Renting business premises in Groningen — agents come to you

Renting business premises in Groningen — how BizzBrix works

BizzBrix reverses the search process: you describe once what you're looking for, and commercial agents with matching supply then come to you.

1. A few-minute AI intake — location preference, workshop/office floor area, type of property, finish level, budget and start date.

2. Token protection activated — your search request is visible anonymously to affiliated commercial agents.

3. Receive proposals — including off-market business premises, with photos and rental terms.

4. Accept an introduction — only then are contact details exchanged.

Business premises rental prices in Groningen

Rents typically range between €50–€95 per m²/year, depending on location, type of property and lease term. Modern new-build at Westpoort and Eemspoort sits at the top; if you want to rent more cheaply, Hoendiep and parts of Hoogkerk offer older units that often fall below €65 per m²/year.

Price indication per type of business premises

• Business unit with office: €65–€95 per m²/year, a combined 100–500 m² workshop plus 20–80 m² of office.

• Workshop: €50–€75 per m²/year, for production or craft activities with increased floor loading.

• Storage combination: €50–€80 per m²/year, with a loading dock or roller door for moving goods.

• Showroom with workspace: €70–€95 per m²/year, a public-facing zone plus business space behind it.

What determines your final rent?

Location plays the biggest role — a modern business unit at Westpoort on the A7 quickly sits €15–€25/m²/year above a comparable space in Hoendiep or at Hoogkerk. On top of that: finish level (shell or ready-to-use), lease term and the relative scarcity within a specific segment of the Groningen market.

Popular business locations in Groningen

Six business-premises clusters dominate in Groningen and its immediate surroundings, ordered from core cluster and modern to value and smaller-scale.

Eemspoort — the largest business cluster in south Groningen around the Stavangerweg, directly on the A7. A varied profile of business units with office, workshops and storage combinations for SMEs, wholesale and e-commerce fulfilment. Scale from 100 m² to 5,000 m²+, a mix of existing units and modern new-build.

Westpoort — a modern business park in south-west Groningen at the A7 exit toward Drachten and Heerenveen, popular with logistics providers, importers and larger-scale production that want a motorway connection and modern new-build. The highest price segment in the Groningen business-premises market.

Driebond & Euvelgunne — two adjoining industrial estates in east Groningen along the A7 toward Germany; an established SME and manufacturing cluster with service companies, craft businesses, the automotive sector and production. Attractive price positioning and a good mix of established buildings and room to expand.

Hoogkerk industrial estate — the historic production and industry heart of west Groningen along the A7; home to major northern-Netherlands industry (sugar, gypsum, food) plus suppliers. Suited to production, storage combinations and business premises with heavy floor loading; ample supply in the mid-segment.

Reitdiep — a smaller-scale business and trade area in north-west Groningen around the Reitdiep harbour zone; popular with specialist entrepreneurs, showroom combinations and smaller manufacturers looking for a distinctive building character. Limited supply, favourable price positioning.

Hoendiep — a strip of mixed business activity within the western ring road, along the Hoendiep canal; automotive, garages, technical wholesale and smaller business units in older buildings. Attractive entry rents, good city access for a regional customer base and starters.

Which type of business premises suits your company?

Business premises to rent in Groningen come in various forms — here are four common ones, with the typical Groningen context.

Business unit with office

Combined business space with a separate office section, typically 100–500 m² of workshop plus 20–80 m² of office — widely available at Eemspoort, Westpoort and Driebond, suited to SMEs, service companies and wholesalers with a customer base in the northern Netherlands.

Workshop

Space for production, assembly or craft activities with increased floor loading and industrial installations — typically at Hoogkerk, Driebond & Euvelgunne for manufacturing, metalworking and regional suppliers.

Storage combination

Business premises with significant storage capacity, a loading dock or roller door for moving goods — strongly represented at Westpoort and Eemspoort for distribution across the northern Netherlands, e-commerce fulfilment and wholesale with regional delivery.

Showroom with workspace

A combination of a public showroom and business or storage space behind it — popular in the Reitdiep area for specialist entrepreneurs and design retail, and at Hoendiep for the automotive sector and technical wholesale with direct city access.

BizzBrix vs. traditional search portals

The big search portals give you a list of business premises to rent in Groningen to work through yourself. BizzBrix takes a different approach.

• Traditional portals: you actively search, compare yourself and approach agents individually — often with incomplete supply and no view of off-market.

• BizzBrix: one search request, anonymous under token protection, commercial agents come to you with matching supply including off-market. See how it works for agents.

Groningen as a business location

With around 235,000 inhabitants, the city of Groningen is the largest in the northern Netherlands and a distinct student city: the economic, knowledge and healthcare heart of the region. The University of Groningen and the Hanze University of Applied Sciences supply thousands of graduates each year to a growing ecosystem around sustainable energy, life sciences and IT — with the UMCG (University Medical Center Groningen) as a heavyweight in healthcare and research. Since the wind-down of Groningen's gas extraction, regional industry has been shifting toward hydrogen, green chemistry and circular production, with logistical support from Eemshaven. The city sits on the A7 junction (east-west through the northern Netherlands, A28 toward Zwolle and the Randstad): Eemshaven is reachable via the N46/N33 in about half an hour, and Bremen and Hamburg are just over two hours away via the A7. The train to Amsterdam Centraal takes around two hours. Within the northern-Netherlands cluster, Leeuwarden, Assen and Zwolle are all less than an hour's drive away.

Frequently asked questions

What does renting business premises in Groningen cost on average?

Rents typically range between €50 and €95 per m²/year, depending on location, finish level and lease term. Modern new-build at Westpoort and Eemspoort sits at the top; older units in Hoendiep and parts of Hoogkerk often fall below €65 per m²/year.

Is BizzBrix free for business premises searchers?

Yes. BizzBrix costs you nothing as a searcher — no subscription, no commission, no brokerage fee. Affiliated commercial agents only pay when you accept an introduction.

How quickly will I receive responses to my search request?

BizzBrix is in pre-launch and does not publish specific service levels; for a targeted search request in Groningen, affiliated commercial agents usually respond relatively quickly when they have matching supply.

Does my search request stay anonymous?

Yes. Under token protection, affiliated agents see what you're looking for — type of business premises, floor area, location preference, sector, budget — but not who you are. Only when you accept an introduction are your details shared.

Does BizzBrix also work for showroom combinations or self-storage in Groningen?

Yes. Affiliated commercial agents have supply for showroom combinations, particularly in the Reitdiep area and at Hoendiep, and self-storage or storage units at Eemspoort, Westpoort and parts of Hoogkerk. State the type of activity and the public-facing function you want in your intake.

Which districts are popular for renting business premises in Groningen?

Six clusters dominate: Eemspoort (core cluster in the south on the A7), Westpoort (modern logistics in the south-west on the A7), Driebond & Euvelgunne (established SMEs in the east on the A7), Hoogkerk industrial estate (historic production in the west), Reitdiep (smaller-scale in the north-west) and Hoendiep (value in the centre-west).

Can I rent business premises through BizzBrix as a startup or freelancer?

Certainly. For freelancers, startups and small teams, a suitable workspace in a small-scale business unit with office or a workshop of 80–250 m² is usually the best option — well available at Hoendiep, Reitdiep and in older buildings in parts of Driebond and Hoogkerk.

Is off-market business premises also available through BizzBrix?

Yes, and this is one of the main advantages of the demand-driven model. Affiliated commercial agents regularly hold properties in their portfolio that have not yet been publicly listed — supply you would have no view of through traditional search portals. In the relatively limited Groningen market, this is often decisive.

Also looking for other commercial property in Groningen?

• Renting office space in Groningen — self-contained floors, units in a multi-tenant building or flex/coworking around the Centrum/main station, Zernike Science Park and the UMCG-zone.

• Renting a warehouse in Groningen — distribution, storage and production halls at Westpoort, Eemspoort, Driebond and Hoogkerk.

• Renting retail space in Groningen — A1 locations Herestraat, Grote Markt and Folkingestraat plus neighbourhood shopping centres.

• Renting a hospitality property in Groningen — restaurant, café or daytime hospitality around the Grote Markt, Vismarkt, Poelestraat and Folkingestraat.

Place your search request for business premises in Groningen

Ready to place your search request? Describe once what you're looking for and let affiliated commercial agents with matching supply come to you — free, anonymous, no obligation. Start your free AI intake →