Key takeaways
- The median asking rent for available retail space in Berlin is €25/m² (middle half: €20–34/m²).
- In prime retail locations (Kurfürstendamm/Tauentzienstraße, Friedrichstraße, Hackescher Markt/Alexanderplatz), the median is around €63/m², with peaks above €100/m². Outside the 10xxx postcode areas, it is around €21/m².
- Demand is mainly for small shops: the median desired size is around 115 m², and 80% of searches are for no more than 250 m².
- Demand is driven less by fashion and more by everyday retail and local services: bakeries, hairdressers, medical supply shops, hearing care, yoga and fitness studios.
Data basis
The analysis is based on the retail units and search profiles held in the neospaces database in October 2026: 157 available or soon-available retail units in Berlin, including 87 with rent information, and 41 active search profiles from retailers and service providers focused on Berlin. These are asking rents (net cold rent per m² per month), not agreed rents. Individual properties and companies are not named.
Rents: three markets in one city
| Location | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| Prime retail locations (Ku'damm/Tauentzien, Friedrichstraße, Hackescher Markt/Alexanderplatz) | approx. €63/m² |
| Rest of the inner city (10xxx postcodes excluding prime locations) | approx. €25/m² |
| Other districts (12xxx–14xxx postcodes) | approx. €21/m² |
| Berlin overall | €25/m² |
Berlin's retail market splits into three submarkets. In prime locations, asking rents of €60–130/m² are regularly quoted for small ground-floor units with shopfronts. Away from these areas, rents sit in a narrow range of around €20–30/m². Small shops of up to 150 m² also have a median rent of €25/m²; location, frontage and footfall make the difference, not size.
Supply: neighbourhood shops and some large vacancies
The median unit on offer is around 190 m². Just under two thirds of available shops are no larger than 250 m² and therefore broadly match demand. Alongside these, 13 units of more than 1,000 m² stand vacant, including department store, shopping centre and basement spaces, for which there are few suitable retailers.
Demand: local services rather than flagships
Active searches mainly come from bakeries and cafés, hairdressers and beauty businesses, medical supply shops and hearing care, yoga and boutique fitness, and small specialist shops. Typical searches are for 60–200 m² in neighbourhood locations with good everyday amenities. Fashion flagships and large units play only a minor role in active searches.
What this means
- For tenants: Outside prime locations, the inner city offers a broad choice of small shops at around €25/m². Being flexible about the street makes finding premises easier than focusing on prime locations.
- For owners of small shops: Demand exists. Target service providers and everyday retailers, not just traditional retail businesses.
- For owners of large units: Spaces above 1,000 m² usually need to be subdivided or put to a new use (e.g. fitness, leisure, medical practices or gastronomy).
Methodology
The analysis covers all Berlin retail units in the neospaces database with available or future-available status, as of 17 October 2026. Rents = net cold asking rent per m² per month, where stated (prime locations: 16 units, rest of the inner city: 39, other districts: 32). Prime locations = postcodes 10719, 10789, 10117, 10178; rest of the inner city = other 10xxx postcodes; other districts = 12xxx–14xxx postcodes. Demand = active retail search profiles with Berlin in the name; desired size = the average of the minimum and maximum area. The analysis is updated quarterly.
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