ISE 2025 Hits Record Attendance For Barcelona Show

February 7, 2025 by Dave Haynes

The numbers are already out for ISE 2025 – which ended less than an hour ago.

Those are all up in a big way from 2024:

From the organizers:

The exhibition showcased its highest number of exhibitors with 1,605 and the largest show floor space with 92,000 sqm net.

ISE 2025 welcomed a remarkable 85,351 unique verified visitors from 168 countries, marking a 15.5% increase from the previous year. The show opened strongly on Tuesday with 49,981 attendees, reflecting a 16.1% rise compared to the first day of ISE 2024. Momentum continued on Wednesday, reaching 59,038 visitors – an impressive 14.4% growth from the previous year. Thursday set a new milestone in the event’s history, attracting 49,716 attendees, solidifying ISE 2025 as the most vibrant and well-attended edition to date.

The total number of registrations reached 110,540 with 185,700 visits across the four days.

The halls were packed even today, which is kind of amazing since Fridays tend to be slow and I can remember people a few years back questioning the logic of a four day show.

It is very likely the 2026 show is close to fully booked already, and there was lots of chatter about companies opting for a show in the EMEA region over one in the US (that would be InfoComm), at least some of that owing to all the economic uncertainty in the US with the new, somewhat chaotic government.

Plus Barcelona beats the flying hell out of Vegas or Orlando, which anyone who has been in this business a while has seen way too many times.

I am done-done-done. Totally shattered, like most people. I will post here and there about things I saw and heard today, but not right now. Not that I haven’t had a few cocktails this week, but a nice glass of red on a rooftop beats tapping away on this Chromebook. Adios!

BTW – ISE 2026 takes place from 3-6 February 2026, again in Barcelona,

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