Barcelona's trade fair tradition dates back to the Universal Exhibitions of 1888. In 1920, the first general trade show was held and, in 1929, the Universal Exhibition, which led to the creation of the Montjuïc exhibition centre.
Fira de Barcelona, which was officially constituted in 1932, is of major strategic importance for the Catalan and Spanish economy, as a platform for commercial promotion and international exposure of companies. It provides an exceptional meeting and exchange place for the different economic and social sectors.
One of Fira's main identity features is the support it provides exhibitors, visitors and the productive fabric. The institution has full consensus in Catalan society which values the importance of having a modern, innovative and competitive trade fair, adapted to the challenges of globalisation.
SHOWS. Fira de Barcelona has a portfolio of 70 trade shows (annual, biannual, biennial, triennial and quadrennial), brings together 35,000 companies (direct and represented) and receives three and a half million visitors.
15 of the shows are international benchmarks ranked among the three leading events in their speciality in Europe.
It is a leader in Spanish industrial-professional trade shows organised in Spain and its estimated contribution to the economy of the city and its surroundings is over 2,500 million euros.