Created in 1964 in Paris, over the years SIAL Paris has become the world benchmark for players in the food, retail and hospitality sectors. It is a global showcase that brings the key producers and buyers together with a focus on the world’s major challenges.
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The exhibition

Created in 1964 in Paris, over the years SIAL Paris has become the world benchmark for players in the food, retail and hospitality sectors. It is a global showcase that brings the key producers and buyers together with a focus on the world’s major challenges.

Acting as global business hub, it provides an excellent ROI with nearly 6 additional months’ turnover, top quality buyers and a unique real life “market test” opportunity.

Key figures

295000
expected professionals from 205 countries
134
contacts/stand on average
5000
top buyers with €60 billion in purchasing power
92%
of visitors play a key role in purchasing decisions.
88%
of 2024 exhibitors signed contracts with new countries

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SIAL Paris 2024


With 10 exhibition sectors and food channels and 83% of attendees playing a decision making or prescribing role, and a very selective new Buyers Club, SIAL is the ideal marketplace for meeting with key contacts: mass retail purchasers, importers, wholesalers and distributors, hotel and catering buyers.

Exclusive new matchmaking services, fueled with of 60 years’ experience of SIAL as business accelerator and latest IA development, will boost the quality of your meetings.

Although SIAL Paris 2024 closed its doors on Wednesday 23 October, the ideas, discoveries and inspirations proposed by this year's edition will continue to resonate for a long time to come on Planet Food. The Paris-Nord Villepinte exhibition venue, the stage for SIAL Paris, has been the scene of five truly action-packed days! 

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Our exhibition

Our audience

  • More than 285,000 visits
  • 78,5% of international visitors
  • 9 out of 10 visitors see SIAL as a strategic challenge for their company 
  • 8,000 top buyers
  • 83% of buyers made transactions on site or after SIAL


Top 10 visiting countries

  • France
  • United States
  • South Korea
  • Brazil
  • Argentina
  • Italy
  • Belgium
  • Germany
  • China
In a few words
"The major challenges facing food know no borders or silos. SIAL Paris demonstrates that it is far more than a trade show: it is a place where nations engage in dialogue and where the trade balances of tomorrow’s food industry are shaped."
Jean-Gabriel Mollard
Event Director SIAL Paris
Jean-Gabriel Mollard, SIAL Paris event director

Our Exhibitors

  • 7,500 exhibitors from 205 countries
  • 400,000+ products
  • 10 sectors represented 
  • 650 startups

Top 10 visiting countries

  • France
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • Turkey
  • The Netherlands
  • China
  • Belgium
  • Greece
  • Germany
  • Poland
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In a few words
"SIAL Paris gives innovation a unique global platform: this is where new products from around the world meet the market and find their route to international expansion."
Rodolphe Lameyse
CEO of the Food & Beverage division
Rodolphe Lameyse, CEO of the Food & Beverage division

SIAL Innovation

, a flagship initiative of the SIAL Network, highlights the most innovative products shaping the future of food, offering global visibility and recognition.

SIAL Talks

120 international speakers, 76 conferences.

Get market information

All year long, SIAL covers the latest news and trends of the food and beverage industry and provides market insight and intelligence.
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