20th anniversary 10–11 February 2027 CBS Arena Coventry

Real Buyers. Real Kit. Real Business.

No time wasters, a vetted audience that comes to buy. The only event where the hire industry and construction come to buy kit and not just talk about it.

Come to buy 85% Attend intending to buy 65% Hold budget final say / sign off
Event
EHS 2027
Trade Only Event, Tools & Compact Plant
When
10–11 Feb
2027, Wed–Thu
Where
CBS Arena
Coventry, UK
Entry
Free
Trade Visitors Only (Vetted)
Exhibiting
Open
Stands selling now

Two audiences, one room

Whether you're buying or selling, join EHS 2027

Executive Hire Show is the number one trade event for tools and compact plant. Whether you’re buying or selling, your journey starts here.

For Hires & Buyers

Visit the show

Condense months of supplier meetings into two focused days: See the newest kit, meet every supplier that matters and start your year ahead of the competition.

  • Free entry, parking and an early-bird breakfast
  • A vetted, trade-only room of decision-makers
  • Innovation Trail, live demos and the Awards
For manufacturers & solution providers

Exhibit & Sponsor

Put your brand in front of 2,100+ senior buyers who arrive ready to purchase: the most direct route to the hire industry's decision-makers in the calendar.

  • Meet buyers with budget, in person
  • Launch products where the sector is watching
  • Sponsorship that works all year round
85%
Attend intending to buy
65%
Hold the budget final say
91%
Decide in a team of five or fewer

What the industry values

Built on three PILLARS buyers and exhibitors already tell us matter

Not a new story to learn, the outcome the show has always delivered.

01 · Innovation

Innovation

Something new, every time you walk the floor.

For visitors

See kit and suppliers you haven't seen before, every year. That's why our visitors keep coming back.

For exhibitors

Our buyers are knowledgeable and ready to buy. They are here to find the latest innovations.

New suppliers & products are buyers' #1 reason to return.

02 · Discovery

Discovery

Discover the latest products before anyone else.

For visitors

Free expert content, live demos and a floor plan built to help you focus on exactly what you came to see.

For exhibitors

Get in front of buyers looking to for new products and new lines from their trusted brands.

Our research shows live demos are the 2nd most useful thing on the floor.

03 · Connection

Connection

Two days that do the work of twelve months.

For visitors

Pre-booked meetings with the suppliers you actually want, and other hire leaders before you arrive.

For exhibitors

Pre-booked meetings that turn into pipeline, and a report afterwards that proves it to your board.

Post-show reporting is the single best-evidenced request in our research.

Who attends

A room full of decision-makers

Not footfall for its own sake. The show is vetted, so exhibitors meet the people who actually buy.

85%
Attend intending to buy
65%
Hold the budget or final sign-off
+55%
Are Owner, CEO or MD
91%
Decide in a team of five or fewer

Independent hire

Owners and managers of single and multi-depot independent hire businesses.

National operators

Category buyers and key-account leads from the UK's largest fleets.

Trade only, vetted

Every registration is checked, keeping the floor commercial and time well spent.

New for 2027 · 20th edition

What's new this year

The fresh elements for the anniversary show, each one built to deliver Innovation, Discovery or Connection.

Discovery

Expanded live demos

More kit to get hands-on with across the two days.

New feature

You'll be in good company

The names your customers ask for, and the buyers who run the UK Hire

The industry's most trusted suppliers exhibit here, in front of the people who actually sign the cheques.

In their words

Why Visitors and Exhibitors Choose Executive Hire Show

Exhibitor
Where else would we meet national key accounts and discuss our products with them? A great start to our busy season.
Justin Levene HireHop Rental Business Software
Hirer
A good day out with real work benefits, bargains bought on the day and new products we researched and bought later.
Ernie Rowe Plantmasters Ltd (& Allplant Hire)
Visitor
It's not about quantity but quality. We've never seen so many decision-makers over two days, where else could you achieve that?
John McGhee Hire Supply Company

Exhibitors

Don't leave the perfect buyer to chance

Pre-schedule meetings with our qualified audience and arrive with a diary of appointments. Book your stand for the 20th show.

Latest from the industry

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Two days that do the work of twelve months

Whether you're buying or selling, this is where the year gets decided.