Frankfurter Buchmesse 15 - 19 October 2025

Login

Custom-built Stands

Your Custom-built Stand

Exactly the way you imagine it

Book floor space now
Eigenbau-Header-2023

The Custom-built Stand – just the way you like it

You book floor space only and create a stand according to your ideas and with a stand constructor of your choice. These are your advantages:

  • Full control over your fair presence
  • Your ideas, your architects and stand builders
  • Maximum flexibility for your stand design
  • Early access to the exhibition site (for stands of 40 sqm or larger, and applicable for a fee)
  • Exhibitor Passes (quantity depending on your stand size)
  • Digital Presence on Frankfurt Connect

Digital Presence on Frankfurt Connect
On our new online platform, companies with or without a physical presence at the fair can present their company and promote products, events and authors. Frankfurt Connect connects the international publishing world, even beyond the Book Fair.

Digital Presence on Frankfurt Connect

Inspiration: the floor is yours!

Eigenbau auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse

Exclusive

With your unique Custom-built Stand, you will be certain to attract attention and inspire your audience

Eigenbau auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse
Eigenbau auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse

100 sqm

Maximum space and flexibility for your brand

Eigenbau auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse

Prices 2025

All prices are excl. VAT. For further information see Prices & Products 2025. 

 

Early Bird discount
until 30/Nov/2024

Standard

8 sqm

€ 435/sqm

€ 447/sqm

12 sqm and larger

€ 559/sqm

€ 576/sqm

Space from 12 sqm or larger in the Agora (open-air area at the fair)

€ 671/sqm

€ 691/sqm

Environmental and energy fee

€ 8,50/sqm

€ 8,50/sqm

Communications fee

 

 

Stands up to 8 sqm

€ 169

€ 169

Stands > 8 sqm

€ 399

€ 399

Surcharges for special stand positions
(Basis is the net stand area price. Surcharge applied to the
first 75 sqm only.)

 

 

Corner or walk-through stand (fronting 2 aisles)

+10%

+10%

Peninsula stand (fronting 3 aisles, bookable for stands
> 16 sqm)

+15%

+15%

Island stand (fronting 4 aisles, bookable for stands > 100 sqm)

+20%

+20%

Surcharges excess height (> 4 m)
(Basis is the net stand area.)

 

 

Stands < 20 sqm

+5%

+5%

Stands 21-99 sqm

+7.5%

+7.5%

Stands 100 sqm and larger

+10%

+10%

Double-tiered stands (per sqm of upper tier)

€ 220

€ 220

Early access

 

 

One day

€ 180

€ 180

Three days

€ 765

€ 765

Documents for registration

Book your stand space with the registration form for exhibitors and co-exhibitors.

Please follow our Terms & Conditions of Participation.

The German Sales Tax legislation (UStG) as amended on 1 January 2011 provides VAT-exempted invoicing of the relevant fair-related services for non-domestic recipients. To see if you are applicable, please send us the following completed and signed form to vat@buchmesse.de.

Do you have questions or would like to book your floor space?