DKM is the leading trade fair of the German finance and insurance industry: 305 exhibitors, 16,491 visitors from brokers to asset managers and two days that are all about relationships. There is no product to photograph here — there are people, conversations and stages. That is exactly what we photograph and film, so your sales team can use it for a year.
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| Dates | Tuesday 27 to Wednesday 28 October 2026 |
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| Opening hours | Tue 11:00–18:30 (decision-maker lounges from 9:00), Wed 9:00–16:00 |
| Venue | Messe Dortmund, Rheinlanddamm 200, 44139 Dortmund |
| Frequency | Annual, two days, trade visitors only |
| Profile | Leading trade fair for the finance and insurance industry: insurers, asset managers, broker pools, fintechs and service providers — 305 exhibitors and 16,491 visitors |
| Audience | Congresses, Speaker’s Corner, discussion rounds and Meet-up; visitors are brokers and agents, financial service providers, fee-based advisers, asset managers, bank advisers and estate agents |
| Our travel time | About 35 minutes from Essen — travel included in the package price |
Nobody sells a device at DKM. What counts is trust, faces and conversation. So our focus is on people: your sales team talking to brokers, your board on stage, the atmosphere of a stand where something is happening. We photograph wide open and without flash, so conversations are not interrupted and the images look natural rather than posed.
Added to that are the shots your marketing department needs all year: team portraits in consistent light, the stand before opening, your logo in the hall. These pictures replace stock photos in brochures and on LinkedIn — with real colleagues instead of models.
DKM lives on its congress programme. If your board member or product expert speaks on a stage, we photograph speaker and audience from several positions and, if you wish, film the entire talk — audio straight from the mixing desk, so you have a recording for your distribution partners and short quotes for social media.
Tuesday is the stronger day. We recommend a full day on Tuesday: stand shots and team portraits before the show opens at 11:00 (decision-maker lounges open at 9:00), then conversations, stage programme and interviews until 18:30. On Wednesday (9:00–16:00) two to four hours are enough for late appointments. Highlight video and first images are delivered on Tuesday evening — your post goes live while the show is still running.
DKM 2026 occupies halls 2, 3 and 4 at Messe Dortmund. The two show days follow very different schedules, and that should shape how you plan photo and video.
On Tuesday the trade fair opens only at 11:00, while the decision-maker lounges open at 9:00. The time in between suits stand shots and team portraits before visitors start arriving.
The congress programme runs from 13:00 to 18:00 on Tuesday and from 9:30 to 15:30 on Wednesday, spread across 17 congresses from pensions to AI. We plan coverage of your team's stage slots around these times.
On Tuesday the Meet-up evening event starts at 18:30 and runs until 1:00. If you meet clients there, you get relaxed images that look clearly different from the daytime stand photos.
On Wednesday the show, supporting programme and lounges run from 9:00 to 16:00. The morning is best used for pre-arranged interviews and client testimonials before the day closes in the afternoon.
DKM is aimed at trade visitors from finance and insurance: independent brokers, financial service providers and advisers. Still, get consent from recognisable conversation partners in advance so you can use the images freely later.
Information from the organiser bbg Betriebsberatungs GmbH (die-leitmesse.de) and Messe Dortmund, as of September 2026.
Consultation and networking on the stand — wide open, no flash, no interruption.
Consistently lit portraits of your sales team, right on the stand — a year's worth of stock-photo replacement.
Speaker and audience from several positions, the talk filmed in full with desk audio on request.
Architecture, logo and lighting before the doors open, with no visitors in frame.
30-second recap and vertical clips for LinkedIn, cut on the show day.
Receptions and stand parties in available light — atmosphere instead of flash.
A sample from our production: the event recap for your website and LinkedIn — below it, native 9:16 footage for Reels, Shorts and Stories, shot in parallel with the main coverage.
Event recap · YOOZ
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Brand event · YOOZ
Trade fair clip · Vapes Bars
Fixed prices, defined deliverables, predictable turnaround. All prices exclude VAT and include travel within North Rhine-Westphalia.
Add-on: On-stand interview + extended highlight video (approx. 90 sec.) €190
Payment: by invoice or online by credit card, details in the quote. No German VAT for non-EU companies; reverse charge for EU companies with VAT ID.
Tell us the date, your stand and what the images are for. You normally get a fixed-price quote within 24 hours, with no hidden line items.
We bring our own equipment, follow an agreed shot list and work discreetly, without interrupting conversations or demos. A first selection is ready while the show day is still running.
Finished photos and video for LinkedIn, PR, your website and social media via a private download link, at the latest 24 hours after the event ends. Two revision rounds included.
From €990 plus VAT for two hours of photo and video on site with at least 30 edited images and a 30-second highlight video. Four hours from €1,490, a full show day from €1,990. Travel to Dortmund is included.
People and conversations: your team with brokers, board members on stage, team portraits and the stand itself. That is exactly the material insurers and pools need for LinkedIn, brochures and distribution partners.
Yes. We take audio straight from the mixing desk and film speaker and audience. You receive the recording plus short vertical quotes for social media.
Yes. We shoot receptions and stand parties in available light without flash so the atmosphere is kept. Evening sessions are booked as additional hours on top of the day package.
Yes. Interviews, briefing and the entire engagement run in English — a large share of our trade fair clients come from outside Germany. Invoices with VAT ID for EU companies, no German VAT for companies outside the EU.
Send us your stand number, stage slots and the colleagues you want to feature. We will propose a time window and a fixed-price quote.
We normally reply within 24 hours. For short-notice bookings during a show week, please call.
