Central European (CE) Distributor Attendees for Ipso 22

Across CE and CEE, over 12,800 key decision makers in companies that distribute or act as agents for sporting goods manufactures were recently surveyed about visiting ISPO in Munich with 46% stating that that at least one executive would be attending the trade show.

Thanks to the survey from CeSport and their interaction with the sporting goods industry in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Central Europe (CE), we can see that 46% of sporting goods distribution partners plan to send company representatives this was a decline from a previous survey in 2019 were over 52% were attending.

With the event taking place in Germany, they have the highest percentage of key decision makers from these types of companies attending - 72%. Once the host country is removed, however, its Polish distribution partners making the trip with 65% saying they would attend. For Czechia, 64% are expected to show, on average these 3 countries exhibit a decline of 3.6% of executives visiting the trade show compared to CeSport’s previous survey in 2019.

How many CE and CEE sporting goods distribution partner send decision makers to Ipso 22? After the countries already listed, we find Switzerland (53%), Austria (49%), Slovakia (49%), Slovenia (46%), Hungary (45%), Croatia (44%), Romania (38%), and Bulgaria (33%).