Trade Fairs for Start-Ups – Appointments from August 2025

Exhibition calender with current Trade Fairs for Start-Ups from 28.08.2025.

Trade Fairs for Start-Ups worldwide by country
Training
28. - 31. August 2025
OBA
Eastern Swiss Education Fair (ESEF)

publicly accessible

Switzerland
Olma Messen St. Gallen St. Gallen, Switzerland
Start-Ups
10. - 11. October 2025
deGUT
The largest trade fair for business start-ups and entrepreneurship

professional visitors and general public

Germany
Arena Berlin Berlin, Germany
Start-Ups
17. - 22. November 2025
Gründermesse Mainfranken
The trade fair and information exhibition for start-ups, business succession and business support in Main Franconia

professional visitors and general public

Germany
IHK Würzburg - Schweinfurt Würzburg, Germany
Training
23. - 25. January 2026
KarriereStart
The fair for education, job and foundation in Saxony

professional visitors and general public

Germany
Messe Dresden Dresden, Germany
Training
20. - 21. February 2026
Chance
The training, job and enterprise development fair

publicly accessible

Germany
Halle Messe Halle, Germany
Start-Ups
21. March 2026
Founders' Fair (Gründermesse)
The congress fair for founders and young entrepreneurs

professional visitors and general public

Austria
Messe Graz Graz, Austria
Franchising
28. - 29. March 2026
The National Franchise Show
Trade Fair for franchising and business

professional visitors only

Canada
Vancouver Convention Center Vancouver, Canada
Start-Ups
Date still unknown
Aufschwung
Congress and Exhibition for start-ups and young companies

publicly accessible

Germany
Industrie- und Handelskammer Frankfurt, Germany
Training
Expected January 2026
GEZIAL
Education and training fair for Health & Social Affairs

publicly accessible

Germany
Kongress am Park Augsburg, Germany