Messe Frankfurt Exhibitor Scraper - Automechanika, Ambiente, ISH & More, with E-mails

Trade fair exhibitor list scraper for sales teams, distributors, event marketers, sourcing agents and B2B lead-gen teams: pick a Messe Frankfurt fair such as Automechanika, Ambiente, Heimtextil, Light + Building, ISH, Techtextil, IFFA, EUROBIKE, SPS, Formnext, Intersec or Automechanika Shanghai, and get its exhibitor list as clean JSON, CSV or Excel. Each row is one exhibitor with its company name, e-mail, phone, website, street address, country, hall and stand, product categories, keywords, product names and social links. Use it as an Automechanika exhibitor list download, a trade show lead list builder, a pre-show booth visit planner, or an unofficial exhibitor directory API from your own code, Make, Zapier or n8n.

It works over plain HTTP, with no browser and no login. 100 exhibitors with contacts come from a single request, so 20 rows take a few seconds (6 seconds in the cloud demo) and the whole Automechanika Frankfurt list of 4,145 rows took 15 seconds in a local test. One input, all, searches every Messe Frankfurt fair worldwide at once: about 54,000 exhibitor listings.

What you get

• Contacts: company name, e-mail, phone, fax, website, street, postal code, city, country, ISO country codes. Contact-person names are not collected.
• At the fair: event edition (Automechanika Frankfurt 2026), event dates, hall and stand (Hall 11.1 / A57), every stand of the exhibitor, fair programmes joined.
• Company profile: product categories from the fair catalogue with their parents, keywords, product names and count, company text, LinkedIn / Facebook / Instagram / YouTube / X / XING, logo.
• IDs and links: exhibitor ID, a company ID that stays the same across fairs and editions, public exhibitor page, date of the last profile update.

Fairs covered

Fair (input)	Industry	Exhibitors listed (November 2026)
automechanika	Automotive parts, workshops, aftermarket	4,146
automechanika-shanghai	Automotive parts, Asia	7,188
automechanika-dubai, automechanika-kuala-lumpur, automechanika-birmingham	Automotive parts, regional	1,081 / 321 / 175
ambiente	Tableware, household, gifts, interiors	3,290
christmasworld, creativeworld	Seasonal decoration, hobby and craft	667 / 237
heimtextil	Home and contract textiles	2,301
techtextil, texprocess	Technical textiles, sewing technology	1,474 / 184
light-building	Lighting, electrical, building automation	1,883
ish	Bathroom, heating, air conditioning, plumbing	1,332
iffa	Meat processing technology	1,022
prolight-sound	Event and audio technology	361
eurobike	Bicycles and e-bikes	791
sps, formnext, pcim	Industrial automation, additive manufacturing, power electronics (Mesago)	1,175 / 793 / varies
intersec	Security and fire safety, Dubai	465
guangzhou-lighting, prolight-sound-guangzhou	Lighting and audio, China	1,726 / 1,439
all	Every Messe Frankfurt fair worldwide	about 54,000

Also by name: intertextile-shanghai, yarn-expo, texworld-paris, apparel-sourcing-paris, beautyworld-dubai, music-china, toy-hobby-china, interior-lifestyle-tokyo, interpets, nordstil, automechanika-jakarta, automechanika-riyadh, automechanika-ho-chi-minh-city, automechanika-buenos-aires. Any other fair works through its Messe Frankfurt event ID (for example MOTOBIKEISTANBUL), its website or its exhibitor-search page. Each fair shows its current or most recent edition.

Sample output

Real rows from the cloud run with the default input (automechanika, 20 results, about 6 seconds):

Company	Country	E-mail	Phone	Website	Hall / stand
3RG Industrial Auto, S.L.	Spain	info@3rgindustrial.com	+34 925 54 59 16	3rgindustrial.com/en	Hall 6.1 / D49
4Automotive	Latvia	info@4automotive.eu	+371 67 139 227	4automotive.eu	Hall 12.0 / E75
4CR International GmbH & Co. KG	Germany	info@4cr.com	+49 40 696099312	4cr.com	Hall 11.1 / A57
31, Inc.	United States	info@31inc.com	+1 800-438-3302	31inc.com	Hall 9.0 / F56
247LIGHTING	Ireland	sales@247lighting.net	+353 90 967 3232	247lighting.net	Hall 4.1 / B65

Fill rates on those 20 rows: e-mail 95%, phone 85%, website 100%, street address 100%, hall / stand 100%, categories 100%.

Fill rates on the whole Automechanika Frankfurt list (4,145 rows): e-mail 81%, phone 71%, website 82%, street address 99%, hall / stand 99%, categories 83%, products 79%, company text 87%, LinkedIn 33%. Every exhibitor is returned, including those without a published e-mail; set withEmailOnly to keep only the ones that have one (filtered rows are not charged).

Why this one

• $1.80 per 1,000 exhibitors with e-mail, phone, website, address and stand included, no start fee. On 5 Nov 2026 (Store FREE-tier prices) the Messe Frankfurt actors from other authors charged $3.00 to $4.39 per 1,000 (skython, 13 users in 30 days, $3.00-$5.00 + $0.01 per run; getascraper, 9 users, $4.39 + $0.00005 per run). Two more are named for Messe Frankfurt but their descriptions talk about Messe Düsseldorf: scrapestorm $2.99 and delectable_incubator $3.99, each + $0.00005 per run. The cheapest exhibitor actor we found for German fairs, sgforce, charges $2.00. Rivals' prices can change.
• Fair names, not URLs: automechanika, ish, light-building, or all for the whole Messe Frankfurt portfolio in one run.
• Fast: 100 complete rows per request, because the list already carries the contacts.
• Search inside a fair: a keyword such as brake pads, LED or organic cotton returns only the exhibitors the fair's own search matches.
• Filters before you pay: country and product category run on the fair's side; name and e-mail / phone / website present on ours. Filtered rows are never charged.
• Join across fairs: companyId stays the same when a company shows at Automechanika Frankfurt and Automechanika Dubai.

Use cases

• Pre-show outreach: e-mail exhibitors before Automechanika or Light + Building to book meetings at their stand.
• B2B lead generation: build country- and category-specific lists (for example every German exhibitor in "Parts & Components").
• Distributor and supplier search: find brake pad makers at Automechanika Shanghai, or LED manufacturers at Guangzhou Lighting.
• Competitor and market mapping: who exhibits, from which countries, in which categories and halls.
• Event marketing: target exhibitors for stand services, logistics, translation or media offers.
• AI agents: an agent can call this actor with a fair name and read back exhibitor contacts (see the MCP note below).

Example inputs for common jobs

First 20 Automechanika exhibitors with contacts (default):

{ "fairs": ["automechanika"], "maxResultsPerFair": 20 }

Every German and Italian "Parts & Components" exhibitor at Automechanika, with an e-mail:

{ "fairs": ["automechanika"], "maxResultsPerFair": 0, "countries": ["DE", "IT"], "categories": ["Parts & Components"], "withEmailOnly": true }

Brake pad makers across every Messe Frankfurt fair worldwide:

{ "fairs": ["all"], "keyword": "brake pads", "maxResultsPerFair": 0 }

Whole exhibitor lists of three fairs:

{ "fairs": ["ish", "light-building", "heimtextil"], "maxResultsPerFair": 0 }

Whole company texts and all product names, in German:

{ "fairs": ["ish"], "includeDetails": true, "maxResultsPerFair": 50, "language": "de" }

One exhibitor by its page URL:

{ "fairs": ["https://ambiente.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/exhibitor-search.detail.html/3d-dekoratif-esya-san-ve-tic-ltd-sti.html"] }

How to use

1. Open the actor and enter one or more fair names, event IDs, all, fair websites or exhibitor page URLs in Fairs.
2. Set Max exhibitors per fair (default 20; 0 = the whole list).
3. Optionally add a keyword and filters: countries, product categories, name text, e-mail / phone / website present.
4. Click Start. Download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or read it through the API.

Input

Field	Type	Default	What it does
fairs	array	["automechanika"]	Fair names, event IDs, all, fair websites or exhibitor page URLs.
maxResultsPerFair	integer	20	Exhibitor rows per fair. 0 = all.
keyword	string	-	Only exhibitors the fair's search matches for this text.
includeDetails	boolean	false	One extra request per exhibitor for the whole company text and all product names. Same price, slower.
language	string	en	en or de for texts, categories and country names.
countries	array	-	Country names or ISO codes (Germany, US, KOR). Applied by the site.
categories	array	-	Catalogue categories of the fair. Exact name first, then "name contains". Not used with all.
nameContains	string	-	Only companies whose name contains this text.
withEmailOnly	boolean	false	Only exhibitors with an e-mail.
withPhoneOnly	boolean	false	Only exhibitors with a phone number.
withWebsiteOnly	boolean	false	Only exhibitors with a website.
maxConcurrency	integer	20	Parallel requests.
maxRequestRetries	integer	6	Retries per failed request.
proxyConfiguration	object	no proxy	The API answers directly; failed requests automatically retry through Apify Proxy.

Inputs that are not fair names, event IDs or URLs are skipped and listed in the RUN_SUMMARY record; they are never charged. An unknown event ID or a missing exhibitor returns 0 rows at no charge.

Output example

One real row (lists shortened):

{
  "fair": "Automechanika Frankfurt",
  "event": "Automechanika Frankfurt 2026",
  "eventId": "AUTOMECHANIKA",
  "eventStart": "2026-09-08",
  "eventEnd": "2026-09-12",
  "companyName": "3RG Industrial Auto, S.L.",
  "email": "info@3rgindustrial.com",
  "phone": "+34 925 54 59 16",
  "fax": "+34 925 54 59 20",
  "website": "https://3rgindustrial.com/en/",
  "street": "Calle Feldespato 31/32",
  "postalCode": "45220",
  "city": "Yeles, Toledo",
  "country": "Spain",
  "countryCode": "ES",
  "countryIso3": "ESP",
  "hallStand": "Hall 6.1 / D49",
  "hall": "Hall 6.1",
  "stand": "D49",
  "locations": [
    {
      "hall": "Hall 6.1",
      "stand": "D49"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Parts & Components > Exhaust gas aftertreatment/exhaust gas cleaning (catalytic converters, particle filter, lambda probe) > Urea tanks",
    "Oils, lubricants & fuels > Additives (bio-based, hybrid and synthetic) > General additives"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "DPF REGENERATION ADDITIVES (POUCHES, BOTTLES & REPAIR KITS)",
    "UREA/ ADBLUE SYSTEMS (TANKS, INJECTORS, CAPS & COMPONENTS)"
  ],
  "exhibitorPrograms": [
    "Classic Car Competence"
  ],
  "products": [
    "UREA SYSTEM",
    "DPF REGENERATION ADDITIVES"
  ],
  "productCount": 5,
  "description": "3RG Industrial is a Spanish family-owned company specializing in the manufacturing and distribution of automotive spare parts...",
  "linkedin": "https://es.linkedin.com/company/3rg-industrial",
  "facebook": "https://www.facebook.com/3rgindustrial/?locale=es_ES",
  "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/3rgindustrial/",
  "youtube": "https://www.youtube.com/@3rgindustrial832",
  "twitter": null,
  "xing": null,
  "logoUrl": null,
  "exhibitorId": "mf_1_0011062250~mf_1_10000007202601_0011062250_500671",
  "companyId": "mf_1_0011062250",
  "profileUrl": "https://automechanika.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/exhibitor-search.detail.html/3rg-industrial-auto-sl.html",
  "detailsScraped": false,
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-31T15:16:11",
  "position": 4,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-02T18:41:29.050Z"
}

The dataset has three table views in the Apify console: Exhibitor leads (company, contacts, stand), Full contact card (address and social links) and Company profile (categories, keywords, products, text). A RUN_SUMMARY record lists per-fair counts, pages read, filtered rows and stop reasons.

Pricing

$1.80 per 1,000 results (pay per result). Apify platform usage is included in that price. Filtered rows, unknown fairs, missing exhibitors and failed requests are never charged, and there is no start fee.

Run	Results	Cost
Default input (automechanika, 20 rows)	20	$0.04
Whole ISH list	1,332	about $2.40
Whole Automechanika Frankfurt list	4,146	about $7.46
Every Messe Frankfurt listing (all)	about 54,000	about $98

Apify's free plan ($5 of monthly credit) covers about 2,700 results.

Integrations

Run it on an Apify schedule, through the Apify REST API, the JavaScript / Python clients, Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, or from AI agents via the Apify MCP server. Join runs on companyId to track which companies return each edition or show at several fairs.

FAQ

Which edition do I get? The one the fair currently lists: the upcoming edition once its exhibitor list is online, otherwise the most recent one. The event and eventStart fields say which.

Does all give me unique companies? It gives one row per fair listing, so a company showing at three fairs appears three times. Deduplicate on companyId if you want each company once. all also includes a few older editions the search still lists.

Why is the description cut off? List rows hold a short teaser ending in "...". Set includeDetails for the whole text and every product name. That is one more request per exhibitor at the same price.

Where do the e-mails come from? They are the business contacts each exhibitor publishes in the fair's public catalogue. Contact-person names are not collected. Cold e-mail rules (GDPR, CAN-SPAM) still apply to how you use them.

Why does a fair I know return 0 rows? It may have a different event ID, or no list online yet. Paste the URL of its exhibitor-search page: the actor reads the event ID from there.

Is there an official exhibitor API? Messe Frankfurt offers the exhibitor search on its fair websites. This actor reads the same public search and returns it as JSON.

For AI agents (MCP): input is a list of fair names (e.g. automechanika, ish, all) plus optional keyword, country and category filters; output is one JSON row per exhibitor with e-mail, phone, website, address, hall and stand; typical cost is $0.04 for 20 rows; use it when you need companies exhibiting at a Messe Frankfurt trade fair.

This actor is not affiliated with Messe Frankfurt, Mesago or any fair. It reads the public exhibitor search that the fair websites offer to every visitor.

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