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The IT Security Expo and Congress

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Date

07.10.-09.10.2025
October 2026
Cycle: annually
Year founded: 2009
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Fairgrounds

Messezentrum
Nuremberg
Germany

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Organisers

NürnbergMesse GmbH

Messezentrum
90471 Nuremberg
Germany
Fon: +49 911 8606-0
Fax: +49 911 8606-8228
info@nuernbergmesse.dehttp://www.nuernbergmesse.de

Project team

it-sa@nuernbergmesse.dehttp://www.it-sa.de
Fon: +49 911 8606-8777
Fax: +49 911 8606-128777

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Sector focus

Information and Communication Technology, Software (industry 42)

Main offerings

Information Technology
Net Work
Data Protection
IT Services
Security Systems
Data Transmission
Fire Prevention
Air Conditioning

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Sponsors

BITKOM, Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien e.V.
Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI)

Statistics

Key figures
10/2024
Exhibitors
896
Domestic
672
Abroad
224
Other represented firms
0
Visitors (number of admissions)
25.830
Domestic
23.921
Abroad
1.909
Space (gross)
40.900
Space (net)
21.570
Special show space
1.591
Exhibitor stand space
19.979
Hall space
19.979
Domestic
17.387
Abroad
2.592
Open air
0
Domestic
0
Abroad
0
Origin of exhibitors 2024 from 28 countries
Australia1
Austria21
Belgium3
Canada4
China, People's Republic1
Cyprus1
Czechia15
Denmark2
Finland3
France13
Germany672
Hungary3
India1
Ireland3
Israel23
Italy4
Japan1
Lithuania1
Luxembourg4
Netherlands14
Norway1
Poland4
Romania1
Spain2
Sweden2
Switzerland18
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland27
United States of America51
FKM trade visitor structure
10/2024
Visitors (number of admissions)
25830
Proportion of trade visitors
97%
Total Germany (%)
93
Bremen
0
Hamburg
2
Lower Saxony
3
Schleswig-Holstein
2
North Rhine-Westphalia
9
Hesse
6
Rhineland-Palatinate
3
Saarland
1
Baden-Württemberg
14
Bavaria
52
Berlin
3
Brandenburg
1
Mecklenburg-West Pommerania
0
Saxony-Anhalt
0
Saxony
3
Thuringia
1
Professional position (%)
Entrepreneur, co-owner, freelancer
11
Managing director, board member, head of an authority etc.
5
Area manager, works manager, plant manager, branch manager, head of public office
9
Department head, group head, team leader
24
Other salaried staff, civil servant, skilled worker
32
Lecturer, teacher
1
Trainee
7
Other position
5
Student
6
Other not gainfully employed
0
Area of responsibility (%)
Management
9
Research and development, design/construction
3
Manufacturing, production, quality control
1
Buying/procurement
1
Finance/accounting, controlling
1
Information and communication technology
58
Personnel administration, administration
1
Sales
7
Marketing, advertising, PR
3
Logistics: material management, storage, transport
0
Maintenance/repairs
2
Other area
7
Student
6
Other not gainfully employed
0
Economic sectors (%)
Software and hardware provider
6
Software and hardware manufacturer
10
Reseller, wholesale trade
2
IT systems specialist
11
Distributor
2
Computer centre
3
IT consulting, outsourcing
18
Production, industry
13
Energy-supply companies
3
Public authority, municipal administration
6
Retail and services
5
University/college, research
2
Health service
4
Bank, finance sector
2
Insurance
2
Transport, traffic
3
Media
3
Telecommunication
4
Consulting (business, companies)
4
Police, armed forces
2
Other
9
Pupil, student
6
Distance to home (%)
up to 50 km
20
more than 50 km up to 100 km
10
more than 100 km up to 300 km
41
over 300 km
28
Foreign origin total (%)
7
EU
66
Other european countries
28
Africa
2
North America
2
South-, East-, Central Asia
2
Australia/Oceania
2
Countries with the highest visitor shares (%)
Austria
30
Switzerland
14
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
11
Netherlands
5
Czechia
5
Size of company/organization (%)
1 - 4
8
5 - 9
4
10 - 49
10
50 - 199
16
200 - 499
12
500 - 999
9
1 000 and more
36
Student
6
Other not employed
0
Influence on purchasing/procurement decisions (%)
decisively
22
collectively
33
in an advisory capacity/organization
24
no
14
Student
6
Frequency of trade fair visits (%)
Previous event
30
Earlier events
32
First visit
54
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Survey conducted by: Gelszus Messe- Marktforschung GmbH
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