
City attractiveness, office market, HR trends knightfrank.com.pl/en/research Katowice Katowice 164.7sq kmCity area Population277,900(Katowice, GUS 06.2025)2,113,023(GZM, InfoGZM 2024) Investment attractiveness 9.PLACETH in the“Top 10 Large European Cities of the Future 2025– fDi Strategy”City’s strategy for attracting foreign direct 261,050(2030)Population forecast in the ranking ofBusiness-Friendly Citiesof "Forbes" -cities and municipalities of 150,000 - 299,000 inhabitants 1.5%(12.2025, GUS)Unemployment rate in the"Polish Cities of the Future 2050"ranking - in thesub-ranking of office, residential and "after hours" GDP growth3.6% PKB per capitaPLN97,509 "European City of Science" 2024awarded by EuroScience Association Average salary(gross)PLN10,600.03(in the business sector,12.2025, GUS) Investment incentives The Investors Assistance Department isa special unit in the Katowice City Hall.It provides various services ranging fromsupporting investors who create business Katowice Special Economic Zone- the best in Europe and one of thebest in the world (fDi Intelligence), Structured educational projects to supportthe development of talent in the city fromsecondary school to higher education:FujitsuTech, Kyndryl Future Achievers, Providing investors with support basedon their individual expectations andrequirements: preparing market analyses, A chance to invest inside a centrethat has been implementing Quality of life 2.PLACE among cities with over 100,000 residentsin the“Perły Samorządu 2025”(Pearls Silver Award at the LivCom Awards2024in the category Technology andSolution Project, as part of the LivComAwards for Sustainable Development Facts & Figures Quality of life in numbers •Implementationof the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals and the goals of theCity Development Strategy.•Katowice 2030 – fair transformation, climate change and equity.•Green urban transport: 43 electric buses, 22 hybrid buses and 8 CNG buses; 197 EV 12(Katowice)19Numberof universities Selected investment projects in progress: •Selected investment projects under implementation:•Strategic project - District of New Technologies – Katowice Gaming andTechnology HUB – PLN 888.6m•District of New Technologies – development of the Poniatowski mining shaft area(documentation) – PLN 1.6m Airport - distanceto the city centre30km Airport - numberof passengers7.2m(2025) 156(Katowice and GZM)BSS sector- number of centres 36,800(Katowice and GZM)BSS sector- number of employed Length of cyclinginfrastructure208.9 Green areas40%of the city's area OFFICE MARKET Katowice Q1-Q4 2025 Totaloffice stock in Katowice reached 742,000 sq m at the end of 2025,maintaining the city’s position as the fourth-largest regional office market.Leasing demand remained stable, totalling 56,000 sq m and representing 7% of 742,000Existing stock 30,000sq mSupplyunder construction SUPPLY Katowice’s office market currently totals 742,000 sq m, representing 6% of Poland’s totaloffice stock. Developer activity remains limited, with no new office buildings delivered to Around 30,000 sq m of modern office space is currently under construction acrossthree projects, resulting in moderate new supply in the near term. The largest ongoingdevelopment is the Eco City Katowice complex, an 18,000 sq m project by Górnośląski Park 0sq mNew supply TAKE-UP Office take-up strengthened in 2025, increasing by 17% year-on-year to 56,000 sq m. Leasingactivity accelerated in Q4, when nearly 23,000 sq m was leased, the strongest quarterly Coworking operatorsin Katowice New leases dominated the market, accounting for over 76% of total take-up, reflectingimproving tenant sentiment and efforts to secure better lease conditions. Renegotiationsrepresented just over 20% of total volume, while expansions made up 3.5%. The IT sector City Space|RegusWłasne B.|Cluster Offices VACANCY RATE The combination of stable demand and the absence of new supply drove a decline in thevacancy rate, which fell by 1.8 pp quarter-on-quarter and 1.6 pp year-on-year to 21.6% at the Standard lease termsin new buildings With only a limited volume of office space currently under construction, vacancy is likelyto decrease further. Despite this improvement, Katowice continues to record the highest 14.00-26.00Service chargePLN/sq m/month RENTS At the end of Q4 2025, asking rents for office space in Katowice remained stable, typicallyranging between EUR 10.00 and 14.50/sq m/month. Service charges also remained stable, 1-1.5monthfor each contract yearRent-free period 350.00-500.00Fit-out budgetEUR/sq m Office market in Poland HR PERSPECTIVE Michael Page “Salary Guide 2026”:Poland’s Energy Labour MarketAccelerates as Renewables and Energetic transformation is clearly reshaping the landscape of the labour market in Poland.According to the “Salary Guide 2026” published by recruitment firm Michael Page, salarygrowth in the energy sector is stabilising; however, demand for h