Paul Thomas shares some interesting shifts highlighted by recent CoStar data. We see a big move from the established brands to newer, high-end operators who are winning more and more deals.

For 2018 to 2022, flex leasing was going to Spaces (25%), WeWork (19%), Regus (16%), Instant Offices (13%), Orega (11%), X+Why (7%), Pure Offices (5%) and Gilbanks (4%).

Fast forward to 2023 and 2024: Cubo (33%), Orega (13%), IWG (13%), 2-Work (9%), Runway East (9%), Re-Defined (8%), Gilbanks (8%) and Wizu Workspace (7%).

CoworkingCafe just released their quarterly report on the state of the coworking in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

In it they share that the region now boasts 3,089 locations (2,718 in England, 202 in Scotland, 105 in Wales and 64 in Northern Ireland). Greater London still leads by size with 887 spaces, followed by Manchester with 74 hubs.

The national median price for dedicated desks sits at £210, with Brighton and Hove holding the highest median price at £310, and Newcastle and Sheffield at the other end of the price spectrum at £189. Open space median prices are £160 (£245 in Greater London). VO are £50 per month nationally, while Greater London has the highest median price at £100. Meeting rooms are listed at a median hourly rate of £25 at the national level, reaching as high as £46 / hour in Greater London.

Regus leads the pack regionally with 195 coworking spaces throughout the UK (with less than half of its national portfolio is concentrated within the 15 busiest coworking markets). Fora comes in second with 66 spaces nationally, 64 of which are concentrated in the top 15 markets – particularly London. With a similar distribution pattern, 55 out of Workspace Group’s portfolio of 57 coworking locations, are in the top 15 cities, predominantly in the London area. The Boutique Workplace Company comes in fourth with 40 and Spaces rounds out the top 5 with 39 coworking spaces.

Ireland has a total of 234 coworking spaces, almost half of which can be found in Dublin – 116. The top three operators in Dublin are Pembr, which has 18 coworking spaces, Iconic Offices with 12 spaces and Regus with 9 spaces.

Numbers are in for CoworkingCafe‘s Q3 US coworking industry report for 2024. Looking at the 25 largest U.S. markets they share some interesting insights (that can be compared to Q2 results here).

Highlights include a surge in demand to 7,538 spaces (passing 7.5k for the first time, and up 7% from last Q). This growth also saw almost 5M sqft added in Q3, pushing total coverage to over 133.5M sqft (a 5% Q-o-Q jump). Nashville saw the largest growth, adding 22 spaces (or 24%), followed by Indianapolis and Philadelphia with gains of 12% and 9%, respectively. Nashville also recorded the largest coverage growth at 13%, reaching 2.09 M sqft by the end of Q3. San Francisco posted a 12% gain, now recording 3.62M sqft of coworking spaces.

Membership prices remained stable, with the national median for dedicated desks holding firm at $300/month. VO and open workspace rates increased slightly, by just $1, reaching $120/month and $150/month, respectively.

Regus, WeWork, Industrious, Spaces and HQ remained in the lead, with HQ continuing to significantly expand its portfolio by adding 10% more spaces nationwide in Q3, reaching 236 locations. Regus maintained its lead with 998 locations across the country after a slight 2% increase Q-o-Q.

Regus is celebrating 35 years of providing businesses with flexible workspace solutions. Since starting in 1989, they’ve grown to 4,000 locations in 120 countries, serving more than 8 million customers.

The recent report by CoworkingMag (part of Yardi) highlights key developments and trends among the top 15 coworking brands in the U.S. this year.

The top 15 US brands (by number of locations) are: Regus (972), HQ (204), WeWork, (173) Industrious (145), Spaces (117), Premier Workspaces (86), Office Evolution (79), Workstyle Flexible Spaces (65), Venture X (46), Intelligent Office (43), Expansive (42), LocalWorks (36), COhatch (34), Serendipity Labs (28) and Lucid Private Offices (27).

What’s changed since the last report? Regus (part of IWG) saw a 17% growth since December 2022, keeping first position. HQ climbed to second place with a meteoric 240% growth from May 2022. WeWork dropped 1 place after closing 73 US locations. Lucid Private Offices joined the top 15 with the second largest growth rate of 23%.

Overall, the U.S. coworking market added 1,166 new locations from December 2022 to the beginning of May 2024 – a 20% increase in the span of more than one year. Meanwhile, the top 15 coworking operators grew their inventory by 14% in total – a sum of 252 new locations.