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Venue rules

Messe Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf, Germany

These are the published requirements for building an exhibition stand at Messe Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf. Each figure is read from the venue’s own technical document, dated below. Where Messe Düsseldorf publishes nothing on a point, this page says so rather than repeating a number from elsewhere.

What the venue publishes

Stand approval deadline
6 weeks before set-up

Source: Technical Guidelines Valid from 1 January 2026

Approval fee
EUR 105.00 plus VAT

Source: Technical Guidelines Valid from 1 January 2026

Two-storey lead time
After the stand permit

Source: Technical Guidelines Valid from 1 January 2026

Who signs the structure
Structural analysis

Source: Technical Guidelines Valid from 1 January 2026

Upper-floor live load
3.0 or 5.0 kN/m²

Source: Technical Guidelines Valid from 1 January 2026

Second staircase required
Over 100 m²

Source: Technical Guidelines Valid from 1 January 2026

Maximum load per rigging point
50 kg

Every hall, per suspension point

Source: Technical Guidelines Valid from 1 January 2026

Who may install rigging
Messe Düsseldorf

Source: Technical Guidelines Valid from 1 January 2026

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What each venue actually requires, read from its own documents.

Ten major exhibition venues, and the four things that decide whether a build starts on time: the approval deadline, the two-storey rules, the rigging limit and who is allowed to install it. Every figure is read from that venue’s own technical document, and where a venue publishes nothing, this says so instead of filling the gap.