NAB 2016: There was a slight drop in the number attendees at this year’s NAB despite an extra 85 companies exhibiting at the show.

According to figures released by NAB, there were 103,012 total registered attendees at last week’s show. In 2015 there were 103,119.

Over the past few years the number attendees, exhibitors and square footage of the exhibition space has risen (see box below).

Aided by the launch of dedicated zones for virtual reality kit manufacturers and vendors of drone equipment the number of exhibitors increased year-on-year; this year the figure stood at 1,874, compared with 1,789 in 2015.

To accommodate the additional exhibitors the total area of the show increased in size by almost 5% from 1,013,544 sq ft in 2015 to 1,063,380 sq ft this year.

International and news media attendance figures are included in the overall registration number. All numbers are based on pre-show and on-site registration and subject to an on-going audit.

NAB: key stats 2016 to 2013

Total registered attendees

2016: 103,012

2015: 103,119

2014: 98,015

2013: 92,414

International attendees

2016: 26,893

2015: 26,319 

2014: 25,989

2013: 24,461

Companies

2016: 1,874 

2015: 1,789

2014: 1,746

2013: 1,600

Net square feet of exhibit space

2016: 1,063,380 

2015: 1,013,544 

2014: 945,000

2013: 900,000

Countries represented

2016: 187

2015: 164 

2014: 159

2013: 155

News media

2016: 1,608

2015: 1,614 

2014: 1,674

2013: 1,703

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