Data now released by UFI, The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, identifies the status of the European exhibition market in 17 countries, including Greece for the first time. The certified data is gathered by a network of 12 collaborating industry bodies from across the continent.
“This new edition of the annual Euro Fair Statistics report contains data for more exhibitions than in previous years, highlighting the bounce back of exhibitions after Covid-19. It is also interesting to notice that less than 2% of them are ‘hybrid’ events, allowing online visitors. UFI thanks all the national bodies that participate in this report by providing their certified data.” says Kai Hattendorf, UFI CEO.
The events examined hosted a total of 567,758 exhibiting companies. Statistics in the report cover 2,008 exhibitions for a total of 21.3 million m² of registered rented space, with a total attendance of 49.9 million registered visits. UFI estimates that this data covers around 45% of the European exhibition market, including 162 exhibitions that have earned the ‘UFI Approved Event’ designation.
40% of the exhibitions were addressed to trade visitors, 29% to public visitors and 31% to both target groups.
The Euro Fair Statistics 2023 report includes data collected by the following organisations:
AEFI (Italy), AFE (Spain), ATFEO (Finland), BDO & Associates (Portugal), CENTREX (Central East Europe), CLC-VECTA (The Netherlands), FEBELUX (Belgium), FKM (Germany), FKM Austria, SOKEE (Greece), UNIMEV-OJS (France) and UCCET (Turkey).
The complete Euro Fair Statistics 2023 study can be downloaded from 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 body of research publications that cover global, regional, and topical issues.
