You will find event-specific information for Light + Building 2026 here.
Event date: 8. - 13. March 2026
Event website: www.light-building.messefrankfurt.com
If you have any other questions, our Customer Service Team will be happy to assist you.
Information on set-up and dismantling
Set-up and dismantling at a glance
Set-up
Early set-up (subject to a fee)
- February 26–March 2, 2026, from 7:00 a.m. to midnight
- Possible on individual hall levels
- For booths larger than 51 m²
The early set-up must be ordered via the Shop for Exhibitor Services. You can reach the shop via this link.
Please take note that you need to register your vehicles in order to access the fairground and to reduce waiting times at the gates. For the vehicles online registration please click here.
Regular set-up
- From March 3, the halls will be open continuously until March 7, 2026.
- On March 7, 2026, setup will only be possible within the booths from 3 p.m. onwards, as our service providers will be cleaning the halls and laying the carpet.
Please take note that you need to register your vehicles in order to access the fairground and to reduce waiting times at the gates. For the vehicles online registration please click here.
Contact for extended set-up and dismantling times
Team Light + Building
Telephone: +49 69 75 75- 30 07
Dismantling
Regular dismantling
- March 13, 2026, from 7:30 p.m. continuously until March 16, 2026, midnight
Please note: On March 13, 2026, between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., dismantling may only take place within the stands, as the carpet will be removed from the aisles and empty containers will be delivered by the trade fair forwarding agents. During this time, the freight elevators cannot be used.
- ATTENTION: Saturday, March 14, 2026 Empty container night between 3:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.
- From Saturday, March 14, 2026, from 8:00 a.m.: Start of official dismantling access for all vehicles
Extended dismantling
- Registration and approval required, free of charge
- Only on individual hall levels
- March 17, 2026, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
- For stands larger than 51 m²
Contact for extended setup and dismantling times
Team Light + Building
Telephone: +49 69 75 75- 30 07
E-Mail: aufbau.light-building@messefrankfurt.com
Deadlines for Light + Building 2026
Please note the deadlines for:
- Submission of stand construction plans requiring approval: January 12, 2026
- Start of express surcharge for some services: January 16, 2026
- Order deadline for suspensions: January 25, 2026
- Order deadline for parking tickets: February 6, 2026
- Order deadline for power connections: March 7, 2026
Please understand that we cannot guarantee orders for suspensions and electricity that are received after the above dates.
You will also find all deadlines relating to Light + Building listed here:
Please note: Express surcharge for some services starting on 15 February 2026
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 14 February 2026.
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.
Site maps and hall plans for Light + Building 2026
- The Light + Building app is the ideal trade fair companion: The Light + Building Navigator is available free of charge for Apple devices (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad) in the App Store and for Android devices in the Google Play Store.
- The site map offers you an overview of all the exhibition areas at Light + Building 2026.
- The interactive hall plan gives you an overview of the exhibition halls, including all the exhibitor details. You can also make targeted searches for specific exhibitors.
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.
Logistics services
There will be a empties night at Light + Building 2026 on 14. March 2026.
On our special Light + Building logistics page you will find all the important information about the empties night, tariffs, order forms or shipping information.
Parking and traffic regulations and other important information for driving onto the exhibition grounds (vehicle registration)
- Parking and traffic regulations Light + Building 2026 - follows
- Go to vehicle registration
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
The Stand Construction Authorisation form, the technical guidelines and other technical factsheets can be found in the general information.
More downloads for Light + Building 2026
You will find additional documents that can help you with your preparations here.
