For exhibitors at Messe Hannover: fixed-price EXPRESS booths from €5,999 net, or a custom EXFAIR build.
If the booth has to start fast, with clear pricing and low coordination, EXPRESS is usually the right entry point. If brand impact, spatial impact and visitor flow become more important, EXFAIR fits better.
Good when you need to decide quickly for Messe Hannover and want a professional booth without a long concept phase.
The better fit when the booth at Messe Hannover should be planned individually and tailored more tightly to brand, products and conversations.
So your team coordinates as little as possible internally, we group planning, build and on-site support into three clear steps.
The starting point only needs the essentials: what the presence should achieve, how large the floor area is and how tight the timing is.
From there it gets quick: whether EXPRESS is the more economic fit or whether EXFAIR offers more leverage for brand, visitor flow and impact.
Production, setup, dismantling and the coordination around the presence get organized so your team stays unburdened.
Travelling to Hanover from outside Germany? Brief us in English. The booth at Messe Hannover is planned, built and dismantled locally, and your team only travels for the show.
EXPRESS delivers stand system, graphics, transport, set-up, dismantling and on-site logistics to Messe Hannover at a fixed net price from €5,999 per show; EXFAIR takes custom builds from concept to dismantling, including logistics and storage. Shipping and customs clearance for your exhibits are handled as well, so your team simply flies in.
Hall heights, floor loads, rigging and delivery windows at Messe Hannover are set by the venue's technical guidelines; they are checked per project before the stand is planned. The grounds: 23 halls, 392,500 m² of hall space.
From Hanover Airport take the S5 to the main station and then light rail line 8 or 18 to the North entrance; long-distance trains stop at Hannover Messe/Laatzen station, from which a skywalk leads directly onto the grounds.
International exhibitors are part of the picture here: HANNOVER MESSE (industry, automation & energy); Agritechnica (agricultural machinery): 2,849 exhibitors from 52 countries in 2025; EMO (production technology & machine tools): more than 1,600 exhibitors from 45 countries in 2025; LIGNA (woodworking & wood processing): 1,433 exhibitors from 49 countries in 2025; DOMOTEX (floor coverings & interior finishing): over 500 exhibitors from more than 50 countries in 2026; IAA Transportation (commercial vehicles, transport & logistics): almost 1,700 exhibitors from 41 countries in 2024.
To start, send the fair, dates, hall and stand number if assigned, floor area and goal. First brief ▸
Two examples for fast, clearly structured EXPRESS booths. Two examples for more custom EXFAIR projects with stronger brand impact.
Clear product booth with a strong graphic wall and a quick decision logic.
Focused presence with a tall back wall and a clear product message.
Technical brand space with clear product staging and a meeting situation.
High-impact product booth with long-distance visibility and clear brand presence.
Dates for planning your trade show presence. A first enquiry works best 8–12 weeks before the fair starts.
5–8 Apr 2027 HANNOVER MESSE Industry & automation Request booth → 10–14 May 2027 LIGNA Woodworking Request booth → 14–20 Nov 2027 Agritechnica Agricultural machinery Request booth → 19–24 Sep 2028 IAA Transportation Commercial vehicles & logistics Request booth →Leading trade fairs: HANNOVER MESSE, Agritechnica, EMO, LIGNA, DOMOTEX, IAA Transportation
With 392,500 m² of hall space and 58,000 m² of outdoor area, the Hannover exhibition grounds are built for large formats. HANNOVER MESSE in April brings together automation, digitalisation and energy, with around 3,000 exhibitors in 2026; Agritechnica and LIGNA come every two years and then fill the site with agricultural machinery and woodworking respectively. EMO alternates between Hannover and Milan, and IAA Transportation brings the commercial vehicle sector.
For booth planning: On a site of this size, being found is the main issue: hall choice, stand position and long-range visibility count for more here than elsewhere. At Agritechnica and LIGNA, machines running live are standard, delivery and build-up logistics belong in the plan early. From 2027 HANNOVER MESSE runs four days instead of five, concentrated on the busiest dates, conversations per day become denser, so meeting capacity and stand staffing should be planned accordingly.
HANNOVER MESSE is the annual industrial trade fair in Hannover and takes place in April; from 2027 it runs four days instead of five. It shows automation and digitalisation, energy and industrial infrastructure as well as research and technology transfer; in 2026 it drew around 3,000 exhibitors and 110,000 visitors.
AGRITECHNICA is the trade fair for agricultural machinery and takes place every two years in November in odd-numbered years in Hannover. It shows tractors, harvesting technology, soil cultivation and precision farming as well as components in the parallel Systems & Components; in 2025 it drew 2,849 exhibitors from 52 countries and around 476,000 trade visitors.
EMO is the trade fair for production technology and takes place every two years in September, alternating twice in Hannover and once in Milan. It shows machine tools, manufacturing systems, precision tools and automation; in 2025 in Hannover it drew more than 1,600 exhibitors from 45 countries and around 80,000 visitors.
LIGNA is the trade fair for the woodworking and wood processing industry and takes place every two years in May in odd-numbered years in Hannover. It shows machines, plants and tools for woodworking, wood processing and forestry technology, many in live operation; in 2025 it drew 1,433 exhibitors from 49 countries and around 78,000 visitors.
DOMOTEX is the trade fair for flooring and interior finishing in Hannover and takes place every two years in January, the next from 17 to 20 January 2028. It shows carpets, resilient and textile flooring, parquet and laminate and, since 2026, also paint, wallpaper, acoustic elements and tiles; in 2026 it drew over 500 exhibitors from more than 50 countries.
IAA TRANSPORTATION is the commercial vehicle industry's show and takes place every two years in September in even-numbered years in Hannover. It shows trucks, vans, buses, trailers and bodies, components as well as logistics and charging solutions with premieres and test drives; in 2024 it drew almost 1,700 exhibitors from 41 countries and around 145,000 visitors.
Venue data: 392,500 m² of hall space, 58,000 m² of outdoor area
The questions that come up most often for a quick orientation, a clear brief and a professional presence at Messe Hannover.
When time, budget clarity and a fast decision process matter, EXPRESS Booth is usually the right fit. For custom architecture, larger floor areas and stronger brand staging, EXFAIR is the better path.
EXPRESS Booth fits when a Messe Hannover presence should be delivered fast, with clear pricing and low coordination effort. It works especially well when clear packages, short paths and an efficient booth structure matter more than maximum customization.
EXFAIR is the better choice when the booth should be planned strategically: custom architecture, brand impact, visitor flow, product staging and a solution tailored more tightly to brand and conversations.
Helpful inputs are the goal of the presence, planned floor area, timing, desired impact, existing graphics or systems, technical requirements and whether you're leaning toward a fast fixed-price path or a custom brand space.
Main factors are floor area, level of customization, graphics, technology, logistics, setup, dismantling, on-site support and the potential to reuse existing elements. As a benchmark, EXPRESS booths start at €5,999 net fixed price per show (companies based outside Germany pay no German VAT), including set-up, dismantling, wall graphics and flooring. Custom EXFAIR brand spaces are quoted per project because these factors combine differently each time.
Yes. We cover design, technical implementation, graphic production, logistics and the actual coordination around the Hanover presence, so internal coordination for marketing, sales and project leads stays low.
At Messe Hannover, six leading trade fairs shape the calendar: HANNOVER MESSE (Industry, automation & energy, annual); Agritechnica (Agricultural machinery, every two years); EMO (Production technology & machine tools, every two years (rotation Hanover – Hanover – Milan)); LIGNA (Woodworking & wood processing, every two years); DOMOTEX (Floor coverings & interior finishing, every two years); IAA Transportation (Commercial vehicles, transport & logistics, every two years). The next confirmed dates are listed in the trade fair calendar on this page, with details on each fair in the section Leading trade fairs in detail.
HANNOVER MESSE is held annual. The next edition runs from 5 to 8 April 2027. An EXPRESS booth needs little lead time: quote within 24 hours, set-up in one day. A custom EXFAIR brand space needs considerably more time for concept, 3D planning and production; the earlier floor area and stand type are fixed, the more room remains for design.
On a site of this size, being found is the main issue: hall choice, stand position and long-range visibility count for more here than elsewhere. At Agritechnica and LIGNA, machines running live are standard, delivery and build-up logistics belong in the plan early. From 2027 HANNOVER MESSE runs four days instead of five, concentrated on the busiest dates, conversations per day become denser, so meeting capacity and stand staffing should be planned accordingly. The venue has 392,500 m² of hall space with 58,000 m² of outdoor area. From Hanover Airport take the S5 to the main station and then light rail line 8 or 18 to the North entrance; long-distance trains stop at Hannover Messe/Laatzen station, from which a skywalk leads directly onto the grounds. The technical guidelines of Messe Hannover are binding: hall heights, floor loads, rigging and delivery windows come from those documents and are checked per project before the stand is planned.
Yes. Planning, production, set-up and dismantling happen locally at Messe Hannover, so where your company is based does not change the process; only your team and exhibits travel to Hanover.
Yes, via the enquiry form on this page, at hello@exfair.de or by phone at +49 7721 885880.
No. Companies based outside Germany are invoiced without German VAT, within the EU under the reverse-charge procedure, which requires a valid VAT ID. The treatment is stated in the quote.
Yes. Besides the booth, shipping your exhibits to Messe Hannover and customs clearance are organised as part of the project, so products arrive on the stand in time for the show.
The fair and dates, hall and stand number if assigned, floor area, stand type (row, corner, head or island) and the goal of the presence. A first assessment follows within 48 hours.
A few solid data points are enough. We open a prepared email to EXFAIR directly, no data is stored on this page.
From these data points we infer a first recommendation, EXPRESS for fast, clearly structured presences or EXFAIR for custom brand spaces.
For custom brand spaces, talk to EXFAIR directly. For fast fixed-price solutions, EXPRESS Booth is the direct entry point.
For teams that need more impact, more customization and tighter brand control for their Messe Hannover booth.
For teams that want a fast, professional solution with clear cost logic.