Automotive conferences
There are 13 automotive conferences with a public sponsor or exhibitor list or published sponsorship prices. The biggest is AAPEX 2026, with 2,135 companies listed. 7 publish their prices, and their cheapest package has a median of $3,000.
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Type
Trade shows: 100 or more exhibitors, or an expo floor on the organizer’s own description.
13 events
| # | Conference | Companies | New | Returning | Packages from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. AAPEX 2026 | 2,135companies | ||||
2. VERTICON 2027 | 358companies | +21new | 51%returning | ||
3. Digital Dealer Conference & Expo Sep 22–23, 2026 · Detroit, United States | 82companies | +48new | 40%returning | ||
4. Rail Industry Awards Sep 1, 2026 · Sydney, Australia | 20companies | from$2,500 | |||
5. Automotive E-Powertrain Tech Summit Mar 18–19, 2027 · Munich, Germany | 17companies | ||||
6. Automotive News Congress Sep 28–30, 2026 · Detroit, United States | 16companies | from$15k | |||
7. Micromobility America Nov 11–12, 2026 · San Francisco, United States | 15companies | from$1,500 | |||
8. CTAA Expo May 10–13, 2026 · Omaha, United States | 13companies | from$5,000 | |||
9. Micromobility Europe Jun 29–30, 2027 · Berlin, Germany | 12companies | ||||
10. Automechanika Istanbul Mar 24–27, 2027 · Istanbul, Turkey | 5companies | ||||
11. Transformative Vertical Flight Conference Feb 23–24, 2027 · Long Beach, United States | 1companies | from$3,000 | |||
12. XXVIII PIARC World Road Congress Oct 4–8, 2027 · Vancouver, Canada | from$81k | ||||
13. InCabin.Sensing USA Dec 1–2, 2026 · Dearborn, United States | from$967 |
Companies: sponsors and exhibitors on each event’s current edition, read from its own directory, sponsor page or prospectus. New: not listed at the previous edition. Returning: share of the previous edition’s companies listed again.
Key facts
Across the 13 automotive conferences.
Companies at the most automotive conferences
The sponsors and exhibitors that turn up across this industry's events. The list to work from when you sell sponsorships in it.
| # | Company | Automotive events |
|---|---|---|
1. Bosch bosch.com | 4automotive events | |
2. Cox Automotive coxautoinc.com | 2automotive events | |
3. Denso denso.com | 2automotive events | |
4. KPA kpa.io | 2automotive events | |
5. Lyft lyft.com | 2automotive events | |
6. Minimal minimalcompany.com | 2automotive events | |
7. Stellantis stellantis.com | 2automotive events |
Questions
What are the biggest automotive conferences?
By companies listed at their current edition: AAPEX (2,135), VERTICON (358), Digital Dealer Conference & Expo (82), Rail Industry Awards (20), Automotive E-Powertrain Tech Summit (17).
How much does it cost to sponsor automotive conferences?
7 of these 13 events publish sponsorship prices. Their cheapest package has a median of $3,000 and their top package a median of $40k, against $2,500 for the cheapest package across all conferences.
Which automotive conferences are coming up next?
Automotive News Congress (Sep 28–30, 2026, Detroit); Micromobility America (Nov 11–12, 2026, San Francisco); InCabin.Sensing USA (Dec 1–2, 2026, Dearborn); Transformative Vertical Flight Conference (Feb 23–24, 2027, Long Beach).