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SHK+E ESSEN

Trade fair for sanitary, heating, air conditioning and digital building management

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Date

17.03.-20.03.2026
Cycle: every two years
Year founded: 1966
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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

shkessen@messe-essen.dehttps://www.shke-essen.de
Fon: +49 201 7244-228
Fax: +49 201 7244-513

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Sector focus

Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Ventilation Technology (industry 70)
Facility Management (industry 32)

Main offerings

Sanitary Technology
Heating Technology
Aerology Equipment
Air Conditioning
Environmental Engineering
Valves and Fittings
Measuring Equipment
Testing Equipment
Regulating and Control Technology
Building Engineering
Pipelines
Pumps
Workshop Equipment
Office Furnishing
Computer Technology
Plumbing
Electrical Engineering
renewable energies

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Trade visitors

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Sponsors

Fachverband SHK NRW

Statistics

Key figures
3/2024
Present journalists
182, of which from abroad 7
Exhibitors
339
Domestic
289
Abroad
50
Other represented firms
0
Visitors (number of admissions)
27.264
Domestic
26.610
Abroad
654
Space (gross)
41.800
Space (net)
20.133
Special show space
1.905
Exhibitor stand space
18.228
Hall space
18.228
Domestic
16.608
Abroad
1.620
Open air
0
Domestic
0
Abroad
0
Origin of exhibitors 2024 from 16 countries
Austria10
Belgium2
Bulgaria1
China, People's Republic7
Czechia4
Estonia1
France1
Germany289
Italy8
Netherlands2
Poland5
Saudi Arabia1
Spain2
Switzerland4
Türkiye1
Uzbekistan1
FKM trade visitor structure
2022
Visitors (number of admissions)
22363
Proportion of trade visitors
97%
Total Germany (%)
96
Bremen
0
Hamburg
1
Lower Saxony
7
Schleswig-Holstein
1
North Rhine-Westphalia
81
Hesse
2
Rhineland-Palatinate
3
Saarland
0
Baden-Württemberg
2
Bavaria
1
Berlin
1
Brandenburg
0
Mecklenburg-West Pommerania
0
Saxony-Anhalt
0
Saxony
0
Thuringia
1
Professional position (%)
Entrepreneur, co-owner, freelancer
19
Managing director, board member, head of an authority etc.
4
Area manager, works manager, plant manager, branch manager, head of public office
4
Department head, group head, team leader
9
Other salaried staff, civil servant, skilled worker
19
Lecturer, teacher
2
Trainee
27
Other position
2
Student
5
Other not gainfully employed
1
Fitter
7
Area of responsibility (%)
Management
18
Research and development, design/construction
6
Manufacturing, production, quality control
4
Buying/procurement
3
Finance/accounting, controlling
1
Information and communication technology
2
Personnel administration, administration
2
Sales
11
Marketing, advertising, PR
3
Logistics: material management, storage, transport
1
Maintenance/repairs
27
Other area
16
Student
5
Other not gainfully employed
1
Economic sectors (%)
Specialist for building services, technical expert, consulting engineer
13
Practitioner of HVAC
40
Manufacturer of sanitary industry
6
Manufacturer of heating industry
7
Architects, hotel business, interior designer
2
Wholesale trade
7
Retail trade
2
Home improvement centre
1
Real estate industry, investor, hospital facilities, property developer
3
Educational institution
3
Other economic sectors
10
Student
5
other non-professionals
1
Distance to home (%)
up to 50 km
40
more than 50 km up to 100 km
27
more than 100 km up to 300 km
24
over 300 km
10
Foreign origin total (%)
4
EU
48
Other european countries
16
Africa
7
North America
4
South and Central America
4
Middle East
2
South-, East-, Central Asia
7
Australia/Oceania
11
Size of company/organization (%)
1 - 4
19
5 - 9
16
10 - 49
23
50 - 199
13
200 - 499
4
500 - 999
4
1 000 and more
15
Student
5
Other not employed
1
Influence on purchasing/procurement decisions (%)
decisively
25
collectively
22
in an advisory capacity/organization
22
no
25
Student
5
Other not gainfully employed
1
Frequency of trade fair visits (%)
Previous event
25
Earlier events
24
First visit
59
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Survey conducted by: Gelszus Messe- Marktforschung GmbH
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