From 19 – 22 May, FESPA 2026, comprising FESPA Global Print Expo, European Sign Expo, Personalisation Experience, WrapFest, Corrugated and Textile, welcomed visitors from the speciality print, signage, packaging, personalisation, wrapping, and textile sectors to the Fira de Barcelona, Spain.
FESPA 2026 welcomed visitors from 126 countries, with the largest audiences coming from Spain, Italy, the UK, Germany, France, Portugal, the Netherlands, Poland, Belgium, and Switzerland (in descending order). This reinforces the value of FESPA’s peripatetic pattern, making the 2026 event easily accessible to southern European printers and supporting exhibitors to make connections with new prospective buyers.
FESPA 2026 achieved a total visitor attendance of 24,798, making it one of the most successful editions of the global event to date. 15,495 unique visitors attended the show, a 10% year-on-year increase on the 2025 event. 85% of visitors were senior decision makers, with 77% directors, CEOs, owners, or managers. The collective median visitor budget was €3.5 billion, a 20.68% increase on 2025, signalling a strong propensity to invest.
As the first flagship exhibition in Southern Europe since 2012 with six co-located events and three conference programmes under one roof, the 2026 event was its most varied and multi-faceted to date. The expansion into new print-related vertical markets reinforced the organisation’s FESPA Future strategy to Connect, Inspire and Support increasingly diverse global business communities. The co-located event portfolio also broadened FESPA’s reach and audience, strengthening its position as a leading platform for innovation, knowledge exchange, and business growth across the speciality print industry and beyond.
Michael Ryan, Head of FESPA Global Print Expo, comments: “By bringing together six clearly defined events, our aim was to give FESPA visitors a richer mix of opportunities to learn, be inspired, and explore adjacent market sectors and applications. The patterns we’ve seen in event registration, usage of the FESPA app, and conference attendance made it clear that most visitors have several overlapping areas of interest, so this approach serves their needs perfectly. For example, they might come to the show primarily for FESPA Global Print Expo and also engage with European Sign Expo, Textile, and our FESPA Conference programme. This highlights the exceptional value of a comprehensive global event with multiple exhibition and content strands; it gives decision-makers access to a vast spectrum of specialist expertise to validate their current direction while also investigating new growth opportunities – all in one place.”
FESPA Global Print Expo, along with six co-located events, will return to Messe Munich, Germany, from 6 – 9 April 2027.
