Commercial Vehicle Show

At the Commercial Vehicle Show, known as CV Show, you can see vans, trucks, trailers, parts and fleet technology from more than 350 exhibitors over three days in Halls 4 and 5 at NEC Birmingham. Nineteen Group owns and runs CV Show in partnership with the Road Haulage Association (RHA) and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). It is a trade exhibition for road freight, distribution and logistics, and the organiser says it has been running for 26 years and lists over 10,000 products and solutions and more than 150 speakers.

CV Show 2027 dates and opening times

If you work in the industry, you get in free on all three days.

• Tuesday 20 April 2027: 09:30 to 17:00
• Wednesday 21 April 2027: 09:30 to 17:00
• Thursday 22 April 2027: 09:30 to 15:30

The show is for the industry only and is closed to the general public. Under-16s are not admitted, and students aged 16 or over can attend only as a chaperoned group with the organiser’s prior agreement. Once you register, you receive an email with a barcode and your badge is printed on arrival, and you can also register on the day.

Who visits and what is on show

If you exhibit, you can reach the people who run fleets. The show is aimed at fleet owners, directors, senior managers, engineers and anyone who runs commercial vehicles as part of their business. According to the organiser, nearly 15,000 people attended in 2026 and 87% were influencers or key decision-makers. Job titles it quotes from that audience include heads of fleet at Network Rail and Mitie and the fleet procurement director at Royal Mail.

Exhibits run from vans, trucks and trailers to OE components, replacement parts and workshop equipment. The visitor programme is grouped into six themes: fleet electrification, alternative fuels such as HVO and hydrogen, smart fleet technology, driver safety and compliance, logistics and last mile, and future mobility. Ride and Drive gives you the chance to try new vehicles, with further live demonstrations on the show floor.

Features and content stages

You can pick sessions to suit your fleet from six content stages. The 2026 edition brought in a new floorplan and new zones. Conference sessions cover decarbonisation, digital strategy, workforce development, safety, finance and diversity, and seminars run across the six stages, among them the Main Stage, Technical Stage and Decarbonisation Theatre. Named features include:

• the Future Fleet Arena, showing technology for future road transport
• the Driver Safety Theatre, with free sessions on fatigue, mental health, incident prevention and compliance
• the Greenfleet Decarbonisation Hub, the EV Cafe Village and a Workshop Zone
• a Networking Hub in the centre of the exhibition

Bus & Coach Expo on the same pass

Your free pass also admits you to the Bus & Coach Expo, which shares the halls with CV Show and covers passenger transport. Its programme includes a Bus & Coach Leaders Forum for senior figures in the sector. Before registering, our note on what a co-located exhibition ticket covers may help. Passenger transport buyers may also look at Euro Bus Expo, at the NEC from 3 November 2026.

Exhibiting

As an exhibitor you get advice from the sales team on stand size, location and zone to suit your product category. Companies book through a stand enquiry form, and a floorplan is available on request. The organiser reports that 91% of exhibitors were satisfied with their experience and 82% with the quality of visitors. Vehicle exhibits enter the halls under timed access arranged with the organiser, and deliveries to the rear of the halls are booked through the NEC’s Voyage Control system, so the guide to planning stand delivery and installation is worth reading early.

Getting there and on-site facilities

You can come by rail or car, and the show site lists parking at the NEC. For the 2026 show, Avanti West Coast offered visitors 20% off Advance fares to Birmingham International or Birmingham New Street. Blue badge parking is opposite the hall entrance near Hall 5. A cloakroom beside Hall 5 charges £1 per item per day, and the Piazza between Halls 4 and 5 has restaurants and a newsagent.

Other transport shows in Birmingham

You can find more NEC shows in the sector in our transport and logistics calendar, where CV Show sits. They include IntraLogisteX from 17 March 2027 and Multimodal from 29 June 2027. More dates are in the Birmingham trade show listings.

Source: cvshow.com, cvshow.com/visit, cvshow.com/visit/faqs, cvshow.com/exhibit