# Find first-time exhibitors at PACK EXPO 2026

**Use case:** 

Compares the PACK EXPO International 2026 exhibitor list with PACK EXPO 2024 and keeps only companies that weren't there last time, with booth, website, category and a high/medium/low first-time score. Useful for booth, display, promo and packaging-services vendors. Export to CSV, Excel or JSON.

## Input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://packexpo26.mapyourshow.com/8_0/explore/exhibitor-gallery.cfm"
    }
  ],
  "previousYearUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://packexpo24.mapyourshow.com/8_0/explore/exhibitor-gallery.cfm"
    }
  ],
  "onlyFirstTime": true,
  "includeLapsed": true,
  "lapsedInDataset": false,
  "waybackFallback": true,
  "maxWaybackPages": 500,
  "waybackMaxMinutes": 10,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "maxItems": 0,
  "platform": "auto",
  "maxPages": 20
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "company": {
    "label": "Company"
  },
  "booth": {
    "label": "Booth"
  },
  "website": {
    "label": "Website"
  },
  "category": {
    "label": "Category"
  },
  "city": {
    "label": "City"
  },
  "state": {
    "label": "State"
  },
  "country": {
    "label": "Country"
  },
  "show": {
    "label": "Show"
  },
  "year": {
    "label": "Year"
  },
  "is_first_time": {
    "label": "Is first time"
  },
  "first_time_source": {
    "label": "First time source"
  },
  "first_time_confidence": {
    "label": "First time confidence"
  },
  "exhibitor_status": {
    "label": "Exhibitor status"
  },
  "organizer_first_time": {
    "label": "Organizer first time"
  },
  "first_time_by_comparison": {
    "label": "First time by comparison"
  },
  "startup": {
    "label": "Startup"
  },
  "new_products": {
    "label": "New products"
  },
  "featured_listing": {
    "label": "Featured listing"
  },
  "sponsor_only": {
    "label": "Sponsor only"
  },
  "organizer_badges": {
    "label": "Organizer badges"
  },
  "platform": {
    "label": "Platform"
  },
  "profile_url": {
    "label": "Profile url"
  },
  "source": {
    "label": "Source"
  },
  "snapshot": {
    "label": "Snapshot"
  },
  "prev_year_source": {
    "label": "Prev year source"
  },
  "prev_year_snapshot": {
    "label": "Prev year snapshot"
  },
  "prev_year_coverage": {
    "label": "Prev year coverage"
  },
  "prev_year_warning": {
    "label": "Prev year warning"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Trade Show Exhibitor Scraper: First-Time & Lapsed Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Find first-time exhibitors at PACK EXPO 2026". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/qYgomPbywpLAId6Y8) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Find first-time exhibitors at PACK EXPO 2026" task

The Trade Show Exhibitor Scraper: First-Time & Lapsed Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like exhibitor directory urls (this year), last year's directory urls (turns on first-time exhibitor mode), and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Find first-time exhibitors at PACK EXPO 2026" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as company, booth, website, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Find first-time exhibitors at PACK EXPO 2026" task via API](https://apify.com/city-signals-data/exhibitor-scraper.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Trade Show Exhibitor Scraper: First-Time & Lapsed](https://apify.com/city-signals-data/exhibitor-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/city-signals-data/exhibitor-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/city-signals-data/exhibitor-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).