1.
The Global Coworking Survey
THE FIRST RESULTS OF
2015-16
MILANO, NOVEMBER 11, 2015

2.
2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 !*
7.800
3.400
1.13031075
NUMBER OF COWORKING SPACES
WORLDWIDE
AS OF OCTOBER EVERY SECOND YEAR
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 !*
510.000
295.000
151.000
81.000
43.000
NUMBER OF MEMBERS
WORLDWIDE
AS OF OCTOBER EACH YEAR
!* PROJECTION FOR 2015! BASED ON THE GLOBAL COWORKING SURVEY 2015-16 - REPORTED BY COWORKING SPACES
THE GROWTH OF COWORKING SPACES
the average
coworking space
has around
30%
more
members than
two years ago
the biggest
coworking spaces
by members
(on average)
are located in
Asia
the
smallest
ones in
Africa
the average
coworking space
is now
32,8
months old
2013-14:
21,9
months
old
grown by
roughly
+36%
within the
last 12 months
+/- 10%
+/- 10%

3.
How
8,38
2015-16 2013-14 2011-12
8,24 8,37
Coworking Spaces Rated By Their Members
Not planning to leave
A minimum of a year
A minimum of three months
Only this month or earlier
n.a. 1 %
3 %
12 %
18 %
67 % 60%
18%
14%
4%
4%
66%
18%
14%
1%
1%
How Long Members Plan To Remain In Their Current Coworking Space
HOW MEMBERS RATED THEIR COWORKING SPACES
76%
of the members chat very often (47%) or rather often (29%)
with the hosts or managers of a coworking space,
11% rather seldom, very seldom or not at all
2013-14 2011-122015-16

4.
51%
would leave their mobile
phone always unattended
without fear of theft.
Another 23% for several hours
at least. (2013-14: 26%, 2011-12: 27%)
What members expect from other members (TOP 7)
of members think that
(almost) all other
members know their
first name.
7% suppose that no-one
knows. (2013-14: 7%, 2011-12: 4%)
67%
2013-14: 50%
2011-12: 57%
2013-14: 62%
2011-12: 61%
Casual small talk
Sharing knowledge
Enjoying others' company
Brainstorming or sharing new ideas
Sharing opportunities for new jobs or projects
Sharing contacts
Quick help (to fix devices for instance) 50 %
54 %
55 %
60 %
66 %
68 %
75 %
2 %5 %21 %41 %29 %
Very Strongly Quite Strongly Somewhat
Not Strongly Not at all N.A.
1 %6 %28 %30 %30 %
THE COWORKING SPACE MEMBERS & THE COMMUNITY
How strongly members feel they are a part of their
current coworking community
2013/14
2015/16

5.
THE COWORKING SPACE MEMBERS & HOW THEY WORK
2013-142015-16 2011-12
Work sometimes
outside of the
coworking space
84%
YES
86%
YES
90%
YES
13%
NO
9%
NO 9%
NO
Where members
mainly work
2015-16
5 %
12 %
78 %
In an open workspace
In a team office
In an individual office
In a coffee area
In a meeting room
Other
3 %
9 %
79 %
2013-14
11%
have an access with a limited number
of days per month
24 hours access remains stable at 54%
7%
29%
work at an individual workplace,
not at a group of desks
19%
56%
work on their own,
not in teams
61%
2015-16 2013-14
73%
work at a coworking space
three times a week or more often,
44% come every day
51%
2015-16 2013-14

6.
Top Motivations For Operators
To Run A Coworking Space
I like the
coworking
movement
I like to
improve the
work life of
other people67%
67%
I like to
be connected
with other
people
29%
73%
Good
opportunity
to find
new clients
Other responses:
Can afford a better office (infrastructure)
by sharing the office space: 20%
Reducing the office rent: 15%
Good business to earn money: 15%
Other: 10%
THE COWORKING SPACE OPERATORS
The Majority Of Operators
Still Undertake Other Jobs
5 %
26 %
69 %
7 %
20 %
73 %
5 %
30 %
65 %
Part-time operator
Full-time operator
Other
2015-16
2011-12
2013-14

7.
How
2015-16
70% 73%
17% 15%
are open coworking spaces
reported by
members operators
are curated coworking spaces
71%
74% 71%
15% 15%
2013-14
too few too many
just right
27%
58%
14%
Too many or too few coworking spaces
in your region?
What do you think,
how profitable
are other coworking spaces
in your region?
THE COWORKING SPACES
2015-16*
2 %
33 %
35 %
26 %
2 %
Very Unprofitable
Rather Unprofitable
Zero
Rather Profitable
Very Profitable
n.a.
2013-14
3 %
29 %
40 %
18 %
5 %
2011-12
3 %
27 %
43 %
18 %
7 %
*rating on a scale of 5 stars

8.
THE COWORKING SPACES & WHERE THEY ARE HOUSED
82%
of all coworking
spaces lease a
location
14%
of all leases will
expire within
a year
52
months is the
average
lease term
1 in 4
coworking spaces
have moved to
a new location
- at least
once
of all locations
had been vacant
for six months
at least
before
moving
in
5 years or younger
6 to 20 years
21 to 50 years
51 to 100 years
older than 100 years
Don't know & n.a.
8 % 15 % 23 % 30 %
6 %
19 %
20 %
27 %
17 %
11 %
5 %
18 %
24 %
24 %
19 %
9 %
2015-16
2013-14
Age of building
Type of building
Commercial
Industrial
Residential
Other 11 %
17 %
18 %
51 %
12 %
17 %
20 %
51 %
49%
(2013-14:46%
)

9.
THE COWORKING SPACES - FORECAST 2016
8 %
31 %
35 %
12 %
27 %
Yes, with more desks and space in our current location
Yes, we plan to move to a larger location
Yes, we plan to move to another extra location
No
Other
2015-16 2013-14 2011-12
67 %59 %61 %
All “yes” expansions combined*
2013-14
2011-12
8 %
8 %
29 %
33 %
36 %
35 %
9 %
8 %
29 %
21 %
Expansion Plans For The Next Year
*Coworking spaces which plan several types of expansion in 2016 have been counted as one expansion only per coworking space
Expectations Of Coworking Spaces For 2016
Strongly increasing & increasing vs. decreasing & strongly decreasing expectations
Members
Income
79% 2%
74% 2%
Sense of Community 74% 2%
No. of Events 61% 4%
(89%) (0%)
(85%) (1%)
(81%) (1%)
(72%) (2%)
(and compared to 2014)**
** The rating design of this question has changed to a scale of 5 stars for 2016 which can also influence the responses compared to 2014.

10.
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BACKGROUND
The Global Coworking Survey 2015-16 is the 5th global survey on coworking, the first one was conducted in 2010.
The current survey has started on October 13, 2015 and will run until November 27, 2015.
The questionnaire of each survey is continuously updated, and contains currently more than 300 questions incl.
new, recurring, and classic questions. Not all of them are shown to each respondent. Some questions are also
archived and not part of every survey. The first results are swiftly analysed, while the final results consider a quality
check and an comprehensive analysis of relations among the characteristics for an in-depth interpretation, which
takes more time. For this reason, the final results can slightly differ from the first results.
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The final results will be published in a series of articles on Deskmag, starting in January
2016. The number of all participants will be announced after this survey has ended. For
the first results, the first 830 completed questionnaires have been considered, which
have been filled in on coworkingsurvey.com by November 9, 2015.