Recently, we asked ourselves: which industries host the most events each year?
While exploring this question, we discovered that the corporate sector, education, and healthcare lead the way in terms of the number of events organized annually.
📊 So, here is the top 5 industries by approximate number of events per year (2020–2024):
- Corporate events and seminars:
About 3–4 million events per year
👉 Includes internal conferences, product launches, strategy sessions, and training programs.
Particularly active sectors: IT, finance, consulting, pharmaceuticals, and banking.
Source: Cvent, Allied Market Research
Sports and fitness:
About 2–3 million events per year
👉 Sports matches, marathons, tournaments, fitness events, fan meetups, sports competitions, fitness forums, fan gatherings, and brand/equipment launches are mass events with large participant numbers.
Source: Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF), Strava Reports
Education and science:
About 1–1.5 million events per year
👉 University conferences, international symposia, academic meetings, summer schools.
Source: Springer Nature, UNESCO
Creative industries and media:
About 1–1.2 million events per year
👉 Festivals, music shows, exhibitions, film screenings, art fairs.
Source: IFPI Global Music Report, Festivals Alliance
Festivals, film screenings, music events, and art exhibitions attract wide audiences and are held regularly.
- Healthcare and pharmaceuticals:
About 500,000–700,000 events per year
👉 Medical congresses, clinical symposia, professional association meetings. International congresses, new drug presentations, physician training sessions, and clinical meetings — with high frequency and significant budgets.
Source: Medical Congresses World Report.
💡 Note:
These figures include both large international events and small regional, local, or niche gatherings (e.g., small corporate trainings or local marathons).
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