A record-breaking trade fair

At the beginning of February, the Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft Zoo­logischer Fachbetriebe GmbH (WZF), the organiser of Interzoo, announced a new record by surpassing the 2 000 exhibitor mark. Due to the continuing high demand, even the last available exhibition spaces were taken a few days later. Well over 2 000 companies from around 70 countries will be exhibiting in 14 exhibition halls covering more than 140 000 m² of gross exhibition space. “Sold-out Interzoo halls with record numbers of exhibitors, exhibition space and international spread show the enormous appeal of Interzoo for the conti­nu­ously growing pet industry worldwide,” says Gordon Bonnet, managing director of WZF and ZZF (German Pet Trade & Industry Association and conceptual spon­sor of Interzoo). “There is no better opportunity in the world for trade visitors to experience the incredible variety of new products and exciting companies up close, to network and to be inspired!”

The highly international flavour of the world’s leading trade fair, with almost 86 per cent of exhibitors coming from abroad, guarantees a unique global market overview. After Germany, exhibitors from China, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, the USA, Belgium and the UK are the most strongly represented.

 There will be a total of 15 national pavilions, from Brazil (two pavilions, including an aquatics pavilion), China (two pavilions), France, the UK, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Canada, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, the Czech Republic and the USA.

The WZF has recorded an increase in the number of registrations for exhibition stands from some European countries, such as Italy (+31 per cent), Poland (+27 per cent) and Turkey (+26 per cent). There is also stronger demand from overseas, for example from the USA (+60 per cent), India (+34 per cent) and South Korea, which is almost doubling its exhibition space. China, which was only represented by 29 exhibitors in 2022 due to travel restrictions caused by the pandemic, will see the biggest increase in terms of exhibition space with a fifteen-fold increase. “The increased de…