The UK Concrete Show

What The UK Concrete Show does

The UK Concrete Show is a B2B trade exhibition organizer serving the UK concrete industry, operating as a business unit within The QMJ Group Limited (a private diversified group registered in England). Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Nottingham, the company runs an annual 2-day trade show at the NEC Birmingham, featuring over 200 exhibitor brands ranging from heavy equipment manufacturers (JCB, Liebherr) to concrete materials suppliers (Tarmac) and technology providers (Command Alkon). The event consolidates the UK concrete sector into a single venue over 48 hours, with the show floor complemented by the Concrete Connect Seminar Theatre, Live Demo Zone, New Product Hub, Emerging Talent Awards, and the "Find Your Community" partner hub.

The business operates a quote-based, event-driven GTM motion: revenue is generated primarily through exhibition stand fees, sponsorship packages, and advertising placements sold to manufacturers, suppliers, and service providers seeking direct access to UK concrete trade buyers. The show is supported by a network of core partnerships with industry bodies including The Concrete Society, MPA UK Concrete, and the Institute of Concrete Technology, which provide speaker content, member promotion, and credibility signaling. Distribution is concentrated in direct B2B sales to enterprise exhibitors, with free trade visitor registration to maximize demand-side footfall.

On the technology side, the company's core product is the physical exhibition itself, augmented by a small digital surface: the concreteshow.co.uk website, social channels (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook), an email newsletter, the ConcreteConnectTV multimedia platform, and an AI-powered chatbot ("Ask UKCS") built on Chatbase for visitor enquiries. There is no disclosed proprietary technology, mobile app, or software product underlying the exhibition business; the company's defensibility rests on event execution, venue access, and industry relationships rather than software IP.

Name

The UK Concrete Show

Legal name

The QMJ Group Limited

Website

https://concreteshow.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The UK Concrete Show is a B2B event management company that organizes an annual 2-day trade exhibition at NEC Birmingham for the UK concrete industry, connecting 200+ manufacturers, suppliers, and service providers with trade buyers through exhibition stands, seminars, live demos, and awards.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Exhibition / B2B Event Management

akta.pro primary industry

Industry-Specific B2B Trade Show Organizers (THAHABAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Trade Shows & Exhibitions (Booths, Show Management) (BPAFAGAD)

Keywords

• Trade exhibition services
• Concrete industry events
• B2b trade shows
• Event management
• Construction exhibitions

Headquarters

HQ city

Nottingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Exhibition Stand Fees: Revenue generated from companies booking exhibition stands to showcase their concrete products, equipment, and services to trade visitors at the annual event.
2. Sponsorship: Revenue from sponsorship packages including logo placement, promotional opportunities, and visibility across show materials, website, and event spaces.
3. Advertising Opportunities: Revenue from advertising placements in show guides, digital platforms, and promotional materials distributed during the event.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The UK Concrete Show organizes an annual 2-day B2B trade exhibition for the UK concrete industry at the NEC Birmingham, showcasing over 200 product, equipment, and service provider brands. The core commercial offerings sold to exhibitors and partners are exhibition stand space, sponsorship packages, and advertising placements, complemented by integrated features such as the Concrete Connect Seminar Theatre, Live Demo Zone, New Product Hub, Emerging Talent Awards, and Find Your Community networking hub. Trade visitors can register for free.

Product overview

The UK Concrete Show is an annual trade show event for the UK concrete industry, held at the NEC Birmingham. The core offering is the exhibition itself, featuring over 200 exhibitor brands. The event incorporates multiple integrated components: the Concrete Connect Seminar Theatre (free educational sessions), Live Demo Zone (live equipment demonstrations), New Product Hub (innovation showcase), Emerging Talent Awards (industry recognition), Find Your Community (partner organization networking), and Big Kit (heavy equipment feature area). The show also offers a digital AI chatbot for visitor assistance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Exhibition Stand Booking (The UK Concrete Show Event) Annual 2-day UK trade show and exhibition for the concrete industry held at the NEC Birmingham, providing exhibitor stand space for product and equipment manufacturers, suppliers, and service providers to showcase offerings to trade visitors. Exhibitors pay to book stands to display concrete products, equipment, and services.
• Sponsorship Packages Sponsorship packages for the UK Concrete Show providing logo placement, promotional opportunities, and visibility across show materials, website, event spaces, and seminar theatre for sponsoring companies in the concrete industry.
• Advertising Opportunities Advertising placements in show guides, digital platforms, and promotional materials distributed during the UK Concrete Show event, sold to concrete industry suppliers and service providers seeking visibility among trade visitors.
• Emerging Talent Awards Annual awards program recognizing outstanding young professionals and emerging talent in the UK concrete industry, with winners announced at the show.
• Concrete Connect Seminar Theatre Seminar theatre on the exhibition floor featuring free-to-attend educational sessions across both show days, with industry speakers covering the latest topics in concrete technology and sector knowledge.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 key brands showcased at the event

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• The Concrete SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPremier industry body partner, providing speakers including CEO Claire Ackerman for the seminar programme. Promotes the show to members and collaborates on industry initiatives.
• MPA UK ConcretecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMineral Products Association representing the concrete industry. Provides speakers including Head of Sustainability Noushin Khosravi and Director Gareth Wake for seminar programme.
• ICTcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitute of Concrete Technology, logo displayed on partner section. John Reddy serves as President of ICT and Director of Concrete Technology Deployment at Ecocem.
• Advanced Carbons CouncilsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization providing speakers including Technical Lead Materials Chirag Ratwani for the seminar programme.
• Structural Concrete AlliancesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry alliance partner with logo displayed in the supporters section of the website.
• British Aggregates AssociationsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry association partner representing aggregate producers, logo displayed in partner section.
• Institute of QuarryingsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional institute for the quarrying industry, logo displayed in partner section.
• Flowing Screeds AssociationsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry association for flowing screeds sector, logo displayed in supporters section.
• Kelly TankssupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor of the show for 10 consecutive years. Kelly Bryant from Kelly Tanks provided testimonial citing successful customer and supplier acquisition through the show.
• ConcreteConnect.co.ukcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConnected platform and promotional partner for the concrete industry, with seminar theatre branded as Concrete Connect Theatre.
• ACIFCsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry body partner with logo displayed in supporters section.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Intermat: Intermat is a major European construction and infrastructure trade show held in Paris. It serves a similar exhibitor and visitor base (concrete equipment, materials, services) but operates in France, making it a regional peer rather than a direct UK competitor.

Direct peers

• Hillhead: Hillhead is the UK's largest quarrying and construction exhibition, held biennially in Derbyshire. It targets a closely adjacent UK trade audience (aggregates, concrete, construction equipment) with a similar live-demo and exhibitor showcase format, making it a direct peer in the UK market.
• World of Concrete: World of Concrete is the largest dedicated concrete and masonry trade show in the world, held annually in Las Vegas. It is the most direct international counterpart to The UK Concrete Show, serving the same vertical (concrete) with a similar exhibitor and visitor profile of manufacturers, suppliers, and contractors.
• UK Construction Week: UK Construction Week is a major multi-vertical UK construction trade show, covering building products, energy, and infrastructure. While broader than UKCS, it competes for the same exhibitor base (concrete and construction product manufacturers) and overlaps in visitor audience.
• Executive Hire Show: The Executive Hire Show is a UK trade exhibition for the tool, equipment, and plant hire industry, held annually. It directly competes for UK construction-industry exhibitor marketing budgets and shares the same annual exhibition + seminars + awards model.
• Plantworx: Plantworx is the UK's biennial construction equipment exhibition, organized by the Construction Equipment Association. It shares the same UK trade show format, target exhibitor base (construction equipment manufacturers), and NEC-style venue model as The UK Concrete Show.

Broad incumbents

• Conexpo-Con/Agg: Conexpo-Con/Agg is North America's largest construction trade show, held triennially in Las Vegas. It is a broad incumbent in the same space, covering aggregates, concrete, and construction equipment with a much larger scale and international exhibitor base.
• Hyve Group: Hyve Group is a major UK-listed international trade show organizer running hundreds of events across multiple industries. It is comparable as a parent-level peer operating trade show portfolios, and could plausibly expand into or compete with UKCS's niche.
• Easyfairs: Easyfairs is a European trade show organizer operating across multiple verticals including construction. It is a broad incumbent peer in the trade show business model and could enter or expand into the UK concrete exhibition space.
• bauma (Messe München): bauma is the world's leading construction machinery trade show, held triennially in Munich. While it covers the full construction equipment value chain (much broader than concrete), it overlaps heavily with UKCS exhibitors such as Liebherr and JCB and represents the global benchmark for construction trade shows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/theukconscreteshow
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-uk-concrete-show
• Instagraminstagram.com/theukconcreteshow
• Xx.com/UKConcreteShow

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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