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North West Expo Manchester 2026

North West Expo brings owner-led businesses from Greater Manchester together with companies from Liverpool, Cheshire and neighboring northern cities.

Dec 1, 2026 · Etihad Stadium, Manchester

Exhibitors on this year's list
79
Show day
1

Established in 2015, the Manchester event combines a business-service exhibition with workshops on finding customers and talks on sales, leadership and cyber risk. Its setting is the Legends Suite at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium, giving the show the scale and character of a regional business gathering.

The audience spans founders, directors and the managers who handle marketing, business development and purchasing. Professional services provide much of the mix, alongside businesses in manufacturing, construction and pharmaceuticals. That breadth suits an SME comparing suppliers across several everyday business needs. The program also gives visitors a reason to move between supplier conversations and practical learning: direct marketing, LinkedIn prospecting and customer relationships sit close to the commercial questions a growing company faces.

How it compares

  1. North West Business ExpoBolton
  2. South West Expo (Bristol)Bristol
  3. Thames Valley Expo (Reading)Reading
  4. This show: North West Expo ManchesterManchester

The closest regional comparison is North West Business Expo at Bolton Wanderers Football Club. Its cross-industry B2B format serves the same broad search for suppliers, customers and business contacts. Bolton puts extra emphasis on exhibition networking, with an optional visitor upgrade that includes an exhibition lounge and early access. Manchester adds a clearly defined program around direct marketing, LinkedIn lead generation, sales and business cyber exposure. Choose between them by the business community you want to reach and the role learning plays in the visit.

For companies expanding south, Thames Valley Expo (Reading) connects the Reading, Newbury, Bracknell and Oxford business corridor, with London also part of its catchment. South West Expo (Bristol) reaches Bristol, Bath, Gloucestershire and South Wales, including Cardiff. These sister shows use a similar SME networking and educational format, making geography the stronger reason to travel. Manchester is the natural choice when the target accounts and potential partners sit in the North West. Reading and Bristol make more sense when those local relationships would support a different regional sales territory.

North West Expo fits SME owners and commercial teams looking for regional suppliers, local business relationships and practical help with winning customers.

Who exhibits

Protean Inbound brings content, website and marketing communications services to the supplier mix, while Ollo Health offers workplace healthcare. Neurodiversity Stories is also confirmed for Manchester. Together, these businesses point to an exhibition concerned with running and growing an SME, from customer acquisition to employee needs. The surrounding program reinforces that business-service focus through sales and marketing workshops, with cyber risk adding another operational concern for owners and managers.

  1. Worldpay

  2. PayPal

  3. Village Hotels

  4. De Vere

  5. Clothes2order

  6. Cats Protection

  7. Costco

  8. FSB

  9. Man Made

  10. Banya Family Placement

  11. Crown Water & Coffee

  12. Neurodiversity Stories

  13. Camelott Digital

  14. Your Smart Website

  15. Viva Business Support

  16. Filestream

  17. Debbie Hare Photography

  18. Centric HR

  19. SME Today

  20. Scott Media

  21. Corpdata

  22. Protean Inbound UK

  23. Green Machine Computers

  24. Plant Plan

The largest exhibitor countries are United Kingdom (38) and United States (4). The largest industries are Advertising Services (4) and Hospitality (4).

79 companies are on the list. A HallBrief brief ranks every one against your goals and finds who to meet at each. Get a brief

North West Expo Manchester 2026

North West Expo 2026 combines Stewart Messruther’s entrepreneurial story with Andrew Horkan’s examination of business cyber exposure and Paul Day’s session on sales and customer relationships. Workshops tackle the choice of direct-marketing channels and the use of LinkedIn for lead generation. Ollo Health, Neurodiversity Stories and Protean Inbound bring employee services and marketing into the exhibition, giving owners a program that moves between winning business and managing the people and risks behind it.

  • Use the direct-marketing workshop and LinkedIn session together to compare a broader channel strategy with a specific prospecting tool.
  • For sales-led teams, pair Paul Day’s customer-relationship session with a conversation with Protean Inbound about the marketing material that supports those relationships.
  • If staff wellbeing is the immediate concern, Ollo Health offers an employer-focused conversation alongside the broader commercial program.

Exhibiting

The stand ladder moves from a compact banner presence to packages with highlighted locations, guide advertising and promotional emails. It suits business-service providers selling to owner-led SMEs. Booked exhibitors also receive pre-expo networking and exhibiting training, so participation extends beyond the stand itself. Advertising benefits vary by package; the organizer allocates locations according to the chosen tier and separates competing exhibitors.

What your brief includes

The full exhibitor list, and what to do with it.

  1. Halvorsen ProzesstechnikIndustrial machinery / Germany#3
  2. Alpenküche SystemeCommercial kitchens / Austria#4
  3. Brauwerk WielandBeverages / Germany#5
  4. 76 more, ranked for your goals

#3Halvorsen Prozesstechnikof 79

Why it matters
Their hygienic conveyor line fits the plant expansion you described.
Who to meet
Head of Key Accounts, Food Processing
What to ask
Lead times for installations in 2027.

Example from a sample brief. The company is fictional.

How a brief is made

  1. Tell us your goals

    A short interview: what you want from North West Expo Manchester and which kinds of partners you are after.

  2. We research each company, one by one

    For each company: what it makes, who it sells to, how it fits your goals and who buys there. Then we compare them side by side and rank the ones worth your time.

  3. Walk in with a plan

    A ranked list, a deep dive on each of your top picks, the people to meet and a strategy deck, all before the doors open.

Walk into North West Expo Manchester knowing who to meet.

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