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Definition:

Classification by Market Type

The classification of the 125 RIWIS Cities by bulwiengesa AG is based on the influence and reach on international, national, regional or local markets. There are four groups defined:

A-Cities
major cities in Germany of national and international importance, larger property markets in all segments

e.g.: office stock (gross) over 7 Mio. sqm, average take-up above 150,000 sqm, prime office rents of 16 Euro/sqm and over

B-Cities
bigger cities of national and regional importance
e.g.: office stock between 2 and 5 Mio. qsm, average take-up usually above 35,000 sqm, prime office rents of 12 Euro/sqm and over.

C-Cities
larger cities, of limited national importance, but with broad regional influence, in general medium market aktivity

D-Cities
smaller cities, with regional or local focus, central functions for direct hinterland, in general lower market activity

Listing of all Cities and the Classification:

CityTypeCityTypeCityType
BerlinAAlbstadtDLandshutD
DüsseldorfAAschaffenburgDLeverkusenD
Frankfurt (Main)ABambergDLüdenscheidD
HamburgABergisch GladbachDLudwigshafenD
CologneABottropDLüneburgD
MunichABrandenburg (Havel)DMarburgD
StuttgartABremerhavenDMindenD
  ChemnitzDMoersD
BochumBCoburgDNeubrandenburgD
BonnBCottbusDNeumünsterD
BremenBDessauDNeussD
DortmundBDetmoldDOberhausenD
DresdenBDürenDOffenburgD
DuisburgBEisenachDOldenburgD
EssenBFlensburgDPaderbornD
HannoverBFrankfurt (Oder)DPassauD
KarlsruheBFriedrichshafenDPforzheimD
LeipzigBFuldaDPlauenD
MannheimBFürthDRatingenD
MünsterBGelsenkirchenDRavensburgD
NurembergBGeraDRecklinghausenD
WiesbadenBGießenDRemscheidD
  GörlitzDReutlingenD
AachenCGöttingenDRosenheimD
AugsburgCGreifswaldDSalzgitterD
BielefeldCGüterslohDSchwerinD
BrunswickCHagenDSiegenD
DarmstadtCHalberstadtDSolingenD
ErfurtCHalle (Saale)DStralsundD
ErlangenCHammDSuhlD
Freiburg (Breisgau)CHanauDTrierD
HeidelbergCHeilbronnDTübingenD
KielCHerneDUlmD
LübeckCHildesheimDVillingen-SchwenningenD
MagdeburgCIngolstadtDWeimarD
MainzCJenaDWilhelmshavenD
MönchengladbachCKaiserslauternDWittenD
Mülheim (Ruhr)CKasselDWolfsburgD
Offenbach (Main)CKempten (Allgäu)DWürzburgD
OsnabrückCKoblenzDZwickauD
PotsdamCConstanceD  
RegensburgCKrefeldD  
RostockC     
SaarbrückenC     
WuppertalC    

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Source:
Definition by bulwiengesa AG