Become an Exhibitor
Interested in exhibiting in 2025 and connecting with 21,000+ Utility Industry Professionals?
Important 2025 show dates and highlights:
- May 30, 2025 – Final 50% exhibit space payment
- May 13, 2025 – Exhibitor housing and registration opens
- May 21, 2025 – Exhibitor Service Manual and Marketing Kit Launch
Why Exhibit?
The Utility Expo is the #1 utility and construction trade show in North America, bringing together more than 21,000 industry professionals, and 900+ industry-leading manufacturers over 1.5 million square feet of exhibit space. As one of the largest trade shows in the U.S., The Utility Expo’s popularity is attributed to equipment test drives and interactive product demonstrations. It will return to the Kentucky Exposition Center October 7-9, 2025.
Connect with utility industry decision-makers, including CFOs, COOs, executive vice presidents, fleet, asset, and equipment purchasing managers by sharing your company’s new ideas, new solutions, and new products with hands-on demonstrations and face-to-face communication.
Attendees said the equipment demo impacted their purchase decision
We wound up focusing on purchasing a piece of equipment we weren't really looking at due to a demo.
Eric L.
Dirt Moves, Inc.
What Previous Exhibitors Say
82%
of exhibitors agree to strongly agree the show is a high-quality exhibition that benefits their company.
95%
indicated face-to-face customers contact is important to their success.
94%
plan to exhibit in 2025.
The Award-Winning, Fast Growing Utility Show
The entire utility construction industry comes together in Louisville, where you’ll generate more leads, more sales, and achieve a higher ROI. These valuable connections can only come at The Utility Expo.
- 2023 was the largest utility and construction show in history, featuring indoor and outdoor exhibits with more than 900+ industry exhibitors
- The Utility Expo has been honored as the "Gold 100" Trade Show, winning top honors as the largest biennial exhibition.
- The Expo has been showcasing innovation and providing solutions for over 50 years.
2023 Show Data Highlights
21,000
Attendees
1.5+
Million Net Square Feet of Exhibitors
927
Exhibitors From 16 Countries, including 206 New-To-The-Show
100
Global Media from 21 Countries
Build Brand Awareness & Generate Sales Leads
Our Show Management team provides various marketing opportunities before, during, and after the show to help you create the most impactful exhibition experience possible. They'll provide access to the data you need to help you in the planning stages and throughout the event to drive traffic to your booth. With our team’s guidance, you'll have the following opportunities:
- FREE New Product Promotion: Showcase your new technology to thousands of attendees before the show. 90% of attendees come to see new products.
- FREE Demo Listing: Promote your demonstration on the Demo Scheduler to registered and prospective attendees before and during the show. 55% of attendees said the demo impacted their purchase decision.
- FREE Customized Email, Banners, and Social Posts: Use free email templates, banners, and social posts to inform your customers and prospects that you'll be at The Utility Expo.
- Access to Online Leads: Choose from various directory listing package upgrades to access leads, and add photos, videos, and social links to your listing.
- Sponsorship Opportunities: Gain brand exposure, industry connections and new prospects with cost-effective branding, experiential, digital, and multi-channel sponsorship opportunities.
WHO ATTENDS THE UTILITY EXPO?
Among the 21,000+ professionals who attend The Utility Expo are field operations personnel, fleet managers, engineers, and executives from various utility industries, including electric, stormwater/wastewater, gas, telecom/cable, and more.
- Over 70% of attendees plan to purchase as a result of attending
- 90% attend to see a specific exhibitor/company
- 90% attend to see new products
- 80% attend to meet with tech experts
Attendees come to see new products:
We found many new potential products that we will stock in our stores centered around fiber and power pulling equipment.
Corey S.
AIS Construction Equipment
Primary Type of Business
- Utility Cooperative: 18.2%
- Heavy Construction: 17.1%
- Other (Includes Media & NA): 15.1%
- Dealer/Distributor/Rental: 13.5%
- Service Industry: 7.3%
- Government/Municipality: 7.0%
- Publicly Owned Utility: 5.0%
- Investor-Owned Utility: (IOU)
- Materials Producer: 2.8%
- Non-Industry Guest: 2.8%
- Manufacturer/Exhibitor Prospect: 2.4%
- Non-Residential Construction: 2.1%
- Residential Construction: 1.7%
- Educational Institution: 1.1%