From March 11-15, around 190,000 visitors from 161 countries (up from 153 in 2017) made their way to Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre to discover the latest innovations and trends at ISH 2019.

For five days, 2,532 exhibitors (868 from Germany, 1,664 from abroad) from 57 countries presented their new products for the first time in Frankfurt am Main.

At the same time, a significantly higher level of internationality meant that ISH became even more relevant. 66 per cent of exhibitors (up from 64 per cent in 2017) and almost 48 per cent of visitors  around 40 per cent in 2017) came from outside Germany.

“ISH has once again demonstrated that it connects all international players from the sector. Only together is it possible to achieve the climate targets – naturally in a personal dialogue here at ISH. The change in the sequence of days to Monday to Friday has also contributed to this”, said Wolfgang Marzin, president and chief executive of Messe Frankfurt.

The biggest visitor nations were China, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Poland, Belgium, Austria and the Czech Republic. The largest visitor target groups were the industry and installation trade.

Meanwhile, the results of market research confirmed the high level of visitor satisfaction with the fair at 97 per cent.

Both exhibitors and visitors rated the economic outlook in positive terms. On the exhibitor side, 92 per cent said it was satisfactory to good. In the case of German exhibitors, this value was even higher, at 93 per cent. On the visitor side, the overall level of satisfaction was 92 per cent; in the case of German trade visitors, 94 per cent.

The next ISH will be held in Frankfurt am Main from March 22-26 2021.