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Venue rules

Messe Frankfurt

Frankfurt, Germany

These are the published requirements for building an exhibition stand at Messe Frankfurt in Frankfurt. Each figure is read from the venue’s own technical document, dated below. Where Messe Frankfurt 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 2026 September 2025

Approval fee
Not published

Not stated in the Technical Guidelines

Two-storey lead time
6 weeks before set-up

Source: Technical Guidelines 2026 September 2025

Who signs the structure
Second independent engineer

Source: Technical Guidelines 2026 September 2025

Upper-floor live load
3.0 or 5.0 kN/m²

Source: Technical Guidelines 2026 September 2025

Second staircase required
Over 100 m²

Source: Technical Guidelines 2026 September 2025

Maximum load per rigging point
50 or 100 kg

By named hall, manual chain hoists

Source: Technical Guidelines 2026 September 2025

Who may install rigging
Messe Frankfurt and contracted firms

Source: Technical Guidelines 2026 September 2025

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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.