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Fiera Milano reports a 38 per cent rise in revenue and a doubling of profit in the first half of the year

Financial results driven by the Winter Games, programming and strategic acquisitions

FIera Milano   (Imagoeconomica)

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Translated by AI
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The Winter Olympics, but that’s not all: Fiera Milano’s financial results for the first half of the year were also driven by a favourable event calendar and a number of strategic initiatives in the areas of logistics and stand-fitting services.

The exhibition company thus closed the first half of the year with revenue of €245.7 million, up 38.2% on the €177.9 million recorded in the same period last year. Profit doubled, reaching €50.7 million, an increase of 119.1% compared with the €23.1 million recorded in the first half of 2025 and an improvement on the €22.6 million recorded in the first half of 2024.

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EBITDA stood at €94 million (+49%), whilst net financial debt shows net cash of €109.4 million, compared with net cash of €157.2 million as at 31 December 2025.

In light of the available evidence, the positive performance in the first half of the year, the higher-than-expected contribution from Olympic activities, and the progress made in integrating recent acquisitions, the company confirms its guidance for the 2026 financial year: revenue of between €380 million and €400 million, already revised upwards from the previous range of €305 million to €325 million; EBITDA in the range of €100 million to €110 million, already revised upwards from the previous range of €90 million to €100 million.

“Revenue up by 38 per cent, EBITDA up by 49 per cent and net profit more than doubled, from €23.1 million to €50.7 million, demonstrate the group’s ability to translate its strategy into tangible results,” says Chief Executive Officer and General Manager Francesco Conci.

In the first half of the year, 37 trade fairs were held (26 in Italia and 11 abroad; 21 organised directly and 16 hosted), along with 48 conference events, covering a total of 922,339 square metres.

Fiera Milano’s revenue growth is mainly attributable to activities related to the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, both in terms of the use of space and the construction of temporary infrastructure at the Rho exhibition centre, and in terms of the use of the venue in Milan designated to host the Main Media Centre.

This change was also driven by the more favourable trade fair calendar, as mentioned, characterised by the presence, in even-numbered years, of major biennial events such as Expocomfort and Transpotec Logitec. Further positive effects stem from the growth in revenue from logistics and stand-fitting services, underpinned by the acquisition of the Expotrans group, completed in the second quarter of 2025, and of Stipa.

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