Equip Breaks Records Again
Pro trade show grows
The organisers of October’s Equip Exposition say the international landscape, outdoor living and equipment exposition again drew approximately 30,000 attendees and continued to break records.
Held over the 21st to 23rd of last month, Equip’s registered attendance grew across key demographic categories, and the show sold out its exhibit space for a fifth straight year, delivering 1.3 million square feet of exhibit with the latest new products, innovations, inspiration and training for the industry.
“In the face of rising fuel prices, interest rates and other extraordinary challenges, our attendees were eager to come to Louisville and connect with friends and colleagues, both on the show floor and at key social events like our opening reception at Churchill Downs and closing party at Paristown Point,” said Kris Kiser, President and CEO of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), which owns and manages Equip Exposition. “It just goes to show that when times are tough, Equip is the place to be to talk to others who are going through the same things.”
Earlier this year, Equip was named the third largest trade show in the U.S. in 2025 by Trade Show Executive magazine.
To help attendees seize future business opportunities, Equip expanded its Tree Care Arena, and added educational offerings in snow and ice management, irrigation, outdoor lighting, and women’s leadership at this year’s show. The show’s ever popular Outdoor Demo Yard spanned 30 acres and was packed with landscape professionals and contractors trying the latest outdoor power equipment.
The 2027 show will be held October 19-22, in Louisville. Attendees will benefit from planned expansion of the Kentucky Exposition Center (KEC), with the opening of 300,000 square feet of new exhibit space.
The show again is in Louisville in 2028. The improvements at the KEC over the next two years, including an anticipated new West Wing in 2029, will give Equip more than 500,000 square feet of new exhibit space.
In 2029, Equip will begin a biannual rotation to Orlando, Florida, returning to Louisville every other year.
