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Koelnmesse – World Market Quality

We energize your business« – is the claim of the Koelnmesse (Cologne Trade Fair) regarding its services and promise to its customers.

To realise this, the trade fair organisers on the right side of the Rhine are permanently investing in the quality of the events.

Profile of the Koelnmesse

leading trade fairs for 25 industrial sectors
trade fairs over 70
exhibition halls 11
exhibition space 284,000 sqm
open-air ground 100,000 sqm
parking lots 15,000
annual number of conventions 2,000
capacity for conventions (participents) up to 19,500
exhibiting companies 45,000
from 120  countries
accredited journalists per year about 25,000
marketing & press contacts per year over 1 Billion
international trade representations in over 80 countries
affiliates 11
visitors (from 220 countries) about 2,3 Million
partner hotels about 120
hotel beds in the Cologne area 80,000


After the realisation of its Master Plan, the Cologne Trade Fair also offers one of the most attractive exhibition centres in Europe. Especially the quality of stay has been improved – there are four new halls which can be flexibly used, two new entrance areas with all service facilities, catering has been ­developed and there is a direct connection to the Köln Messe/Deutz station. The »new« Koelnmesse will also, as part of the new »Trade Fair City« on the right side of the Rhine, set new trends in urban development. As a direct neighbour of Europe’s largest media group, RTL, it will also clearly reinforce Cologne as a media hub.


An average 60 per-cent of the exhibitors and 40 per-cent of the visitors come from abroad, making Cologne the location for the leading fairs where supply and demand for the worldmarket of the respective branches are almost completely represented. For the sector leaders but also for medium-sized business, these pilot fairs are the shortest route to the world market and an important opportunity to take advantage of globalization and the internationalisation of their business sectors. The Cologne fairs bring the product ranges of 45,000 exhibiting companies from over 120 countries together with the demand of 2,3 million visitors.


Various specialise Koelnmesse Group subsidiaries are responsible for providing special services that go beyond the core business for Koelnmesse customers. KölnMesse International GmbH organises fair activities outside Cologne exhibition centre. Finally, Koelnmesse Service GmbH offers exhibitors and visitors all the ­services they need from a single source.




Trade fairs in Cologne

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