Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles 2026

Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles – Autumn Edition is positioned as Asia’s leading home textile event and a gateway to the region’s home living market, built for professional sourcing, supplier comparison, and trend discovery in one venue. The 2026 edition is scheduled for 18–20 August in Shanghai and is hosted at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), giving buyers three concentrated days to cover core product categories and meet manufacturers, converters, and brand suppliers. The organizer also publishes 2025 show statistics that set expectations for scale and supplier density: 100,000 sqm of exhibition space, nearly 900 exhibitors from 20 countries and regions, and more than 35,000 visitors from 116 countries and regions. For procurement teams, this matters because home textile purchasing often involves multi-category decisions (materials, ready-made products, accessories, and design resources) that are best evaluated side-by-side, with immediate feedback on specifications, minimum production capability, lead times, and quality systems. The show’s positioning as an “effective trade platform” also signals a B2B-first environment where negotiation and supplier qualification are expected outcomes, not secondary activities.

The fair’s product-group structure is designed to reflect how home textile purchasing is actually executed: by application and end-use, not by a single generic “fabric” aisle. Official product groups cover bed and bedding-related products (including fillings and bedding fabrics), loungewear and bath, curtains and curtain fabrics, sun protection systems, upholstery and sofa fabrics, wall coverings and décor, leather (including furniture and automotive upholstery leather), floor categories such as carpets and mats, accessories including curtain hardware and trimmings, kitchen and table textiles, interior (non-textile) decorative items, and a design & technics segment that includes testing & certification and home textile machine devices. This thematic framing is particularly useful for buyers because it supports a practical visit plan: identify which product groups map to your current assortment or project bill of materials, then benchmark suppliers within that group on quality, design language, compliance readiness, and delivery reliability. The “design inspirations” and fringe programme positioning further indicates that trend content and technical exchange are part of the event value, which is relevant for brands and retailers who must align sourcing with seasonal collections and sustainability requirements.

Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles is jointly hosted by Messe Frankfurt, The Sub-Council of Textile Industry (CCPIT), and China Home Textile Association, and it explicitly targets industry professionals from around the world. The official visitor profile categories include agents/wholesalers, architects and interior designers, contract business buyers, department stores and supermarkets, e-commerce and online stores, furniture manufacturers, home textile and home product manufacturers, hotel/resort/restaurant buyers, import & export corporations, and retailers/franchisees. For exhibitors, this profile typically means higher-quality meetings focused on commercial execution: price frameworks, sampling and approvals, capacity planning, packaging and compliance, and ongoing replenishment capability. For buyers, the value is the ability to validate supplier fit quickly—both technically (materials, finishing, performance, certification) and operationally (lead time, QC discipline, export experience). Because the show attracts a broad mix of domestic and international visitors, it also works as a market intelligence checkpoint: buyers can compare not only products, but also positioning and pricing logic across countries and manufacturing clusters within a single visit cycle.

The official product-group list provides a clear map of what is exhibited and how to navigate sourcing priorities. Key exhibited areas include bedding sets and fillings (duvets, pillows, blankets, mattresses and related fabrics and accessories), towels and bath items, ready-made and fabric-based curtain systems including blackout and sheer options, sun protection solutions such as blinds and control systems, upholstery and decorative fabrics plus cushions and covers, wallcoverings and wallpaper, floor products such as area carpets and mats, and a wide accessories segment that supports installation and merchandising. Importantly, the show also includes “Design & Technics” content—home textile machinery devices (e.g., printing and sewing-related devices), CAD/CAM/CIM systems, and testing & certification—making it relevant not only for sourcing finished goods but also for buyers and factories upgrading production and compliance workflows. In practice, this breadth supports multiple buyer missions in one trip: sourcing seasonal collections, qualifying new factories, finding niche materials or trims, and aligning on test regimes and certification expectations that reduce post-contract risk.

The 2026 edition is held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) (NECC), a venue known for hosting large-scale B2B trade fairs and enabling structured hall zoning across many product groups. For visitors, NECC’s scale supports a “planned sourcing” approach: you can allocate time blocks to high-priority product groups (e.g., bed, curtains, upholstery, floor, accessories), schedule supplier meetings with minimal backtracking, and still leave room for trend zones and fringe programme sessions. For exhibitors, the venue helps with predictable footfall routing and supports business-heavy stand formats where sample review, negotiation, and order discussions happen on-site. The show’s published opening time (09:00–18:00) also helps procurement teams build dense meeting agendas across three days without operational uncertainty.

The fair is jointly hosted by Messe Frankfurt, The Sub-Council of Textile Industry (CCPIT), and China Home Textile Association, reflecting a combined global exhibition operator + national industry structure that typically improves both international reach and local industry depth. For participants, this matters because organizer credibility often correlates with stable exhibitor participation, structured visitor acquisition, and a consistent show format year over year—critical for buyers who treat the event as a recurring sourcing calendar. The official positioning also highlights the fair’s role in trend direction and market reputation within Asia’s home textiles sector, reinforcing its use not only for purchasing but also for benchmarking and collection planning.