Take-up in 1,000m²
The warehouse and logistics space market in the Rhine-Main region experienced an increase in leasing activities in the third quarter of 2025. For the past three months, a space turnover of around 133,000 m² resulted from leases and owner-occupancies.2 to be registered.
Compared to the previous quarter, this represents an increase of 18.0 %. In the short-term comparison, the current result can therefore be assessed positively. However, a different picture emerges when viewed long-term. Neither the five-year nor the ten-year average of the preceding third quarters could be reached. A similar trend is apparent in the year-to-date result. For example, the area sales for the first three quarters of 2025 sum up to 344,300 m2. Q1-Q3 2024 with 343,700 sq m2 was slightly exceeded. The five-year and ten-year averages remain significantly above this – at around 40,000 and 100,000 m³ respectively.2 more.
Take-up by floor space size
Subleases – responsible for the two largest deals of the year so far by two logistics companies totaling almost 64,000 sq m – have led to the largest market shares once again falling to large-scale clusters. The ranking is led by the segment above 10,000 sq m with a market share of 36.3 %, which was able to gain ground primarily in the third quarter. In second place is the area segment between 5,000 and 10,000 sq m (market share: 27.5 %).
Revenue by Industry
At the end of the third quarter, transportation, warehousing, and logistics companies once again took the top spot as the strongest user group in terms of revenue after steady increases in leasing activities, primarily due to some large leases in the third quarter. The retail sector ranked second with 76,500 m², closely followed by companies from the industrial and manufacturing sectors with 73,100 m².