Among the 45 biggest trade show venues in the world, with more than 100 000 square metres of exhibiting space, there are 34 venues for fairs in Europe.

18 of these venues for fairs in Europe are members of EMECA, European Major Exhibition Association. On average there are more than 1.200 fairs held at venues of these EMECA members. On the whole about 388.000 exhibitors occupy a space of 36 million square metres which are visited by 43,5 million visitors.

The following venues for fairs in Europe are members of EMECA :
Brussels Expo, Hannover Expo, Messe Frankfurt, Nürnberg Messe, Messe Stuttgart, Eurexpo (Lyon), VIPARIS (Paris), Bologna Fiera, Fiera Milano, Rimini Fiera, Verona Fiera, Royal Dutch Jaarburs Utrecht, Feira Lisboa (Lisabon), MCH Group (Basel, Zürich), Geneva Palexpo, Fira de Barcelona, IFEMA Feria de Madrid und Feria Valencia.

Trade show cities and fairs in Europe can look back upon a long tradition. Up to now most of the leading international trade fairs are shows which are held in Europe. The share of leading international trade fairs which take place at fairs in Europe is up to 90 percent. Despite growing trade fair markets in other parts of the world such as the Asia markets, fairs in Europe hold their stake in the market. The main assets of fairs in Europe are good facilities and an excellent infrastructure.

Besides search options for top fair places Europe ExpoDataBase offers you various options to search for fairs, like for example trade shows in Europe or trade shows in America.