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 2017 edition contains the certified statistics of 2 709 exhibitions Rented space Number of events from the following 24 countries: Industry sector (UFI code) sqm % % Austria ................................................................................. 19 Leisure, Hobby, Entertainment (3) 4 013 811 15% 549 20% Belgium................................................................................ 81 Bulgaria ............................................................................... 5 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery (1) 2 759 112 10% 208 8% Switzerland ........................................................................... 132 Engineering, Industrial, Manufacturing, Machines, Instruments, Hardware (19) 2 092 531 8% 163 6% Czech Republic ................................................................... 28 Germany ............................................................................... 185 Construction, Infrastructure (5) 1 973 980 7% 182 7% Spain .................................................................................... 381 Food and Beverage, Hospitality (2) 1 962 229 7% 225 8% France .................................................................................. 614 Croatia ................................................................................. 5 General (27) 1 876 251 7% 144 5% Hungary ............................................................................... 15 Furniture, Interior design (12) 1 604 133 6% 113 4% Italy ....................................................................................... 181 Luxembourg......................................................................... 5 Automobiles, Motorcycles (16) 1 451 654 5% 88 3% Monaco ................................................................................ 1 Textiles, Apparel, Fashion (25) 1 421 594 5% 154 6% Moldavia .............................................................................. 2 The Netherlands ................................................................... 102 Premium, Household, Gifts, Toys (13) 1 280 367 5% 136 5% Portugal ............................................................................... 29 Poland .................................................................................. 192 Transport, Logistics, Maritime (26) 1 018 702 4% 78 3% Romania .............................................................................. 12 Health, Medical Equipment (22) 963 533 3% 118 4% Russia................................................................................... 139 Sweden................................................................................ 23 Business Services, retail (4) 884 053 3% 155 6% Finland ................................................................................. 59 IT and Telecommunications (21) 799 371 3% 89 3% Slovenia ............................................................................... 1 Turkey ................................................................................... 476 Jewelry, Watch & Accessories (24) 451 893 2% 50 2% Ukraine ................................................................................ 22 Security, Fire Safety, Defense (7) 380 878 1% 41 2% Travel (6) 331 826 1% 37 1% Education (8) 320 398 1% 105 4% At these events, organized by 859 organizers, a total of 703 060 exhibitors, 75.9 million visitors and 27.6 million square metres of Beauty, Cosmetics (14) 310 244 1,1% 49 2% rented space were registered. Energy, Oil, Gas (9) 308 268 1,1% 45 2% 38% of the exhibitions were addressed to trade visitors, 31% to public Electronics, Components (18) 296 954 1,1% 27 1% visitors and 31% to both target groups. Environmental Protection (10) 249 631 less than 1% 59 2% UFI estimates that the audited events present in this report represents, Chemistry (17) 242 026 less than 1% 38 1% in 2017, around 60% of the European exhibition market in terms of net space rented. Aviation, Aerospace (20) 183 584 less than 1% 6 less than 1% Real Estate (15) 171 201 less than 1% 47 2% The breakdown of all the events by industry sector (provided by each partner) is presented in the table on the right. As almost 8% of all Printing , Packaging (11) 122 173 less than 1% 19 less than 1% events had more than one industry sector mentioned, the cumulated Optics (23) 114 835 less than 1% 4 less than 1% % of the number of events reaches 108%. 4 - Euro Fair Statistics 2017 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 directly (contact details are provided on page 7). Xabier Basañez Llantada President of AFE, Spain Sergei Alexeev Emile de Cartier President of the Russian Union President of FEBELUX, Klaus Dittrich Andrzej Mochon of Exhibitions and Fairs Belgium & Luxembourg President of FKM, Germany CENTREX Chairman Ettore Riello Chairman, Italian Exhibition and Trade Fair Association Cengiz Delibaş Mikael Jansson Benedikt Binder-Krieglstein Deputy Secretary General, President of SFC, President of FKM Austria UCCET, Turkey Sweden Riemer Rijpkema Director of CLC-VECTA Centrum voor Live Communication, The Netherlands Eugen Bruner Frédéric Jouët EXPO EVENT Pedro Aleixo Dias Président UNIMEV, France Anni Vepsäläinen Swiss LiveCom Association BDO & Associados, Portugal Chairman of The Association of Trade Fair and Event Organisers Euro Fair Statistics 2017 - 5 UFI MESSAGE UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry is happy to present the tenth UFI edition of this report. Our goal is continuously to develop the geographical scope of this project and an important step was taken five years ago with the inclusion of certified data, in addition to audited data. Due to the different levels of development and global diversity, UFI is the leading global association of the world’s tradeshow organisers and exhibition methods may vary slightly from country to country but all the centre operators, as well as the major national and international exhibition associations, and national bodies who have taken part in this study guarantee selected partners of the exhibition industry. 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 possible, and the exhibition industry. UFI directly represents around 50,000 exhibition industry be done in a consistent manner to make figures comparable employees globally, and also works closely with its 60 national and regional association and audited events are identified as such in this report with members. 781 member organisations in 89 countries around the world are presently signed the name of the auditor. up as members. UFI continues to play an important role in developing a basic Around 1 000 international trade fairs proudly bear the UFI approved label, a quality minimum standard for the industry including the publication guarantee for 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 Christian Druart at [email protected]. Paris, September 2018 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 2018, UFI approves around 1 000 international events. 6 - Euro Fair Statistics 2017 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