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ALTENPFLEGE

The Care Fair

ALTENPFLEGE has been the leading event in the care sector and is primarily aimed at managers, care service managers, operators of care facilities and professional careers. The motto of ALTENPFLEGE underlines the high level of motivation of people in the care sector who are committed to looking after those in need of care - in many ways and every day.

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Date

21.04.-23.04.2026
April 2027
Cycle: annually set rotation pattern in Nürnberg, Essen
Year founded: 1990
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Fairgrounds

Messegelände
Essen
Germany

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Organisers

NürnbergMesse GmbH

Messezentrum
90471 Nuremberg
Germany
Fon: +49 911 8606-0
Fax: +49 911 8606-8228
info@nuernbergmesse.dehttp://www.nuernbergmesse.de

Project team

altenpflege@nuernbergmesse.dehttps://www.altenpflege-messe.de/

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Sector focus

Medical Engineering, Pharmaceuticals, Care (industry 56)

Main offerings

Care Products
Therapeutics
Nourishment
Textiles
Apparel (Garment)
Housekeeping
Interior Decoration
Building Engineering
Services
Information Technology
Communication Technology
Professional Literature
Training
Supplementary Education

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Trade visitors

Statistics

Key figures
4/2025
Exhibitors
563
Domestic
506
Abroad
57
Other represented firms
Visitors (number of admissions)
21.843
Domestic
21.052
Abroad
791
Trade visitors
Domestic
Abroad
Space (gross)
36.100
Space (net)
15.815
Special show space
1.301
Exhibitor stand space
14.514
Hall space
14.514
Domestic
13.582
Abroad
932
Open air
0
Domestic
Abroad
Origin of exhibitors 2025 from 14 countries
Austria23
Belgium2
Bulgaria2
China, People's Republic2
Denmark6
Finland1
France4
Germany506
Ireland1
Italy2
Netherlands7
Sweden1
Switzerland5
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland1
FKM trade visitor structure
2025
Visitors (number of admissions)
21.843
Proportion of trade visitors
94%
Total Germany (%)
96
Bremen
0
Hamburg
0
Lower Saxony
2
Schleswig-Holstein
0
North Rhine-Westphalia
4
Hesse
5
Rhineland-Palatinate
2
Saarland
1
Baden-Württemberg
16
Bavaria
56
Berlin
0
Brandenburg
0
Mecklenburg-West Pommerania
0
Saxony-Anhalt
2
Saxony
6
Thuringia
5
Professional position (%)
Entrepreneur, co-owner, freelancer
7
Managing director, board member, head of an authority etc.
4
Area manager, works manager, plant manager, branch manager, head of public office
15
Department head, group head, team leader
20
Other salaried staff, civil servant, skilled worker
15
Lecturer, teacher
3
Trainee
17
Other position
11
Student
4
Other not gainfully employed
3
Economic sectors (%)
Old peoples' and nursing home
38
Out-patient nursing services
21
Training institution
2
Facility for the disabled
5
Consultancy
2
Colleges, universities, polytechnic, institutes
0
Hospice
1
Industry (manufacturer)
2
Ministries, administrative bodies, public authorities
4
Organisation/association/society
1
Sanitary/medical, medicine and orthopaedic specialist trade
0
Residence for the elderly
1
Stationary nursing facility
1
Day care-, short-term nursing
2
Sponsor, operator
2
Other economic sectors
1
Student
6
other non-professionals
4
Distance to home (%)
up to 50 km
19
more than 50 km up to 100 km
18
more than 100 km up to 300 km
45
over 300 km
18
Foreign origin total (%)
4
EU
86
Africa
7
South-, East-, Central Asia
7
Countries with the highest visitor shares (%)
Austria
30
Italy
23
Spain
6
Switzerland
5
Czechia
4
Size of company/organization (%)
1 - 4
2
5 - 9
3
10 - 49
24
50 - 199
33
200 - 499
12
500 - 999
6
1 000 and more
11
Student
4
Other not employed
3
Influence on purchasing/procurement decisions (%)
decisively
12
collectively
28
in an advisory capacity/organization
28
no
25
Student
4
Other not gainfully employed
3
Frequency of trade fair visits (%)
Previous event
8
Earlier events
47
First visit
48
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Survey conducted by: Gelszus Messe- Marktforschung GmbH
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