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Date

11.02.-15.02.2026
10/02/-14/02/2027
Cycle: annually
Year founded: 1978
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Fairgrounds

Messegelände
Hanover
Germany

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Organisers

Deutsche Messe AG

Messegelände
30521 Hanover
Germany
Fon: +49 511 89-0
Fax: +49 511 89-32626
info@messe.dehttp://www.messe.de

Project team

holger.kunze@messe.depetra.hoppe@messe.dehttp://www.abf-hannover.dehttp://www.big-messe.de

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Sector focus

Tourism (industry 82)
Construction Technology, Materials and Equipment, Interior Fittings (industry 09)
Vehicles (Cars, Commercial Vehicles, Motorcycles, Caravans, Parts and Accessories) (industry 28)
Gardening and landscaping (plants, equipment, technology) (industry 36)

Main offerings

Motor Vehicles
Caravans
Tourism
Leisure
Camping Accessories
Water Sports Articles
Sporting Goods
Luxury Foodstuff
Car Accessories
Bicycles
fitness
Cars
Travel
Travel Organizer
sport
Sports Equipment
Tourist Information Office
Bathroom Fittings
Building and Construction
Energy Engineering
Garage Doors
Garden Articles
Horticulture
Garden Furniture
Wood Construction
Real Estate
Kitchens
Furniture
Plants
Living
Fences

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Access

Trade visitors and general public

Direct sale

Yes

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Sponsors

ADAC Niedersachsen/ Sachsen-Anhalt e.V.

Statistics

Key figures
2/2026
Exhibitors
574
Domestic
507
Abroad
67
Visitors (number of admissions)
81.437
Domestic
81.326
Abroad
111
Space (gross)
94.100
Space (net)
46.025
Special show space
8.597
Exhibitor stand space
37.428
Hall space
37.302
Domestic
35.847
Abroad
1.455
Open air
126
Domestic
126
Origin of exhibitors 2026 from 21 countries
Austria13
Belgium2
Denmark5
France1
Georgia1
Germany507
Hungary3
Italy7
Luxembourg1
Namibia1
Netherlands15
Norway1
Pakistan1
Peru1
Poland5
Slovenia1
Spain2
Sweden1
Switzerland4
Türkiye1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland1
FKM private visitor structure
2025
Visitors (number of admissions)
81437
Bremen
0
Hamburg
0
Lower Saxony
92
Schleswig-Holstein
1
North Rhine-Westphalia
4
Hesse
0
Rhineland-Palatinate
0
Saarland
0
Baden-Württemberg
0
Bavaria
0
Berlin
0
Brandenburg
0
Mecklenburg-West Pommerania
0
Saxony-Anhalt
1
Saxony
0
Thuringia
0
Size of household (%)
1 person
11
2 persons
60
3 persons
14
4 persons
11
5 persons and more
4
Professional position (%)
Entrepreneur, co-owner, freelancer
7
Managing director, board member, head of an authority etc.
1
Area manager, works manager, plant manager, branch manager, head of public office
2
Department head, group head, team leader
6
Other salaried staff, civil servant, skilled worker
43
Lecturer, teacher
2
Trainee
1
Other position
2
Student
3
Housewife/man
2
Old-age pensioner
28
Other not gainfully employed
4
Buying and ordering capacity (%)
Yes
51
No
14
Perhaps
35
No Statement
0
Distance to home (%)
up to 50 km
58
more than 50 km up to 100 km
31
more than 100 km up to 300 km
10
over 300 km
1
Age (%)
up to 20 years
3
over 20 up to 30 years
9
over 30 up to 40 years
9
over 40 up to 50 years
13
over 50 up to 60 years
29
over 60 up to 70 years
28
over 70 years
8
Sex (%)
Male
47
Female
53
No Statement
0
0
Follow-up business (%)
Yes
28
No
14
Perhaps
58
No Statement
0
Frequency of trade fair visits (%)
Previous event
34
Earlier events
62
First visit
23
Survey conducted by: Gelszus Messe- Marktforschung GmbH
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