Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna, Beauty Trade Show

Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna | International Beauty Trade Show, Italy

Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna is the international B2B beauty trade show at the Bologna Fair District in Italy, organised by BolognaFiere Cosmoprof and billed as the leading event for every sector of the beauty industry. The next edition runs from 18 to 21 March 2027, with three salons covering the beauty supply chain, finished cosmetics and perfumery, and professional hair, nail and beauty salon products.

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Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna: Overview for Beauty Industry Professionals

The fair is also searched for as Cosmoprof Bologna and has run for more than 50 years. It is organised by BolognaFiere Cosmoprof S.p.A. in partnership with Cosmetica Italia, the Italian cosmetics industry association, and with support from the Italian Trade Agency. Its pitch is breadth: one visit can take a brand owner from raw materials and packaging, through contract manufacturing and finished products, to the professional products used in salons and barbershops.

Cosmoprof is a trade event for professionals, and attendance runs through registration with the organiser. A buyer programme and a matchmaking tool called My Match are built to connect brands, suppliers and distributors before anyone reaches Bologna.

Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna and the Global Cosmoprof Network

Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna is the main event of Cosmoprof, but the brand also runs annual beauty events on other continents. BolognaFiere Cosmoprof counts six Cosmoprof-branded shows and more than 30 international beauty events in its network, with more than 10,000 exhibitors from 190 countries of origin and over 500,000 professionals engaged, according to the organiser. The network grew through partnerships with local trade show organisers and through the acquisition of the German group Health & Beauty, whose Beauty Forum events now cover several European markets.

The events in the network, by region and country, are:

  • Europe
    • Italy: Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna, Esxence – The Art Perfumery Event, Beauty to Business Summit
    • Germany: Beauty Forum Day Hamburg, Beauty Forum Day Stuttgart, Beauty Forum Day Köln, Beauty Forum Weekend Berlin, Beauty Forum Day Wiesbaden, Beauty Forum Day Nuremberg, Beauty Forum Festival Munich, Podiatry Congress with Podiatry/Foot Exhibition
    • Austria: Beauty Forum Day Vienna
    • Greece: Beauty Greece Thessaloniki, Beauty Greece Atene
    • Hungary: Beauty Forum Budapest, Beauty Forum Day Budapest
    • Poland: Beauty Forum Warsaw, Beauty Forum On The Road, Beauty Forum & Hair Warsaw
    • Romania: Beauty Forum Day Cluj
    • Slovenia: Beauty Forum Ljubljana
    • Switzerland: Beauty Forum Day Zurich
  • America
    • USA: Cosmoprof North America Las Vegas, Cosmoprof North America Miami, Premiere Show Group
  • Asia
    • Hong Kong: Cosmoprof Asia Hong Kong, BIFA – Beauty Ingredients & Formulation Asia
    • India: Cosmoprof India Mumbai
    • Indonesia: Cosmobeauté Indonesia
    • Malaysia: beautyexpo – Kuala Lumpur, Cosmobeauté Malaysia
    • Philippines: Cosmobeauté Philippines
    • Thailand: Cosmoprof CBE Asean Bangkok
    • Vietnam: Cosmobeauté Vietnam, VietBeauty – Ho Chi Minh City, Beautycare Expo Hanoi
  • Middle East
    • U.A.E.: Cosmoprof Connect Dubai

Dates, venues and the active link to every event are listed on the Cosmoprof network page of the official website, which is the place to follow any of these shows.

Three Shows, One Beauty Supply Chain

Cosmopack is the supply-chain salon. It is where ingredient makers, packaging specialists and contract manufacturers meet brand owners who need a product developed and filled. Cosmo Perfumery & Cosmetics is the finished-product salon, built around the retail channels that sell perfumery and cosmetics. Cosmo Hair & Nail & Beauty Salon covers professional hair, beauty and spa, and nail products. In recent editions the first two have run for three days, Thursday to Saturday, while the hair, nail and beauty salon show has run one day longer into Sunday.

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Special Areas and Projects

Smaller formats sit inside the main shows. The Fragrances & Ingredients Zone gathers fragrance houses, creators and raw material suppliers, and the Beauty Tech Area is reserved for companies working with AI, AR, virtual try-on and retail software. Extraordinary Gallery, inside the Cosmoprime area, offers a curated selection of indie and prestige brands, and an Italian Startup area, organised with the Italian Trade Agency, presents young finished-product companies. Hub45, created with YouBarber, covers the barber sector, and Beauty Forum Gallery, organised with the Health & Beauty Group, shows professional products and technology from European producers.

Who Exhibits and Who Buys

In recent editions the organiser has reported around 3,000 exhibitors from some 65 countries and more than 250,000 visitors, in a fair district of roughly 170,000 square metres. Italy is the home market and a global reference for cosmetics manufacturing, and the organiser positions the fair as a showcase for Made in Italy alongside a strongly international exhibitor list. Visitors come from the whole distribution chain: perfumery and drugstore buyers, department stores, e-commerce and social-commerce brands, salon owners, distributors and importers.

Educational Programme and Matchmaking

Alongside the halls, Cosmoprof runs a programme of talks and educational sessions on sustainability, technology and packaging innovation, including the Cosmotalks roundtables, and the Cosmoprof Awards recognise standout products. The Invisible Beauty is a special project of the organiser, and the CosmoFactory podcast follows innovation along the cosmetics supply chain all year. For buyers, My Match and the buyer programme turn the visit into a schedule of pre-arranged meetings.

Beauty Trends Shaping Cosmoprof Conversations

Four themes recur in supplier talks in Bologna. Compliance comes first for anyone selling into Europe, where cosmetics follow Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and where animal testing is banned, a subject we cover in our report on the EU ban on animal testing for cosmetics. Packaging is the second, with brands asking suppliers for recyclable and refillable formats. Fragrance is the third, as it plays a growing part in the wider beauty experience, and the fourth is technology, from AI skin analysis to virtual try-on and social-commerce tools. For the wider market picture, see our beauty trade shows calendar and market insights.

Planning Your Visit to Bologna

A visit works best when planned around the three salons, since the hair, nail and beauty salon show has run one day longer than the other two in recent editions. Because Cosmoprof also runs events on other continents, brands can follow the same buyers across regions, as the network section above shows. For the Bologna fair district and other Italian venues, see our Italy trade fair grounds directory.

Latest News for Beauty Industry Professionals

  • Beauty with a View in Dubai: more than 250 global beauty industry leaders gathered in Dubai for an exclusive networking event run by Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna. Read more →
  • CosmoFactory podcast adds The Invisible Beauty series: the weekly podcast about innovation across the cosmetics and personal care supply chain launched a new series built around the organiser’s Invisible Beauty project. Read more →
  • ICON’S 26 opened in Grasse: nearly 200 fragrance industry stakeholders and international guests took part in the opening of the fragrance event in the French perfume capital. Read more →
  • The 57th edition closed with 3,104 exhibitors: the March 2026 fair brought exhibitors from 68 countries together across more than 170,000 square metres. Read more →

Frequently Asked Questions

When is Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna held? The fair takes place once a year in Bologna, usually in March. Current and future dates are listed in our beauty trade shows calendar.

Where does Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna take place? It is held at the Bologna Fair District in Bologna, Italy.

Who can attend, and does it cost anything? Cosmoprof is a B2B event for beauty industry professionals. According to the organiser, visitors register through the official website, and ticket and registration terms are listed there.

What are Cosmopack, Cosmo Perfumery & Cosmetics and Cosmo Hair & Nail & Beauty Salon? They are the three shows inside Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna. Cosmopack covers the beauty supply chain, Cosmo Perfumery & Cosmetics covers finished perfumery and cosmetics products for retail channels, and Cosmo Hair & Nail & Beauty Salon covers professional hair, beauty, spa and nail products.

Is Cosmoprof held outside Italy? Yes. Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna is the main event, and the Cosmoprof network also runs shows in the USA, Hong Kong, India, Thailand and other countries. The full list is in the network section above and on the official Cosmoprof network page.

Can small or emerging brands find distributors at Cosmoprof? Yes. The organiser offers a buyer programme and the My Match matchmaking tool, and special areas such as Extraordinary Gallery and Italian Startup are aimed at independent and emerging brands.

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