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Coworking jobs expanded 15% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2025 as companies bring the office to their employees, according to a Coworking Cafe report.
97% of Fortune 100 employees are subject to hybrid or full-time office requirements, typically in four-day-a-week arrangements, according to JLL. 4Q office report. This normalization of assistance policies, along with an aggressive resizing of entitlements after the pandemic, has meant that many major companies need room to expand, the firm says.
As part of their search, organizations are turning to flexible spaces and other innovative workplace strategies that vary from traditional leases, according to CBRE. 2025 America’s Office Occupant Sentiment Survey.
According to one Wall Street Journal reportwhich named Pfizer, Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Lyft among those using shared conference rooms and cubicles through coworking arrangements.
Of the 50 locations added last year by flex space company Industrious, most of the growth came from larger companies using flex space for satellite offices, often with fewer than 100 employees, that offer services comparable to corporate headquarters, the WSJ reported.
Growing use of coworking space in major markets helped fuel a 17% year-over-year increase in the sector, to 159 million square feet by the end of the year, according to Coworking Cafe. The national inventory of coworking spaces grew by 5% quarterly, to 8,854, according to the company.
Despite the growth, coworking as a share of space remains in the low single digits — just over 2.2% of total US office inventory, “showing how much ground remains,” Coworking Cafe said in its report. “That said, operators seem increasingly willing to wait for the right building, the right submarket and the right tenant mix before committing their capital.”
While the expansion of coworking continues, it is increasingly concentrated in large, established markets such as Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas-Forth Worth, Washington, DC, and Manhattan.
Los Angeles, with 338 spaces, is the largest coworking market, with incremental growth reflecting a resilient coworking ecosystem where operators are setting up new locations in established submarkets rather than opening new territories, Coworking Cafe said. According to the report, Washington, DC and Manhattan are seeing modest increases from quarter to quarter as organizations look to agile and hybrid work solutions.
In contrast, several midsize markets, including Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, Nashville, Tennessee, and Columbus, Ohio, reported flat or near-flat location counts in the fourth quarter. “This pause suggests that operators appear to be focusing on maximizing performance at existing sites before committing to further expansion,” the Coworking Cafe report said.
Meanwhile, the average coworking workplace size and price are holding steady at about 18,000 square feet and about $220 a month, down slightly from $225, the report said. Day passes are priced at $30. Meeting rooms cost about $45 an hour and virtual offices are about $159 a month, similar to the previous month, “marking a clear transition from adjustment to equilibrium,” Coworking Cafe said.
