2025 Brisbane Truck Show smashes attendance record

The Brisbane Truck Show has cemented its status as Australia’s largest industry exhibition and the biggest truck expo in the Southern Hemisphere, with the 2025 instalment attracting a record-breaking 54,790 attendees, smashing the previous high of 42,855 in 2023.

Notably, the all-time-high attendance was underpinned by record numbers of industry decision makers on Thursday (13,865) and Friday (15,551). Saturday recorded the biggest single day in the show’s 58-year history with an incredible 17,404 attendees through the doors.

Todd Hacking, CEO of show organiser HVIA, said the amazing result confirms the show’s standing as a truly world-class event.

“What started back in 1968 as an event to connect members with their customers has become much more than that – a week-long festival of all things trucking,” he said.

“Amazingly, it now ranks as Australia’s largest industry exhibition and there are so many other events that run alongside the Truck Show that make it a compelling opportunity for everyone to get together in Brisbane every two years – as evidenced by this year’s eye-popping attendance.”

The 2025 Brisbane Truck Show featured more than 35,000 square metres of exhibitions of the latest trucks, trailers, parts, accessories and related technologies across all three levels of the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) – the only event to fill out the entire centre.

Beyond the BCEC, Truck Week 25 extended the show into a hugely successful week-long festival of all things trucking including the Silverback National Show ’N’ Shine at Little Stanley Street, the Premier Boxing Series at South Bank Piazza, The Depot careers hub at TAFE Queensland’s South Bank Campus, the Heritage Truck Show at Rocklea Showgrounds, and the Heavy Equipment & Machinery Show at the Brisbane Showgrounds.