{"id":8813,"date":"2026-01-29T14:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.officelist.com\/the-dutch-office-market-in-2025-less-space-more-quality\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:48:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:48:05","slug":"the-dutch-office-market-in-2025-less-space-more-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.officelist.com\/ca-en\/the-dutch-office-market-in-2025-less-space-more-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dutch office market in 2025: Less space, more quality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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The Dutch office market was in full transition. After years in which growth had been the central focus, 2025 increasingly became a year of restructuring: fewer square meters, but higher-quality office space. Companies began to set different requirements than before, and this had major consequences for vacancy rates, locations, and the way offices were being used. Data from ING, Statistics Netherlands (CBS), and the Dutch Association of Real Estate Agents (NVM) showed that the market was clearly moving toward sustainable, flexible, and well-connected work environments.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t

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The number of office buildings continued to decline<\/h2>\n

As of January 1, 2025, the Netherlands counted a total of 93,770 buildings with an office function. Notably, this number had been slowly decreasing for years. Ten years earlier, in 2013, there were still more than 96,500 office buildings. Total office floor space was also declining. ING reported<\/a> that since 2022 a downward trend had become visible, and that total office space in the Netherlands amounted to approximately 57.5 million m\u00b2 on January 1, 2025 <\/p>\n

This decrease was an important signal: the office market was no longer growing automatically in volume, but was mainly changing in function. Outdated buildings disappeared or were repurposed, while modern office concepts gained ground.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t

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Offices became increasingly concentrated in the G5 cities<\/h2>\n

Office space remained heavily concentrated in the Netherlands\u2019 largest cities. More than 20% of all office buildings were located in one of the so-called G5 cities: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Eindhoven, and Utrecht. When measured by floor area, as much as 28% of all office space was located in these five cities.This meant that the largest office buildings were primarily situated in major urban centers. Amsterdam and The Hague stood out in particular. ING also observed that the share of office floor space in the G5 grew again in 2024.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t

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Vacancy declined toward a healthy market balance<\/h2>\n

Despite changing work patterns, vacancy rates did not rise they actually declined. According to CBS, around 7,600 office properties were vacant on January 1, 2025, representing 8% of the total stock. When vacancy was measured in square meters, the percentage was even lower: only 5.3% of total office floor space. This level was close to the so-called frictional vacancy rate of 5\u20136%, a healthy margin necessary for relocations and renovations.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t

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Hybrid working remained the main driver<\/h2>\n

One of the most important themes in 2025 was hybrid working. ING reported that in 2024, 19.4% of all working hours were still worked from home, meaning hybrid work had become a structural part of the workweek. This had direct consequences for the office market. Organizations leased fewer square meters but demanded much higher quality from the space they did use. In 2025, the office increasingly became less of a place for individual work and more a hub for: <\/p>\n