boot Düsseldorf reports successful 2025 show

Published On: January 29, 2025Categories: Industry News, News

boot Düsseldorf 2025 ended on Sunday after a nine-day run time, with 1,500 exhibitors from 67 countries in 16 exhibition halls. Ninety-four percent of visitors surveyed said they were very satisfied with the ranges of powerboats and sailing yachts, surf and diving equipment as well as tourism and charter offerings.

An important hallmark of boot is its high international attendance in terms of both exhibitors and visitors. Over 63 percent of the companies and dealers at the fair travelled from other European countries and overseas to Düsseldorf, with the major producing nations Italy, the Netherlands and France in the lead.

A total of more than 200,000 people travelled to Düsseldorf from 113 countries for boot 2025, a third of them from abroad. The Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Great Britain, France, Turkey and Switzerland led the statistics in terms of visitor countries. The number of interested parties from overseas regions such as North America and Asia has continued to increase, with visitors coming primarily from the USA and China.

 “boot is an excellent mix of a high-caliber trade fair for all water sports sectors with contacts all over the world and exciting leisure activities for visitors from the region,” said Messe Düsseldorf’s COO Marius Berlemann. “During the nine days, we experienced a unique water sports festival, a first-class business event and a spectacular stage program with celebrities from the worlds of sailing, diving and surfing. However, boot is much more than that. It also flies the flag for marine conservation with the ‘ocean tribute’ Award and the ‘love your ocean’ campaign.”

Next boot Düsseldorf will open its doors Jan. 17-25, 2026. Interested companies and dealers can register for the coming trade fair in May.