What Maison & Objet does

Maison & Objet is a Paris-based, privately held trade fair organizer founded in 1995 that operates a semi-annual B2B exhibition serving the home décor, interior design, architecture, and lifestyle sectors. The event spans six themed sectors and hosts approximately 20 conferences per edition, positioning the company as a recurring global meeting point for design professionals, brands, and retailers. The CEO is Vincent Lhoste, the firm has 101–250 employees, and it operates without a disclosed parent company or external funding rounds.

The business runs a transaction-fee revenue model, charging exhibitors for booth space, stand construction, and ancillary services at each edition. Its product surface includes the six curated sector pavilions, a parallel conference program, and a recently introduced Design District — developed in partnership with Paris Design Week Factory — focused on emerging designers. The September 2025 edition featured a 'WELCOME HOME' installation integrating AI, curated by special Art Director Amélie Pichard, under the broader 2025 theme of 'Regeneration.'

Maison & Objet has built a co-marketing relationship with Paris Design Week, with both events running concurrently in Paris to concentrate designer and buyer attendance. The company's geographic footprint extends beyond Europe into Asia, indicating an active internationalization effort. As a private trade fair operator with a 30-year operating history, Maison & Objet's commercial value is anchored in recurring exhibitor relationships, brand recognition in the French and European design ecosystem, and the network density that a long-established semi-annual event accumulates.

Name

Maison & Objet

Legal name

Maison & Objet

Website

https://maison-objet.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Maison & Objet is a Paris-based, privately held trade fair organizer founded in 1995 that runs a semi-annual B2B exhibition for home décor, interior design, architecture, and lifestyle brands and design professionals across six sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Fair / Design Exhibition

NAICS

Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries (711)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Community & Multi-Category Fairs (MPAGAFAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fairgrounds & Expo Parks (THAHAAAH)

Keywords

• Home decor trade fair
• Interior design exhibition
• Design industry events
• Lifestyle trade show
• Design conferences

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Trade Fair Exhibition: Maison & Objet generates revenue through hosting its semi-annual design fair in Paris, where exhibitors and brands pay to participate and showcase their home décor and design products to attending trade visitors and professionals.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Maison & Objet operates a semi-annual trade fair in Paris dedicated to home décor, interior design, and lifestyle culture. The fair is organized into six distinct sectors, hosts approximately twenty professional conferences, and runs concurrently with Paris Design Week to create a citywide design celebration. It serves as a physical exhibition and networking platform connecting home décor brands and design professionals.

Product overview

Maison & Objet is a French home décor and design fair operating as a unified trade event platform. The company organizes a major bi-annual fair featuring six distinct sectors, hosts approximately twenty conferences, and runs concurrently with Paris Design Week. The September 2025 edition introduced the Design District in collaboration with Paris Design Week Factory as a dedicated space for emerging talent and cross-disciplinary experimentation. The fair also features curated installations, such as the "WELCOME HOME" installation by Amélie Pichard that integrates AI.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Design District: A hub for emerging talent, young brands, and cross-disciplinary experimentation

Products and services

• Maison&Objet Design Fair
• Maison&Objet Conference Program
• Design District

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Paris Design Week FactorycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Maison & Objet collaborated with Paris Design Week Factory to create the Design District, a dedicated hub within the fair focused on emerging talent, young brands, and cross-disciplinary experimentation. This partnership aligns the fair with Paris Design Week's citywide programming, allowing both events to leverage shared audiences and themes under initiatives like 'Regeneration.'
• Amélie PichardminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmélie Pichard served as special art director for the September 2025 edition, presenting an installation called 'WELCOME HOME' that blurs boundaries between design and craftsmanship while integrating AI.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• NY NOW: New York's home, lifestyle and gift trade market; a comparable curated home/lifestyle trade fair oriented to the U.S. retail buyer market.
• High Point Market: North America's largest home furnishings industry trade show in High Point, NC; comparable model but primarily serving the U.S. market rather than Maison & Objet's European base.
• Formex: Scandinavia's leading interior design and home décor trade fair in Stockholm; a comparable regional home-décor sourcing event serving the Nordic market.
• Decorex International: London-based luxury interior design trade fair; comparable in category and audience but centered on the UK design market.

Direct peers

• Salone del Mobile.Milano: The Milan international furniture and design fair, the world's leading design trade event; directly comparable as a flagship biannual design fair connecting brands with global trade buyers and designers.
• Heimtextil (Messe Frankfurt): The leading international trade fair for home and contract textiles; comparable as a professional home-décor sourcing event for global trade visitors.
• Ambiente (Messe Frankfurt): Frankfurt's leading consumer-goods and home/interior trade fair; directly comparable as a large international home décor and lifestyle exhibition serving retailers and buyers.
• imm cologne (Koelnmesse): Cologne's international interiors and furnishing trade fair; a direct European competitor targeting the same interior-design and home-furnishing exhibitor and buyer base.

Broad incumbents

• Messe Frankfurt: One of the world's largest trade fair organizers with a wide portfolio including home and interiors events; a broad incumbent competing for exhibitors across the design fair calendar.
• RX Global (Reed Exhibitions): A global exhibition organizer running hundreds of trade events across sectors; a broad incumbent event operator whose portfolio overlaps with design and consumer-goods fairs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MaisonObjet
• Facebookfacebook.com/maisonobjetparis

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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