The Exhibit House

What The Exhibit House does

The Exhibit House is a privately held, vertically integrated trade show exhibit provider founded in 1980 and headquartered at 3500 N. Arlington Ave, Indianapolis, Indiana. The company designs, fabricates, ships, installs, dismantles, and stores custom and rental trade show exhibits, interior branded environments, event activations, and mobile exhibits for a multi-industry enterprise client base that includes Klipsch, Cisco, Microsoft, Endress+Hauser, Wild Turkey Bourbon, Stanley, Simpson Performance Products, Hycor Biomedical, and Edify. All design, engineering, fabrication, graphics, and warehousing work is performed in-house at a single 115,000 sqft Indianapolis facility supported by approximately 50 full-time team members, with on-site execution at trade shows worldwide delivered through a distributed "Ally-Approved" partner network.

The product portfolio is anchored by Trade Shows (custom and rental exhibits, with publicly listed catalog pricing from under $5,000 for portable units up to $375,000 for flagship builds across more than 1,800 designs on the third-party Exhibit Design Search platform) and extends into adjacent lines: Interiors (corporate lobbies, showrooms, and branded environments), Events (lead capture, games, activations, AR/VR experiences, and interactives), Mobile Exhibits (custom mobile marketing trailers including the Microsoft Mojave Tour and a Cisco Airstream build), the QuikLab sub-brand of mobile care vehicles with optional antimicrobial surfaces, PPE Solutions introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, ecoSmart sustainable exhibit offerings, and InCharg charging station solutions. The company holds FMVSS302 compliance for the QuikLab vehicle interior lining.

Revenue is generated predominantly through project-based professional services engagements (custom exhibit design and fabrication, interior installations, event execution) supplemented by usage-based rental income (rental exhibits and rental furniture), managed-services revenue from exhibit warehousing and re-deployment between shows, and hardware sales (mobile trailers, QuikLab vehicles, and custom PPE). The go-to-market motion is consultative and account-led, anchored by the "Service Over Selling / Ally" philosophy and a multi-step engagement from inquiry through design, fabrication, shipping, install/dismantle, and storage. Distribution is multi-channel: direct enterprise field sales, a self-serve public catalog, and the global Ally-Approved partner network for on-site execution. The company reports 80% client retention over two or more decades, and no funding events, ownership changes, mergers, or acquisitions are disclosed.

Name

The Exhibit House

Legal name

The Exhibit House

Website

https://exhibithouse.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Exhibit House is a privately held Indianapolis-based trade show exhibit provider, designing, fabricating, and installing custom and rental exhibits, interiors, mobile builds, and event activations for multi-industry enterprise clients from a single 115,000 sqft facility since 1980.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Show & Exhibit Design Services

NAICS

Indoor and Outdoor Display Advertising (541850)

SIC

Miscellaneous Furniture & Fixtures (2590)

akta.pro primary industry

Custom Booth & Stand Design (Concept, 3D, Branding) (THAHAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Trade Show & Exhibition Marketing (Booth Design/Build) (MPAAAGAC), Booth Maintenance, Refurbishment & Reuse Programs (THAHAHAM)

Keywords

• Trade show exhibits
• Custom booth design
• Exhibit fabrication services
• Mobile marketing vehicles
• Event activation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Indianapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom exhibit design and fabrication: One-time, project-based revenue from custom trade show exhibits — strategy, design, fabrication, shipping, install/dismantle and storage. Project sizes scale into the hundreds of thousands of dollars based on the Exhibit Design Search catalog.
2. Rental exhibits and rental furniture: Recurring/transactional revenue from rental of pre-built exhibit properties and rental furniture for trade show clients.
3. Interior installations and experiential environments: One-time project revenue from permanent/semi-permanent interior builds for corporate lobbies, showrooms and branded environments, including warehousing of client exhibit properties.
4. Event services and activations: One-time project revenue from event design, fabrication and execution.
5. Mobile exhibits and trailer builds: One-time project revenue from designing and fabricating custom mobile marketing trailers.
6. QuikLab mobile care vehicles: One-time product/project revenue from custom mobile care vehicles (health clinics, mobile labs, mobile command) built out with cabinetry, worktops and optional antimicrobial surfaces.
7. PPE Solutions: One-time product revenue from custom PPE items (shields, barriers, sneeze guards) for clients needing protective equipment.
8. Exhibit warehousing and inventory management: Recurring managed-services revenue from storing, maintaining and re-shipping client exhibit properties between shows.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Core offering

The Exhibit House designs, fabricates, and installs custom and rental trade show exhibits and booths for enterprise clients across multiple industries, delivered from a single 115,000 sqft Indianapolis facility. The company also produces interior branded environments, event activations, mobile marketing trailers, the QuikLab line of mobile care vehicles, and a PPE Solutions product line introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, with global on-site execution handled through an Ally-Approved partner network.

Product overview

The Exhibit House is a multi-industry exhibit provider offering a portfolio of related services and products rather than a single unified SaaS-style platform. Its core offerings are Trade Shows (custom and rental exhibits), Interiors, Events, Mobile Exhibits, and the PPE Solutions product line, all centered on physical exhibit design, fabrication, and activation. Sub-products and digital/complementary offerings extend this portfolio: the QuikLab Rapid Response Vehicle (a mobile lab/clinic), Exhibit Design Search (a digital design-browsing tool with a "My Gallery" feature), ecoSmart Sustainable Products, and InCharg Charging Solutions. Together these represent a services-plus-tangibles architecture in which physical exhibit work is the core, supplemented by digital tools and specialty product lines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• QuikLab: QuikLab is a 'Rapid Response Vehicle' sub-brand offering mobile care vehicles (customized vans/trailers) fitted for testing, vaccines, or general patient care, designed and fabricated by The Exhibit House at its Indianapolis, Indiana facility.
• PPE Solutions

Products and services

• Trade Show Exhibits (Custom and Rental) Custom and rental trade show exhibits and booths for enterprise clients across multiple industries, covering full lifecycle from strategy and design through fabrication, shipping, install/dismantle, and storage.
• Interiors (Branded Environments) Design, fabrication, and installation of interior branded environments, including permanent and semi-permanent installations for corporate lobbies, showrooms, and branded spaces.
• Event Services and Activations Full event design, fabrication, and execution services including activations, lead capture, games, and AR/VR experiences for live events.
• Mobile Exhibits and Marketing Trailers Custom mobile marketing trailers and touring exhibit builds for brands that need a road-going presence.
• QuikLab Rapid Response Vehicles Custom mobile care vehicles (mobile clinics, mobile labs, mobile command) built out with cabinetry, worktops, and optional antimicrobial surface technology, designed for healthcare, public-sector, and rapid-deployment use cases.
• PPE Solutions Custom and branded personal protective equipment offerings including shields, barriers, sneeze guards, wayfinding decals, mobile space dividers, sanitation stations, and sanitizer graphics for offices and public-facing environments.
• ecoSmart Sustainable Exhibits Line of sustainable exhibit and event products marketed under the ecoSmart brand, using eco-friendly materials and practices.
• Exhibit Warehousing and Inventory Management Managed warehousing, maintenance, and re-shipping of client exhibit properties between trade shows, leveraging the Indianapolis facility.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% of clients retained for two or more decades
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CEI (Exhibit Design Search)coreTechnology or IntegrationCEI operates the Exhibit Design Search platform (exhibithouse.exhibit-design-search.com) where The Exhibit House lists over 1,800 contemporary exhibit designs with public price tiers from $0 to $375,000. The platform copyright is held by CEI ("© CEI, All Rights Reserved"). Relationship is Them to Us: CEI provides the digital discovery/distribution surface; The Exhibit House supplies the catalog inventory.
• Kicks Digital MarketingminorGTM or Marketing PartnerKicks Digital Marketing is credited on the corporate website ("Web Design by Kicks Digital Marketing"), indicating an agency relationship supporting the company's primary web/digital marketing presence. Relationship is Them to Us: the agency provides web design services to The Exhibit House.
• Ally-Approved Partner NetworkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorA globally distributed network of vetted local partners enables The Exhibit House to execute trade show installation and dismantle in any market worldwide. Specific partner identities are not disclosed; the network is referenced as a single global capability rather than individually named partners. Relationship is Mutual: the network resells/executes on behalf of The Exhibit House while The Exhibit House provides design and project management from its Indianapolis HQ.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Displayworks: Displayworks is a custom exhibit and display manufacturer serving trade show, retail and corporate clients. It overlaps with The Exhibit House across custom booth fabrication, rental exhibits and branded interior environments.
• Freeman: Freeman is the largest global brand experience and trade show services company, offering custom exhibit design, fabrication, logistics and event production. It competes directly with The Exhibit House for the same enterprise trade show clients and shares the integrated design-to-install service model.
• GES (Global Experience Specialists): GES is a major trade show and event marketing services provider with custom exhibit design and fabrication capabilities. It competes for the same corporate exhibitor RFPs and shares the model of providing full-service booth production plus on-site logistics.
• Sparks: Sparks is a global experiential marketing agency with custom exhibit fabrication and event production services. It competes directly for brand-experience engagements spanning trade shows, mobile tours and permanent environments — adjacent to The Exhibit House's core and interiors offerings.
• The Trade Group: The Trade Group designs and fabricates custom trade show exhibits, corporate events and branded environments. It mirrors The Exhibit House's project-based custom booth model and serves a comparable enterprise/SMB customer mix.
• 3D Exhibits: 3D Exhibits designs, fabricates and manages custom trade show exhibits and event environments for enterprise brands. It shares The Exhibit House's emphasis on full-service project management and pre-build 3D visualization.
• Czarnowski: Czarnowski is a long-standing exhibit and event marketing agency offering custom exhibit design, fabrication and global program management. It targets the same enterprise clientele as The Exhibit House and operates a comparable integrated service model.
• Exhibit Design & Engineering (EDE): EDE designs and builds custom trade show exhibits with in-house engineering and fabrication, comparable to The Exhibit House's vertically integrated single-facility model. It targets a similar enterprise customer base.
• Hill & Partners: Hill & Partners is a custom exhibit design and fabrication house serving enterprise trade show clients. It is similarly sized and positioned as a relationship-driven custom builder — a direct comparable to The Exhibit House's service philosophy.
• MC² (MC Squared): MC² is an experiential marketing agency producing custom exhibits, events and brand environments for enterprise clients. It competes with The Exhibit House in the trade show and permanent environment segments with a comparable project-based delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ehouseindy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/exhibithouse

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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