National Franchise Exhibition

The National Franchise Exhibition runs every October at the NEC Birmingham, bringing together franchise brands from sectors including retail, hospitality, cleaning, fitness, and business services. It is the UK's leading event for franchise businesses seeking new franchisees.

For franchisors, stand quality matters. The stand is often the first physical impression a prospective franchisee gets of the business, and a well-presented space signals that the franchise is organised and runs to a standard. Meeting areas where staff can sit down with potential franchisees are central to how most exhibitors use their space.

Expo Hire hires tables, chairs, poseur tables, and display furniture to National Franchise Exhibition exhibitors. Meeting tables and chairs suit the one-to-one consultations that are the core activity at franchise events. Poseur tables at the front of the stand create an informal welcome zone that draws visitors in before they commit to a seated conversation. For brands running refreshments on-stand, we supply catering equipment and glassware.

We deliver direct to the NEC and collect after the show. Equipment arrives clean and ready to use, saving you the logistics of transporting furniture from your own premises.

Book early for October at the NEC. Contact Expo Hire to get a quote for your franchise exhibition stand.

About the NEC

he National Exhibition Centre is located in Marston Green, Solihull close to both Birmingham International Airport and Birmingham International railway station. Opened in 1978, it has gone through various expansions and improvements to become the internationally renowned exhibition space it is today.

The NEC has a total of 20 interconnected halls offering a total of 190,000 square metres (2 million square feet) of floor space. There are 16,500 parking spaces spread out around the site, with a shuttle bus operating to and from all the car parks. Construction of the HS2 railway project will see a new railway station at Birmingham Interchange built close to the NEC and connected to the exhibition centre by a people mover.

Along with the Resorts World Arena, which is located on the NEC site, the National Exhibition Centre is operated by the NEC Group. The NEC Group also owns and operates Arena Birmingham and ICC Birmingham based in central Birmingham. Previously owned by Birmingham City Council, the NEC Group was sold to private investors in 2015 and is now owned by American investment company Blackstone.

At Expo Hire, we can appreciate the stress involved with setting up and breaking down a stand at an important exhibition and we want to do everything we can to help prevent it. We can deliver exhibition hire directly to your stand – simply confirm your event, hall and stand number when placing your order and we will do the rest.