HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition · McCormick Place, Chicago · April

HIMSS Trade Show Booth Rentals

Every health system CIO you want is on this floor. So is every competitor you have.

Fixed-price HIMSS exhibits — design, fabrication, graphics, freight, installation and dismantle in one number that doesn’t move. Pre-built, lit and photo-approved before it ships, so what stands up at McCormick Place has already stood up once.

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April 5-8, 2027Show dates · auto-updated
McCormick PlaceVenue
ChicagoCity
Advance orders close ~Feb 8, 2027
45K+Attendees on the floor
Healthcare ITThe buyers who sign contracts
24 hrConcepts and a fixed quote back
1Project manager, end to end
Know the floor before you plan the booth

McCormick Place rewards exhibitors who plan for its scale

HIMSS fills the largest convention centre in North America with an audience that moves on a schedule, not on impulse. Where your booth lands, how freight reaches it, and whether a CIO can find you between two education sessions all get decided months before move-in. The most expensive HIMSS mistake isn’t a bad booth — it’s a booth planned without knowing this building.

McCormick Place — the building

Marshalling yard · dock targets · union floor

The largest convention centre in North America runs on process: freight checks in through a marshalling yard, docks work to target times, and the floor is installed by Chicago union labour under strict jurisdiction rules. None of that is a problem if it’s planned — all of it is expensive if it’s improvised. We build the booth to install fast and file every logistics order early.

The HIMSS floor

Scheduled buyers · demo-first traffic

Health system buyers walk HIMSS with meetings already booked. That changes the design brief: your booth needs one message readable from the aisle, a demo a clinician can drive in minutes, and somewhere semi-private to sit when the conversation turns to procurement. We design for that rhythm, not for generic foot traffic.

The April calendar

Advance deadlines land in winter

An April show means the paperwork season is February: the advance-order window for show services closes roughly eight weeks out — the exact date is in the facts strip at the top of this page. Miss it and every service you order is billed at floor rates. Our production schedule is built backwards from that deadline, not from show week.

What we handle at HIMSS
  • Hall-specific design — sightlines planned for your actual placement
  • Layout submission and show approval, filed early
  • Electrical, rigging and material handling calculated and filed at advance rates
  • Chicago union labour coordination and on-site supervision
  • COI, EAC and exhibitor-manual deadlines mapped to our calendar
  • Marshalling-yard scheduling, dock target times, dismantle, pack and outbound freight
Billed by the show, not by us

Booth space, electrical, drayage, rigging, cleaning and internet are billed to every exhibitor directly by the show and venue — no exhibit house can absorb them and none should claim to. What we do is calculate them for your exact booth before you commit, and file every order at advance rather than floor rates.

  • Booth space
  • Electrical drops and floor distribution
  • Material handling (drayage)
  • Rigging, if you’re hanging a sign
  • Daily cleaning · internet
Why a fixed price matters most here

The budget you present in the fall should survive April

Big-venue shows are where exhibit-house invoices go to grow: labour hours over estimate, revisions rebilled as change orders, graphics reprints, supervision time nobody flagged. Our model is the opposite — the number you approve is the number you pay, contractually. Design revisions are unlimited until you approve. The quote and the final invoice are the same document.

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One number, and it holds

Design, fabrication, graphics, furniture, lighting, freight, installation, dismantle and project management in a single fixed price.

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Proven before it ships

Your booth stands fully assembled and lit at our 65,000 sq ft facility, and you approve photographs of the actual build — not a render.

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Show costs, known up front

Space, electrical, drayage and rigging calculated for your exact booth before you commit — so the total is a number, not a range.

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The paperwork is ours

COI, EAC, electrical, rigging, freight windows — filed at advance rates, mapped to every exhibitor-manual deadline. Nothing lands on your desk three days before it’s due.

We quote higher and cost less. That’s the whole argument, and it’s why every booth below is published with its price rather than hidden behind a “request a quote” form.

Available for HIMSS

HIMSS-ready booths, with real prices

Every booth below is priced for Chicago and available as a custom build for your brand — rented, not bought. Use the finder at the top of the page to narrow by size and budget.

Or jump straight to your footprint

One click — the catalog opens already filtered to your size and Chicago pricing.

Working backwards from April

Your real deadline is in February

The advance-order cutoff lands roughly eight weeks before the show — the exact date is in the facts strip at the top of this page, and it updates automatically each edition. For an April show that puts the binding decisions in the middle of winter, while most exhibitors are still finalising their annual plans. This is the timeline that keeps every order at advance rates.

SEP–NOV 2026Brief, concepts and the fixed price locked. Full design freedom.
DECEMBERLayout submitted for show approval — placement confirmed.
JANUARYGraphics finalised and sent to production.
EARLY–MID FEBDesign locked. Advance electrical, rigging and material-handling orders filed — roughly eight weeks out. After this, everything costs floor rates.
LATE FEBFreight window, marshalling-yard slot and dock target time booked.
MARCHBooth built, lit and photographed for your approval — before it ships.
SHOW WEEKCrew installs in your move-in slot. You walk in at handover.
Take this to every vendor

Five questions to ask anyone quoting your HIMSS booth

Put these to every exhibit house you’re comparing — including us. They separate the vendors that stand behind a number from the ones whose estimate is an opening position. Our answers are printed here so you can hold us to them.

1 Will you put the total price in writing before I sign — and hold it? Ours: yes. Every booth on this page is published with its price. The quote and the final invoice are the same number, contractually. Printed above · hold us to it
2 Do design revisions become change orders? Ours: never. Revisions are unlimited until you approve, and the price is locked before design starts — a better idea in January costs nothing.
3 Will I see my actual booth before it ships — or a render? Ours: the actual booth, fully assembled and lit at our facility, photographed for your sign-off before it ships to Chicago. Renders are promises; photographs are evidence.
4 Who files my advance show orders, and at which rate? Ours: we do, at advance rates, mapped to every exhibitor-manual deadline. At a venue the size of McCormick Place the advance-versus-floor spread is real money — if a vendor can’t answer this immediately, that’s your answer.
5 Can you tell me what the show and venue will bill me directly — before I commit? Ours: yes. Booth space, electrical, drayage, rigging, cleaning and internet are always billed to you by the show and venue, never by us — but we calculate them for your exact booth up front, so your total HIMSS cost is a number, not a range that grows in April.
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 booth programmes · 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
Questions HIMSS exhibitors actually ask

HIMSS booth rental FAQs

How much does a HIMSS booth rental cost?
Every booth on this page is published with its Chicago price — fixed and all-inclusive: design, fabrication, graphics, furniture, freight, labour coordination and project management. Separately, the show and venue bill you directly for booth space, electrical, drayage, rigging, cleaning and internet; we calculate those for your exact booth before you commit, so the total is known before you sign anything.
When should I book a booth for HIMSS?
Work backwards from the advance-order deadline, which lands roughly eight weeks before the show — the exact date for the next edition is in the facts strip at the top of this page and updates automatically. For an April show that means your design should be locked by early-to-mid February. Start the conversation in the fall for full design freedom.
What should I know about exhibiting at McCormick Place?
It’s the largest convention centre in North America and it runs on process: freight checks in through a marshalling yard, docks work to scheduled target times, and the floor is installed by Chicago union labour. None of that should worry you — all of it is inside our fixed price to coordinate. What matters is filing everything early, which is why our timeline is built backwards from the advance-order deadline rather than from show week.
Can I install the booth myself to save on labour?
McCormick Place floors run on contracted union labour with defined jurisdictions over what exhibitors may build themselves. Either way it isn’t your problem to arrange: labour coordination and on-site supervision are inside our fixed price, with show-service orders filed at advance rather than floor rates.
Will a rental look custom, or will it look reused?
Every booth is fabricated for your brand — custom graphics, layout, lighting and finishes on a modular structure underneath. The builds shown above are rentals. Before yours ships, it stands fully assembled and lit at our 65,000 sq ft facility and you approve photographs of the actual booth, not a render.
Our whole pitch is a live software demo. Can the booth support that?
That’s most of what we build — demo stations, screen walls and seated conversation areas designed around the workflow you’re showing, wired and tested during the pre-build so every mount, cable run and sightline is proven before it ships. One note for planning: electrical drops and internet on the show floor are ordered from the show and venue directly, like at every major show — we spec exactly what your demos need and file those orders at advance rates.
We book buyer meetings in advance. Can the booth include private meeting space?
Yes — enclosed or semi-private meeting rooms inside the booth are one of the most common requests for HIMSS, where health system buyers walk the floor with scheduled appointments. Meeting rooms, demo stations and storage are all part of the custom layout, inside the same fixed price.
What happens if something goes wrong during move-in?
Your project manager and our install supervisor are on site through move-in and reachable across show days. Because everything was assembled and checked before shipping, the problems that usually surface at this stage — missing hardware, graphics that don’t fit, panels that won’t seat — have already been found and fixed on our floor, weeks earlier.
A vendor just fell through. How fast can you deliver a HIMSS booth?
Four to six weeks from approval to show floor for complete pre-built, photo-verified booths from 10×10 through 20×40 — at the same fixed price as a six-month lead time, with no rush surcharge. Call us at (800) 379-8451 and we’ll tell you straight whether your date is makeable.
Fixed pricing · Pre-built & photo-approved · Full-service support

Exhibit at HIMSS with zero surprises.

Tell us your footprint, your hall if you know it, and what the booth needs to do. You’ll have design concepts and one fixed price back within 24 hours — including what the show will bill you directly.

Or call us directly — (800) 379-8451