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 Introduction 5 Moldavia UFI message 6 Montenegro Definitions 8 Poland Location of events 12 Portugal Lists of used codes 13 Romania Event data by city 21 Russia Slovenia Spain Sweden The Netherlands Turkey FACTS ABOUT EURO FAIR STATISTICS The 2012 edition contains the certified statistics of 2 494 Rented space Number of events exhibitions from the following 23 countries: Industry sector (UFI code) sqm % % Austria ........................................................................24 Leisure, Hobby, Entertainment (3) 3 216 147 13% 380 15% Belgium.......................................................................64 Bulgaria ........................................................................5 Construction, Infrastructure (5) 2 499 410 10% 186 7% Croatia ..........................................................................5 Engineering, Industrial, Manufacturing, Machines, Instruments, Hardware (19) 2 176 061 9% 162 6% Czech Republic ..........................................................46 General (27) 2 017 803 8% 154 6% Finland ........................................................................85 France ......................................................................756 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery (1) 1 976 806 8% 133 5% Germany ...................................................................228 Textiles, Apparel, Fashion (25) 1 790 649 7% 187 7% Hungary ......................................................................22 Italy ...........................................................................189 Furniture, Interior design (12) 1 731 642 7% 160 6% Luxembourg..................................................................5 Food and Beverage, Hospitality (2) 1 716 257 7% 193 8% Moldavia .......................................................................1 Montenegro ..................................................................1 Transport, Logistics, Maritime (26) 1 588 108 6% 84 3% Poland ......................................................................220 Premium, Household, Gifts, Toys (13) 1 233 262 5% 60 2% Portugal ......................................................................26 Romania .......................................................................6 Automobiles, Motorcycles (16) 959 329 4% 65 3% Russia.........................................................................85 Travel (6) 784 010 3% 65 3% Slovenia ........................................................................1 Spain ........................................................................178 Health, Medical Equipment (22) 659 230 3% 102 4% Sweden.......................................................................61 Business Services, retail (4) 607 651 2% 144 6% The Netherlands .........................................................47 IT and Telecommunications (21) 518 729 2% 56 2% Turkey .......................................................................409 Ukraine .......................................................................30 Energy, Oil, Gas (9) 449 573 2% 41 2% At these events, organized by almost 700 organizers, a total Environmental Protection (10) 407 960 2% 59 2% of 679 789 exhibitors, 67.2 million visitors and 24.8 million Security, Fire Safety, Defense (7) 407 747 2% 27 1% square metres of rented space were registered. Printing , Packaging (11) 359 736 1% 22 1% 36% of the exhibitions were addressed to trade visitors, 35% Education (8) 337 419 1% 167 6,7% to public visitors and 29% to both target groups. Electronics, Components (18) 319 184 1% 30 1,2% UFI estimates that the audited events present in this report Jewelry, Watch & Accessories (24) 290 923 1% 43 1,7% represents, in 2012, around 50% of the European exhibition market in terms of net space rented. Beauty, Cosmetics (14) 260 772 1% 34 1,4% Real Estate (15) 134 285 1% 45 1,8% The breakdown of all the events by industry sector (provided by each partner) is presented in the table on the right. As Chemistry (17) 115 407 less than 1% 17 1% about 5% of all events (representing 7% of the total net Aviation, Aerospace (20) 57 634 less than 1% 4 less than 1% space rented) had more than one industry sector mentioned, the overall cumulated % respectively reach 107% and 105%. Optics (23) 29 511 less than 1% 6 less than 1% UFI regularly produces some additional analysis on this data in its annual report on Global Exhibition Industry Statistics. 4 - Euro Fair Statistics 2012 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 13 bodies mentioned below who certify that the statistics contained Ettore Riello in this report have been issued according to the definitions outlined hereafter. Chairman Italian Exhibition and Trade Fair Association Further information is available by contacting each auditing body directly (contact details are provided on page 7). Cihat Alagoz Pedro Aleixo Dias Thierry Hesse Daan Rodenrijs Head of the Chambers-Commodity BDO & Associates, Portugal President of OJS, Chairman of the Research Committee Exchanges, Sectors and France CLC-VECTA , The Netherlands Entrepreneurship Department UCCET, Turkey Sergei Alexeev Jussi Eerikäinen Mathias Limbeck Mikael Jansson President of the Russian Union Chairman of the Finnish Union President of FKM-Austria President of SFC, of Exhibitions and Fairs of Trade Fair Organizers Sweden Dr. János Barabás Pierre Hermant Wolfgang Marzin José Antonio Vicente Chairman of the Board of Directors President of FEBELUX, President of FKM, Germany President of AFE, Spain CENTREX, Central East Europe Belgium & Luxembourg Euro Fair Statistics 2012 - 5 UFI MESSAGE UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry is happy to present the fifth UFI edition of this report. Our goal is continuously to develop the geographical scope of this project and an important step was taken this year with the inclusion of certified data, in addition to audited data. UFI is the association of the world’s leading tradeshow organisers and fairground owners, as well as the major national and international exhibition associations, and selected partners Due to the different levels of development and global diversity, of the exhibition industry. With over 630 member organizations in 85 countries, UFI’s global methods may vary slightly from country to country but all the reach provides unique value to its members through promotion, information and networking. national bodies who have taken part in this study guarantee the quality of the statistics they have provided. UFI’s main goal is to represent, promote and support its members and the exhibition industry worldwide. It provides a global networking platform through its events, website and other UFI strongly believes that auditing should, wherever possible, media where exhibition industry professionals can exchange ideas and experiences. be done in a consistent manner to make figures comparable and audited events are identified as such in this report with UFI promotes exhibitions globally as a unique marketing and communications tool. We the name of the auditor. provide our members with valuable studies and research regarding all aspects of the exhibition industry and offer educational training opportunities and a variety of professional UFI continues to play an important role in developing a basic seminars. UFI also deals with issues of common interest to its members through lobbying, minimum standard for the industry including the publication our engagement in appropriate international organisations, media campaigns and direct and implementation of “UFI’s Auditing Rules for UFI Approved intervention with governments where needed. Events”. The latter are identified in the report. All organiser members of UFI must have at least one UFI Approved Event. This growing If you have any questions or comments, please contact list of over 900 of the world’s leading exhibitions represents the highest quality international Christian Druart at [email protected]. fairs. Paris, July 2013 Paul Woodward UFI Managing Director UFI Headquarters 17 rue Louise Michel 92300 Levallois-Perret, France +33 (0)1 46 39 75 00 (*) The “UFI Approved Event” label is given to exhibitions organized by UFI www.ufi.org members after a quality assessment. In 2013, UFI approves more than 900 international events. 6 - Euro Fair Statistics 2012 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 10F Exhibition Statistics (FKM) Via Emilia, 155 47921 Rimini, Italy 3621 ZB Breukelen Littenstrasse 9 Phone: +39 (0541) 744 229, Fax: +39 (0541) 744 512 The Netherlands 10179 Berlin, Germany e-mail: [email protected] Phone: +31 (0)346-352444, Fax: +31 (0)346-266599 Phone: +49 (30) 2 40 00-0, Fax: +49 (30) 2 40 00-3 40 www.aefi.it e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] www.clcvecta.nl www.fkm.de AFE - Spanish Trade Fair Association FEBELUX Russian Union of Exhibitions and Fairs C./. Albadalejo, 4/Bajo, Oficina 28 c/o BRUSSELS EXPO (RUEF) E-28037 Madrid, Spain Place de Belgique 1 13, Sovnarkomovskaya St., GSP-1080, Phone: +34 9 15 62 10 22, Fax: +34 9 15 64 42 73 1020 Bruxelles