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IPM ESSEN

The world's leading trade fair for horticulture

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Date

January 2027
Cycle: annually
Year founded: 1983
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Fairgrounds

Messegelände
Essen
Germany

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Organisers

Messe Essen GmbH

Messeplatz 1
45131 Essen
Germany
Fon: +49 201 7244-0
Fax: +49 201 7244-248
info@messe-essen.dehttp://www.messe-essen.de

Project team

ipm@messe-essen.dehttp://www.ipm-essen.de

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Sector focus

Gardening and landscaping (plants, equipment, technology) (industry 36)

Main offerings

Potflowers
Green Plants
Hydroculture
Vegetables
Nursery Products
Cut Flowers
Grounds
Seeds
Flower-bulbs
Green Houses
Measuring Systems
Machinery
Plant Protection
Pottery
Irrigation Plants
Drainage
Refrigeration
Transport Equipment
Utility Vehicles
Trailers
Florists' Articles
Industrial Crafts
Applied Arts
Decorations
Greeting Cards
Dried Flowers
Basketwork Goods
Grave Arrangements
Shop Construction
Shop Fittings
Packaging Material
Special-Purpose Clothing
Protective Clothing
Tools
Services

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Sponsors

Zentralverband Gartenbau e.V. ZVG

Statistics

Key figures
1/2025
Present journalists
259, of which from abroad 89
(temporary)
Exhibitors
1.283
Domestic
390
Abroad
893
Other represented firms
Visitors (number of admissions)
37.417
Domestic
22.226
Abroad
15.191
Trade visitors
Domestic
Abroad
Space (gross)
86.400
Space (net)
43.546
Special show space
7.409
Exhibitor stand space
36.137
Hall space
36.137
Domestic
11.493
Abroad
24.644
Open air
0
Domestic
Abroad
Origin of exhibitors 2025 from 45 countries
Albania2
Australia1
Austria8
Belgium63
Canada2
China, People's Republic15
Costa Rica12
Czechia4
Denmark35
Estonia1
Finland3
France35
Germany390
Hong Kong, China SAR1
Hungary6
India34
Ireland1
Israel6
Italy117
Japan5
Korea, Republic5
Kosovo1
Latvia3
Lithuania6
Moldova, Republic1
Netherlands342
New Zealand1
Peru1
Poland35
Portugal7
Romania2
Saudi Arabia1
Serbia1
Singapore1
Slovenia1
Spain48
Sri Lanka9
Sweden6
Switzerland9
Taiwan3
Thailand1
Türkiye29
United Arab Emirates1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland19
United States of America9
FKM trade visitor structure
2024
Visitors (number of admissions)
33.772
Proportion of trade visitors
87%
Total Germany (%)
61
Bremen
0
Hamburg
0
Lower Saxony
11
Schleswig-Holstein
2
North Rhine-Westphalia
52
Hesse
5
Rhineland-Palatinate
5
Saarland
1
Baden-Württemberg
4
Bavaria
12
Berlin
1
Brandenburg
2
Mecklenburg-West Pommerania
0
Saxony-Anhalt
0
Saxony
1
Thuringia
1
Professional position (%)
Entrepreneur, co-owner, freelancer
30
Managing director, board member, head of an authority etc.
8
Area manager, works manager, plant manager, branch manager, head of public office
6
Department head, group head, team leader
9
Other salaried staff, civil servant, skilled worker
14
Lecturer, teacher
2
Trainee
19
Other position
5
Student
6
Other not gainfully employed
2
Area of responsibility (%)
Management
25
Research and development, design/construction
4
Manufacturing, production, quality control
15
Buying/procurement
8
Finance/accounting, controlling
1
Information and communication technology
1
Personnel administration, administration
1
Sales
16
Marketing, advertising, PR
3
Logistics: material management, storage, transport
2
Maintenance/repairs
2
Other area
15
Student
6
Other not gainfully employed
2
Economic sectors (%)
Devorative plants, shrubs
27
Fruit and vegetable growing
6
Nursery
16
Retail market garden
9
Garden nurseries
6
Florist, specialist retailer
12
Garden centre
10
Florist wholesale trade
6
Seed trade
2
Home improvement centre
1
Food retail trade
1
Hypermarket
1
Mail order
2
Concept stores
0
Furnishing/furniture stores
1
Decoration retail
2
Horticulture and landscape gardening
14
Landscape designer
4
Cemetry gardeners
4
Decorator/interior architect
1
Wedding planner
1
Service and consulting
3
Public authority, municipal garden department
2
Construction und land settlement society
1
Education/Training
4
Research and Teaching
3
Other economic sectors
6
Student
6
other non-professionals
2
Distance to home (%)
up to 50 km
16
more than 50 km up to 100 km
14
more than 100 km up to 300 km
24
over 300 km
46
Foreign origin total (%)
39
EU
69
Other european countries
12
Africa
2
North America
3
South and Central America
3
Middle East
3
South-, East-, Central Asia
8
Countries with the highest visitor shares (%)
Netherlands
18
France
8
Italy
5
Belgium
4
Poland
4
Size of company/organization (%)
1 - 4
19
5 - 9
15
10 - 49
30
50 - 199
15
200 - 499
5
500 - 999
2
1 000 and more
6
Student
6
Other not employed
2
Influence on purchasing/procurement decisions (%)
decisively
31
collectively
22
in an advisory capacity/organization
16
no
23
Student
6
Other not gainfully employed
2
Frequency of trade fair visits (%)
Previous event
32
Earlier events
40
First visit
41
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Survey conducted by: Gelszus Messe- Marktforschung GmbH
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