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A selection of trade fairs in Germany, the U.S., and beyond

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International Trade Fairs in Germany and the U.S. 

The list below features a selected set of major trade fairs in Germany, the U.S., and beyond

 



November 19-22, 2024
formnext – International exhibition for additive manufacturing technologies and tool making
Venue: Frankfurt

November 26-28, 2024
PMRExpo – International trade fair for secure communications
Venue: Cologne

November 26-27, 2024
14th Aviation Forum – Europe’s leading aerospace management conference
Venue: Munich

November 26-28, 2024
BrauBeviale – World’s leading capital goods exhibition for the beverage industry
Venue: Nuremberg

November 3-5, 2024
ISPO Munich – International trade fair for sporting goods and apparel
Venue: Munich

December 3-5, 2024
Valve World Expo – The world’s largest fair for industrial valves
Venue: Dusseldorf

December 5-8, 2024
Intermot Cologne – International motorcycle fair 
Venue: Cologne 

January 7-9, 2025
PSI – The leading European trade show of the promotional product industry
Venue: Dusseldorf

January 7-10, 2025
CES – Leading international trade fair for new products and innovations consumer technologies
Venue: Las Vegas

January 12-16, 2025
imm cologne – The international furnishing fair 
Venue: Cologne

January 13-17, 2025
BAU – World-leading trade fair for architecture, materials, and systems
Venue: Munich

January 14-17, 2025
Heimtextil – International trade fair for home and contract textiles
Venue: Frankfurt

January 16-19, 2025
DOMOTEX – International trade fair for flooring
Venue: Hanover

January 17-26, 2025
International Green Week – Exhibition for food, agriculture, and horticulture 
Venue: Berlin

January 18-26, 2025
boot Düsseldorf – International boat show
Venue: Dusseldorf

January 28-31, 2025
IPM Essen – The world’s leading trade fair for horticulture 
Venue: Essen

January 28 - February 1, 2025
Spielwarenmesse® – The world’s largest toy fair
Venue: Nuremberg

January 28 - February 2, 2025
JAGD & HUND – Europe’s largest hunting exhibition
Venue: Dortmund

January 31 - February 2, 2025
opti – The international trade show for optics and design
Venue: Munich

February 2-5, 2025
ISM Cologne – The world’s largest trade fair for sweets and snacks
Venue: Cologne

February 2-5, 2025
ProSweets Cologne – Leading international supplier fair for the confectionery and snack industry
Venue: Cologne

February 4-7, 2025
ISE – Leading international trade fair for audiovisual systems integration
Venue: Barcelona

February 5-7, 2025
FRUIT LOGISTICA – International trade fair for fruit and vegetable marketing
Venue: Berlin

February 7-10, 2025
Creativeworld – International trade fair for hobby, art, and craft supplies
Venue: Frankfurt

February 7-11, 2025
Ambiente – Leading international consumer goods fair
Venue: Frankfurt

February 7-11, 2025
Christmasworld – International trade fair for seasonal and festive decorations
Venue: Frankfurt

February 8-10, 2024
spoga horse – Leading trade fair for equestrian sports
Venue: Cologne

February 11-13, 2025
E-world energy & water – International trade fair and congress
Venue: Essen

February 11-14, 2025
BIOFACH + VIVANESS – World’s leading trade fair for organic food / international trade fair for organic personal care
Venue: Nuremberg

February 11-15, 2025
Didacta – Europe’s leading trade fair for the education sector
Venue: Stuttgart

February 12-13, 2025
succeet – The leading international trade show for insights, data & analytics
Venue: Wiesbaden

February 15-17, 2025
ILM – International trade fair for leather goods
Venue: Offenbach am Main

February 18-20, 2025
EuroCIS – International exhibition for retail technology
Venue: Düsseldorf

February 20-21, 2025
GeoTHERM – Europe’s largest geothermal trade fair
Venue: Offenburg

February 21-24, 2025
INHORGENTA MUNICH – International trade fair for jewelry, watches, design, gemstones, and technology
Venue: Munich

February 24-26, 2025
Enforce Tac – Leading trade fair for security and military personnel
Venue: Nuremberg

February 26-27, 2025
LOPEC – International trade fair and congress for printed electronics
Venue: Munich

February 27-March 2, 2025
IWA OutdoorClassics – World’s leading exhibition for the hunting and sport shooting industry
Venue: Nuremberg

March 4-6, 2025
ITB – The world’s largest tourism trade fair
Venue: Berlin

March 6-12, 2025
EQUITANA – The world’s largest equestrian trade fair and exhibition
Venue: Essen

March 7-9, 2025
h+h cologne – The world’s largest trade fair for needlework & hobbies
Venue: Cologne

March 9-11, 2025
InPrint – Exhibition for innovative print technology in industrial manufacturing
Venue: Munich

March 11-13, 2025
Asia-Pacific-Sourcing – Tools and products for home and garden from the far east 
Venue: Cologne 

March 11-13, 2025
ICE Europe – Leading international trade fair for the finishing and converting of paper, film, and foil
Venue: Munich

March 11-13, 2025
InPrint – Exhibition for innovative print technology in industrial manufacturing
Venue: Munich

March 11-13, 2025
LogiMat – International trade show for intralogistics solutions and process management
Venue: Stuttgart

March 11-14, 2025
GrindTec  – International trade fair for grinding technology
Venue: Augsburg

March 11-14, 2025
Intec – International trade fair for machine tools, manufacturing, and automation
Venue: Leipzig

March 12-16, 2025
Internationale Handwerksmesse – International trade fair for handmade goods
Venue: Munich

March 14-18, 2025
Internorga – International trade fair for the hotel, gastronomy, and bakery industries
Venue: Hamburg

March 16-18, 2025
ProWein – Largest industry meeting for gastronomy and trade for wines and spirits
Venue: Dusseldorf

March 17-21, 2025
ISH – The world’s leading trade fair for bathroom, building, energy, air-conditioning technology, and renewables
Venue: Frankfurt

March 24–26, 2025
Ceramitec – The meeting point for the international ceramics industry
Venue: Munich

March 25-27, 2025
EMV Cologne – International conference on electromagnetic compatibility
Venue: Cologne

March 25-27, 2025
European Coatings Show– The gathering of the coating and painting industry
Venue: Nuremberg

March 25-27, 2025
Fastener Fair Global – International exhibition for the fastener and fixing industry
Venue: Stuttgart

March 25-29, 2025
IDS – The world’s most important trade fair for dental medicine and dental technology
Venue: Cologne

March 27-30, 2025
Manga-Comic-Con – Comic convention held at the Leipzig Book Fair
Venue: Leipzig

March 31-April 4, 2025
Hannover Messe – The world’s leading trade fair for industrial transformation 
Venue: Hanover 

 

April 2-3, 2025 
GPEC® – International trade fair, conference, and training for homeland security and law enforcement
Venue: Frankfurt

April 7-13, 2025 
Bauma – The international trade fair for construction machinery, building material and mining machines, construction vehicles, and equipment 
Venue: Munich 

April 8-10, 2025
DMEA – Europe’s leading platform for digital healthcare 
Venue: Berlin 

April 8-11, 2025
Prolight+Sound – International trade fair for light, sound, theater, stage, display and media technology
Venue: Frankfurt on the Main

April 9-12, 2025
AERO Friedrichshafen – The Leading Show for General Aviation
Venue: Friedrichshafen

April 11-13, 2025
embedded world – International exhibition for embedded systems technologies
Venue: Nuremberg 

April 10-13, 2025
FIBO – The leading international trade show for fitness, wellness, and health 
Venue: Cologne

May 5-7, 2025
Zoomark – Italy’s largest trade show for the pet product industry
Venue: Bologna 

May 5-8, 2025
IFFA – Leading international trade fair for meat industry
Venue: Frankfurt

May 6-9, 2025
Control – International trade fair for industrial quality assurance technologies
Venue: Stuttgart 

May 6-8, 2025
PCIM Europe – The leading international event for power electronics, intelligent motion, renewable energy, and energy management
Venue: Nuremberg

May 6-8, 2025
SENSOR+TEST – International trade fair for sensorics, measuring and testing technologies with concurrent conferences
Venue: Nuremberg

May 6-9, 2025
The smarter E Europe – Europe’s largest alliance of exhibitions for the energy industry
Venue: Munich

May 18-22, 2025 
iba – The world’s leading trade fair for the baking and confectionery industry 
Venue: Dusseldorf

May 19-21, 2025
OutDoor by ISPO – Europe’s largest outdoor trade fair
Venue: Munich

May 19-22, 2025
IMEX – International trade fair for the congress, meeting, event and incentive industry
Venue: Frankfurt on the Main

May 20-22, 2025
Labvolution – Europe’s flagship fair for innovative lab equipment 
Venue: Hanover 

May 20-23, 2025
Interzum – The world’s leading trade show for furniture production and interiors 
Venue: Cologne

May 20-23, 2025
Moulding Expo – The trade fair where the top exhibitors of the branch present the best European tool construction, pattern, and mould making 
Venue: Stuttgart 

May 26-30, 2025
Ligna – The world’s leading trade fair for machinery, plant, and tools for the woodworking and timber processing industry 
Venue: Hanover

 

June 2-5, 2025
Transport Logisticair cargo Europe – The world’s leading trade fair for logistics, mobility, IT, and supply chain management & technology
Venue: Munich 

June 3-5, 2025
CWIEME Berlin – The global coil winding and electrical manufacturing event
Venue: Berlin

June 22-24, 2025
spoga+gafa – Europe’s leading trade fair for the garden lifestyle sector
Venue: Cologne

June 24-27, 2025
automatica – The leading exhibitions for smart automation and robotics
Venue: Munich

June 24-27, 2025
LASER World of Photonics – One of the world’s leading photonic congresses in Europe 
Venue: Munich

July 25 - 29, 2025
EUROBIKE –The leading fair in the bicycle industry 
Venue: Frankfurt 

June 2025, TBD
HAM Radio – Premier platform for HAM enthusiasts from all over the world
Venue: Friedrichshafen

August 20-24, 2025
gamescom – World’s largest trade fair for interactive games and entertainment 
Venue: Cologne 

August 29-September 7, 2025
Caravan Salon – The world’s largest trade fair for motor homes and caravans 
Venue: Dusseldorf 

September TBD
AMB – International exhibition for metalworking 
Venue: Stuttgart

September 5-9, 2025
IFA Berlin – Europe’s leading trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances
Venue: Berlin  

September 9-11, 2025
Kind & Jugend – The world’s leading event for baby and toddler outfitting products 
Venue: Cologne

September 9-11, 2025
CAMX – The largest composite and advanced materials trade fair for products, solutions, networking, and advanced industry thinking in North America  
Venue: Orlando, FL

September 9-12, 2025
DSEI – The world’s leading defense and security event 
Venue: London

September 9-14, 2025
IAA Mobility – The world’s largest mobility event
Venue: Munich 

September 15-19, 2025
Drinktec – World’s Leading Trade Fair for the Beverage and Liquid Food Industry 
Venue: Munich 

September 15-19, 2025
Schweissen &Schneiden – One of the world’s premier trade shows for the welding sector 
Venue: Essen 

September 16-19, 2025
HUSUM Wind – The meeting place, workbench, and shop window of the wind industry 
Venue: Husum

September 16-18, 2025
Expopharm – The most important pharmaceutical trade fair in Europe
Venue: Düsseldorf

September 17-18, 2025
DMEXCO – The meeting place for key players in digital business, marketing, and innovation 
Venue: Cologne 

September 17-20, 2025
REHACARE – The world’s leading trade fair self-determined living in rehabilitation, care, and inclusion 
Venue: Dusseldorf 

September 18-20, 2025
InterTabac – Europe’s leading trade fair for tobacco and smoking accessories 
Venue: Dortmund

September 22-26, 2025
EMO – One of the world’s premier trade shows for the metalworking sector 
Venue: Hanover

September 23-25, 2025 
POWTECH – The leading trade fair for power and bulk solids, processing, and analytics 
Venue: Nuremberg

September 24-28, 2025
INTERBOOT – International water sports exhibition
Venue: Friedrichshafen  

October 4-8, 2025
Anuga – World’s leading culinary trade fair 
Venue: Cologne

October 6-8, 2025
EXPO REAL – The international trade fair for property and paper investment 
Venue: Munich

October 6-8, 2025
Bar Convent Berlin – International Bar and Beverage Trade Show 
Venue: Berlin

October 7-9, 2025
inter airport Europe – The world’s leading trade fair for airport equipment, technology, design and services
Venue: Munich

October 7-9, 2025
INTERGEO – World-leading conference on geospatial platforms and digitalization
Venue: Frankfurt am Main

October 7-9, 2025
it-sa – Europe’s biggest IT security exhibition 
Venue: Nuremberg

October 7-9, 2025
Motek – International trade fair for automation, systems, and components 
Venue: Stuttgart

October 7-9, 2025
Parts2Clean – The trade show for new products and innovative processes for cleaning industrial parts and surfaces 
Venue: Stuttgart

October 8-15, 2025 
K – The world’s leading trade fair for plastics and rubber 
Venue: Dusseldorf

October 14-17, 2025
Interlift – The world’s pre-eminent exhibition for lifts, components, and accessories  
Venue: Nuremberg

October 15-19, 2025
Frankfurt Book Fair – The world’s largest and most important trade show for the print and digital content business, as well as an outstanding social and cultural event. 
Venue: Frankfurt am Main

October 28-31, 2025
Aquanale – One of the world’s biggest and most important marketplaces for the swimming pool, sauna, and wellness industry
Venue: Cologne

October TBD, 2025
EuroBLECH – World’s largest trade fair for the sheet metal working industry
Venue: Hanover

November 4-7, 2025
Blechexpo – The international trade fair for sheet metal working
Venue: Stuttgart

November 4-7, 2025
A+A – The international trade fair for safety, security, and health at work 
Venue: Dusseldorf  

November 6-9, 2025
ART COLOGNE – International art fair
Venue: Cologne

November 9-15, 2025
ARGITECHNICA – International DLG exhibition for agricultural machinery
Venue: Hanover

November 17-20, 2025
MEDICA – The world forum for medicine, international exhibition and conference (co-located with COMPAMED, the leading international marketplace for the medical suppliers)
Venue: Dusseldorf

November 18-21, 2025
productronica – World’s leading trade fair for innovative electronics production
Venue: Munich

November 25-27, 2025
SPS – International exhibition for automation, systems, and components
Venue: Nuremberg

January 13-15, 2026
Euroguss – The biggest trade fair for die casting
Venue: Nuremberg

January 2026, TBD
NORTEC – Trade fair for Manufacturers
Venue: Stuttgart

February 22-26, 2026
EuroShop – The world’s #1 retail trade fair
Venue: Dusseldorf

March 3-6, 2026
Eisenwarenmesse – International hardware fair
Venue: Cologne

March 24-26, 2026
Light+Building – World’s leading trade fair for light and construction technologies
Venue: Frankfurt

March 24-26, 2026
LogiMat – International trade show for intralogistics solutions and process management
Venue: Stuttgart

March 24-27, 2026
analytica – World’s Leading Trade Fair for laboratory technology, analysis, biotechnology and analytica conference
Venue: Munich

March 24-27, 2026
FARBE, AUSBAU & FASSADE – Europe’s leading trade fair for façade design and interior architecture
Venue: Cologne

April 13-17, 2026
Wire – International wire and cable trade fair
Venue: Dusseldorf

April 13-17, 2026
Tube – International tube and pipe trade fair
Venue: Dusseldorf

April 21-24, 2026
Techtextil – Europe’s leading international trade fair for technical textiles
Venue: Frankfurt

April 21-24, 2026
Texprocess – Leading international trade fair for processing textile and flexible materials
Venue: Frankfurt

 

May 3-5, 2026
IT-TRANS – International conference and exhibition on the intelligent urban transport systems   
Venue: Karlsruhe 

May 4-8, 2026
IFAT – World’s leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste, and raw materials management
Venue: Munich

May 5-8, 2026
GrindingHub – The new hub of international grinding technology
Venue: Stuttgart

May 5-7, 2026
MedtecLIVE – The leading trade fair of the medical technology industry
Venue: Stuttgart

May 5-8, 2026
METPACK – International trade fair for the metal packaging industry 
Venue: Essen

May 5-7, 2026
MedtecLIVE – International trade fair for optic technologies, components, and systems
Venue: Frankfurt

May 7-13, 2026
interpack – The world’s leading trade fair for packaging processes and machinery 
Venue: Dusseldorf 

May 12-15, 2026
Interzoo – The world’s leading trade fair for the pet industry 
Venue: Nuremberg

May 18-21, 2026
IMEX – International trade fair for the congress, meeting, event and incentive industry
Venue: Frankfurt on the Main

May 19-22, 2026
OTWorld – The world’s largest event for manufacturers, retailers, and service providers in modern orthopaedic treatment and care
Venue: Leipzig

June 1-6, 2026
Interschutz – World’s leading trade fair for fire and rescue services, civil protection, safety and security
Venue: Hanover

June 4-6, 2026
LASYS – International trade show for laser material processing
Venue: Stuttgart

June 10-14, 2026
ILA Berlin – Leading trade fair for the aerospace industry in continental Europe
Venue: Berlin-Schönefeld

June 2026, TBD
HAM Radio – Premier platform for HAM enthusiasts from all over the world
Venue: Friedrichshafen

September 1-4, 2026
SMM 2026 – International trade fair for the maritime industry 
Venue: Hamburg

September 8-12, 2026
Automechanika Frankfurt – The world’s leading trade fair for the automotive service industry 
Venue: Frankfurt am Main

September 14-19, 2026
IMTS – The largest American automation and mechanical engineering trade fair  
Venue: Chicago, IL

September 15-17, 2026
INTERGEO – World-leading conference on geospatial platforms and digitalization
Venue: Munich

September 15-18, 2026
GaLaBau – International exhibition for gardening, landscaping, and green-design 
Venue: Nuremberg 

September 15-20, 2026
IAA Transportation – The world’s leading mobility trade fair 
Venue: Hannover

September 22-25, 2026
Security Essen – The world’s forum for security and fire prevention 
Venue: Essen 

September 22-25, 2026
InnoTrans – The leading international trade fair for rail and transport technology 
Venue: Berlin 

September 22-25, 2026
WindEnergy Hamburg – The world’s largest trade fair for wind energy 
Venue: Hamburg  

September 23-24, 2026
Cleanzone – International trade fair for contamination control and cleanroom technology 
Venue: Frankfurt am Main

October 6-8, 2026
Aluminium – The world’s leading aluminum trade show 
Venue: Düsseldorf

October 6-8, 2026
Interbad – The international trade fair for swimming pools, saunas, and spas with congress for pool and bath technology 
Venue: Stuttgart

October 8-10, 2026
VISION – World’s leading trade fair for machine vision
Venue: Stuttgart

October 13-15, 2026
Chillventa – The leading international trade show for energy efficiency, refrigeration, air conditioning, ventilation, and heat pumps 
Venue: Nuremberg

October 13-17, 2026
Fakuma – The international trade fair for plastics processing  
Venue: Friedrichshafen 

October 20-23, 2026
glasstec – The world’s largest trade fair for the glass industry and its suppliers 
Venue: Düsseldorf

October 27-30, 2026
ORGATEC – A leading furniture trade for modern office and facility 
Venue: Cologne   

October TBD, 2026
International Suppliers Fair (IZB) – Europe’s leading trade fair for the automotive supplier industry 
Venue: Wolfsburg 

October TBD, 2026
Eu’Vend & Coffeena – A trade fair focused on the vending and coffee sector which brings together all decision-makers in the office and facility market 
Venue: Cologne 

November 5-6, 2026
MUTEC – International trade fair for museum and exhibition technology
Venue: Leipzig

November 10-13, 2026
electronica – The world’s leading trade fair and conference for electronics.
Venue: Munich

November 10-13, 2026
EuroTier / EnergyDecentral – EuroTier, the world’s leading trade fair for animal production and EnergyDecentral, a leading platform for decentralized energy supply
Venue: Hanover

November 24-26, 2026
SPS – International exhibition for automation, systems, and components
Venue: Nuremberg

March 23-26, 2024
Anuga FoodTec – International trade show for food technology
Venue: Cologne

June 21-25, 2027
GIFA – International foundry trade fair with technical forum
Venue: Dusseldorf

June 21-25, 2027
METEC – Europe’s largest steel industry conference and trade fair
Venue: Dusseldorf

June 21-25, 2027
THERMPROCESS –The trade fair for thermal process technology
Venue: Dusseldorf

November 23-25, 2027
SPS – International exhibition for automation, systems, and components
Venue: Nuremberg