Natexpo · 2026

Agoris analysis · updated June 2026

Key takeaways

• Legacy slug: the Agoris slug natexpo-paris-2026 is kept for URL stability, but this listing covers the Natexpo 2026 edition in Lyon (not Paris), running from Monday 28 to Tuesday 29 September 2026 at Eurexpo Lyon. The trade show has been held annually since 2024, alternating between Lyon in even years and Paris in odd years: Lyon 2024, Paris 2025, Lyon 2026, Paris 2027.
• Condensed 2-day format retained since the 2024 Lyon edition (vs the historical 3 days). Official opening hours from the website: Monday 9am-9pm (including the festive Natexpo Tchin-Tchin evening 6pm-9pm), Tuesday 9am-5pm.
• Organiser: SPAS Organisation (founded in 1979, RCS Nanterre B393 528 062). Co-organiser: La Maison de la Bio (formerly Fédération Natexbio, renamed in 2024). Frequency: annual. Official strapline, verbatim: "Natexpo, l'éclaireur des Bio-tendances". The trade show is a member of IFOAM EU and Unimev.
• The 2025 Paris edition (Porte de Versailles, 30 Nov-2 Dec 2025) drew 10,843 professional visitors and 630 exhibitors, 25% of whom came from 23 countries. The 2026 Lyon edition is targeting a more compact format: around 400 exhibitors and ~7,000 professionals expected according to the organiser's website.
• The trade show covers the entire professional organic value chain: organic food, dietetics, food supplements, natural and organic cosmetics, organic ingredients, ecological and zero-waste products, vegan, loose/bulk goods, eco-friendly packaging.

Who exhibits

Typical profile

Natexpo is positioned as the international gathering for organic products in France. The exhibitor offering covers five structural sectors formalised since the 2003 reorganisation: organic food, dietetics and food supplements, natural and organic cosmetics, organic ingredients, ecological products. Alongside these pillars sit cross-cutting themes highlighted by the organiser: loose/bulk goods, zero waste, vegan, eco-responsibility, eco-designed packaging, local sourcing, deposit-return schemes, CSR.

The Lyon edition traditionally aims for a more compact format geared towards Southern European players (Spain, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland). The target announced by the organiser for 2026 is in the region of 400 exhibitors, compared with 630 at the 2025 Paris edition and 350 at the 2024 Lyon edition.

Notable exhibitors

The official list is available on the exhibitors page of the Natexpo website. At the 2025 edition, the Trophées Natexpo awards recognised, among others, Artisans du Monde - Solidar'Monde and Autour du Riz (Savoury groceries), Ecoidées (Sweet groceries), Ecomil / Europ Labo (Drinks), Supersec (Vegan category, new in 2025), Bord à Bord / Algue Service (Ingredients and raw materials), Endro (Cosmetics and hygiene), Nutrivie / Laboratoire Abiocom (Food supplements). The 2024 edition had recognised Terrasana.

Quality of the visitor base

A 100% professional visitor base on free badges (the trade show is reserved for professionals). Profiles targeted by the organiser: decision-makers and buyers from specialist organic retail, mass-market retail (GMS), collective and commercial catering, food trades, pharmacy / parapharmacy, and prescribers. The 2025 edition recorded 16% international visitors (vs 14% in 2023) and a +44% increase in visitors per exhibitor compared with 2023, a measure of business efficiency highlighted by the organisers.

Activities & community

Conference programme

The programme is built around sector conferences (organic supply chain, retail, regulation, product innovation) announced in the run-up to the trade show on the official page Conférences - Programme complet. The 2025 edition featured more than 500 innovations presented through exhibitors and the New Products Gallery, with more than 1,000 business meetings organised. The 2026 programme has not yet been published at the time of writing.

Awards & accolades

Les Trophées Natexpo, created in 2005, reward, verbatim, "the most innovative, useful, practical and original products" brought to market during the year. 2025 edition: 260 products in competition, 12 winners across 11 categories. Official categories, labelled verbatim:

• Fresh produce
• Sweet groceries
• Savoury groceries
• Drinks
• Food supplements
• Cosmetics and hygiene
• Ingredients and raw materials
• Ecological home
• Petites Pépites (reserved for start-ups and young brands)
• Vegan (category created in 2025)
• Special international mention (product from a foreign exhibitor)

A Public's Choice Award is decided by visitor vote, with the winner benefiting from an exclusive advantage of priority selection for a promotional batch. The awards come with a retail partnership involving Biocoop, Naturalia and other specialist organic chains, as well as exposure in Biocontact.

Satellite events

• New Products Gallery: a dedicated space bringing together exhibitor innovations previewed to the professional audience.
• Natexpo Tchin-Tchin: a new feature launched in Lyon in 2024, a festive Monday-evening event (6pm-9pm) with a musical atmosphere, returning in 2026.
• Le Lab: a start-up space with investor pitch days, a format introduced at the 2025 Paris edition and yet to be confirmed for 2026.
• Les Magasins du Coin: a flagship programme bringing together independent organic shops, launched in Lyon in 2024 with a contribution from Synadis Bio and Diapasonia, yet to be confirmed for 2026.

Community & networks

Institutional co-organisation with La Maison de la Bio (formerly Fédération Natexbio), a federation bringing together the French trade unions of the professional organic supply chain: Synabio (processors), Synadiet (food supplements), Synadis Bio (distribution), Cosmebio (organic cosmetics), Forébio (upstream supply chains).

Press and media partners displayed on the official homepage: Accord Bio, Bio Eco Actual, Biofil, Bio Linéaires, Biomonde, Circuits Bio, Info Durable, LSA, Le Monde de l'Épicerie Fine, Restauration21, RIA, Zepros. Institutional partners: IFOAM EU, Ecocert, La NEF.

What's new in 2026

A return to Eurexpo Lyon following the successful gamble of the compact 2-day format introduced in 2024. The Monday-Tuesday format is retained, with the Natexpo Tchin-Tchin evening returning. The specific programme and innovations for the 2026 edition have not yet been publicly communicated at the time of writing: the full programme is usually published 2 to 3 months before the opening.

On site: what you need to know

Access, parking, accommodation and shuttles: see the venue listing for Eurexpo Lyon.

Trade-show specifics:

• Eurexpo halls: the 2026 configuration is to be confirmed by the official floor plan published on natexpo.com before the opening (compact 2-day format, a smaller footprint than the 3-day Paris editions).
• Visitor badge: prior online registration is mandatory on the official website; the trade show is reserved for professionals (free with pre-registration, paid on site).
• Official opening hours: Monday 28 September 9am-9pm (including Natexpo Tchin-Tchin 6pm-9pm), Tuesday 29 September 9am-5pm.

How much it costs to exhibit

Exhibitor rates are not published publicly by SPAS Organisation: quotes on request via the contact page of the official website. Stand budgets vary depending on surface area, sector (food, cosmetics, ingredients, supplements, ecological), format (bare stand, fitted stand, start-up package via the New Products Gallery / Petites Pépites) and partner-pavilion options.

Preparing your visit

For the exhibitor

• 9 months out: make contact with SPAS Organisation, choose the sector (food, dietetics/supplements, cosmetics, ingredients, ecological) and the stand footprint.
• 6 months out: enter the Trophées Natexpo (260 products in competition in 2025, online submission on natexpo.com), confirm package and location.
• 4 months out: stand brief, possible inclusion in partner pavilions (Maison de la Bio unions), application to the New Products Gallery.
• 2 months out: team accreditations, accommodation in Lyon Est or central Lyon (high hotel demand around Eurexpo in late September).
• 3 weeks out: finalise demo materials, prepare meetings via the official matchmaking platform (1,000+ meetings organised in 2025).

For the decision-maker visitor

• Free professional badge on prior registration; the trade show is reserved for professionals.
• 2-day format: allow at least a full day to cover the five sectors and the New Products Gallery.
• Identify the exhibitors to target in advance via the official list and the announced Trophées Natexpo winners.
• Monday evening = Natexpo Tchin-Tchin: an informal networking moment to add to your schedule (6pm-9pm).

Policy & CSR initiatives

Natexpo positions CSR as a structural cross-cutting theme, consistent with its remit (the professional organic supply chain). The themes of eco-responsibility, eco-designed packaging, deposit-return schemes, loose/bulk goods, zero waste and local sourcing are highlighted verbatim on the official homepage as dedicated sector topics.

The Special international mention at the Trophées Natexpo and the Vegan category (created in 2025) reflect an editorial intent towards sector openness. Co-organisation with La Maison de la Bio, a professional federation whose core purpose is to defend the French organic supply chain, constitutes a CSR alignment intrinsic to the trade show.

As things stand, the official website does not publish a formal "CSR commitments" page dedicated to the event (eco-event charter, carbon assessment, operational measures). Worth watching: the possible publication of a charter by SPAS Organisation or Eurexpo Lyon in the run-up to the 2026 edition.

How the trade show has evolved

Trajectory analysis

Natexpo is part of a long history: a first dietetics trade show appeared in 1957, renamed Dietexpo in the late 1980s at Porte de Versailles. The show took its current name, Natexpo, and adopted its 5-sector structure in 2003. It was for a long time a biennial Paris event, before being made annual with the introduction of Lyon in even years to better capture Southern Europe.

The current rhythm is now settled: Lyon in even years (compact 2-day format, 350-400 exhibitors), Paris in odd years (3-day format, 600-650 exhibitors). The 2024 Lyon edition was a successful test of the condensed format; the 2025 Paris edition confirmed the return to Porte de Versailles with an attendance level comparable to 2022 (10,843 visitors vs ~10,000) despite a context of an organic sector under pressure.

The historical organiser remains SPAS Organisation, an independent company founded in 1979, owned since 2010 by Patricia Berthomier-Massip. No acquisition by a major events operator (Comexposium, GL Events, RX) has been documented to date, unlike other French sector trade shows. The co-organiser La Maison de la Bio (renamed in 2024, formerly Fédération Natexbio) anchors the event's institutional legitimacy within the supply chain.

The 2026 editorial positioning remains faithful to the official strapline, verbatim, "Natexpo, l'éclaireur des Bio-tendances": a strictly professional trade show, rooted in the supply chain, positioned as the reference gathering for organic buyers and decision-makers in France and Southern Europe.

Unless otherwise stated, all factual data in this listing comes from the organiser's official website (natexpo.com).