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Organisers
Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress GmbH
Festplatz 9
76137
Karlsruhe
Germany
Fon: +49 721 3720-0
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Sector focus
Teaching and Learning Aids, Further and Continuing Education, Business Start-up, Human Resources Development (industry 52)
Information and Communication Technology, Software (industry 42)
Main offerings
Educational Aids
Software
Multimedia
Telecommunication
Services
Training
Supplementary Education
Seminar Promotors
Presentation Technology
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Trade visitors
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Sponsors
BITKOM
Statistics
Key figures
5/2026
Present journalists
92, of which from abroad 8

Exhibitors
354
Domestic
274
Abroad
80
Visitors (number of admissions)
10.518
Domestic
9.440
Abroad
1.078
Space (gross)
27.000
Space (net)
10.883
Special show space
3.580
Exhibitor stand space
7.303
Hall space
7.303
Domestic
6.151
Abroad
1.152
Origin of exhibitors 2026 from 20 countries
Austria25
Belgium2
China, People's Republic1
Croatia1
Finland1
France8
Germany274
Hungary1
Israel1
Italy2
Netherlands2
New Zealand1
Poland1
Spain4
Sweden2
Switzerland11
Taiwan1
United Arab Emirates2
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland8
United States of America6
FKM trade visitor structure
2024
Visitors (number of admissions)
13.366
Proportion of trade visitors
99%
Total Germany (%)
91
Bremen
0
Hamburg
2
Lower Saxony
4
Schleswig-Holstein
1
North Rhine-Westphalia
11
Hesse
11
Rhineland-Palatinate
7
Saarland
1
Baden-Württemberg
44
Bavaria
12
Berlin
3
Brandenburg
0
Mecklenburg-West Pommerania
0
Saxony-Anhalt
0
Saxony
1
Thuringia
1
Professional position (%)
Entrepreneur, co-owner, freelancer
7
Managing director, board member, head of an authority etc.
3
Area manager, works manager, plant manager, branch manager, head of public office
2
Department head, group head, team leader
15
Other salaried staff, civil servant, skilled worker
38
Lecturer, teacher
10
Trainee
0
Other position
4
Student
6
Other not gainfully employed
1
3
9
2
Area of responsibility (%)
Management
7
Research and development, design/construction
2
Manufacturing, production, quality control
2
Buying/procurement
1
Finance/accounting, controlling
2
Information and communication technology
3
Personnel administration, administration
9
Sales
4
Marketing, advertising, PR
3
Logistics: material management, storage, transport
1
Maintenance/repairs
0
Other area
7
Student
6
Other not gainfully employed
1
6
Training/further training
23
15
5
2
Facility, infrastructure
1
Economic sectors (%)
Educational facility
22
Research/teaching
5
Public authority/administration
8
Industry
11
Trade/sales
4
Bank, insurance company
3
Transport, tourism, hotel sector
2
Medicine
2
Association
1
Publishing house
2
Consulting
5
IT, software
7
Training
4
Multimedia
1
Service
10
Other
7
Student
6
other non-professionals
1
Distance to home (%)
up to 50 km
20
more than 50 km up to 100 km
18
more than 100 km up to 300 km
31
over 300 km
32
Foreign origin total (%)
9
EU
54
Other european countries
42
Africa
4
Countries with the highest visitor shares (%)
Switzerland
32
Austria
30
Size of company/organization (%)
1 - 4
7
5 - 9
3
10 - 49
12
50 - 199
15
200 - 499
10
500 - 999
8
1 000 and more
38
Student
6
Other not employed
1
Influence on purchasing/procurement decisions (%)
decisively
12
collectively
35
in an advisory capacity/organization
33
no
14
Student
6
Other not gainfully employed
1
Frequency of trade fair visits (%)
Previous event
24
Earlier events
25
First visit
63
1.6
Survey conducted by:
Gelszus Messe- Marktforschung GmbH
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