SPACE 2025 Rennes: visitors, exhibitors and highlights
SPACE 2025 in Rennes, France, drew 102,528 visitors and 1,230 exhibitors from 40 countries to a show on livestock technology, feed and herd management.
16–18 September 2025, Parc-Expo de Rennes, Rennes / Bruz, France
SPACE 2025 brought 1,230 exhibitors from 40 countries and 102,528 visitors to the Rennes exhibition centre on 16–18 September for three days of livestock technology.
Visitors: 102,528
Exhibitors: 1,230
What happened at SPACE 2025
SPACE 2025 ran on 16–18 September at the Parc-Expo de Rennes, in Bruz on the edge of Rennes in western France. According to the organiser's closing report, the show drew 102,528 visitors and 1,230 exhibitors from 40 countries. SPACE specialises in livestock production and the technology that supports it. It works as a broad meeting point where livestock farmers, feed businesses, equipment suppliers and service providers come together under one roof.
The 2025 edition reflected how farm subjects connect in practice. Nutrition, buildings, animal health, work organisation and information management sat side by side, because on a working farm they operate together. Equipment made the most sense when judged by its effect on daily herd or flock management. Automation featured strongly, and the conversations around it were practical: automated systems change the nature of farm work, yet they still need supervision, maintenance and a sound reading of the data they produce.
The main audiences were dairy and meat producers, poultry and pig farmers, advisers, veterinarians and suppliers of livestock equipment and inputs. That broad mix let visitors compare approaches across sectors. Not every technology suits every species or scale, though. Work cycles, hygiene requirements and the use of data differ between cattle, pigs and poultry. Suppliers used the show to understand what distributors and farmers expect once an installation is commissioned, when ongoing support becomes the real test.
SPACE remains one of Europe's main reference points for livestock technology. The most useful conversations centred on animal welfare, workload, maintenance costs and the quality of decisions a farmer can make. More sensors do not automatically mean better management. The most valuable systems deliver information that is understandable, timely and usable in a specific situation on the farm. For many visitors, the show worked as a practical comparison of production approaches rather than a parade of new products.
Highlights
- 1,230 exhibitors from 40 countries and 102,528 visitors
- Nutrition, housing, animal health and farm data shown as one system
- Welfare, workload and maintenance costs at the centre of automation talks
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