Euro Fair Statistics Certified Key Figures of Exhibitions Euro Fair Statistics in Europe Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Finland France Germany Hungary Italy Luxembourg Facts about Euro Fair Statistics 4 Moldavia Introduction 5 Monaco UFI message 6 Poland Definitions 8 Portugal Location of events 12 Romania Lists of used codes 13 Russia Event data by city 22 Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland The Netherlands Turkey Ukraine FACTS ABOUT EURO FAIR STATISTICS The 2018 edition contains the certified statistics of 2 673 exhibitions from the Rented space Number of events Industry sector (UFI code) following 24 countries: sqm % % Leisure, Hobby, Entertainment (3) 4 306 150 15% 548 21% Austria (AT) ..................................21 Monaco (MC) ..................................1 Belgium (BE) .............................. 72* Poland (PL).................................200 Construction, Infrastructure (5) 2 949 110 11% 204 8% Bulgaria (BG) ..................................5 Portugal (P) ..................................23 Engineering, Industrial, Manufacturing, Machines, Instruments, Hardware (19) 2 741 057 10% 182 7% Croatia (HR) ...................................4 Romania (RO) ................................3 Czech Republic (CZ) ....................29 Russia (RU) ................................120 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery (1) 2 552 570 9% 196 7% Finland (SF) ..................................78 Slovenia (SLO) ...............................1 Food and Beverage, Hospitality (2) 2 409 078 9% 245 9% France (F) ...................................623 Spain (E).....................................317 Germany (D) ...............................196 Sweden (S) ...................................28 General (27) 2 055 132 7% 152 6% Hungary (HU) ...............................16 Switzerland (CH) ..........................85 Furniture, Interior design (12) 2 034 024 7% 151 6% Italy (I) .........................................191 The Netherlands (NL) ................132 Automobiles, Motorcycles (16) 1 569 066 6% 85 3% Luxembourg (LUX) ....................... 6* Turkey (TR) ................................499 Moldavia (MD) ................................2 Ukraine (UA) .................................21 Textiles, Apparel, Fashion (25) 1 459 642 5% 126 5% Premium, Household, Gifts, Toys (13) 1 154 993 4% 75 3% Transport, Logistics, Maritime (26) 1 151 039 4% 70 3% (*) Due to internal issues, FEBELUX was not able to provide their statistics in time for the release of the report. As a result, Health, Medical Equipment (22) 927 941 3% 94 4% the exhibitions listed in this report for Belgium and Luxemburg are based on the names of the annual ones held in 2017, and the biennal ones from 2016. A “To be updated” mention replaces the dates and statistic after those names. In addition, Business Services, retail (4) 808 539 3% 154 6% the consolidated statistics of these past editions have been used for the calculations in the tables above in order to be able to provide a consolidated picture for Europe. Travel (6) 749 122 3% 54 2% IT and Telecommunications (21) 587 701 2% 51 2% Energy, Oil, Gas (9) 555 735 2% 51 2% At these events, organized by 822 organizers, a total of 735 508 exhibitors, Jewelry, Watch & Accessories (24) 506 258 2% 46 2% 75.4 million visitors and 28 million square metres of rented space were registered. Beauty, Cosmetics (14) 442 559 2% 62 2% Electronics, Components (18) 441 174 2% 26 1% 38% of the exhibitions were addressed to trade visitors, 31% to public Printing , Packaging (11) 388 842 1% 31 1% visitors and 31% to both target groups. UFI estimates that the certified events present in this report represents, Education (8) 381 983 1% 115 4% in 2018, around 60% of the European exhibition market in terms of net Security, Fire Safety, Defense (7) 369 325 1% 42 2% space rented. Environmental Protection (10) 257 159 less than 1% 35 1% The breakdown of all the events by industry sector (provided by each Real Estate (15) 203 809 less than 1% 62 2% partner) is presented in the table on the right. As almost 7% of all events Chemistry (17) 135 390 less than 1% 25 less than 1% had more than one industry sector mentioned, the cumulated % of the Optics (23) 116 481 less than 1% 5 less than 1% number of events reaches 107%. Aviation, Aerospace (20) 95 424 less than 1% 8 less than 1% 4 - Euro Fair Statistics 2018 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 report have been issued according to the definitions outlined hereafter. Further information is available by contacting each organization directly (contact details are provided on page 7). Giovanni Laezza Chairman of the Italian Exhibition and Trade Fair Association, Rimini, Italy Riemer Rijpkema Director of CLC-VECTA Centrum voor Live Sergei Alexeev Eugen Bruner Communication, The Netherlands President of the Russian Union EXPO EVENT Pedro Aleixo Dias of Exhibitions and Fairs Swiss LiveCom Association BDO & Associados, Portugal Olivier Roux Président UNIMEV, France Xabier Basañez Llantada Emile de Cartier Klaus Dittrich President of AFE, Spain President of FEBELUX, President of FKM, Germany Belgium & Luxembourg Przemyslaw Trawa Chairman of CENTREX Budapest, Hungary Benedikt Binder-Krieglstein Cengiz Delibaş Mikael Jansson Anni Vepsäläinen President of FKM Austria Deputy Secretary General, President of SFC, Chairman of The Association of Trade Fair UCCET, Turkey Sweden and Event Organisers Euro Fair Statistics 2018 - 5 UFI MESSAGE UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry is happy to present the eleventh UFI edition of this report. Our goal is continuously to develop the geographical scope of this project and an important step was taken six years ago with the inclusion of certified data, in addition to audited data. Due to the different levels of development and global UFI is the leading global association of the world’s tradeshow organisers and exhibition diversity, methods may vary slightly from country to country centre operators, as well as the major national and international exhibition associations, and but all the national bodies who have taken part in this study selected partners of the exhibition industry. guarantee the quality of the statistics they have provided. UFI’s main goal is to represent, promote and support the business interests of its members UFI strongly believes that auditing should, wherever and the exhibition industry. UFI directly represents around 50,000 exhibition industry possible, be done in a consistent manner to make figures employees globally, and also works closely with its 52 national and regional associations comparable and audited events are identified as such in this members. Almost 800 member organisations in 83 countries and regions around the world report with the name of the auditor. are presently signed up as members. UFI continues to play an important role in developing a basic More than 900 trade fairs proudly bear the UFI approved label, a quality guarantee for minimum standard for the industry including the publication visitors and exhibitors alike. and implementation of “UFI’s Auditing Rules for UFI Approved Events”. The latter are identified in the report.* UFI members continue to provide the international business community with a unique marketing media aimed at developing outstanding face-to-face business opportunities. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Eleonora Robuschi at [email protected]. Paris, September 2019 Kai Hattendorf UFI Headquarters UFI Managing Director 17 rue Louise Michel 92300 Levallois-Perret, France +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 2019, UFI approves more than 900 events. 6 - Euro Fair Statistics 2018 THE FIGURES LISTED IN THIS REPORT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY: AEFI – Associazione Esposizioni e Fiere CLC-VECTA Society for Voluntary Control of Fair and italiane De Corridor 5C Exhibition Statistics (FKM) Via Emilia, 155 47921 Rimini, Italy 3621 ZA Breukelen Littenstrasse 9 +39 (0541) 744 229 The Netherlands 10179 Berlin, Germany [email protected] +31 (0)346 - 352 444 +49 (30) 2 40 00-0 www.aefi.it [email protected] [email protected] www.clcvecta.nl www.fkm.de AFE - Asociación de Ferias Españolas CAMARA DE COMERCIO DE ESPAÑA EXPO EVENT Swiss LiveCom Association The Association of Trade Fair and Event Organisers C/ Ribera del Loira 12 Kapellenstrasse 14 c/o Messukeskus, Helsinki Expo and Convention Center Primera Planta CH - 3001 Bern P.O.Box 21, FI-00521 Helsinki, Finland E-28042 Madrid, Spain +41 58 796 99 54 +358 40 450 3250 + 34 680214893 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.expo-event.ch https://messutsuomessa.fi/ www.afe.es FEBELUX UNIMEV – OJS department (France) Association for Voluntary Control of Fair c/o BRUSSELS EXPO 11, Rue Friant Statistics (FKM-Austria) Place de Belgique 1 F-75014 Paris, France Messeplatz 1 1020 Bruxelles +33 (1) 53 90 20 12 A-1021 Vienna, Austria +32 484 056 688 [email protected] +43 (1) 72 72 00 [email protected] www.ojs.fr [email protected] www.febelux.com www.messe.at Union of Chambers and Commodity Russian Union of Exhibitions and Fairs Exchanges of Turkey (UCCET) BDO & Associados (RUEF) Dumlupınar Bulvarı No:252 (Eskişehir Yolu 9. Km.) Avenida da Republica 50–10° 64/1,