Almost 11,000 visitors attended the in-cosmetics Global 2023 trade show in Barcelona last month, up 33% on the previous year.
In total, 10,799 unique attendees from all five continents descended on the Fira Barcelona Gran Via for three days of immersive networking, sourcing and learning opportunities.
That compared with the 8,091 visitors to in-cosmetics Global 2022 in Paris.
Returning after a seven-year hiatus from the Catalonia capital, in-cosmetics Global welcomed more than 900 leading personal care ingredient suppliers from over 50 countries.
Some 72% of attendees joined the event from abroad – up from 57% in 2022 – from over 118 countries.
Of those, 12% travelled from Asia-Pacific – compared to 6% in 2022 - with visitors hailing from South Korea, China, India and Japan.
For many attendees, this represented the first international personal care event they have attended following three years of lockdowns and subsequent travel restrictions.
Attendees were keen to make the most of every minute at the show, with visitors returning for day two and three, driving repeat attendee numbers up to 20,902 – an almost 50% increase on 2022.
in-cosmetics Global event director Roziani Zulkifli said: “We are delighted that in-cosmetics Global returned to such widespread, international support, once again demonstrating why it is the world’s leading personal care ingredients show.
“Innovation could be found in abundance across the halls of the Fira Barcelona Gran Via, while the high-level, international audience in attendance demonstrated not only the importance of networking and sourcing at the show, but the industry’s willingness to invest in the future of the cosmetics and personal care industry.”
