TRENDS. TRAVELS. AND BERLIN

The 57th edition of Cosmoprof Bologna was a lot of fun, despite the rain that was bucketing down during the entire first day. The second day was still grey and cold, but on the third morning the sky was blue and it was finally sunny. See pic below!

Here are the key stats for this year’s fair: According to organisers Bologna Fiere, 255.000+ visitors and 3.100+ exhibitors across all three areas of the fair (Cosmoprof: finished beauty; Cosmopack: packaging, supply chain, OEM/ODM, Cosmo Hair, Nails & Salon: professional/salon beauty). The biggest show section was Cosmoprof, of course, with around 1.300 exhibitors from 56 countries. Cosmo Salon followed with 1.000+ exhibitors from 50 countries and Cosmopack with 600+ exhibitors from 37 countries. Cosmoprof and Cosmopack ran from 26th to 28th March, Cosmo Salon from 26th to 29th March.

I found a rough breakdown of exhibitors by geographic region, with 44% of all exhibitors listed as coming from outside of the EU; the rest were European exhibitors with host country Italy especially strongly represented (20% of all exhibitors). It was also encouraging to see the number of first-time exhibitors grow 37%, and there were 32 country pavillions this year.

If you’re interested in seeing how the trade show has changed over the past decade click here: Cosmoprof Bologna 2016, Cosmoprof Bologna 2017, Cosmoprof Bologna 2018, Cosmoprof Bologna 2019, Cosmoprof Bologna 2022, Cosmoprof Bologna 2023, Cosmoprof Bologna 2024 and Cosmoprof Bologna 2025.

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