· Take-up of around 42,700 square metres (+33 per cent year-on-year)
· Vacancy rate at 6.9 percent (-31 percent compared to the previous year)
· Rents with a slight downward correction
The Darmstadt office rental market, including Griesheim and Weiterstadt, achieved take-up of around 42,700 square metres in 2025 (with owner-occupiers, excluding lease extensions). This means that the result is around 33 percent above the previous year's result and about 20 percent above the five-year average.
Ann Skrollan Persicke, Team Lead Office Letting Wiesbaden, Mainz & Darmstadt at Colliers, says: "The development of the Darmstadt office leasing market last year shows a clear upward trend. For the first time since 2020, take-up of more than 40,000 square metres was recorded. A major deal for 14,000 square metres by Wella AG made a significant contribution to this positive development. With a share of 38 percent, the manufacturing industry is accordingly the strongest user group. This is followed by public administration and the information and telecommunications industry, each with a share of 14 percent."
Vacancy rate is below the 7 percent mark
The supply of office space available at short notice has declined significantly over the course of the year and currently amounts to around 133,400 square metres. This results in a vacancy rate of 6.9 percent (previous year: 10 percent). "The significant decline in vacancy, which had risen noticeably in the past two years, is due in particular to the increasing absorption of existing space. At the same time, the volume of new space coming onto the market remains limited. In 2025, only around 4,000 square metres of new construction volume were completed. However, these were exclusively owner-occupier developments, so no additional available space was added to the market," explains Benjamin Harms, Associate Director Office Letting Wiesbaden, Mainz & Darmstadt at Colliers.
