Classic-car show attendance ranges from hundreds at a local British-motorcar event to more than 180,000 at a major international exhibition. The figures below identify the event, geography, measurement period, and whether a number is an attendance result, a published benchmark, or a forecast.
Contents
- Major European attendance
- InterClassics Maastricht
- Bremen Classic Motorshow
- Goodwood Revival
- Beaulieu Autojumble
- British-car shows in North America
- Regional benchmarks and forecasts
Major European attendance
Rétromobile in Paris provides one of the clearest recent examples of growth at a large classic-car exhibition. The RÉTROMOBILE 2024 results reported more than 130,000 visiting enthusiasts for the 48th edition in France. The 2025 results recorded 146,000 visitors across 5–9 February, described as 12% higher than the 2024 edition.
The 2025 show also gives context for what that audience encountered: 2,000 cars and motorbikes across 80,000 square metres. Those are event-scale measures, not additional visitor counts, but they help distinguish a large exhibition from a local one-day gathering.
The Rétromobile and Ultimate Supercar Garage 2026 release reported 181,500 visitors for Rétromobile’s 50th-anniversary edition. The same source said 2026 attendance was 24% above 2025. The inaugural Ultimate Supercar Garage, held alongside the show, attracted 63,450 visitors. Because the garage ran alongside Rétromobile, that figure should be treated as a separate event measure rather than added to the Rétromobile total.
Selected European attendance figures
| Event and place | Period | Reported attendance or benchmark |
|---|---|---|
| Rétromobile, France | 2024 | More than 130,000 visitors |
| Rétromobile, France | 2025 | 146,000 visitors |
| Rétromobile, France | 2026 | 181,500 visitors |
| InterClassics Maastricht, Netherlands | 2023 | 35,408 buyers and enthusiasts |
| InterClassics Maastricht, Netherlands | 2025 | 40,538 buyers and enthusiasts |
| InterClassics Maastricht, Netherlands | 2026 | 44,323 buyers and enthusiasts |
| Classic Expo Salzburg, Austria | 2025 | Around 24,000 visitors |
| Salon Auto Moto Classic Toulouse, France | 2025 | 28,500 people |
The figures are not perfectly interchangeable: some organizers count visitors, some count buyers and enthusiasts, and some use a published audience benchmark. Keeping those labels intact is important when comparing shows.
InterClassics Maastricht
InterClassics Maastricht shows how attendance can rise alongside a stable dealer-led format. The 29th-edition announcement reported 35,408 buyers and enthusiasts in 2023. More than 300 classic-car dealers exhibited, while the featured presentation used 28 Ford race and sports cars.
The 30th-edition record announcement reported 40,538 buyers and enthusiasts in 2025. It also stated that this was 5,130 more visitors than the previous edition and a 14.5% increase compared with 2023. The 2025 floor had 300 vintage-car dealers.
The MECC account of the 2026 edition reported a record 44,323 buyers and enthusiasts. Its 2025 preview described more than 800 classic cars, youngtimers, and supercars across 35,000 square metres. The attendance series therefore moves from 35,408 in 2023 to 40,538 in 2025 and 44,323 in 2026, while the source labels the later result a record.
Bremen Classic Motorshow
Bremen offers a compact year-by-year series from the show’s press materials and its 2026 event report:
- 2023: 46,407 visitors.
- 2024: 45,740 visitors.
- 2025: 46,713 visitors, described as a then-record.
- 2026: 46,277 classic-car and motorcycle enthusiasts.
The highest figure in this four-year series is 46,713 in 2025. The 2025 press material also described about 730 exhibitors from around Europe. Bremen’s in-person show runs across three days when held in person, so its attendance is a multi-day event total rather than a single-day gate count.
This series also illustrates why “record” should remain tied to the stated edition. The 2025 number was called a then-record in the press material; the 2026 result was slightly lower, at 46,277, even though it remained close to the prior year’s level.
Goodwood Revival
The Goodwood Revival in England combines a classic-car show with historic racing and period presentation. The 2024 event roundup said the 20th Revival sold out, with 146,000 people attending across three days. An official 2024 exhibitor brochure described an annual audience of 150,000 visitors; that is a published benchmark, while 146,000 is the reported 2024 attendance.
The event’s scale is visible in its vehicle and program figures. The 2023 Revival Car Show displayed more than 3,000 classic cars on each of its three days, according to Goodwood’s event coverage. In 2024, 400 cars and motorbikes competed in 15 races, and competitors travelled from five continents, according to the roundup.
The exhibitor brochure reported 800 staff and performers on site during the three-day 2024 event and more than 10,000 costumes used by staff and performers. The 2024 Kinrara Trophy field contained 30 pre-1963 GT cars valued at nearly £200 million in total. Goodwood also said more than half a billion pounds of classic machinery appeared across the 2024 Revival. These value figures describe the machinery presented, not ticket revenue or the economic impact of attendance.
Beaulieu Autojumble
Beaulieu’s Spring Autojumble provides a British benchmark for a large specialist motoring market and display event. The 2026 report recorded 14,000 showgoers at the 30th Spring Autojumble. The 2025 report said the 29th edition gathered more than 13,500 visitors and exhibitors. The 2024 report also reported more than 13,500 visitors and exhibitors.
The 2023 press report recorded 13,000 visitors and exhibitors. Earlier reference points show a different scale for special editions: the 2021 International Autojumble report said more than 25,000 showgoers attended, while the 2018 Spring Autojumble report recorded 15,132 visitors and 2,905 exhibitors. The 2018 event also displayed about 300 Morris Minors.
These measures mix “visitors” with “visitors and exhibitors” depending on the source wording. They are useful as published attendance benchmarks, but they should not be interpreted as a standardized independent counting method.
British-car shows in North America
North American British-car events generally operate at a smaller local or regional scale than the largest European exhibitions. Toronto’s British Car Day page gives a published 2026 benchmark of more than 9,000 spectators at its annual one-day show and more than 1,000 British cars and motorcycles.
The 2026 Lewes British Motorcar Show listing reported approximately 700 spectators. For historical context, the Lewes 25th-anniversary newsletter reported more than 850 attendees over five hours in 2021. The same newsletter recorded 100 preregistered cars and 86 cars on the judging grounds.
The Santa Monica Pier’s 2023 show page reported more than 3,000 attendees in the prior year, referring to 2022. For the 2023 event, the page planned a display of more than 200 classic cars and scheduled the show for six hours, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The available North American figures show why event duration and geography matter. A one-day Toronto benchmark of more than 9,000 spectators is not directly comparable with a five-hour Lewes result or a six-hour Santa Monica schedule, even when all three are described as classic-car shows.
Regional benchmarks and forecasts
Several additional European figures place specialist events between local British-car days and the largest international shows. The Classic Expo Salzburg 2025 report recorded around 24,000 visitors over 17–19 October. The Salon Auto Moto Classic Toulouse page reported 28,500 people in 2025 and said attendance was 20% higher than the comparison edition.
The 2025 BVAC Classic trade handbook reported more than 10,000 show visitors and more than 1,000 classic cars. The same handbook said the 2022 50th-anniversary celebration drew more than 22,000 people as part of the Sir Jackie Stewart Classic.
The London Classic Car Show coverage reported more than 14,000 visitors over three days in 2021 and more than 500 classic cars presented that year. The same source reported more than 25,000 visitors for the inaugural 2015 edition.
One forward-looking figure should be kept separate from completed attendance results. Silverstone expected 15,000 fans across the 2026 BRDC Classic weekend. That is a 2026 forecast, not a recorded turnout. Together, these benchmarks show a broad attendance ladder: approximately 700 spectators at Lewes in 2026, more than 9,000 at Toronto’s published benchmark, more than 10,000 at BVAC Classic, around 24,000 at Salzburg, and 146,000 or more at the largest Goodwood and Rétromobile editions.