Sponsor finder for your event: what it does and how to use it
For organizers looking for sponsors, the sponsor finder lists the companies already paying to be at events like yours, from the sponsor and exhibitor lists of 3,684 conferences. Pick an industry and a place, or type your conference, and it ranks companies by how many similar events they back. It is free, with no account.
Quick picks: what are you doing?
| Your job | Start here | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Selling sponsorships for a new event | Pick an industry and a place | Companies listed at 2 or more conferences in that industry and place |
| Your event has already run | Type your conference | The companies at the conferences most like yours |
| You want the biggest repeat backers | Top conference sponsors | The 100 companies listed at the most conferences |
| You have a company in mind | Its company page | Every conference it is listed at, and what is coming up |
| You work inside an AI assistant | The MCP server | The same search as a tool called find_sponsors_for_event |
How to use the finder in four steps
- Describe your event. Open the sponsor finder. Pick an industry and a place, or type your conference's name or website. You are done when the page names the conferences it compared.
- Read the top of the list. The companies at the top back the most events like yours. They likely have a budget line for it and know what a sponsorship buys.
- Check each company. Open its page to see where it sponsors, at which level when the list shows one, and which events it has booked next.
- Price your offer before you write. Compare your packages with published sponsorship prices, then lay it out with the proposal template. You are done when you have a named company, a reason to pitch it and a price.
A worked example
An organizer planning a healthcare conference leaves the place on Anywhere and picks Healthcare & Medicine. On 10 November 2026 the finder listed 505 companies at 2 or more of 453 healthcare conferences, 364 of them as a named sponsor or partner. The organizer starts with those 364, since a company that has paid for a named package is likely closer to the sale than one that only booked a booth, then narrows by place if the event is regional.
How to read a result
| On the page | What it means |
|---|---|
| The count at the top | How many companies are listed at 2 or more of the conferences compared, and how many conferences that is |
| Conferences column | How many of those conferences the company is listed at. The list is ordered with the most first |
| Sponsor or exhibitor | A sponsor or partner is named on the sponsor page or prospectus. An exhibitor is in the directory or floor plan |
| The company name | Opens its own page, with every conference on file |
The limits
- It shows 50 companies per search. Narrow by place or event for a different set.
- It knows who was listed, and not what any company paid or whether it will return.
- It only sees conferences with a public list, so it leans toward events that publish their sponsors.
- Lists are read by software from the organizers' pages and can be wrong. Check a company's page before you pitch it.
- No file export, and no contact names, emails or phone numbers.
How this was counted
A company counts at a conference when that conference lists it as a sponsor, partner or exhibitor on an edition ConferenceDB publishes. The finder needs at least 3 comparable conferences before it shows a result, because fewer is not a pattern.
ConferenceDB, live as of 10 November 2026. The healthcare example was read from the tool on 10 November 2026.
Questions
Is the sponsor finder free?
Yes. You need no account and no email.
Does it give me contact details?
No. It shows companies, their websites and the conferences they back. Find the right person on the company's own website or LinkedIn; the sponsorship or partnerships team is usually the place to start.
How is this different from a list of top sponsors?
The top sponsors list ranks companies across every conference. The finder compares only conferences like yours, so a company that backs ten healthcare events ranks above a bigger name that has never been to one. See the top conference sponsors.
What if my event is not in the database?
Pick its industry and place instead of typing its name. The finder then compares the listed conferences that match.
Find the companies behind these numbers
Free, no account. Companies only, never named people.
Pick an industry and a place, or type your conference, and see the companies that sponsor or exhibit at the most conferences like it.
Find sponsors for my conference
More: Open the sponsor finder · How to find sponsors for an event · Top conference sponsors · Best tools to find sponsors, compared · Company pages · Sponsorship proposal template · What conference sponsorship costs
Sources
- Exhibitor listsevery show with a free exhibitor list, updated 10 November 2026
- Free sponsor and exhibitor listswhich page answers which question, updated 10 November 2026
- ConferenceDB company factshow lists and prices are collected, updated 7 October 2026