MCB by Beaute Selection, formerly Mondial Coiffure Beaute, is the leading French trade show for hairdressing and beauty, held at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles; the 2026 edition runs 10 to 12 October 2026, with more than 450 exhibitors and 50,000 attendees expected (organiser figures).
MCB by Beaute Selection, previously known as Mondial Coiffure Beaute, is a professional trade show dedicated to hair, skincare, makeup and nails, held annually at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. It is described as the leading event in the world of hair and beauty (per mcbbybeauteselection.com and clocate.com, checked 21 September 2026).
The 2026 edition runs 10 to 12 October 2026. The venue is Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.
Not documented with a source this research could open directly. WebFetch (direct page retrieval) was blocked network-wide throughout this session, so the organiser's own "About" page could not be read directly. One search summary referenced "the WTO" as organiser, which is very likely a mistranscription or unrelated result and is not used as fact here. This entry should be corrected once the official site can be read directly.
Organiser figures cite more than 450 exhibitors and 50,000 attendees for 2026, with more than 1,300 international competitors from over 40 countries in a competition programme (per messemasters.com; unverifiable information, organiser figures not independently audited). The audience is hairdressing and beauty professionals: salon owners, stylists, make-up artists and beauty product buyers.
Not documented in detail against the previous edition in the sources checked this session.
Not fully documented in this research pass; the show combines an exhibition floor with a competition programme (reported at 1,300-plus international competitors from more than 40 countries).
Documented formats: exhibitor stands and a hairdressing and beauty competition programme. No further structural detail (stage count, workshop tracks) was found in this research pass.
The competition programme (1,300-plus international competitors) runs alongside the exhibition floor as the show's signature side programme. No further satellite event was found in this research pass.
Not publicly disclosed in the sources checked this session.
Not publicly disclosed. No call-for-speakers page was found in the sources checked; the competition programme has its own entry process, not confirmed in this pass.
Not publicly disclosed with a specific contact in this research pass.
Not publicly disclosed. No named sponsor list for 2026 was found in the sources checked.
No independently audited breakdown was found. The organiser's own framing points to hairdressing and beauty brands, salon equipment suppliers and product manufacturers.
Not publicly disclosed. No press accreditation page was found in the sources checked.
Coverage found in this pass is trade-listing content (neventum.com, viparis.com, eventseye.com, clocate.com, cns.travel, messemasters.com, brightfairs.com), naming dates and organiser-supplied figures without independent verification.
Weak as independent verification. No media partner is recorded against this event in the database. The trade-listing outlets found restate organiser-linked figures without their own audit.
Buyers outside hairdressing, beauty or personal care: the show is scoped specifically to that sector.
MCB by Beaute Selection runs 10 to 12 October 2026 at Porte de Versailles, between BIG Bpifrance (8 October, Accor Arena) and the TechSolutions cluster (14 to 15 October, also Porte de Versailles), both tracked elsewhere on EventsIndex.
Not documented in the sources checked this session.
Not explicitly documented; as a major French trade show with an international competition programme, French and English are both likely working languages, but no organiser statement confirming this was found.
Not publicly disclosed. No livestream or on-demand offer was found in this research pass.
Not publicly disclosed. No refund or cancellation clause was found in the sources checked.
No event-specific accessibility statement was found. Paris Expo Porte de Versailles has general accessibility provisions common to major Paris venues, but no MCB-specific accommodation process was confirmed.
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles is at 1 Place de la Porte de Versailles, Paris, served by Metro Line 12 (Porte de Versailles station).
Because it is positioned as the leading French event in hair and beauty, combining more than 450 exhibitors (organiser figure) with an international competition programme of 1,300-plus competitors, giving a salon owner or stylist both a sourcing floor and a benchmark of competitive craft in one visit.
Because the 450-plus-exhibitor and 50,000-attendee figures found in this research are organiser figures repeated across trade listings, with no independent audit found, and the operating company behind the show was not confirmed by a source this research could open directly.
Official site: mcbbybeauteselection.com. This research could not fetch mcbbybeauteselection.com directly (see Notes); readers should treat the official site as the primary source ahead of anything summarised here.