KBIS 2027Exhibitor guide for Las Vegas: booth costs, key dates, deadlines

KBIS 2027 runs Tuesday, February 2 through Thursday, February 4, 2027, with the expo floor running from 9 in the morning until 5 every day and the Voices from the Industry conference running alongside. KBIS 2028 is set for February 22–24, 2028, also in Las Vegas with IBS.

KBIS 2027 is back on the LVCC campus on Paradise Road, where it co-locates with the NAHB International Builders' Show as Design & Construction Week. The same week, TISE runs at Mandalay Bay on the south Strip, so plan travel time between venues if your team covers both.

NKBA members pay $55.50 per square foot for indoor space at KBIS 2027 and non-members $63.00; outdoor space is $39.00 and $44.00. Each booth also carries an $800 Basic Marketing Fee and a $725 Lead Capture Fee. Our build sits on top: a 20×20 custom island typically runs $50,000 to $120,000.

By priority points, tallied on February 2, 2026: five points per 10×10 unit taken at KBIS 2026, five per year of participation, 20 for NKBA membership, ten per Best of KBIS or Best Booth award, and more for sponsorship spend. Higher totals choose earlier; co-exhibitors earn no points.

Linear, corner and perimeter spaces include a back drape eight feet tall, side rails three feet tall and a 7×44-inch ID sign; split islands, peninsulas and end-caps get the back wall and sign; islands get neither. KBIS is a No Concrete Show, so every booth needs its own flooring.

Only in island, split-island or peninsula booths of 400 square feet or more; end-caps and linear booths never qualify. Freeman is the exclusive rigger, and signs ship separately to the Freeman advance warehouse. Non-compliant designs need a variance through the Booth and Hanging Sign Variance Request Form.

The Clean Floor Policy sets 5 p.m. on Monday, February 1, 2027 as the finish line, with empty crates and skids labeled and removed by 3 p.m. that day and ladders out of the hall by 7 a.m. Tuesday. Freeman then lays aisle carpet, and there are no exceptions.

Your full-time employees may install and dismantle by hand or with a company-owned, non-motorized two-wheeled cart; pallet jacks and powered equipment go through Freeman. Any outside builder must be registered through the EAC Notification Form with its certificate of insurance and wear the daily EAC wristband.

Not before the 5 p.m. close on Thursday, February 4; early dismantling can bring monetary penalties or lost priority points. Move-out runs 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. that Thursday, then Friday and Saturday, ending at noon Sunday, February 7, with Freeman coordinating every vehicle at the docks.

Design & Construction Week, KBIS plus IBS, recorded 117,000 registrants, 2,250 exhibitors and 1,150,000 net square feet in Orlando in 2026, after a record 124,000+ in 2025. KBIS itself cites 55,000+ verified attendance and 650+ brands for its 2027 edition.

KBIS is open to industry professionals only, and registration is non-refundable with no substitutions. Children under 18 may attend if supervised at all times and registered on site. Unauthorized photography or video of booths is not allowed without the exhibitor's permission.

Convention center meeting rooms are booked through your KBIS sales executive, first come, first served. Rooms in the KBIS hotel block go only to KBIS 2027 exhibitors, need show management approval through the hotel, and cannot overlap expo hours on February 2–4.

EventSphere is the official housing agent for KBIS, and reservations go through the show's Hotel Reservations page. The Westgate is connected to the LVCC by walkway with its own Monorail stop, and the Renaissance sits next to the Central Hall entrance.

For kitchen and bath brands selling to designers, dealers and remodelers, it is North America's largest show for the category, and Design & Construction Week puts IBS builders in the same halls. KBIS reports 200+ international exhibitors and 100+ first-time exhibitors each year.