Euro Fair Statistics - Aefi

FACTS ABOUT EURO FAIR STATISTICS
The 2009 edition contains the audited statistics of 2 092
exhibitions from the following 20 countries:
Austria 28
Bulgaria 7
Croatia 23
Czech Republic 73
Denmark 5
Finland 86
France 587
Germany 254
Hungary 25
Italy 196
Norway 1
Poland 206
Portugal 39
Romania 4
Russia 41
Slovak Republic 32
Spain 377
Sweden 64
The Netherlands 18
Ukraine 26
At these events, organized by 450 organizers, a total of
578 778 exhibitors, 50.8 million visitors and 20.9 million
square metres of rented space were registered.
40% of the exhibitions were addressed to trade visitors, 37%
to public visitors and 23% to both target groups.
UFI estimates that the audited events present in this report
represents, in 2009, between 40 and 45% of the European
exhibition market in terms of net space rented.
The industry sectors were indicated for the first time this year.
Based on the information provided for 933 events (which
represent 46% of the space rented by all the events listed in
this report), the breakdown by industry sector is presented in
the table on the right:
4 - Euro Fair Statistics 2009
Industry sector (with UFI code)
Rented space Number of events
sqm % %
General (27) 1 661 140 17% 93 10%
Leisure, Hobby, Entertainment (3) 1 437 236 15% 176 19%
Textiles, Apparel, Fashion (25) 984 385 10% 95 10%
Construction, Infrastructure (5) 942 436 10% 34 4%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery (1) 813 263 8% 42 5%
Furniture, Interior design (12) 721 977 7% 76 8%
Transport, Logistics, Maritime (26) 562 020 6% 32 3%
Food and Beverage, Hospitality (2) 479 881 5% 85 9%
Engineering, Industrial, Manufacturing, Machines, Instruments, Hardware (19) 436 676 5% 46 5%
Automobiles, Motorcycles (16) 207 457 2% 9 1%
Real Estate (15) 191 943 2% 29 3%
Health, Medical Equipment (22) 139 819 1% 32 3%
Education (8) 139 722 1% 51 5%
several sectors 123 678 1% 25 3%
Beauty, Cosmetics (14) 111 330 1% 8 1%
Premium, Household, Gifts, Toys (13) 90 864 1% 7 1%
Travel (6) 84 868 1% 4 less than 1%
IT and Telecommunications (21) 80 561 1% 18 2%
Printing , Packaging (11) 77 488 1% 12 1%
Electronics, Components (18) 68 100 1% 6 1%
Business Services, retail (4) 65 907 1% 23 2%
Chemistry (17) 59 714 1% 1 less than 1%
Optics (23) 47 480 less than 1% 1 less than 1%
Security, Fire Safety, Defense (7) 39 544 less than 1% 4 less than 1%
Environmental Protection (10) 38 152 less than 1% 2 less than 1%
Energy, Oil, Gas (9) 33 601 less than 1% 9 1%
Jewelry, Watch & Accessories (24) 32 615 less than 1% 12 1%
Aviation, Aerospace (20) 867 less than 1% 1 less than 1%
Total (events with industry sector indicated) 9 672 724 100% 933 100%