Some 62,000 visitors (from around 150 countries) came to interzum, the trade fair for suppliers to the furniture and interior design industry held in Cologne. Numbers that, explains the organisation, exceeded “…all expectations“. Around 1,600 exhibitors were present at the fairgrounds. “The fair could not have shown its importance for the industry any better,” said Oliver Frese, Koelnmesse’s Director of Operations, with satisfaction. For him, the result of the event is a clear sign “…that top-class top events like interzum are more vital than ever”.
The countries with the highest number of visitors were Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland. “The number of Turkish visitors was very encouraging, having increased by 16 per cent compared to the previous edition of the fair. Similarly, the number of trade visitors from India increased“.
INTERZUM 2023 IN NUMBERS
Some 1,600 companies from 59 countries (2019: 1,806 companies from 61 countries) appeared at interzum 2023 on a gross exhibition space covering 186,000 m² (2019: 190,000 m²). This included 255 exhibitors from Germany (2019: 356 exhibitors) and 1,345 foreign exhibitors (2019: 1,450 exhibitors). Foreign exhibitors accounted for 84 per cent (2019: 80 per cent). Including estimates for the last day of the trade fair, 62,000 trade visitors from 150 countries (2019: 74,000 trade visitors from 152 countries) attended interzum, with foreign trade visitors accounting for approximately 76 per cent (2019: 75 per cent). *
