, UFI approves more than 950 international events. 6 - Euro Fair Statistics 2015 THE FIGURES LISTED IN THIS REPORT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY: AEFI – Associazione Esposizioni e Fiere CLC-VECTA Scandinavian Fair Control (SFC) italiane De Corridor 10F Elmiavägen 11 Via Emilia, 155 47921 Rimini, Italy 3621 ZB Breukelen S-554 54 Jönköping +39 (0541) 744 229 The Netherlands +46 36 34 62 30 [email protected] +31 (0)346-352444 [email protected] www.aefi.it [email protected] www.fairlink.se www.clcvecta.nl AFE - Asociación de Ferias Españolas Society for Voluntary Control of Fair and CAMARA DE COMERCIO DE ESPAÑA Expo-Event.Live Communication Verband Schweiz Exhibition Statistics (FKM) C/ Ribera del Loira 12 Kapellenstrasse 14 Littenstrasse 9 Primera Planta CH - 3001 Bern 10179 Berlin, Germany E-28042 Madrid, Spain