Savills examines the Düsseldorf office letting market in the fourth quarter of 2025:
In 2025, take-up on the Düsseldorf office letting market amounted to 202,900 m². This corresponds to a decrease of 2.5% compared to the previous year. Compared to the ten-year average, sales were around 35% lower.
The vacancy rate rose by 20 basis points to around 8.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to the previous quarter, an increase of a significant 72 basis points year-on-year. At EUR 46.00/m², the prime rent remained at the level of the previous quarter. Compared with the same quarter a year earlier, it rose by 5.7%. The median rent was EUR 17.50/m², a decrease of 2.8% compared to the previous quarter and an increase of 2.5% compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
Dennis Meyerhoff, Director and Team Leader Office Agency at Savills in Düsseldorf, reports: "In 2025, Düsseldorf's office leasing market was less a year of major relocations and more of a year of pragmatic extensions. In the current environment, many users have secured flexibility by preferring a short-term extension to a long-term and often more expensive commitment in the context of a new lease. At the same time, the supply on the market is increasing and only about a third of the project pipeline for the next two years is pre-let. With the current demand, this foreseeable oversupply will hardly be able to be absorbed. This further strengthens the bargaining position of tenants, both for extensions and new leases. Accordingly, many landlords are responding with larger incentive packages, additional services or investments in the quality of space. For 2026, this tends to suggest stable average rents, while prime rents in the top CBD location are likely to continue to increase slightly."
Savills expects take-up of around 190,000 m² in 2026, a figure that is once again below the previous year's level. A further increase in the vacancy rate is expected by the end of 2026, not least because of the additional space from new construction projects.
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