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National Restaurant Association - NRA Show 2027

Also known as NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits · NRA - National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show

Dates22–25 May 2027Dates announced · read on nationalrestaurantshow.com · checked 11 Nov 2026
VenueMcCormick PlaceChicago, Illinois · where the 2015 edition was; venue not yet confirmed
RunningSince 2011Annual · 6 editions on record
Last checked11 Nov 2026Its website has moved
Dates announced by the organiser. We read them on nationalrestaurantshow.com on 11 Nov 2026. Dates can change; we check again as the show gets closer.

Key numbers

Exhibitors
2,000in 2011, organiser's figure
Visitors
58,000in 2012, organiser's figure
Floor space
45.000 SQM.in 2011, organiser's figure
Editions on record
6first in 2011

About National Restaurant Association - NRA Show

Experience

Plan to find everything you wanted. Expect to encounter new ways to do your brand of foodservice even better. And prepare to have a lot of fun.

Why Exhibit

Websites, e-mails and spec sheets are standard sales strategy everywhere. But the hospitality industry is all about face-to-face interaction, full of professionals who love to do business that way—so the we come together each year for four special days.

Here, warm handshakes replace cold calls. Strangers who taste, touch and try out your products become top prospects. And your experts can engage an interested, funded, buyer audience in-person.

The right attendee could make your year. The right mix of their 44,000+ peers could make your business.

Exhibitor List

A Closer Look

A Supreme Oil Company

A&D Weighing

A.C. Furniture Company

A.J. Antunes & Co.- ROUNDUP & VIZION

A-1 AccuTech Inc.

AARCO Products Inc.

Aardvark Paper Drinking Straws

ABC Research Laboratories

ABC Trading Solutions

Accardis Systems, Inc.

and many more...

From our listing of the 2015 edition. Details may have changed since.

Editions

YearDatesWhereExhibitorsVisitors
202722–25 May 2027
Dates announced
McCormick Place
Chicago, Illinois
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201516–19 May 2015McCormick Place
Chicago, Illinois
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201417–20 May 2014McCormick Place
Chicago, Illinois
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201318–21 May 2013McCormick Place
Chicago, Illinois
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20125–8 May 2012McCormick Place
Chicago, Illinois
—58,000
201121–24 May 2011McCormick Place
Chicago, Illinois
2,00040,000

Past editions from the bvents archive (2008–2019) and organiser figures where they were published.

Questions

When is National Restaurant Association - NRA Show?

22–25 May 2027 — dates announced on the organiser's website.

Where is it held?

The 2015 edition was at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois. The organiser hasn't confirmed the venue for this edition yet.

How often does it take place?

Annual, judging by the 6 editions on record since 2011.

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