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Organisers
Messe Berlin GmbH
Messedamm 22
14055
Berlin
Germany
Fon: +49 30 3038-0
Fax: +49 30 3038-2325
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Sector focus
Food Processing and Packaging Machinery (industry 61)
Transport and Traffic (industry 83)
Logistics, Gears and Drives, Conveyance and Storage Technology (industry 55)
Food, Beverage and Luxury Foodstuff (industry 24)
Main offerings
Biological Horticulture
Services
Fresh convenience products
Vegetables
Green Houses
Ports
IT Services
Potatoes
Air Conditioning
Storage Technology
Food Analysis
Logistics
Fruits
Ecological Products
Recycling
Seeds
Transport
Packaging Technology
Vegetable Cultivation
Vegetable Processing
Foodstuff from Controlled Biological Cultivation
Fruit Cultivation
Fruit Processing
Shipping companies
Sorting Machines
Deep-frozen Food Products
Packaging Machinery
Packaging Material
Innovations
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Trade visitors
Statistics
Key figures
2/2026
Present journalists
321, of which from abroad 206

Exhibitors
2.580
Domestic
234
Abroad
2.346
Visitors (number of admissions)
62.265
Domestic
9.321
Abroad
52.944
Space (gross)
124.800
Space (net)
66.768
Special show space
2.844
Exhibitor stand space
63.924
Hall space
63.924
Domestic
7.062
Abroad
56.862
Origin of exhibitors 2026 from 86 countries
Albania2
Algeria1
Argentina22
Australia3
Austria22
Belgium74
Bosnia and Herzegovina1
Brazil43
Bulgaria3
Canada5
Chile6
China, People's Republic81
Colombia26
Congo, Democratic Republic2
Costa Rica18
Croatia2
Cyprus10
Czechia5
Denmark11
Dominican Republic11
Ecuador30
Egypt104
El Salvador1
Ethiopia2
Finland3
France118
Georgia12
Germany234
Ghana9
Greece84
Guatemala9
Hong Kong, China SAR1
Hungary14
India40
Ireland2
Israel25
Italy380
Japan2
Jersey1
Jordan21
Kenya38
Latvia2
Lebanon3
Lithuania5
Mauritania1
Mauritius1
Mexico9
Moldova, Republic13
Monaco1
Morocco33
Netherlands336
New Zealand4
Nigeria3
North Macedonia11
Pakistan2
Palestinian territories5
Panama2
Peru24
Poland45
Portugal24
Rwanda13
San Marino1
Saudi Arabia11
Senegal2
Serbia3
Singapore2
Slovakia4
Slovenia6
South Africa22
Spain256
Sri Lanka3
Sweden7
Switzerland16
Taiwan2
Tanzania, United Republic2
Thailand7
Tunisia1
Türkiye63
Ukraine13
United Arab Emirates8
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland54
United States of America43
Uruguay1
Uzbekistan11
Vietnam14
Zimbabwe13
FKM trade visitor structure
2025
Visitors (number of admissions)
67.032
Proportion of trade visitors
92%
Total Germany (%)
17
Bremen
3
Hamburg
5
Lower Saxony
8
Schleswig-Holstein
3
North Rhine-Westphalia
15
Hesse
5
Rhineland-Palatinate
2
Saarland
0
Baden-Württemberg
9
Bavaria
12
Berlin
21
Brandenburg
6
Mecklenburg-West Pommerania
0
Saxony-Anhalt
5
Saxony
5
Thuringia
2
Professional position (%)
Entrepreneur, co-owner, freelancer
34
Managing director, board member, head of an authority etc.
19
Area manager, works manager, plant manager, branch manager, head of public office
13
Department head, group head, team leader
15
Other salaried staff, civil servant, skilled worker
8
Lecturer, teacher
1
Trainee
3
Other position
4
Student
3
Other not gainfully employed
2
Area of responsibility (%)
Management
29
Research and development, design/construction
7
Manufacturing, production, quality control
9
Buying/procurement
10
Finance/accounting, controlling
2
Information and communication technology
2
Personnel administration, administration
2
Sales
18
Marketing, advertising, PR
3
Logistics: material management, storage, transport
6
Maintenance/repairs
1
Other area
6
Student
3
Other not gainfully employed
2
Economic sectors (%)
Fruit and vegetable growers
37
Importers, exporters
32
Wholesale trade
6
Wholesale markets
5
Food retail - purchasing
2
Food retail distribution
3
Food retail - own wholesale
2
Food retail, other, e.g. sustainability
7
Hotel/ catering/ communal catering sector
5
Machines and technology
1
Packaging
8
Forwarding/ transport/ logistics/ storage
8
Service providers
2
Authorities/ public institutions/ politics
2
Association, organisation
4
Institute, research and teaching
6
Journalists/influencers
3
Other economic sectors
2
Student
3
other non-professionals
2
Distance to home (%)
up to 50 km
4
more than 50 km up to 100 km
1
more than 100 km up to 300 km
4
over 300 km
91
Foreign origin total (%)
83
EU
54
Other european countries
11
Africa
12
North America
2
South and Central America
12
Middle East
4
South-, East-, Central Asia
4
Countries with the highest visitor shares (%)
Spain
10
Italy
8
Netherlands
7
France
5
Poland
4
Size of company/organization (%)
1 - 4
11
5 - 9
11
10 - 49
26
50 - 199
22
200 - 499
9
500 - 999
7
1 000 and more
10
Student
3
Other not employed
2
Influence on purchasing/procurement decisions (%)
decisively
43
collectively
29
in an advisory capacity/organization
15
no
8
Student
3
Other not gainfully employed
2
Frequency of trade fair visits (%)
Previous event
49
Earlier events
36
First visit
37
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Survey conducted by:
Gelszus Messe- Marktforschung GmbH
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