COWORKING INDUSTRY STATISTICS ON SLIDES

Profitability of Coworking Spaces - 2023 Results:

The report includes:

• Profitability of Coworking Spaces Across the Years

• Profitability of For-Profit Coworking Spaces Across the Years

• Average Revenue Streams of Coworking Spaces Across the Years

• Average Expenses of Coworking Spaces Across the Years

• Annual Profit Margins of Profitable Coworking Spaces

• Profitability status compared by:

  • Number of Members per Coworking Space

  • Size in Square Meters of a Coworking Space Location

  • Size in Square Feet of a Coworking Space Location

  • Number of Inhabitants Local to a Coworking Space

  • Member Acquisition as a Major Problem

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Coworking Space Business Trends - 2023 Results:

The report includes:

• Current Regional Demand for Workspace Types (Article)

• Business Situation of Coworking Spaces (Article)

• Top Challenges of Coworking Spaces in 2023 (Article)

• Anticipations of Coworking Space Businesses for 2023 (Article)

• Plans of Coworking Space Businesses in 2023 (Article)

2021-22 Coworking Trends Survey - Results:

• Business situations of coworking spaces* (past, present, future anticipations)

• Factors that currently limit businesses of coworking spaces*

• Current legal Covid-19 measures that affect coworking spaces*

• Profitability of coworking spaces* in the past twelve months

• Top 3 workspace types by current* demand by area type

• Development of workspace trends in the past three months

• Anticipated workspace trends in the next three months*

• Occupation & availability rates of workspaces 

• Rating of the current* job situation of people working for flexible workspace providers

• Selected findings summarized in an article

2020 Coworking Survey Europe - Results:

• Coworking Spaces During Covid-19: Impact on Business Models

• Development of Demand in Summer 2020 - After the 1st Covid-19 Wave

• Covid-19-Induced ‘Development’ of Coworking Spaces: Membership Numbers, Present Members per Day & Maximum Capacity

• Covid-19-Induced ‘Development’ of Coworking Spaces: Average Utilization Rate per Working Day

• Covid-19-Induced ‘Development’ of Coworking Spaces: Average Occupancy Rate per Coworking Space

• Pandemic-Induced Structural Alterations of Coworking Spaces & Covid-19 Measures in November 2020

• How the Pandemic Effected the Revenue of Coworking Spaces - as of November 2020

• Financial Government Relief for Coworking Spaces in Europe & Landlord Reactions as of November 2020

• 2021 Coworking Forecast: The ‘Moderate Lockdown’ Scenarios

• 2021 Coworking Forecast: The ‘Next Normal’ Scenario

• Current Emotional Situation of Coworking Space Operators & Employed Managers Regarding Working Life

  
  

Profitability of Coworking Spaces - 2019 Results:

• Revenue streams of coworking spaces - compared by year

• Revenue streams of coworking spaces - compared by profitability

• Expenses of coworking spaces - compared by year

• General development of profitability - compared by year of survey

• Profitability of coworking spaces - compared by age of coworking spaces

• Profitability of coworking spaces - compared by number of members

• Profitability of coworking spaces - compared by business model

• Profitability of coworking spaces - compared by requirement of independent coworking space profitability

• Expansion plans for 2019 - compared by status of profitability

• Income of coworking space owners - compared by gender & number of members

• Ages of coworking spaces at break-even point

• Annual profit margins of profitable coworking spaces - compared by number of members

• Annual profit margins of profitable coworking spaces - compared by size of coworking space
  

General Coworking Space Data - 2019 Results:

• Number of members per coworking space throughout the years

• Number of members per coworking space - compared by number of inhabitants

• Number of members per coworking space - compared by size in square feet

• Number of members per coworking space - compared by size in square meters

• Number of desks per coworking space throughout the years

• Unique selling points claimed by coworking spaces

• Unique selling points most often claimed by coworking spaces - compared by size in square meters

• Average monthly churn rates of coworking spaces - compared by number of members

  
  

Opening Coworking Spaces - 2019 Results:

• Challenges facing coworking spaces before opening a coworking space

• Challenges when finding an adequate location

• Status of seed capital before opening a coworking space

• Planning time in months before opening a coworking space

• Promotion start date before opening a coworking space

• Opening month of coworking spaces - average results 2016 - 2019 - by “hemisphere”

  
  

Member demographics (2019 results):

• Member age groups - compared by year

• Professional status of members of coworking spaces - compared by year

• Member professions - compared by year

• Gender of members - compared by year

Coworking Forecast (2019 results)

• Number of coworking spaces and members worldwide - compared by year

• Share of new coworking spaces and memberships worldwide - compared by year

• Current business situation of coworking spaces - excluding seasonal variations

• Review: Development of coworking spaces in 2018

• Expansion plans of coworking spaces in 2019

• Share of coworking spaces with expansion plans in 2019 - compared by profitabilty status

• Outlook for other coworking spaces for 2019 in the same region

• How long members plan to remain at their current coworking spaces

• Share of members who doesn’t plan to leave a coworking space

• Share of members who doesn’t plan to leave a coworking space - compared by member rating of the current space
  

Potential effects of a financial crisis (2019 results)

Please note: the potential effects refer to a ‘normal’ financial crisis and not to a prolonged pandemic.

• Short- and long-term expectations of coworking spaces in case of a financial crisis - compared by profitability of a coworking space

• Short- and long-term expectations of coworking spaces in case of a financial crisis - compared by size of a coworking space in square meters

• Short- and long-term expectations of coworking spaces in case of a financial crisis - compared by number of inhabitants local to a coworking space

• Coworking member’s job security expectations in case of a financial crisis - compared by job satisfaction & personal income

• Coworking member’s job security expectations in case of a financial crisis - compared by gender & relationship status

• Coworking member’s job security expectations in case of a financial crisis - compared by continent & professional status

  
  

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