How high are commercial rents in Dresden?
Dresden's commercial rental market in four figures
Median office asking rent, Dresden (n=20)
office rent gradient, centre → north
median hall rent, Dresden north — above prime logistics rent
typical service charges (observed 1.30–4.20)
How much is commercial rent in Dresden?
All figures are net cold rents in €/m² per month from publicly accessible listings (July 2026), analysed in the framework of the Dresden Chamber of Commerce (IHK) rent survey: 2/3 range, median, sample size and a data-quality rating — so nobody has to work with false precision.
| Type of use | 2/3 range | Median | n | Data quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail space (central + district locations) | 12,00–16,00 | 13,97 | 5 | C — indicative |
| Office / administrative space | 9,47–15,00 | 12,25 | 20 | A — robust |
| Practice / client / salon space | 6,00–13,00* | 10,00 | 3 | D — qualitative only |
| Restaurant / café space | 18,00–22,00* | 20,00 | 2 | D — qualitative only |
| Halls (storage + production) | 4,50–12,99 | 9,50 | 9 | C — indicative |
* simple range (n<5). Rating: A = n≥20 from several sources · B = n≥10 · C = n≥5 · D = individual cases. C/D values are market signals, not guideline values.
How do rents differ by location?
Dresden is not a uniform market. We assign every listing to one of five macro zones — revealing what city-wide averages hide. Figures shown as range · median (sample size); cells with few cases are market signals.
| Type of use | City centre | Inner ring & Neustadt | District locations | North/Klotzsche | Commercial zones S/E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office | 12,50–20,00 · Md 15,00 (5) | 5,00–18,00 · Md 12,00 (8)¹ | 9,47–12,00 · Md 10,25 (4) | 8,50–9,95 (2) | — |
| Practice | 13,00 (1) | — | 6,00–10,00 (2) | — | — |
| Retail | 16,00–18,00 (2) | 13,97 (1) | 10,00–12,00 (2) | — | — |
| Gastronomy | 18,00–22,00 (2) | — | — | — | — |
| Hall (storage + production) | — | — | — | 5,00–13,48 · Md 9,50 (7)² | 3,56–4,50 (2) |
¹ Wide range is quality-driven — includes basic standards from €5.00/m². ² New-build first occupancy up to €13.48/m². Zones are currently district-based; the next edition will use commercial land-value zones as objective boundaries.
The key finding
For offices, medians fall from the centre (€15.00/m²) via the inner ring (12.00) and district locations (10.25) to the north (~9.20) — a location gradient of roughly 40 percent. For halls the gradient is inverted: small new-build units in Dresden's north achieve up to €13.48/m² — more than double the prime logistics rent for large facilities (€6.10–6.30/m², CBRE/JLL). That is the semiconductor effect in the rental market — visible not in prime rents, but in the small-unit segment.
And beyond Dresden? Commercial rents in the chamber district
No professional market reports exist for the districts around Dresden — our survey provides first asking-rent medians. Levels outside Dresden run at roughly half to a third of the city's, with wide variation between districts.
| District | 2/3 range | Median | n | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bautzen district | 5,90–6,00 | 6,00 | 3 | Bautzen, Wachau; Radeberg only on request |
| Görlitz district | 1,21–6,50 | 3,45 | 5 | Weißwasser, Zittau, Niesky — lowest level |
| Meißen district | 5,02–12,00 | 8,00 | 7 | Riesa, Radebeul, Coswig, Nünchritz — highest level outside Dresden |
| Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains | 4,14–8,00 | 7,27 | 3 | Pirna (prime: 8.00); Freital only on request |
Why do sources quote such different prime rents?
€23, €20, €13.50 — very different figures circulate for “the office rent in Dresden”. These are not contradictions but different definitions. This overview puts the key published values in context:
| Source | Metric | Value €/m² | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| BNP Paribas RE (Q4/2025) | Prime office rent | 23,00 | top lettings, city centre |
| DZ HYP / bulwiengesa (2024) | Prime office rent | ~20,00 | sustainable prime rent |
| IVD Mitte-Ost (2024) | Office, good utility class | 13,50 | guideline value, existing stock |
| Eigene Erhebung (07/2026) | Office, median asking rent | 12,25 | all sizes/standards incl. SME segment |
| Aengevelt | Retail, prime Prager Straße | 100–115 | small prime retail unit |
| DZ HYP / bulwiengesa (2024) | Prime retail rent | 87,50 | standardised prime unit |
| IVD via IHK (2024) | Retail prime location, small | 60,00 | guideline value |
Methodology & data
The basis is 74 publicly accessible commercial listings from local agents and portals (Beate Protze Immobilien, Richert & Oertel, Citymakler Dresden, Der Immo Tip, Logivest, immobilo.de), collected in July 2026; 57 usable (39 Dresden city, 18 surrounding districts). Only net cold rents are reported; service charges separately. Duplicates are detected via address, area and price (2 cases); micro-units, special-purpose and mixed-use objects are excluded by fixed rules.
The 2/3 range and minimum sample sizes deliberately follow the methodology of the IHK rent brochures 2012–2022 (n<5 qualitative only, 5–9 simple range, from 10 median). Asking rents are not contract rents: occasionally observed incentives (rent-free months) slightly overstate effective rents. Only aggregates are published — no reproduction of third-party listings.
For institutions, media and research we are happy to share methodology and aggregated data — just get in touch.
Three compact pages: tables, location matrix, benchmarks, methodology.
Free valuation of your property
Receive a first well-founded estimate within 24 hours, based on current market data and our many years of experience.
