didacta

The Education Trade Fair

Venue

MessegeländeCologneGermany

Dates

20/02/-24/02/202411/02/-15/02/2025 (Stuttgart)Interval: annually at different venuesfounded in: 1951

Organiser

Koelnmesse GmbH Messeplatz 150679 CologneGermanyFon: +49 221 821-0Fax: +49 221 821-2574info@koelnmesse.dehttp://www.koelnmesse.de

Project teamdidacta@koelnmesse.dehttps://www.didacta-koeln.de/

Supporter/sponsor

Didacta Verband e.V., Darmstadt

The current key figures are FKM-certified.

Statistics

figures	Cologne 2/2019	Cologne 6/2022₁₎	Stuttgart 3/2023
FKM certification
Space (m²)
space (gross)	68.200	51.000	63.000
space (net)	35.643	16.847	22.181
Special show space	2.924	1.385	2.730
Exhibitor stand space	32.719	15.462	19.451
hall space	32.719	15.462	19.451
domestic	31.062	14.163	18.137
foreign	1.657	1.299	1.314
open air	0	0	0
Exhibitor figures
Exhibitors	912	552	718
domestic	763	416	532
foreign	149	136	186
other represented firms			10
domestic			9
foreign			1
Visitor figures
Visitors (number of admissions)	97.899	32.930	56.256
domestic	95.727	31.435	55.694*
foreign	2.172	1.495	562*
* = determined by a representative survey

₁₎To evaluate the key figures: Exhibition was held during the Corona Pandemic, which started in January 2020.

Exhibitors profile

Origin of exhibitors 2023 from 64 countries
Argentina: 5; Australia: 2; Austria: 14; Belgium: 3; Bolivia: 2; Brazil: 5; Bulgaria: 2; Canada: 1; Chile: 4; China, People's Republic: 8; Colombia: 4; Costa Rica: 1; Croatia: 1; Cyprus: 1; Czechia: 1; Denmark: 12; Ecuador: 3; Egypt: 6; El Salvador: 1; Ethiopia: 1; Finland: 2; France: 7; Germany: 532; Ghana: 1; Greece: 1; Guatemala: 2; Hong Kong, China SAR: 2; Hungary: 4; India: 1; Indonesia: 1; Iran, Islamic Republic: 1; Ireland: 2; Israel: 3; Italy: 5; Japan: 1; Kenya: 1; Latvia: 1; Lithuania: 1; Mexico: 2; Namibia: 1; Netherlands: 12; Peru: 3; Philippines: 1; Poland: 4; Portugal: 2; Qatar: 1; Romania: 2; Russia: 2; Saudi Arabia: 2; Serbia: 1; Singapore: 1; Slovakia: 1; Slovenia: 1; South Africa: 3; Spain: 4; Sweden: 2; Switzerland: 7; Thailand: 1; Türkiye: 5; Ukraine: 1; United Arab Emirates: 3; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: 6; United States of America: 4; Uruguay: 1

Industry sectorTeaching and Learning Aids, Further and Continuing Education, Business Start-up, Human Resources Development (industry 52), Books, Prints, Licences, Libraries (industry 14)

Main product groupAudio-Visual Technology, Training Institutes Equipment, Services, Information Technology, Furnishings, Kindergarten, Laboratory Equipment, Teaching Aids, Educational Aids, Multimedia, Musical Accessories, Presentation Technology, School Supplies, Software, Toys, Sporting Goods, Supplementary Education, Amateur Handicraft Articles, Books, Professional Literature, Childrens Books, Teaching Books, Teaching Systems, Educational Programs, Educational Toys, New Media, School Equipment, Stationery

AccessTrade visitors and general public

Exhibitor data baseon-line available / access via home page of the trade fair

Direct sale (retail sale to visitors permitted?)Yes