Exhibition industry: operations in Europe 2021

The exhibition industry in Europe has, like many others, suffered due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020 and 2021. According to a July 2021 survey, around 21 percent of exhibition companies stated to be fully operative in June 2021. By December 2021, 55 percent of surveyed businesses expected to return to a normal level of operations.

Situation of exhibition industry operations in Europe from January 2020 to June 2021 and current predictions for 2nd half 2021

Characteristic	Normal	Reduced	No activity	I don't know
Jan 2020	95%	4%	2%	-
Feb 2020	88%	11%	1%	-
Mar 2020	19%	55%	26%	-
Apr 2020	8%	21%	72%	-
May 2020	7%	22%	71%	-
Jun 2020	10%	30%	60%	-
Jul 2020	8%	27%	66%	-
Aug 2020	9%	30%	61%	-
Sep 2020	11%	43%	46%	-
Oct 2020	12%	49%	39%	-
Nov 2020	10%	33%	57%	-
Dec 2020	8%	29%	63%	-
Jan 2021	10%	29%	61%	-
Feb 2021	12%	30%	58%	-
Mar 2021	14%	34%	52%	-
Apr 2021	18%	33%	49%	-
May 2021	19%	40%	41%	-
Jun 2021	21%	51%	28%	-
Jul 2021*	22%	49%	26%	3%
Aug 2021*	25%	39%	32%	4%
Sep 2021*	51%	34%	7%	8%
Oct 2021*	57%	31%	5%	7%
Nov 2021*	57%	31%	4%	8%
Dec 2021*	55%	28%	8%	10%

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Release date

July 2021

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

January 2020 to June 2021

Number of respondents

159 respondents**

Special properties

exhibition companies

Supplementary notes

*Predictions from July to December 2021.
**2020 figures refer to 123 respondents. 2021 figures refer to 159 respondents.

Figures for 2020 were previously published by the source.

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