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The world's largest trade fair for sweets and snacks

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Date

02.02.-05.02.2020
30/01/-02/02/2022 23/04/-25/04/2023 28/01/-31/01/2024 02/02/-05/02/2025 01/02/-04/02/2026 February 2027
Cycle: annually
Year founded: 1971
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Fairgrounds

Messegelände
Cologne
Germany

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Organisers

Koelnmesse GmbH

Messeplatz 1
50679 Cologne
Germany
Fon: +49 221 821-0
Fax: +49 221 821-2574
info@koelnmesse.dehttp://www.koelnmesse.de

Project team

ism@koelnmesse.dehttp://www.ism-cologne.de

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ProSweets Cologne

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Sector focus

Food, Beverage and Luxury Foodstuff (industry 24)

Main offerings

Sweets
Chocolate
Chocolate Specialities
Bakery Products
Candies
Crackers
Icecream
Raw Paste for Confectionery

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Access

Trade visitors

Entrance fee

day ticket EUR 79.00, 2-day ticket EUR 99.00, season ticket EUR 109.00

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Sponsors

AiSM - Arbeitskreis Internationale Süßwarenmesse

Statistics

Key figures
2/2020 1)
Present journalists
2020: 552, of which from abroad 99
Exhibitors
1.767
Domestic
222
Abroad
1.545
Other represented firms
Visitors (number of admissions)
34.493
Domestic
7.047
Abroad
27.446
Trade visitors
Domestic
Abroad
Space (gross)
100.000
Space (net)
48.271
Special show space
848
Exhibitor stand space
47.423
Hall space
47.423
Domestic
10.189
Abroad
37.234
Open air
0
Domestic
Abroad
1) To evaluate the key figures: Exhibition was held during the Corona Pandemic, which started in January 2020.
Origin of exhibitors 2020 from 75 countries
Algeria1
Argentina1
Armenia1
Australia1
Austria20
Belarus1
Belgium174
Bosnia and Herzegovina2
Brazil26
Bulgaria42
Canada8
China, People's Republic63
Colombia5
Croatia5
Cyprus2
Czechia20
Denmark28
Ecuador6
Egypt6
Estonia4
Finland7
France87
Georgia1
Germany222
Greece49
Guatemala2
Hong Kong, China SAR13
Hungary12
Iceland2
India14
Indonesia3
Iran, Islamic Republic2
Ireland11
Israel1
Italy175
Japan6
Jordan11
Kenya1
Korea, Republic1
Kosovo2
Latvia14
Lithuania17
Madagascar1
Malaysia8
Malta1
Mexico9
Moldova, Republic1
Morocco4
Nepal1
Netherlands85
North Macedonia10
Norway2
Pakistan3
Poland83
Portugal6
Romania11
Russia17
Saudi Arabia3
Serbia3
Singapore3
Slovakia3
Slovenia2
South Africa1
Spain114
Sri Lanka1
Sweden13
Switzerland23
Taiwan13
Thailand5
Tunisia2
Türkiye83
Ukraine32
United Arab Emirates5
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland105
United States of America45
FKM trade visitor structure
2018
Visitors (number of admissions)
39.844
Proportion of trade visitors
96%
Total Germany (%)
41
Bremen
0
Hamburg
4
Lower Saxony
6
Schleswig-Holstein
2
North Rhine-Westphalia
46
Hesse
7
Rhineland-Palatinate
7
Saarland
1
Baden-Württemberg
7
Bavaria
11
Berlin
4
Brandenburg
1
Mecklenburg-West Pommerania
0
Saxony-Anhalt
2
Saxony
2
Thuringia
1
Professional position (%)
Entrepreneur, co-owner, freelancer
32
Managing director, board member, head of an authority etc.
11
Area manager, works manager, plant manager, branch manager, head of public office
11
Department head, group head, team leader
16
Other salaried staff, civil servant, skilled worker
16
Lecturer, teacher
1
Trainee
4
Other position
6
Student
3
Other not gainfully employed
1
Area of responsibility (%)
Management
29
Research/development/design
8
Manufacturing, production, quality control
8
Buying/procurement
14
Finance/accounting, controlling
1
Information and communication technology
1
Personnel administration, administration
1
Sales
24
Marketing, advertising, PR
6
Logistics: material management, storage, transport
1
Maintenance/repairs
1
Other area
4
Student
3
Other not gainfully employed
1
Economic sectors (%)
Industry
34
Wholesale/foreign trade
23
Retail trade
16
Skilled trades
4
Service
9
Catering
3
Other economic sectors
6
Student
3
other non-professionals
1
Distance to home (%)
up to 50 km
13
more than 50 km up to 100 km
6
more than 100 km up to 300 km
16
over 300 km
65
Foreign origin total (%)
60
EU
58
Other european countries
13
Africa
4
North America
5
South and Central America
4
Middle East
7
South-, East-, Central Asia
7
Australia/Oceania
2
Countries with the highest visitor shares (%)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
10
Netherlands
8
Belgium
7
Italy
7
Spain
6
Size of company/organization (%)
1 - 4
17
5 - 9
10
10 - 49
20
50 - 199
20
200 - 499
12
500 - 999
5
1 000 and more
13
Student
3
Other not employed
1
Influence on purchasing/procurement decisions (%)
decisively
35
collectively
30
in an advisory capacity/organization
20
no
12
Student
3
Other not gainfully employed
1
Frequency of trade fair visits (%)
Previous event
35
Earlier events
43
First visit
46
2
Survey conducted by: factx Gesellschaft für Markt- und Sozialforschung
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