Experts and water sports fans from 113 countries travelled to Düsseldorf for the show. With 1,500 exhibitors from 67 countries in 16 exhibition halls it presented a comprehensive image of the international water sports sector inspiring visitors.

An outstanding 94 percent of them said they were very satisfied with the ranges of powerboats and sailing yachts, surf and diving equipment as well as tourism and charter offerings (evaluation of the visitor survey at the trade fair).

An important hallmark of boot is its high international attendance in terms of both exhibitors and visitors. Over 63 percent of the companies and dealers at the fair travelled from other European countries and overseas to Düsseldorf, with the major producing nations Italy, the Netherlands and France in the lead.

A total of more than 200,000 people travelled to Düsseldorf from 113 countries for boot 2025, a third of them from abroad. The Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Great Britain, France, Turkey and Switzerland led the statistics in terms of visitor countries.