The Rental Show was recently named to the top 75 trade shows of all industries the American Rental Association announced last week. According to the Tradeshow Week 200, an annual listing of the 200 largest trade shows in the United States, The Rental Show 2005 in Las Vegas ranked No. 75.

More than 11,000 people attended The Rental Show in Las Vegas, held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Exhibit space was sold out, with 660 companies covering more than 280,000 net square feet.
The ranking for The Rental Show has increased for the past three years, with the 2003 show in Anaheim at No. 81 and the 2004 show in Atlanta at No. 77. The Rental Show 2007 is scheduled for Feb. 7-10, in Atlanta.

Tradeshow Week magazine tracks a variety of statistics on industry shows in the United States and Canada. The final Tradeshow Week rankings are the culmination of a yearlong process of compiling and analyzing data. Rankings are based on the total net square feet of paid exhibit space, total number of contracted exhibitors and total professional attendance.