The latest Brisbane Truck Show, held last week, has broken all attendance records as the event solidifies its status as Australia’s largest industry exhibition.
The biggest truck show in the southern hemisphere attracted 54,790 attendees, smashing the previous record of 42,855 set in 2023.
A key driver of this new record was an all-time high attendance of industry decision makers on Thursday and Friday, where 13,865 and 15,551 respectively descended upon the Brisbane Convention Centre.
The Saturday proved to be the biggest single day in the show’s 58 year history as 17,404 attendees walked through the doors.
Todd Hacking, the CEO of show organiser Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia (HVIA), says the result confirms the show’s standing as a world-class event.
“What started back in 1968 as an event to connect members with their customers has become much more than that – a week-long festival of all things trucking,” he says.
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“Amazingly, it now ranks as Australia’s largest industry exhibition and there are so many other events that run alongside the Truck Show that make it a compelling opportunity for everyone to get together in Brisbane every two years – as evidenced by this year’s eye-popping attendance.”
The 2025 show featured more than 35,000sqm of exhibitions of the latest trucks, trailers, parts, accessories and related technologies. Filling out all three levels of the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, the show is the only event to span the entire centre.
Outside of the centre, Truck Week 25 extended into a week-long festival around trucks, including the Silverback National Show N Shine at Little Stanley Street, the Premier Boxing Series at South Bank Piazza, the Depot careers hub at TAFE Queensland’s South Bank campus, the Heritage Truck Show at Rocklea Showgrounds and the Heavy Equipment and Machinery Show at the Brisbane Showgrounds.
Hacking says the show’s success is due to the entire transport industry’s support.
“The objectives of the event are to improve safety outcomes, better industry perception, foster skills development and workforce participation, link peers and create new technology and innovation, and bring people together,” Hacking says.
“I couldn’t be prouder of every team member. But now we have to put that into action, so it is back to work on the important task of representing and advocating for the industry we love.”
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