Bremen rent index 2026: updated until the end of 2027
Bremen updated its 2024 rent index with the consumer price index; the rent brake applies in the city of Bremen, not in Bremerhaven.
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Maximum rent at the start of the tenancy
€750.20
€69.80 too much per month
| Local reference rent | €11.00/m² |
| Reference rent for your floor area | €682 |
| Rent brake | applies until 31 December 2029 |
| Increase cap | 15 % in three years |
| Limit: reference rent + 10% | €750.20 |
You can only reclaim after a written complaint. If it arrives within 30 months of the start and the tenancy is still running, it reaches back to the start (Section 556g(2) BGB).
How we calculateThe qualified 2026 rent index for the city of Bremen (Mietspiegel) applies from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2027. It is the first update of the 2024 index: instead of a new survey, the values were adjusted in line with the consumer price index, as Section 558d(2) of the Civil Code allows. It is published by the state's senator for building, mobility and urban development, coordinated by the BAB development bank, with a working group of tenant and landlord associations. The reference rent comes from a base rent by floor area with percentage premiums and deductions for year built, building type, bathroom and kitchen, fittings and location, with a range around it. There is no licence or release for the figures, so this calculator takes no Bremen table values. Bremen is one of the states with a rent brake: in the city of Bremen it applies until 31 December 2029, the 15 per cent cap until 31 August 2029. Bremerhaven is not covered.
An update instead of a new survey
Bremen's figures rest on a survey as of 1 March 2023, analysed for the 2024 index. For 2026 an institute projected them to 1 March 2025 using the factor by which the consumer price index rose in that time. The method is cheaper than a new survey and provided for by law, but it carries the old index's structure over unchanged. Placement by location, year built and fittings stays the same, and the euro amounts rise uniformly.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Edition | Qualifizierter Mietspiegel für die Stadtgemeinde Bremen 2026 (erste Fortschreibung des Mietspiegels 2024 per Verbraucherpreisindex) |
| Type | qualified, Section 558d BGB |
| Valid from | 1 January 2026 |
| Valid until | 31 December 2027 |
| Publisher | Die Senatorin für Bau, Mobilität und Stadtentwicklung der Freien Hansestadt Bremen |
| Figures on this site | none: rights are reserved |
| Rent brake | yes, until 31 December 2029 |
| Increase cap | 15 % until 31 August 2029 |
Calculating with the Bremen figure
The index and its notes are provided by the BAB development bank for the Bremen index. With the value you find there, the rent check tests a new lease: with the example assumption of €8.10 for 72 m², at most €641.52 is lawful; at €690, €48.48 a month would be too much. For an increase it shows the cap and the deadline: a letter received on 14 October 2026 must be answered by 31 December 2026.
With an index-linked rent, the rent also follows the consumer price index, but directly and without a rent index: index-linked rent.