The Trade Show Floor-Plan Almanac
13 shows, 19,454 stands, 8,268,913 square feet — every booth measured from each show's own published floor plan, compared on the numbers that decide an exhibit budget. Re-pulled nightly for upcoming shows, so the availability column is current, not archival.
A floor plan is the only public document where an entire industry states its marketing budget in a unit anyone can compare: square feet. We extract every stand — its size, how many sides face an aisle (which sets its booth class, and with it the standard hanging-sign rights), and its booking status — and read the shows as data. Each show links to its full analysis; the per-stand tool is the Booth Reality Check.
| Show | Stands (reserved of drawn) | Floor sq ft | Median stand | Average | Islands' share of area | No-hanging-sign share | Still open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IMTS 2026 McCormick Place · Sep 14–19, 2026 | 1,571 of 1,620 | 962,570 | 200 | 613 | 24% | 73% | 37 as of 2026-08-25 |
| PRINTING United Expo 2026 Las Vegas Convention Center · Sep 23–25, 2026 | 820 of 884 | 371,435 | 200 | 453 | 75% | 50% | 41 as of 2026-09-02 |
| AAPEX 2026 The Venetian Expo · Nov 3–5, 2026 | 2,152 of 2,289 | 545,305 | 100 | 253 | 45% | 73% | 116 as of 2026-09-02 |
| SEMA Show 2026 Las Vegas Convention Center · Nov 3–6, 2026 | 2,302 of 2,637 | 1,222,975 | 300 | 531 | 56% | 45% | 335 as of 2026-09-02 |
| PACK EXPO International 2026 McCormick Place · Nov 8–11, 2026 | 2,424 of 2,517 | 1,191,455 | 225 | 492 | 8% | 77% | 85 as of 2026-09-02 |
| RE+ 2026 Las Vegas Convention Center · Nov 17–19, 2026 | 1,172 of 1,409 | 527,448 | 200 | 450 | 64% | 57% | 154 as of 2026-09-02 |
| World of Concrete 2027 Las Vegas Convention Center · Jan 19–21, 2027 | 1,112 of 1,491 | 577,551 | 200 | 519 | 84% | 40% | 283 as of 2026-09-02 |
| AHR Expo 2027 McCormick Place · Jan 25–27, 2027 | 1,451 of 1,570 | 562,866 | 200 | 388 | 69% | 54% | 114 as of 2026-09-02 |
| NADA Show 2027 Orange County Convention Center · Feb 18–20, 2027 | 494 of 494 | 384,150 | 400 | 778 | 92% | 38% | 0 as of 2026-09-01 |
| NAB Show 2027 Las Vegas Convention Center · Apr 4–7, 2027 | 650 of 1,019 | 337,572 | 400 | 519 | 80% | 31% | 320 as of 2026-09-01 |
| InfoComm 2026 Las Vegas Convention Center · Jun 17–19, 2026 | 843 of 857 | 502,128 | 300 | 596 | 71% | 38% | 11 as of 2026-08-25 |
| NAB Show 2026 Las Vegas Convention Center · Apr 18–22, 2026 | 1,026 of 1,106 | 503,198 | 200 | 490 | 78% | 40% | 68 as of 2026-08-25 |
| AHR Expo 2026 Las Vegas Convention Center · Feb 2–4, 2026 | 1,559 of 1,561 | 580,260 | 200 | 372 | 67% | 53% | 1 as of 2026-08-25 |
What the spread says: NADA Show 2027 is the biggest-budget floor per exhibitor (median 400 sq ft) and the most island-dominated is NADA Show 2027 (islands hold 92% of its area), while PACK EXPO International 2026 is the most sign-restricted — 77% of its exhibitors may not hang overhead signage. Among upcoming shows, NADA Show 2027 is the tightest floor to get onto, with 0 stand(s) still open on its latest plan. Exhibitor-facing figures use reserved stands only — empty inventory is never averaged into a claim about exhibitors.
Recent floor movement
From our nightly re-pull of each show's published plan.
- 2026-09-02 · World of Concrete 2027: 1 stand(s) booked, 1 resized — 285 now open
- 2026-09-02 · PRINTING United Expo 2026: 1 freed — 41 now open
- 2026-09-02 · AAPEX 2026: 1 stand(s) booked — 116 now open
- 2026-09-02 · AHR Expo 2027: 3 stand(s) booked, 3 freed — 114 now open
- 2026-09-02 · PACK EXPO International 2026: 5 stand(s) booked, 2 freed — 85 now open
- 2026-09-02 · RE+ 2026: 6 stand(s) booked, 4 freed, 4 resized — 154 now open
- 2026-09-02 · SEMA Show 2026: 18 stand(s) booked, 1 freed — 337 now open
- 2026-09-01 · NADA Show 2027: 2 stand(s) booked — 0 now open
- 2026-09-01 · AAPEX 2026: 1 stand(s) booked — 118 now open
- 2026-09-01 · PACK EXPO International 2026: 7 stand(s) booked, 2 freed — 84 now open
- 2026-09-01 · RE+ 2026: 7 stand(s) booked — 154 now open
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