[3] The trade show grew in size over the years, allowing many of the 13,000 companies which comprised the global furniture industry to showcase their wares in a single event.

[3] The current show occupies an area of nearly 230,000 square metres (2,500,000 sq ft), and includes 2,500 companies, along with 700 young designers at the SaloneSatellite,[3][6] a secondary exhibit which was founded in 1998 by Marva Griffin at the request of Cosmit [it] managing director Manlio Armellini.

The standpoint piece for Arco, a 106-year-old Dutch company, was the wooden furniture produced by the Israeli designer Shay Alkalay.

[12] The 2020 Salone del Mobile was initially postponed to June, and in March was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was affecting northern Italy particularly severely at the time.

That year, 20 pavilions were occupied with 2,173 exhibitors present (−10% compared to the 2019 edition), of which 27% were foreigners, mainly from Europe, the United States and Canada.

There were over 1100 registered Fuorisalone events situated outside the fairgrounds,[15] including the increasingly popular Alcova exhibition open in two historic Milanese mansions in Brianza, one of which being the former home of architect Osvaldo Borsani.