GETTING TO KNOW IAPCO – WHAT HAPPENED IN 2020?
IAPCO’S 2020 STATISTICS The following statistics have been taken from a combination
The IAPCO Company Report and Annual Survey is
of the IAPCO Coronavirus Impact Survey (Dec 2020) and the
mandatory for IAPCO Members to complete as part of
IAPCO Company Report and Annual Survey.
their annual membership renewal process. It is designed to provide IAPCO with an overview of changes to our members’
The IAPCO Coronavirus Impact Survey was distributed to
organisations regarding their own company size, staffing and
IAPCO members in two parts, the first in July 2020 and the
administration changes over the year. The responses also,
second in December 2020. July provided IAPCO with mid-year
importantly, provide insight into the sentiment, foresights and
data on the immediate impact that the Pandemic was having
trends of members, their clients and suppliers all of which is
on IAPCO Member business and on their clients’ meetings and
analysed by IAPCO to ensure that the Association's products
events. IAPCO then distributed a 2nd Survey in December
and services meet the future needs of IAPCO Members, their
2020 in order to ensure a more comprehensive understanding
teams and the professional and business events industry
of the impact across the entire calendar year.
as a whole. This year’s Survey was completed by 87 IAPCO Members.
GENERAL DATA 13 309
36.3
Meetings Organised (physical, hybrid, virtual)
meetings per day on average
2019: 21 423
2019: 58.6
6 367 856
139
participants managed
member companies
2019: 6 797 266
2019: 135
OVER
40
countries
10 273 meeting professionals 2019: 9 700
Interestingly, the average number of participants per event increased dramatically from 317 during 2019 to 478 during 2020
National Meetings
International Meetings
Corporation meetings
Association
Corporation
meetings
meetings
35%
34%
44%
Meetings 16%
Meetings 5% 6
| April 2021
meetings 57%
Other
Governmental
Association
Governmental Meetings 5%
Other Meetings 4%
