GRANT THORNTON STAX: IEG AMONG THE WORLD’S TOP 20 TRADE SHOW ORGANISERS

·       IEG is the only Italian company in the sector’s top 20 global players

·       The prestigious Boston-based international firm publishes an annual analytical list of the 20 leading trade show organisers, ranked by revenue generated from organising events.

·       Corrado Peraboni, CEO of IEG: “Our consistent presence in this ranking confirms the success of our business model based on organising our proprietary events.”

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Rimini, 21^st October 2026 - Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) is the only Italian company to feature in the Grant Thornton Stax ranking, which identifies and analyses the world’s top 20 players in the trade show industry. This well-known and highly coveted classification is based exclusively on revenue generated by events organised directly by the companies themselves.

Based in Boston, Grant Thornton Stax is a prestigious global strategic consulting firm that specialises in private equity firms, PE-backed companies, hedge funds and investment banks.

Corrado Peraboni, CEO of Italian Exhibition Group: “This result confirms the group’s steady growth and its international footprint. It is no coincidence that ours is the Italian group with the highest share of consolidated foreign revenue and the most important element in my opinion is consistency. The significance of having appeared in this ranking for several years is IEG’s enduring presence at the international forefront. It is worth noting that this growth has not come at the expense of profitability: rather than mere expansion, our focus is directed towards creating value for the regions in which we operate, our shareholders and the companies we serve through our trade shows.”

Other top players in the ranking are industrial or commercial partners of IEG.

First and foremost, Informa Markets, the global industry leader in first place, is an IEG partner for JGT Dubai, an event for the gold and jewellery supply chain, which finds its maximum expression in Italy and Europe at Vicenzaoro. Furthermore, Informa Markets will be organising the Growtech Europe 2027 event for pre-harvest agricultural technologies at Rimini Expo Centre, to be held in conjunction with Macfrut.

The Grant Thornton Stax ranking also includes Nürnberg Messe, hosted at IEG’s Vicenza Expo Centre for Focus on PCB, as well as Deutsche Messe, an IEG partner for Ecomondo Mexico and collaborator for Electricity Transformation Canada.

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