Germany commercial property index, village areas, annual
Germany commercial property index, village areas, annual stood at 91.8 in 2025, according to Deutsche Bundesbank. It is one of the indicators in the Property market (annual) table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 2013 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Property market (annual) table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total, RegioStaR Gem5: Village area3 | 91.8 | 89.4 | 92.7 | 100 | 97 | 91.2 | 84.8 | 77.3 | 74.9 | 71.3 | |
| Sub-aggregate office, RegioStaR Gem5: Village area | 89.8 | 87.8 | 92 | 100 | 92.3 | 87.1 | 78.5 | 65.9 | 62.5 | 57.7 | |
| Sub-aggregate retail, RegioStaR Gem5: Village area | 90.2 | 87.7 | 91.2 | 100 | 107.6 | 106.9 | 106.7 | 107.2 | 107.8 | 105.5 |
Understanding germany commercial property index, village areas, annual
General valuations for all types of business real estate located within the RegioStaR Gem5 village area classification form this composite index. It aggregates office buildings, retail storefronts, and other income-generating assets operating in the most sparsely settled municipalities. Unlike the national aggregate, this series isolates transactions outside all urban centres, providing a pure measure of rural non-residential investment markets. It completely excludes owner-occupied residential properties, focusing solely on commercial structures.
Because the volume of business property transactions in rural districts is inherently lower than in urban hubs, this annual gauge is susceptible to composition effects where a few high-value sales can disproportionately influence the final index. Year-on-year evaluations remain the standard approach for annual releases, smoothing out the noise that plagues higher-frequency local statistics. Users should be aware that updates to municipal categorisations under the RegioStaR framework can trigger retrospective reclassifications, shifting data points between this rural bucket and adjacent town categories. Late reporting to land registries frequently results in revisions to the initial release.
Frequently asked questions
- What defines a village area in this index?
- It relies on the RegioStaR Gem5 categorisation, which classifies municipalities based on settlement density and central place function.
- Are agricultural lands captured here?
- No, the index strictly monitors purpose-built commercial real estate rather than raw farmland or agricultural production sites.
- Why might this indicator show sudden jumps?
- Low transaction volumes in rural regions mean individual large-scale commercial property sales can heavily impact the aggregate valuation for that period.