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ISE 2018: facts and figures about attendees and exhibitors

You may have seen the headline figures: more than 80,000 registered attendees and almost 1,300 exhibitors took part in ISE 2018.

You may be familiar with the picture of a growing

scene: exhibitor numbers were up 8.6% on 2017 and the number of attendees up 10.7%.

But what else can be found in the statistics gathered by the world’s largest AV trade show on the characteristics of the people taking part?

Here are some interesting statistics you may not have seen yet:

Attendee summary

Number of registered attendees (80,923): attendees (59.098), exhibitor personnel (20,207),  others including press/VIP/speakers (1,618)

Total attendees (80,923): previous ISE attendees (62%), new attendees (38%)

Total exhibitors (1,296): new exhibitors (264), co-exhibitors (220)

Attendee demographics

By gender : 89% male | 11% female

By country:

  1. Netherlands (17,440)
  2. Germany (9,519)
  3. UK (9,490)
  4. Belgium (4,029)
  5. France (3.945)
  6. Italy (2,850)
  7. China (2,696)
  8. US (2,666)
  9. Spain (1,987)
  10. Russia (1,500)

Channel visitors

The channel is broadly defined by ISE to include the following types of attendee: distributor; manufacturer; meeting and events solution provider; systems integrator and installer; consultant.

By technology specified:

  1. audio systems & acoustics (44.51%),
  2. digital signage (43.07%),
  3. video projection & display (40.54%),
  4. control systems (36.64%),
  5. projection screens (32.08%),
  6. wireless communication (31.17%),
  7. audio processing (30.55%),
  8. IP & network distribution (28.79%),
  9. cabling, connectors and signal management (28.87%),
  10. conferencing & collaboration (27.87%).

By markets served:

  1. corporate (33.61%)
  2. education (29.56%)
  3. hotels and leisure resorts (26.51%)
  4. cinema (25.47%)
  5. meeting and presentation rooms (24.97%)
  6. government (24.24%)
  7. live events (23.57%)
  8. bars, restaurants and nightclubs (21.04%)
  9. banking and finance (20.98%)
  10. TV and broadcast (20.07%)

End-customer visitors

By market sector:

  1. Education (19.76%)
  2. Live events (15.07%)
  3. TV and broadcast (12.87%)
  4. Corporate (12.76%)
  5. Information technology (10.99%)
  6. Government (10.09%)
  7. Theatres and performance venues (9.88%)
  8. Retail and leisure venues (9.48%)
  9. Cinema (8.93%)
  10. Meeting and presentation rooms (7.87%)

Source:

ISE 2018 facts & figures

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