FSB 2025, the International Trade Fair for Public Space, Sports and Leisure Facilities, is all set to kick off in Cologne in less than eight weeks,. The world’s largest industry event presents the trends and innovations as well as how the urban habitats of tomorrow might look. Decision makers from municipalities and associations, international buyers, investors, planning and architecture agencies as well as operators of stadiums, event locations, water parks and thermal baths will meet to experience the latest developments, exchange ideas with industry partners and find concrete solutions for their current projects. FSB will take place from 28 to 31 October 2025 in co-location with aquanale, the International Trade Fair for Sauna.Pool.Ambience. The conceptual sponsor is the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS)
FSB 2025 is showing an outstanding registration status: more than 570 exhibitors from 48 countries (around 78 percent of these from abroad) will be present on around 70,000 square metres in Halls 9.1, 10.1 and 10.2 of the Cologne fair grounds. The Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, China, Turkey, Poland and the USA are particularly well represented. The exhibiting companies cover everything relating to public spaces, playground equipment, inclusion, outdoor fitness, ice sports, sports equipment, sports flooring and stadium infrastructure.
Innovations, new technologies and smart concepts are at the heart of the leading international trade fair. It offers the industry not only a comprehensive overview of current developments, but also the possibility for intensive dialogue that can lead to new contacts and business relationships. Many leading companies on the market use the trade fair as a provider of impulses and to present their solutions. Participating are ASB, Berliner Seilfabrik, Bodet, Casali, Conica, Condor Grass, Conradi & Kaiser, Edel Grass, Eibe ESF Emsland, ESTC, Eurotramp, Gammasport, Gill Athletics, Greenfields, Huck Seiltechnik, ISS Solar, Junckers, Kaiser & Kühne, KDF, Kraiburg, Melos, Omsi, Polytan, Regupol, Richter Spielgeräte, SMG, Sports & Leisure Group, Stockmeier, Ten Cate, Universalsport, Vinci Group, W.M., Zamboni – and many more representatives of the industry.
A multitude of associations and cooperation partners
The FSB can also build on a strong network of associations and organisations in 2025. With IAKS as the conceptual sponsor and further partners like the German association for playground equipment and recreational facility manufacturers (BSFH), the association of German landscape architects of North Rhine-Westphalia (BDLA NRW), the German Olympic sport association (DOSB), the German association of cities and towns (Deutscher Städte Tag), German association of cities and municipalities (DStGB), the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology (BIPS) and the SPORTNETZWERK.FSB, the trade fair is once again broadly positioned. Together, they are creating a varied event programme and many interactive areas that provide important athletic and thematic impulses for the industry.
“The starting situation once again demonstrates that the FSB is justifiably viewed as the unchallenged leading international trade fair and the most important business and networking platform of the industry. We are looking forward to a successful event in October”, says Bettina Frias, Director of the FSB.
High quality event and congress programme
The renowned IAKS Congress also once again underlines the high level of quality of the FSB as a leading international trade fair of the industry in 2025. In its 29th edition, the focus of the world’s leading congress for sports and leisure facilities is entirely on activation. According to the motto of “Creating strong infrastructure for an active future”, it shows how the industry revolving around sports and leisure facilities is advancing change and shaping development toward a more active society. Innovative sports facilities and pioneering concepts that are already changing municipalities around the world today will be presented.