Olds Regional Exhibition

What Olds Regional Exhibition does

Olds Regional Exhibition is a privately held, Canada-domiciled organization based in Olds that operates event venues and organizes agricultural and community events. Its short description characterizes its core function as running event venues and producing regional exhibitions, suggesting a focus on local fairs, rodeos, agricultural shows, and community programming typical of Western Canadian regional exhibition associations.

The company was founded in 1899, giving it more than 125 years of continuous operation under the same brand in the Olds region. It operates with a small staff of 1-10 employees, consistent with the lean organizational footprint of a regional, community-oriented exhibition association rather than a scaled event-management enterprise. Its website (oldsregionalexhibition.com) is the primary public-facing channel, though at the time of data capture the site rendered only a loading/verification page with no substantive corporate, programmatic, or commercial content.

No products, services catalog, pricing, customer segments, partnerships, funding events, management team, technology stack, or revenue figures are disclosed in the available input data. As a result, the precise revenue mechanics — whether derived from venue rentals, gate admissions, sponsorships, concessions, grants, or a mix — cannot be confirmed from the source material. The operating status is recorded as active, but virtually all financial, strategic, and governance details are unavailable.

Name

Olds Regional Exhibition

Website

https://oldsregionalexhibition.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1899

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Olds Regional Exhibition is a privately held, community-focused organization based in Olds, Canada, that operates regional event venues and organizes agricultural and community events for local audiences. Founded in 1899, it operates with a small staff.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Exhibition Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAHAAAH

Fairgrounds & Expo Parks

Travel & Hospitality/MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions)/Conference & Convention Venues (Convention Centers, Civic Centers)

SECONDARYMPAGAFAO

Local Community & Multi-Category Fairs

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Exhibitions, Fairs & Expos (Consumer/Public)

SECONDARYMPAGAFAB

Lifestyle, Home & Garden Shows

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Exhibitions, Fairs & Expos (Consumer/Public)

Keywords

• Agricultural exhibitions
• Community event venues
• Fairgrounds management
• Livestock shows
• Event organization services

Headquarters

HQ city

Olds

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Olds Regional Exhibition operates event venues and organizes agricultural and community events. The organization runs regional exhibitions, fairs, and related community gatherings in Olds, Alberta, Canada, supporting agricultural showcase activities and local community programming.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Regional Agricultural Exhibition Annual or recurring agricultural exhibition and fair held at the Olds Regional Exhibition grounds, serving local residents, farmers, and visitors with livestock shows, agricultural showcases, and community programming.
• Community Events Programming Organization of community events and gatherings beyond the core agricultural exhibition, supporting local community engagement in Olds, Alberta.
• Event Venue Operations Operation of event venues and grounds for hosting exhibitions, fairs, and community events.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Others

• Olds College: Olds College is an agricultural post-secondary institution headquartered in Olds, Alberta — an adjacent ecosystem partner with strong potential for programming, facility, and sponsorship collaboration with the regional exhibition.

Broad incumbents

• Edmonton EXPO Centre: Edmonton EXPO Centre operates a major multi-purpose event venue hosting trade shows, consumer exhibitions, and agricultural events — comparable venue operator serving Alberta, with overlap in the exhibitions and trade show segment.
• Calgary Stampede: Calgary Stampede is a much larger, flagship Western Canadian exhibition and rodeo operation with year-round event programming on owned venue assets — directly comparable as an agricultural/regional exhibition organizer, but at significantly greater scale.
• Pacific National Exhibition (PNE): PNE operates fairgrounds and event venues in Vancouver and runs the annual PNE Fair, an agriculture-anchored community exhibition — same operating model (fairground + events), different regional market.
• Royal Agricultural Winter Fair: The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto is a major Canadian agricultural exhibition and venue operator — comparable as a heritage Canadian agricultural exhibition, but operating in Eastern Canada and at a much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Westerner Park: Westerner Park in Red Deer, Alberta is a regional exhibition association operating event facilities and hosting agricultural fairs, trade shows, and community events — the closest direct peer in scale and geographic profile within Alberta.
• Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede: Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede runs a regional exhibition and rodeo in southeastern Alberta, operating fairgrounds and organizing agricultural and community events — near-identical operating model to Olds Regional Exhibition.
• Lethbridge & District Exhibition: Exhibition Park in Lethbridge operates as a community-owned agricultural exhibition society running venue rentals, rodeos, and consumer shows — directly comparable as a mid-size Alberta regional fair operator.
• Canadian Western Agribition: Canadian Western Agribition in Regina runs one of Canada's largest agricultural exhibitions with livestock shows and trade events — directly comparable as a Canadian agricultural exhibition organizer, though at a larger scale.

Regional players

• Northlands (Edmonton): Formerly Edmonton Northlands, this organization operated exhibition grounds and events in the Alberta market — comparable historical agricultural exhibition society, though currently in transition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/olds-regional-exhibition

Revenue estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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