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Date

11.02.-15.02.2026
February 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
2/2025
Exhibitors
531
Domestic
470
Abroad
61
Other represented firms
Visitors (number of admissions)
76.213
Domestic
76.081
Abroad
132
Trade visitors
Domestic
Abroad
Space (gross)
94.100
Space (net)
46.058
Special show space
9.846
Exhibitor stand space
36.212
Hall space
36.034
Domestic
34.667
Abroad
1.367
Open air
178
Domestic
178
Abroad
Origin of exhibitors 2025 from 17 countries
Austria10
Canada2
Denmark6
Finland1
France3
Germany470
Hungary3
Italy7
Luxembourg1
Nepal1
Netherlands13
Norway2
Poland4
Sweden1
Switzerland1
Türkiye5
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland1
FKM private visitor structure
2/2025
Visitors (number of admissions)
76213
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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