Atlanta · Georgia World Congress Center

Atlanta Trade Show Booth Rentals

Full-service, for the mega-show floor. One fixed number.

Custom exhibits for Atlanta and all of Georgia on one fixed, contractual price — design through dismantle, signed before we start and unchanged when it ends, sized to compete on some of the biggest show floors in the hemisphere. The venue’s own charges get estimated against your booth before you commit, so the total isn’t a discovery.

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Full-service · statewide

One full-service partner for all of Georgia

“Full-service” gets claimed by a lot of trade show companies in Atlanta; here’s what it means when it’s literal. Design, fabrication, graphics, AV, freight, supervised install, show-day support and dismantle — done by one in-house team, priced as one contractual figure, with the venue’s own charges forecast beside it before you sign. No vendor list to manage, no coordinator marking up subcontractors, no gap for your show to fall into.

And Georgia’s exhibitors aren’t all in Atlanta — they’re in Alpharetta, Marietta, Savannah, Augusta — but Georgia’s show floor is: the World Congress Center anchors the state’s calendar. Wherever your team sits, the model is the same, and the booth we design for Atlanta travels to your national dates at each city’s published price.

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Actually full-service

One team, drawing to dismantle. The person who designed your reveal detail works forty feet from the person cutting it — which is why revisions move in days and nothing falls between vendors.

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One figure, contractual

Design, build, graphics, freight, crews and management in a single fixed price — signed before work starts, unchanged at the end, and filed on a PO exactly as quoted.

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Verified before it ships

The complete booth stands in our shop and you approve photographs of it before anything travels — so what reaches Georgia is a checked build, not a hopeful one.

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Statewide, then nationwide

The World Congress Center, the Georgia International Convention Center by the airport, hotel shows across the state — and the same booth relaunching for your national calendar at known prices.

Atlanta pricing

The numbers, in the open

Fixed and all-inclusive for custom exhibit rentals in Atlanta. Print these, take them into your budget meeting, hold us to them — that’s what they’re published for.

Fixed pricing · Atlanta · all-inclusive
FootprintAreaFixed priceTypical use
10×10100 sq ft$13,000 – $15,500Inline. One demo point, lead capture.
10×20200 sq ft$20,000 – $24,000Inline. Demo plus seated conversation.
20×20400 sq ft$31,000 – $35,000Island. Two or three zones, four-sided.
20×30600 sq ft$33,000 – $38,500Island. Adds a semi-private meeting space.
20×40800 sq ft$38,500 – $49,500Island. Multiple engagement zones.
20×501,000 sq ft$44,000 – $55,000Island. Long-run product wall.
30×30900 sq ft$44,000 – $55,000Island. Enclosed meeting room, theatre seating.
30×401,200 sq ft$60,500 – $71,500Island. Flagship, double-deck capable.
In the fixed price Design & build
  • Booth design in 3D, revised until approved — free of charge
  • Fabrication in our own shop
  • Graphics production, mounting and QC
  • Flooring, furniture, lighting
  • Screens, mounts and AV hardware
Logistics & service
  • Complete pre-assembly with photo approval
  • Round-trip freight to your Georgia venue
  • Supervised install and dismantle
  • COI, EAC and show-services paperwork
  • A single project manager throughout
Billed by the show, not by us

The venue invoices these directly to every exhibitor, whichever exhibit company builds the booth. We estimate each line against your actual booth before you commit, then file inside the advance-rate window.

  • Booth space
  • Electrical drops and floor distribution
  • Material handling (drayage)
  • Rigging, if you’re hanging a sign
  • Daily booth cleaning
  • Internet
The second invoice

The delta your post-show audit always finds

Run the numbers on most exhibit projects after the show and the same delta appears: final spend versus approved quote, up a quarter or more. The venue didn’t cause it — venue charges are tariffed and predictable. The exhibit house did, in hourly labour that “ran over,” design help re-billed as change orders, and reprints priced like emergencies. One 20×20 island in Atlanta, both ways:

Typical exhibit house
Quoted before you signed$28,000
Install & dismantle labour overrun+ $3,300
Change orders from design rounds+ $2,300
Rush graphics and reprints+ $1,200
Site supervision, hourly+ $1,100
Actually paid$35,900
28% above the quote
Pure Exhibits
Quoted before you signed$31,000
Install & dismantle labourIncluded
Design roundsUnlimited
Graphics productionIncluded
Site supervisionIncluded
Actually paid$31,000
Exactly the quote

On the venue’s invoice in both scenarios: space, electrical, drayage, rigging, cleaning, internet — the show’s charges, tariffed and identical whoever builds for you. A vendor who “includes” them has buried them. We forecast each line for your booth up front and place the orders before the advance-rate window closes.

We quote higher and cost less. Audit us on it — the final invoice matching the quote is the deliverable.

Georgia World Congress Center · 285 Andrew Young Intl Blvd

Three buildings, one campus, hemisphere-scale floors

The GWCC is one of the largest convention centers in the Western Hemisphere — roughly 1.4 million square feet of exhibit space spread across three connected buildings — and that scale is the first design input on any Atlanta project. Which building you’re in, and where in it, decides your docks, your freight day and how attendees find you.

Buildings A · B · C

~1.4M sq ft of exhibit space · connected campus

Three buildings of halls, each with its own docks and character, linked by concourses that a mega-show fills end to end. We confirm your building and hall before anything books — the freight plan and the design both follow from it.

Scale that rewards visibility

Mega-shows · long aisles · tall ceilings

On floors this size, being excellent isn’t enough — you have to be findable. Hanging signs, height, lighting and strong wayfinding graphics earn their cost here more than in any mid-size hall in the country.

The downtown campus

Mercedes-Benz Stadium · State Farm Arena · MARTA

The Center shares its campus with the stadium and arena, with downtown hotels walkable and MARTA rail serving the district — which keeps client entertainment easy and show-week logistics short, even at citywide-event scale.

What we run for you here
  • Building and hall confirmation before anything books
  • Floor plan filings and venue approvals
  • Dock target times scheduled to your building
  • Electrical, rigging and drayage ordered at advance rates
  • COI and contractor paperwork per venue
  • Supervised install, show-day support, dismantle
Worth knowing before you plan

Atlanta’s labour market is friendlier to exhibit budgets than the coastal union cities — one reason the same footprint costs less to stand up here. The show’s general contractor still owns the floor rules, and at GWCC’s biggest events the service desks process thousands of orders; our fixed price carries the crews and supervision regardless, and our orders are filed before the advance-rate window closes.

The mega-show problem

At Atlanta’s anchor shows, the enemy isn’t your competitor. It’s the map.

Atlanta’s calendar is anchored by genuine mega-shows — IPPE fills the campus each January as the world’s largest annual poultry and protein expo, MODEX brings the supply-chain world every other March, IWF the woodworking industry every other August. At that scale, attendees plan their days building by building, and thousands of exhibitors compete for the same walking hours. The booth’s first job is to be found; its second is to be worth the walk.

The design brief that follows: visibility engineered in — height, hanging signage and lighting that read down a hundred-yard aisle; booth-number and location promotion built into your graphics; a meeting plan, because at mega-shows serious conversations are scheduled, not stumbled into; and every venue order filed at advance rates, since service desks processing thousands of orders reward the early and punish the late.

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Findable from a hundred yards

Hanging signs, height and lighting sized to the hall, not to a template — on hemisphere-scale floors, the booths that get walked to are the ones that can be seen.

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Built for scheduled meetings

Mega-show deals happen by appointment. Semi-private meeting space, a reception point that manages a calendar, and hospitality that holds a delegation turn foot traffic into pipeline.

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Early on every order

When thousands of exhibitors hit the same service desks, advance-rate deadlines are worth real money and late orders queue. Ours are filed early as standard — it’s scheduling, and scheduling is inside the fixed price.

Exhibiting across the Southeast? Orlando, Nashville and the Carolinas run on the same published fixed model — one booth design, one project manager, and every city’s price known before your year starts.

In their words

What event managers say after the show

★★★★★
“They never just build the booth and disappear — I always know I have someone on call and ready to jump in when the unexpected inevitably happens. That level of responsiveness makes a huge difference in high-pressure event environments.”
Amanda Horner · Three years of Adobe Summit booths · Google Review
★★★★★
“I’ve worked with Pure Exhibits for almost a year now, and have had such a great experience! They are our go-to for trade shows, and create memorable booths that represent our brand well. The team is incredibly responsive and reliable.”
Lexi von Schottenstein · Google Review
★★★★★
“It’s always a pleasure to work with Utsav. The process is simple, straightforward, and high quality. I have worked with them for 3 years now and will continue!”
Carlos Bautista · Three-year client · Google Review
★★★★★
“Their team is incredibly flexible throughout the design process and truly collaborative in bringing ideas to life. I highly recommend Pure Exhibits to anyone looking for a reliable, thoughtful, and experienced exhibit partner.”
Amanda Horner · Google Review
Atlanta show calendar

When to start, by show

Atlanta’s fixed points, with the planning runway each realistically needs. Around these, the GWCC carries a dense rotation of national conventions and industry shows year-round — name yours and we’ll pull its manual before we quote.

Verify months annually · rotating meetings not listed
ShowTypical monthVenueStart planning
IPPE (poultry & protein)Late JanuaryGeorgia World Congress Center5 months
MODEX (supply chain)March · even yearsGeorgia World Congress Center5 months
IWF (woodworking)August · even yearsGeorgia World Congress Center5 months

The mega-shows get five months, not four — visibility builds carry rigging and engineering that smaller booths don’t, and when thousands of exhibitors book the same services in the same window, the advance-rate deadlines arrive faster than the show date suggests.

Working backwards

The calendar that matters runs in reverse

Show dates don’t create cost pressure — order deadlines do, and the decisive one closes roughly eight weeks out, when advance rates on electrical, rigging and drayage expire. Everything else in the plan exists to arrive at that gate comfortably.

−6 MONTHSScope agreed, fixed figure signed, design begins.
−4 MONTHSHall confirmed; layout submitted for approval.
−10 WEEKSArtwork frozen and moved into print.
−8 WEEKSAdvance rates on show services expire. The gate everything aims at.
−4 WEEKSFreight slot and dock time locked to the current campus plan.
−2 WEEKSComplete build stands in our shop; photo sign-off.
SHOW WEEKInstall lands in your window; you arrive to a working booth.
Rush and last-minute

A month out is workable

Late vendor collapse, a show slot that opened up, a budget approved behind schedule — with design, fabrication and print in one building, an Atlanta booth can go approval-to-floor in about four weeks. Same quality gate (built and photographed before shipping), same printed price. Compressed timelines are our scheduling problem, not your surcharge.

  • Roughly four weeks, approval to show floor
  • Photo-verified pre-build, even on rush
  • 10×10 through 20×40 on compressed timelines
  • The published price holds — no rush premium
Questions exhibitors actually ask

Atlanta booth rental FAQs

How much does a trade show booth rental cost in Atlanta?
The table above is the answer: $13,000–$15,500 for a 10×10 through $60,500–$71,500 for a 30×40 — design, build, graphics, freight, crews and management in one contractual figure. The venue bills space, electrical, drayage and rigging separately to every exhibitor; we forecast those lines for your booth before you sign.
What does “full-service” actually include?
Everything between your brief and your dismantled booth: 3D design with unlimited revisions, in-house fabrication and graphics, AV, round-trip freight, supervised install, show-day support, dismantle, and all the COI/EAC/show-services paperwork — one team, one contractual figure. Not a coordinator of vendors; the company that does the work.
Do you cover shows outside Atlanta — Savannah, Augusta, the rest of Georgia?
All of Georgia, on the same published fixed model — the World Congress Center, the Georgia International Convention Center by the airport, and hotel or resort shows statewide. One booth design and one project manager serve your whole calendar, in-state and national.
Do I see the booth design before I commit?
Yes — a photorealistic 3D design revised until you approve, at no charge. Then the finished booth stands complete in our shop and you sign off on photographs of it before it ships to Georgia. The design conversation happens before the money conversation closes, not after.
Is freight to Atlanta included?
Round trip, inside the fixed price, never a line item. And because your booth stands complete for photo approval before it ships, what reaches the dock is a verified build rather than a kit of parts and hope.
Does it matter which GWCC building my booth is in?
Considerably — the three buildings have their own docks and freight days, and at mega-show scale, attendees plan their walking by building. We confirm your building and hall before design starts, then engineer visibility to the room you’re actually in.
What should IPPE and MODEX exhibitors know?
Two things: visibility is the design problem — on hemisphere-scale floors, height, hanging signage and lighting decide who gets walked to — and service volume makes deadlines expensive, because thousands of exhibitors hit the same desks in the same window. Start five months out and both are solved calmly.
Can you build double-deck booths at the GWCC?
Yes, for footprints from 20×20 up where the show’s rules allow — two-storey builds add structural drawings, venue engineering review and rigging coordination, all of which we run as part of the job.
Will a rental read as custom on the floor?
The structure is modular; every surface a visitor sees — graphics, lighting, finishes, layout — is designed for your brand. The gallery above is all rentals. You judge for yourself before it ships, from photographs of your actual booth standing in our shop.
Who’s with us during move-in and the show?
Our install supervisor runs your move-in window on the floor, and your project manager stays reachable through every show day. Pre-verified builds make move-in quiet — and when the floor produces a surprise anyway, the people who built the booth are the ones responding.
Fixed pricing · Georgia World Congress Center · Full-service

Your Atlanta booth, settled in one number.

Tell us the show and the space. Within 24 hours: design concepts, one fixed Atlanta figure, and the venue’s own charges forecast beside it — a budget your whole chain of approval can read at a glance.

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