Matthieu Russel from Work & Share shares French market data from Ubiq. Key figures included that flex space from the largest 50 operators in France has now surpassed 1.6M sqm (~17.2M sqft), with 150k sqm added in 2025, while 125k sqm was closed.

Also in the data is the number of spaces and sqm’s of the largest 30 brands, and the market penetration rate across major French cities.

OfficeRnD surveyed 230 of their customers around the globe to give us an inside look at the technology powering the industry’s top-performing spaces.

The report looks into top tech challenges (lack of integrations at 61%) and the most popular vendors for accounting (QuickBooks at 42%), CRM (Hubspot 52%), access control (Salto 37%), network management (Ubiquity 19%), payments (Stripe 77%), and member systems.

France’s coworking market expanded by 23% in 2024, reaching 3,420 locations across the country according to a study by flexible workspace services company Ubiq. While Paris and Île-de-France represent 37% of national supply and face a 22% vacancy rate due to market maturity, regional cities are experiencing significant growth, with Bordeaux achieving a 6.3% penetration rate that surpasses the capital. Lyon, despite having the second-largest coworking stock, shows a lower penetration rate of 2.6%, while cities like Toulouse and Montpellier are seeing numerous new openings that may lead to price stabilization. The user demographic is evolving beyond the traditional freelancer and startup base, with large corporations increasingly adopting flexible workspace solutions, reflected by a 50% increase in companies with over 500 employees using coworking spaces in just one year.

Similar to recent data we’ve shared out of the UK, it appears that urban supply is stabilizing and that growth is coming from new locations opening in tertiary markets and more midsize to large companies placing employees in flexible workspaces.

Ubique Innovation AG are promoting access to 70 workspaces across the country (through flesk) as part of their employee benefits.

Looking forward to seeing more employers promoting workspace access as a big remote-work benefit.