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INTERNATIONALE EISENWARENMESSE KÖLN

International Hardware Fair Cologne

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Date

03.03.-06.03.2026
March 2028
Cycle: every two years
Year founded: 1971
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Fairgrounds

Messegelände
Cologne
Germany

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Organisers

Koelnmesse GmbH

Messeplatz 1
50679 Cologne
Germany
Fon: +49 221 821-0
Fax: +49 221 821-2574
info@koelnmesse.dehttp://www.koelnmesse.de

Project team

eisenwaren@koelnmesse.dehttp://www.eisenwarenmesse.de

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Sector focus

Hardware, Tools (industry 21)
Construction Technology, Materials and Equipment, Interior Fittings (industry 09)
Safety, Disaster Control (industry 72)

Main offerings

Tools
Workshop Equipment
Plant Equipment (industrial)
Fastener Technology
Jointing Equipment
Fittings
Building Equipment
Do-it-Yourself Equipment

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Trade visitors

Statistics

Key figures
3/2024
Exhibitors
3.270
Domestic
247
Abroad
3.023
Other represented firms
Visitors (number of admissions)
37.153
Domestic
11.385
Abroad
25.768
Trade visitors
Domestic
Abroad
Space (gross)
181.800
Space (net)
68.539
Special show space
656
Exhibitor stand space
67.883
Hall space
67.883
Domestic
10.878
Abroad
57.005
Open air
0
Domestic
Abroad
Origin of exhibitors 2024 from 54 countries
American Samoa1
Australia4
Austria10
Bahrain1
Belgium22
Bulgaria2
Cambodia4
Canada11
China, People's Republic1756
Croatia4
Czechia16
Denmark14
Egypt1
Finland6
France38
Germany247
Greece2
Hong Kong, China SAR38
Hungary3
India124
Indonesia3
Ireland2
Israel3
Italy164
Japan26
Korea, Republic25
Latvia2
Lithuania2
Luxembourg3
Malaysia7
Malta1
Mexico2
Monaco1
Netherlands26
New Zealand1
Norway3
Pakistan5
Poland45
Portugal13
Romania2
Serbia1
Singapore7
Slovenia4
Spain44
Sweden12
Switzerland6
Taiwan323
Thailand9
Türkiye129
Ukraine2
United Arab Emirates2
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland42
United States of America43
Vietnam6
FKM trade visitor structure
2018
Visitors (number of admissions)
47.424
Proportion of trade visitors
97%
Total Germany (%)
40
Bremen
0
Hamburg
1
Lower Saxony
3
Schleswig-Holstein
1
North Rhine-Westphalia
60
Hesse
6
Rhineland-Palatinate
10
Saarland
2
Baden-Württemberg
8
Bavaria
7
Berlin
1
Brandenburg
0
Mecklenburg-West Pommerania
0
Saxony-Anhalt
1
Saxony
1
Thuringia
1
Professional position (%)
Entrepreneur, co-owner, freelancer
30
Managing director, board member, head of an authority etc.
16
Area manager, works manager, plant manager, branch manager, head of public office
13
Department head, group head, team leader
14
Other salaried staff, civil servant, skilled worker
14
Lecturer, teacher
1
Trainee
5
Other position
4
Student
3
Other not gainfully employed
0
Area of responsibility (%)
Management
32
Research/development/design
5
Manufacturing, production, quality control
7
Buying/procurement
17
Finance/accounting, controlling
1
Information and communication technology
1
Personnel administration, administration
1
Sales
22
Marketing, advertising, PR
4
Logistics: material management, storage, transport
1
Maintenance/repairs
2
Other area
4
Student
3
Other not gainfully employed
0
Economic sectors (%)
Industry
35
Retail trade
19
Wholesale/foreign trade
27
Exclusively Mail order, online pure player
1
Skilled trades
4
Service
6
Authority/public services
1
University, research
1
Other economic sectors
3
Student
3
other non-professionals
0
Distance to home (%)
up to 50 km
15
more than 50 km up to 100 km
9
more than 100 km up to 300 km
13
over 300 km
63
Foreign origin total (%)
60
EU
51
Other european countries
12
Africa
4
North America
6
South and Central America
2
Middle East
6
South-, East-, Central Asia
16
Australia/Oceania
3
Countries with the highest visitor shares (%)
China, People's Republic
8
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
7
Netherlands
6
Spain
5
Italy
5
Size of company/organization (%)
1 - 4
15
5 - 9
12
10 - 49
23
50 - 199
17
200 - 499
10
500 - 999
6
1 000 and more
13
Student
3
Other not employed
0
Influence on purchasing/procurement decisions (%)
decisively
39
collectively
30
in an advisory capacity/organization
17
no
11
Student
3
Frequency of trade fair visits (%)
Previous event
33
Earlier events
41
First visit
49
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Survey conducted by: factx Gesellschaft für Markt- und Sozialforschung
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