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2009 A.T. Expo Recap
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Attendance has consistently averaged over 10,000 towing professionals.

What is the quantity of attendees who come
to A.T. Expo?
The American Towman Exposition is the towing and recovery industry’s premier trade show and conference program in the world. Attendance has consistently averaged over 10,000 towing professionals, making the show three times larger than any other show in the industry.

Is quality reflected in the quantity
of the attendees who come to A.T. Expo?
The best way to describe attendees’ profile to the show is that more than 80% of all attendees are top management personnel of the tow businesses they represent. When you are talking key decision-makers, they are present at A.T. Expo. We fondly call them Tow Bosses.

Is the show always held in Baltimore?
Yes, the show is entering its 22nd year and 20 of them have taken place at the Baltimore Convention Center next to the famed and popular Inner Harbor. Major hotels, restaurants and popular attractions are within two blocks of the convention center.

Does the tow boss attendee also run other auto/truck related businesses?
Yes, while more than 90% of the show visitors operate towing businesses, more than 40% also operate autobody shops and/or auto/truck repair shops. More than 25% run heavy equipment hauling operations.

Where do the attendees come from?
More than 60% of the show visitors travel from the eastern states to Baltimore while almost 30% come from the rest of the U.S.

Do you have any international guests come
to the show?
Yes, we have seen as many as 20 countries represented at A.T. Expo in any one given year, making the show a truly international one in its attraction of the professional towing public and vendors from around the world.

Are you allowed to sell directly at the show
to the Tow Bosses?
Yes, many exhibitors sell right on the show floor while others take orders. Still others gather valuable leads for follow up after the valuable one-to-one conversations with show visitors at their booth.

Is the show the largest attended in the
towing and recovery industry?
Yes, A.T. Expo leads all shows in attendance, the number of exhibitors and the total display space, annually filling more than 200,000 gross square footage of the Baltimore Convention Center. It’s the show of shows in towing!

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