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AHR Expo reports further increase

USA: This year’s AHR Expo in Las Vegas earlier this month recorded an attendance of 53,315, a 4.4% increase on last year’s event in Orlando.

The exhibition at the Las Vegas Convention Centre featured 1,956 exhibitors over 578,980ft2, an increase of 4.2% and 12.2%, respectively, on the 2025 show. The exhibitor numbers included 601 from overseas.

The ASHRAE Winter Conference, which as usual ran concurrently with the AHR Expo, drew 3,825 registrants.

The AHR Expo will return to Chicago in 2027 from January 25-27. The ASHRAE Winter Meeting will convene at the same venue from January 23-27.

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