UFI, The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, has released the latest edition of the Euro Fair Statistics report, which identifies the status of the European exhibition market in 16 countries.
The certified data is gathered from a network of 11 collaborating industry bodies from across the continent.
“The number of events covered by the ‘Euro Fair Statistics’ report has continued to grow in recent years. UFI estimates that this year’s data represents almost 55% of the European exhibition market.
We thank all the national bodies that contribute to this report by providing their certified data. This year, for the first time, they were asked to indicate whether the reported figures refer to visitors or to visits, thereby improving the precision of the indicator,” says Chris Skeith OBE, UFI CEO.
Statistics in the report cover 2,240 exhibitions (including 235 exhibitions that have earned the ‘UFI Approved Event’ designation), for a total of 23.1 million m² of registered rented space, with a total attendance of 53.8 million registered visits. The events examined hosted a total of 594,444 exhibiting companies.
Of the exhibitions covered, 40% were addressed to trade visitors, 30% to public visitors and 30% to both target groups.
The Euro Fair Statistics 2024 report includes data collected from the following organisations:
AEFI (Italy), AFE (Spain), ATFEO (Finland), BDO & Associates (Portugal), CENTREX (Central East Europe), CLC-VECTA (The Netherlands), FEBELUX (Belgium), FKM (Germany), SOKEE (Greece), TOBB (Türkiye), and UNIMEV-OJS (France).
The Euro Fair Statistics 2024 report can be downloaded on the UFI website at www.ufi.org/research.
In line with UFI’s mission to develop the industry worldwide, the report is available free of charge. The report forms part of UFI’s globally acclaimed research publications covering global, regional, and topical issues.
