Targi Kielce has been included in the nationwide Gazele Biznesu (Business Gazelles) 2025 ranking – as the only exhibition centre in Poland. The ranking is compiled by Coface, a company with an established reputation on the international market, on behalf of the editorial team of Puls Biznesu. On 23 March, a gala ceremony crowning the publication of the ranking was held in Warsaw.
According to the experts’ analysis, Targi Kielce is recording stable revenue growth, can pride itself on effective management and is characterised by transparency.
“For Targi Kielce, a company operating in the meetings industry, which is strongly dependent on the economic climate, its presence in the ranking confirms its operational efficiency, business stability and ability to build an advantage in the sector. Companies in the exhibition industry base their operations on the activity of entrepreneurs and the quality of relations with partners, so we read our position in the ranking as a sign that the company is firmly rooted in the sector,” says Dr Andrzej Mochoń, President of the Management Board of Targi Kielce.
What sets a Gazelle apart
The companies included in the ranking are enterprises from the SME sector that have been operating continuously since at least 2023. In the base year they had to achieve revenues of between PLN 8 million and PLN 250 million, and over the last 3 years (2023–2025) record steady revenue growth. The basis is transparency of operations, consisting primarily in making available financial results that allow the condition of the enterprise to be assessed.
Poland and the Świętokrzyskie region
First place in the nationwide ranking went to the Warsaw-based company Petroenergy, with the next places taken by Ewrol, Flytronic, Atos Polska and Przedsiębiorstwo Budownictwa Przemysłowego i Ogólnego G-5. Targi Kielce, meanwhile, was placed in the top quarter of the ranking.
In the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, the company ranked 28th among the 91 enterprises from the region that made it into the ranking. The field is led by Przedsiębiorstwo Budownictwa Komunikacyjnego MOSTKOL, while the last company listed is Gminna Mleczarnia
w Pierzchnicy. The ranking features brands that are well recognised in the region, such as Pod Telegrafem, Formaster, Chemar Rurociągi, Uzdrowisko Busko-Zdrój, Przedsiębiorstwo Robót Inżynieryjnych FART, Polka Travel 1 and even Szpital Kielecki Św. Aleksandra (St Alexander’s Hospital in Kielce). The ranking proves
that there are companies operating in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship that can compete with enterprises on the national stage. However, the economic strength of the voivodeship is not dominant compared with other parts of the country.
The only trade fair organiser on the list
Importantly, the Kielce centre is the only trade fair organiser featured in the ranking. Kielce stands out against the whole of the Polish meetings industry – not only among the centres included in the Gazele ranking. The Kielce centre is one of 3 – out of 8 audited – that recorded a profit in the last year analysed. Targi w Krakowie earned PLN 46,000, and ZIAD Bielsko Biała, whose core business is hotels and tourism, PLN 2.2 million. The lead of Targi Kielce, which earned PLN 18.6 million, is overwhelming. Interestingly, Poznań International Fair, and thus the largest exhibition centre in Poland, came second to last in this comparison, recording a loss of PLN 14.5 million. Behind it is only Ptak Warsaw Expo, with a loss of PLN 18 million.
A key meeting platform
Targi Kielce hosts nearly 50 trade fair events and more than 300 conference and congress events a year. At these events, more than 5,300 exhibitors present their offer, and the centre is visited by more than 330,000 visitors from all over the world. The space rented over the course of a year amounts to nearly 240,000 square metres.
“These are parameters which show that the company today performs an important function not only as an event organiser but also as a platform supporting business contacts, the development of industrial sectors and the promotion of entrepreneurship. It is of considerable importance for the promotion of Poland on the global market. It is also one of the most important elements in the promotion of the city and the region,” lists Dr Andrzej Mochoń, President of the Management Board of Targi Kielce.