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HANNOVER MESSE

World's leading trade fair for the manufacturing industry

HANNOVER MESSE is the world's leading trade fair for the manufacturing industry. Around 4,000 exhibiting companies from the electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, digital, and energy sectors come together there to present solutions for competitive and sustainable industry. The main exhibition areas are Automation & Digitalization, Energy & Industrial Infrastructure, and Research & Technology Transfer.

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Date

05.04.-08.04.2027
Cycle: annually
Year founded: 1947
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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

hannovermesse@messe.dehttp://www.hannovermesse.de

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Sector focus

Trade Fairs for Capital Goods (industry 02)
Computer-Aided Engineering, Factory Automation, Measuring and Control (industry 19)
Electrical Engineering, Electronics (industry 22)
Energy (conventional and renewable) (industry 23)
Information and Communication Technology, Software (industry 42)
Logistics, Gears and Drives, Conveyance and Storage Technology (industry 55)
Subcontracting (industry 96)

Main offerings

Gears and Drives Technology
Fluid Mechanics
Energy Engineering
IT Services
Technologies
Research and Development
Compressed Air Technology
Vacuum Technology in Laboratories
Surface Mount Technology
Ancillaries
Services
Nanotechnology
Energy Management
renewable energies
Factory Automation
Process Automation
Industrial Automation
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Power Plants
Plant Engineering
Components
Defense Technology

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Trade visitors and general public

Statistics

Key figures
4/2026
Exhibitors
2.835
Domestic
1.043
Abroad
1.792
Visitors (number of admissions)
108.898
Domestic
69.780
Abroad
39.118
Space (gross)
154.300
Space (net)
88.904
Special show space
10.141
Exhibitor stand space
78.763
Hall space
78.575
Domestic
43.710
Abroad
34.865
Open air
188
Domestic
188
Origin of exhibitors 2026 from 55 countries
Austria8
Azerbaijan1
Belgium34
Brazil154
Bulgaria15
Canada98
China, People's Republic632
Croatia9
Cyprus1
Czechia19
Denmark10
Egypt1
Estonia10
Finland17
France22
Germany1043
Greece3
Hong Kong, China SAR3
Hungary11
India60
Indonesia1
Iran, Islamic Republic1
Ireland1
Israel4
Italy65
Japan18
Korea, Republic60
Kosovo1
Latvia10
Lebanon1
Lithuania11
Luxembourg2
Malaysia2
Mexico9
Netherlands49
Norway6
Pakistan1
Poland9
Portugal33
Romania35
Saudi Arabia3
Singapore24
Slovakia12
Slovenia13
Spain20
Sri Lanka1
Sweden6
Switzerland21
Taiwan48
Türkiye85
Ukraine2
United Arab Emirates5
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland27
United States of America88
Vietnam10
FKM trade visitor structure
2025
Visitors (number of admissions)
123.035
Proportion of trade visitors
89%
Total Germany (%)
61
Bremen
2
Hamburg
4
Lower Saxony
37
Schleswig-Holstein
3
North Rhine-Westphalia
20
Hesse
6
Rhineland-Palatinate
2
Saarland
0
Baden-Württemberg
7
Bavaria
7
Berlin
4
Brandenburg
1
Mecklenburg-West Pommerania
1
Saxony-Anhalt
2
Saxony
3
Thuringia
2
Professional position (%)
Entrepreneur, co-owner, freelancer
2
Managing director, board member, head of an authority etc.
22
Area manager, works manager, plant manager, branch manager, head of public office
6
Department head, group head, team leader
19
Other salaried staff, civil servant, skilled worker
38
Lecturer, teacher
1
Trainee
1
Other position
4
Student
7
Other not gainfully employed
1
Area of responsibility (%)
Management
19
Research and development, design/construction
12
Manufacturing, production, quality control
10
Buying/procurement
3
Finance/accounting, controlling
1
Information and communication technology
10
Personnel administration, administration
1
Sales
8
Marketing, advertising, PR
3
Logistics: material management, storage, transport
1
Maintenance/repairs
3
Other area
20
Student
7
Other not gainfully employed
3
Economic sectors (%)
Manufacturing industry / production
42
Information and Communication Services
13
Other economic sectors
13
Power industry
9
Services provided by companies and freelancers
8
Research and development
4
Authority, public services
3
Construction, Craft and Interior Construction
3
other non-professionals
2
Association, organisation
2
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1
Wholesale and Retail
1
Distance to home (%)
up to 50 km
19
more than 50 km up to 100 km
11
more than 100 km up to 300 km
27
over 300 km
44
Foreign origin total (%)
39
EU
77
Other european countries
4
Africa
1
North America
4
South and Central America
3
Middle East
1
South-, East-, Central Asia
11
Countries with the highest visitor shares (%)
China, People's Republic
5
Netherlands
3
Canada
2
Japan
2
Poland
2
Size of company/organization (%)
1 - 4
10
5 - 9
4
10 - 49
16
50 - 199
16
200 - 499
9
500 - 999
6
1 000 and more
32
Student
0
Other not employed
8
Influence on purchasing/procurement decisions (%)
decisively
16
collectively
22
in an advisory capacity/organization
24
no
16
Student
19
Other not gainfully employed
2
Frequency of trade fair visits (%)
Previous event
29
Earlier events
24
First visit
47
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Survey conducted by: Wissler & Partner
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