Logistics Market Cologne — Figures Compared by Source
What 6 research houses currently report on the logistics 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. Rent, yield and vacancy figures cover Q2–Q3 2026, plus full-year and forward-looking figures where sources publish them; older figures are not shown.
Rents — Logistics, Cologne
| Source | Type | Value | Period | Quoted from report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNP Paribas RE Marktberichte | Top | 8.6 EUR/m²/month | Q3 2026 | Köln 8,60 EUR/m² (+12 %) |
| German Property Partners | Prime | 8.5 EUR/m²/month | Q2 2026 | 8,50 Є Köln |
| Colliers DE Blog | Top | 8.4 EUR/m²/month | Q3 2026 | Spitzenmiete Q3 2026 (in €/m²) 8,40 |
| Colliers International DE (Deutsch) | Prime | 8.4 EUR/m²/month | Q3 2026 | Köln 8,40 6,80 |
| Colliers International DE (Deutsch) | Top | 8.4 EUR/m²/month | Q3 2026 | Spitzenmiete 8,40 €/m² +9 % |
| BNP Paribas RE Marktberichte | Prime | 8.2 EUR/m²/month | H1 2026 | Köln (8,20 €/m²; +6 %) |
| Angermann Publikationen | Prime | 8 EUR/m²/month | H1 2026 | 8,00 €/m² Spitzenmiete |
| Colliers International DE (Deutsch) | Average | 6.8 EUR/m²/month | Q3 2026 | Durchschnittsmiete 6,80 €/m² +8 % |
| Angermann Publikationen | Average | 6.5 EUR/m²/month | H1 2026 | 6,50 € Durchschnittsmiete |
Range across all sources: 6.5 to 8.6 EUR/m²/month. The gap is mostly a matter of differing definitions (Average, Prime, Top), so these values are not directly comparable.
Yields — Logistics, Cologne
| Source | Type | Value | Period | Quoted from report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| German Property Partners | Net initial | 4.5 % | Q2 2026 | 4,50 % Köln |
| BNP Paribas RE Marktberichte | Net initial | 4.6 % | H1 2026 | Die Netto-Spitzenrenditen sind im Verlauf der vergangenen zwölf Monate in mehreren Schritten um insgesamt 35 Basispunkte (davon +10 bp in Q2 2026) auf |
| German Property Partners | Prime | 4.7 % | Q3 2026 | die Logistik-Spitzenrendite auf 4,70 % |
| Colliers International DE | Prime | 5 % | Q3 2026 | Prime Yield (Gross) I&L 5.00 % |
| Colliers International DE (Deutsch) | Gross | 5 % | Q3 2026 | Brutto-Spitzenrendite I&L 5,00 % |
Range across all sources: 4.5 to 5 %. The gap is mostly a matter of differing definitions (Gross, Net initial, Prime), so these values are not directly comparable.
Transactions — Logistics, Cologne
| Source | Type | Value | Period | Quoted from report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colliers International DE | — | 100 EUR mn | Q2 2026 | the acquisition of a newly completed logistics property near Cologne by an open-ended real estate fund |
| German Property Partners | — | 25 EUR mn | FY 2024 | Kaufpreis in Mio. €: > 25 |
Range across all sources: 25 to 100 EUR mn.
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.
- LOGISTIKMARKT DEUTSCHLAND Q3 2026
- Deutschland Logistikvermietung Q3 2026
- Colliers | Köln: Bürovermietung und Investment Q3 2026
- Colliers | Cologne: Office Leasing — Q3 2026
- Fact Sheet Investmentmarkt Koeln 09 2026 DE print (pdf)
- City Survey Q3 2026
- Koeln Logistikvermietung Q3 2026
- Logistikmarktbericht Köln 1. Halbjahr 2026
- LOGISTIK-INVESTMENTMARKT DEUTSCHLAND Q2 2026
- LOGISTIKMARKT DEUTSCHLAND Q2 2026
- Germany: Logistics Investment Q2 2026
- GPP Factsheet Q2 2026 DE (pdf)
- Koeln Logistikvermietung Q2 2026
- Colliers | Köln: Bürovermietung und Investment Q2 2026
- Investmentmarktbericht Koeln 03 2025 DE web (pdf)