BNP Paribas Real Estate publishes market data for Q4 2025
The Düsseldorf logistics market recorded a pleasing overall result in 2025 in many respects: With take-up of around 335,000 m², the logistics region of the Rhine metropolis recorded both the third consecutive increase in take-up (+5% compared to 2024) and a significantly above-average result (19% above the ten-year average). This is the result of the analysis by BNP Paribas Real Estate.
The fact that the overall balance sheet with the highest take-up since 2017 (around 452,000 m²) was achieved is a further indication of the lively market activity in 2025 as a whole. Consequently, space outside the new construction sector accounted for around 69% of take-up,” says Christopher Raabe, Managing Director and Head of Logistics & Industrial at BNP Paribas Real Estate GmbH. Nevertheless, the major deals concluded by GV Logistik in Mönchengladbach (around 23,000 m²) as well as Chemofast Anchoring in Willich (around 18,000 m²) and Solago in the Düsseldorf city area (16,000 m²) show that new-build space has also made a significant contribution to the high market dynamics.
The high demand pressure on the limited premium space in the best locations in Düsseldorf’s logistics region has had a noticeable impact on the rent level. Against this background, the peak is now €8.70/m² (+2.4% compared with 2024). The average rent also continued to rise, reaching the €7.00/m² mark (+2.9% compared to 2024).
Logistics service provider with record volume
In terms of sector distribution, logistics service providers were the main drivers who were able to attract attention and achieve a new all-time high: with around 175,000 m² and a share of just over 52%, they accounted for the majority of the volume. Since the two major deals between Goodcang Logistics (43,200 m²) and Nordlicht (21,200 m²) in Mönchengladbach are attributable to companies in the retail logistics sector, the lower turnover (just under 61,000 m²), which is directly attributable to the retail sector (a good 18% proportionately), is put into perspective.
It is precisely this interface between retail and logistics that is currently providing very high demand impulses in Düsseldorf and across locations, especially among internationally active e-commerce players from the Asian region. In addition to the two top sectors mentioned above, the industrial sector is represented in the ranking as another important pillar of the logistics market with almost 16%. With the owner-occupier Chemofast Anchoring (18,200 m² in Willich) and the lease agreement of the producer of photovoltaic solutions Solango (16,000 m² in Düsseldorf), this sector also contributes two large-volume deals to the total volume.
Not only in terms of sectors, but also in terms of size categories, the Düsseldorf market can be attested to a wide range of letting activity. As a result, both the small segment (up to 8,000 m²; 32%) and the medium (8,000 to 20,000 m²; 42%) and large categories (from 20,000 m²; 26%) each receive high premiums.
Outlook: Demand remains good if market conditions play along, rents are likely to confirm the high level in Q1
“After a very good market development in the last 12 months and the fourth above-average result since 2021, the Düsseldorf logistics market is in the starting blocks for continued good sales in 2026. The broad distribution of demand across the size classes and quarters underlines that the leasing momentum has currently settled at a consistently good level and is less attributable to individual drivers or annual periods. The main reason for this is that the return of confidence in the logistics markets will not be put to the test again by geopolitical trouble spots. Developments that can have a global impact in particular always have the potential to have a noticeable influence on the framework conditions for or against leasing decisions due to the international networking of the logistics division,” explains Bastian Hafner, Head of Logistics & Industrial Advisory at BNP Paribas Real Estate GmbH.
In order to achieve a good balance again, especially in the larger space categories, the basis must also be created on the supply side in the modern segment or in the new construction sector. Although many properties were leased last year, some new projects and sublet space are also coming onto the market, so that there are currently no fundamental changes in the supply-demand ratio. The same applies to prime rents, where no significant adjustments are expected due to the already high level at the beginning of the year.
