You will find event-specific information for Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025 here.
Event date: 15. – 19. October 2025
Event website: www.buchmesse.de
Frankfurter Buchmesse is a guest event held on the Frankfurt exhibition grounds. We have combined the most important facts for you here.
Here you will find a general FAQ page for your preparations. If you have specific questions, please do not hesitate to contact our hotline.
Information on set-up and dismantling
Set-up and dismantling at a glance
Set-up
Monday, 13 October 2025
7.00 a.m. – 10.00 p.m.
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
7.00 a.m. – 10.00 p.m.
During the set-up and dismantling days, the trade fair grounds can only be entered with a valid set-up and dismantling pass or an Exhibitor Pass.
Set-up must be completed by 10.00 p.m. on Tuesday, 14 October 2025 , and all persons are requested to vacate the premises by then.
Please make sure to keep the hall aisles free during set-up, as materials blocking the aisle is a hindrance and may delay the work by our service contractors. This applies in particular on the last set-up day (Tuesday), when the aisle carpets will be fitted. Any unrequired Frankfurter Buchmesse System Stand material can be left at the hall edges for collection.
Access to all fire extinguishers and hydrants must be kept clear at all times.
Early access for exhibitors with Custom-built Stands
Stand construction or delivery of stand construction materials before Monday, 13 October 2025 is only possible for exhibitors with Custom-built Stands of 40 sqm or more with special written permission from Frankfurter Buchmesse. For early access (including delivery of stand materials), a fee of 765 euros for two to three days (from 10 or 11 October 2025) or 180 euros for one day (12 October 2025) will be charged. The daily opening hours for early access are from 7.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m..
Please send your application for early access by 1 August 2025 - together with your stand construction plans for the stand approval - to custombuiltstand@buchmesse.de.
Click here to download the application for early access.
Dismantling
Frankfurter Buchmesse officially ends at 5.30 p.m. on Sunday 19 October 2025 – all stands must be staffed until then. After 5.30 p.m. removal of the hall aisle carpets will commence. Meanwhile, packing may only be started inside the stands.
The dismantling of the stands and the delivery of packaging material beforehand is not permitted.
Folding cartons and other packaging material for return transport will be available from 4.00 p.m. on the last day of the fair at the stand of DSV Air & Sea GmbH (forwarding agent).
All System Stands must be emptied by Sunday evening, 19 October 2025, at the latest. On Monday, the cleaning staff will empty the bench cabinets, dispose of contents and dismantle the stands. The Frankfurter Buchmesse accepts no liability for materials not removed in good time.
Exhibitors with Custom-built Stands may use the following time period throughout to dismantle their stands:
Sunday, 19 October 2025, approx. 6.30 p.m.
until Monday, 20 October 2025, midnight
Clearance and cleanup of the exhibition area must be completed by midnight on Monday. If a Custom-built Stand is not dismantled until Monday, the exhibitor is responsible for securing and guarding his stand and exhibits. The Frankfurter Buchmesse accepts no liability for materials not removed in good time.
Please do not lock up the phones after the event closes, but have them ready for collection.
Early dismantling
Not only is it uncooperative, but also a violation of our Terms & Conditions of the Frankfurt Book Fair GmbH to vacate or leave the stand before the official end of the fair (Sunday, 19 October 2025, 5.30 p.m.).
If your early departure is absolutely necessary, you can hire a hostess to look after your stand. See the Service Contractors page for details.
Extended dismantling for exhibitors with Custom-built Stands
Extended access (incl. removal of material) until Tuesday, 21 October 2025, can only be granted to Custom-built Stands of 40 sqm or larger, and is subject to logistics and availability in the relevant hall. Application for a permit by e-mail (stating company name and stand number) to custombuiltstand@buchmesse.de; deadline is 1 August 2024.
Extended access is subject to a fee of 765 euros, unless early access has already been applied for and invoiced. In each case, extended access must be applied for and approved separately.
Ordering services for Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025
You can order services for Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025 digitally using the Shop for Exhibitor Services.
Orders can be placed from the beginning of July after the stand numbers have been allocated.
Deadlines for Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025
Please be sure to note the following dates and deadlines:
- Submission of stand construction plans requiring approval: 01.08.2025 to custombuiltstand@buchmesse.de
- Deadline for ordering suspensions: 03.09.2025
- Deadline for ordering parking tickets: 08.10.2025
- Order deadline for electricity, water, natural gas, compressed air: 14.10.2025
Please understand that we cannot guarantee the timely fulfillment of orders for suspensions and electricity that are received after the above-mentioned deadlines.
Please note: Express surcharge for some of its services starting on 24.09.2025
We are happy to support your efforts to make your trade fair a success. To ensure that all services can be made available in a timely manner, we ask that you place your orders in the Shop for Exhibitor Services by no later than 23 September 2025.
Naturally you can also place orders shortly before the event or even while it is in process. Please note, however, that increased expenditures are required to provide certain services with extensive planning/personnel requirements at short notice. As a result, some services are subject to an express surcharge in the amount of 25% of the service price for all orders received 21 days or less before the event.
Hall plans for Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025
- The “Frankfurt Connect” from the Frankfurt Buchmesse GmbH is your perfect trade fair guiede app.
- It is available free of charge for Apple devices (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad) in the App Store and for Android from Google Play Store.
- The hall plan offers you an overview of all the exhibition areas at Buchmesse 2025.
Furthermore, we have placed three other plans (car parks and gates, services on the exhibition grounds, overview of goods lifts) on the Messe Frankfurt website for you.
Parking and traffic regulations and other important information for driving onto the exhibition grounds (vehicle registration)
- Go to vehicle registration Registration possible from the beginning of August
- Parking and traffic regulations
- Access to the exhibition grounds
Accessing the exhibition grounds during set-up and dismantling phases
Messe Frankfurt’s new Central Traffic Management system has offered customer vehicles optimised access to the exhibition grounds during the set-up and dismantling phases of events. For this purpose, we ask exhibitors, stand construction companies and freight forwarders to register online in advance.
Once you have a print-out of the registration confirmation, you can go to the specified check-in. Please follow the signs from the motorway exit F-Rebstock (address for your navigation device: Bruno-Poelke-Strasse).
During the set-up and dismantling phase (incl. early set-up and extended dismantling), vehicles may only access the exhibition grounds through the check-in. Here, the check-in staff will see whether a loading zone is available for you. If it is, you will be given an authorisation form specifying the gate through which you can access the exhibition grounds.
Please note: In case of high volume of traffic waiting times are possible at the check-in!
Please note that only vehicles with an authorisation form will be allowed on to the exhibition grounds.
More information is available in the Check-in guide and the FAQs.
Technical information and guidelines for Frankfurter Buchmesse
This is where we provide you with the event-specific guidelines.
More downloads for Frankfurter Buchmesse
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