Retail Market Cologne — Figures Compared by Source
What 6 research houses currently report on the retail market in Cologne — rents, yields, vacancy and investment volume side by side, rather than scattered across separate reports. Where the figures disagree it is usually a matter of differing definitions, so they are shown per source and never averaged.
Rents — Retail, Cologne
| Source | Type | Value | Period | Quoted from report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| German Property Partners | Prime | 250 EUR/m²/month | FY 2025 | 250 €/m2 Spitzenmiete 2025 |
| C&W Retail MarketBeat Germany | Prime | 240 EUR/m²/month | Q1 2026 | Cologne 240 |
| BNP Paribas RE Marktberichte | Prime | 230 EUR/m²/month | H1 2026 | Wallrafplatz: Spitzenmiete gibt leicht auf 230 €/m² nach |
Range across all sources: 230 to 250 EUR/m²/month.
Yields — Retail, Cologne
| Source | Type | Value | Period | Quoted from report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP Paribas RE Marktberichte | Prime | 3.9 % | FY 2025 | Köln (3,90 %) |
| BNP Paribas RE Marktberichte | Net initial | 4 % | H1 2026 | Köln 4,00% |
| German Property Partners | Prime | 4.2 % | Q4 2025 | 4,20 % Geschäftshausrendite |
| C&W MarketBeat Germany | Prime | 4.65 % | Q1 2026 | Retail High Street Prime Yield |
| C&W Retail MarketBeat Germany | Net initial | 4.65 % | Q1 2026 | Cologne 4.65% -35bp |
| CBRE Deutschland | Net initial | 4.75 % | Q1 2026 | für innerstädtische Geschäftshäuser in A-Lage bei 4,75 % |
| Colliers International DE | Gross | 5 % | FY 2026 | Prime Yield (Gross) High Street Retail TOP 7 Cologne 5.00 % |
| Colliers International DE | Prime | 5 % | Q1 2026 | Prime high-street retail properties are currently trading at yields of 5.00% |
| German Property Partners | Net initial | 5 % | FY 2025 | Die Spitzenrenditen für Fachmarktzentren stagnierte bei 5,0 Prozent. |
Range across all sources: 3.9 to 5 %. The gap is mostly a matter of differing definitions (Gross, Net initial, Prime), so these values are not directly comparable.
Underlying market reports
Every figure on this page comes from one of the published market reports below, and is shown with the sentence it was taken from.
- Germany: Retail Investment Q2 2026
- RETAIL-VERMIETUNGSMARKT DEUTSCHLAND Q2 2026
- RETAIL-INVESTMENTMARKT DEUTSCHLAND Q2 2026
- RETAIL-INVESTMENTMARKT DEUTSCHLAND Q1 2026
- Deutschland Investmentmarkt Top-7-Standorte Q1 2026
- Germany: Retail Investment Q1 2026
- Cologne: Office Leasing | Investment Q1 2026
- Germany Retail MarketBeat Q1 2026
- Germany MarketBeat Q1 2026
- RETAIL-INVESTMENTMARKT DEUTSCHLAND Q4 2025
- Cologne: Office Leasing | Investment Q4 2025
- Investmentmarktbericht Koeln 03 2026 DE web (pdf)
- Fact Sheet Investmentmarkt Koeln 01 2026 DE print (pdf)
- RETAIL-INVESTMENTMARKT DEUTSCHLAND Q3 2025
- Investmentmarktbericht Koeln 03 2025 DE web (pdf)
- Fact Sheet Investmentmarkt Koeln 01 2025 DE print (pdf)
Other markets
AI-generated: figures extracted automatically from the source reports and
not manually verified. Each value shows its original quote.