The Croissant Comparison: WeWork vs Industrious in New York (2026)

WeWork’s cheapest office for two people costs 40% less than Industrious’s across their New York locations. WeWork’s prices match the rest of the market; Industrious’s sit above it at every size it prices.

Uri Maxima
Uri Maxima
Product & Engineering
2026-10-27 · 6 min read

The short answer

Is WeWork or Industrious cheaper for a private office in New York?

WeWork, for two to four people. WeWork’s cheapest office for two people costs a median of $1,450 a month across its New York locations, against $2,434 at Industrious, and the gap holds for three and four people. Measured the same way across every other building in the Croissant Office Price Index, an office for two costs $1,533, so WeWork matches the market and Industrious sits above it. For five to nine people, only Industrious publishes a price.

  • In New York, the median of Industrious’s cheapest private office for two people at each location is $2,434 a month, 59% more than the $1,533 of every other building in the Croissant Office Price Index.
  • For five to nine people, Industrious’s 37 New York private offices cost a median of $6,551 a month, against $3,853 for offices that size from other operators; WeWork publishes no price for an office of more than four people.
  • WeWork’s New York prices include its offer of up to 25% off a 12-month term, which ends on November 30, 2026.

Croissant Office Price Index. WeWork’s and Industrious’s own location pages and terms read October 27, 2026; every other building from the index, prices read October 27, 2026. Each price is the whole office a month on a 12-month term, before taxes.

What WeWork and Industrious charge for a private office in New York, by team size

The cheapest private office of each size at each New York location, median across locations, a month on a 12-month term (read October 27, 2026)
Team sizeWeWork (90% range)Industrious (90% range)Every other building (90% range)WeWork against Industrious
1 personNo median: two locations$1,964 ($1,392 to $2,230)$898 ($696 to $988)Too few WeWork locations
2 people$1,450 ($1,330 to $1,500)$2,434 ($2,208 to $2,753)$1,533 ($1,495 to $1,795)WeWork 40% less
3 people$1,750 ($1,410 to $1,800)$3,162 ($2,421 to $4,586)$1,548 ($1,463 to $1,800)WeWork 45% less
4 people$2,265 ($1,865 to $2,435)$3,794 ($3,011 to $4,237)$2,150 ($2,000 to $2,200)WeWork 40% less
5 to 9 peopleNo published price$6,551 ($5,593 to $7,688)$3,853 ($3,600 to $4,090)WeWork publishes none
WeWork's pages state a starting price for each office size, so each location counts at its cheapest office of that size, and Industrious and every other building in the index are counted the same way. For five to nine people the figures are every office that size. A median needs at least five locations. The 90% range is where the median could plausibly fall; when two ranges do not overlap, the difference is clear.

Croissant runs neither WeWork nor Industrious. We read every Manhattan and Brooklyn location page each one publishes on October 27, 2026: 20 of WeWork’s 31 and 21 of Industrious’s 42 showed a monthly price for an office of a stated size. We set them against every other building in the index, measured the same way. It is part of the Croissant Office Price Index.

Finding 1

For two to four people, WeWork’s starting prices are well below Industrious’s

WeWork’s cheapest office for two people costs a median of $1,450 a month across the 15 New York locations that price one, against $2,434 across Industrious’s 16. For three people it is $1,750 against $3,162, and for four $2,265 against $3,794. Every figure is the whole office a month on a 12-month term, before taxes.

WeWork’s pages say these prices include its offer of up to 25% off a 12-month term for new members and members who left at least two months ago, which ends on November 30, 2026. If every one of them carried the whole 25%, the median for two people without it would be $1,933, still below Industrious’s $2,434.

WeWork and IndustriousThe cheapest office of each size at each location, median across locationsThe large dots are the medians, the small ones each location. The bars show where each median could plausibly fall.

WeWork Industrious

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2 people: $1,450 at WeWork, $2,434 at Industrious. 3 people: $1,750 at WeWork, $3,162 at Industrious. 4 people: $2,265 at WeWork, $3,794 at Industrious.

The bars are 90% intervals from resampling the locations 20,000 times. Source: Croissant Office Price Index, 2026-10-27. WeWork’s and Industrious’s own location pages read on 2026-10-27; other operators’ offices on Croissant, LiquidSpace and CoworkingCafe collected by Croissant on 2026-08-19.

The cheapest office for two, three and four people at every WeWork and Industrious location in New York that prices one (read October 27, 2026)
LocationOperatorBoroughSeatsCheapest office a month
85 Broad StWeWorkManhattan2$1,010
195 Montague StWeWorkBrooklyn2$1,140
379 W BroadwayWeWorkManhattan2$1,180
750 Lexington AveWeWorkManhattan2$1,280
Dumbo Heights (77 Sands)WeWorkBrooklyn2$1,330
368 9th AveWeWorkManhattan2$1,360
250 BroadwayWeWorkManhattan2$1,440
33 Irving PlWeWorkManhattan2$1,450
450 Lexington AveWeWorkManhattan2$1,470
575 FifthWeWorkManhattan2$1,490
1460 BroadwayWeWorkManhattan2$1,500
135 Madison AveWeWorkManhattan2$1,540
134 N 4th StWeWorkBrooklyn2$1,560
18 West 18th StreetWeWorkManhattan2$1,640
City HallIndustriousManhattan2$1,642
575 Lexington AvenueWeWorkManhattan2$1,670
WilliamsburgIndustriousBrooklyn2$1,858
Indy by Industrious Gramercy ParkIndustriousManhattan2$2,156
University PlaceIndustriousManhattan2$2,164
FlatironIndustriousManhattan2$2,200
261 Madison AveIndustriousManhattan2$2,216
Wall StreetIndustriousManhattan2$2,301
West 30thIndustriousManhattan2$2,324
Brooklyn - 1000 DeanIndustriousBrooklyn2$2,544
875 3rd AveIndustriousManhattan2$2,711
386 Park Ave SIndustriousManhattan2$2,741
Lex & E 50th StIndustriousManhattan2$2,764
Union Square on BroadwayIndustriousManhattan2$3,390
902 BroadwayIndustriousManhattan2$3,544
Grand CentralIndustriousManhattan2$3,851
New York City Financial DistrictIndustriousManhattan2$4,181
Dumbo Heights (77 Sands)WeWorkBrooklyn3$1,120
85 Broad StWeWorkManhattan3$1,370
379 W BroadwayWeWorkManhattan3$1,410
750 Lexington AveWeWorkManhattan3$1,620
450 Lexington AveWeWorkManhattan3$1,750
1460 BroadwayWeWorkManhattan3$1,760
135 Madison AveWeWorkManhattan3$1,800
University PlaceIndustriousManhattan3$1,844
575 FifthWeWorkManhattan3$1,890
33 Irving PlWeWorkManhattan3$2,090
Indy by Industrious Gramercy ParkIndustriousManhattan3$2,291
261 Madison AveIndustriousManhattan3$2,421
City HallIndustriousManhattan3$2,474
WilliamsburgIndustriousBrooklyn3$2,854
Brooklyn - 594 DeanIndustriousBrooklyn3$3,162
FlatironIndustriousManhattan3$3,173
386 Park Ave SIndustriousManhattan3$3,529
875 3rd AveIndustriousManhattan3$4,586
Grand CentralIndustriousManhattan3$4,714
Union Square on BroadwayIndustriousManhattan3$5,219
85 Broad StWeWorkManhattan4$1,430
Dock 72 at the Brooklyn Navy YardWeWorkBrooklyn4$1,480
8 W 126th StWeWorkManhattan4$1,600
195 Montague StWeWorkBrooklyn4$1,630
Dumbo Heights (77 Sands)WeWorkBrooklyn4$1,750
379 W BroadwayWeWorkManhattan4$1,980
500 7th AveWeWorkManhattan4$2,160
115 BroadwayWeWorkManhattan4$2,190
City HallIndustriousManhattan4$2,281
1460 BroadwayWeWorkManhattan4$2,340
450 Lexington AveWeWorkManhattan4$2,350
135 Madison AveWeWorkManhattan4$2,410
33 Irving PlWeWorkManhattan4$2,460
575 FifthWeWorkManhattan4$2,510
134 N 4th StWeWorkBrooklyn4$2,540
261 Madison AveIndustriousManhattan4$2,801
575 Lexington AvenueWeWorkManhattan4$2,850
524 BroadwayWeWorkManhattan4$2,920
Indy by Industrious Gramercy ParkIndustriousManhattan4$3,011
Brooklyn - 1000 DeanIndustriousBrooklyn4$3,271
Tower 49® by IndustriousIndustriousManhattan4$3,643
FlatironIndustriousManhattan4$3,794
University PlaceIndustriousManhattan4$3,890
Bryant Park off FifthIndustriousManhattan4$4,237
875 3rd AveIndustriousManhattan4$5,081
WilliamsburgIndustriousBrooklyn4$5,216
Union Square on BroadwayIndustriousManhattan4$7,273
The monthly price of the whole office on a 12-month term, before taxes, as each operator’s page states it. WeWork’s prices include its current offer. WeWork prices a one-person office at two locations, too few for a median.

Finding 2

WeWork matches the rest of the market, and Industrious costs more than it

Croissant set both brands against every other building in the index, measured the same way: the cheapest office of each size in each building. For two people that is a median of $1,533 a month across 31 buildings; for three, $1,548; for four, $2,150. WeWork’s ranges overlap those, so it is no cheaper and no dearer than the rest of the market. Industrious’s are clearly higher at every size it prices, from one person up.

For five to nine people, only Industrious publishes a price: its 37 offices that size, at 17 locations, cost a median of $6,551 a month, 70% more than the $3,853 of the index’s offices that size. WeWork’s pages put a price on no office for more than four people; for bigger offices they ask the team to contact sales.

Against everyone elseIndustrious against every other building in the index, by team sizeOthers is every building in the index that is neither WeWork nor Industrious, counted the same way. Where the bars do not overlap, the difference is clear.

Others Industrious

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1 person: $1,964 at Industrious, $898 at other operators. 2 people: $2,434 at Industrious, $1,533 at other operators. 3 people: $3,162 at Industrious, $1,548 at other operators. 4 people: $3,794 at Industrious, $2,150 at other operators. 5 to 9 people: $6,551 at Industrious, $3,853 at other operators.

The bars are 90% intervals from resampling the buildings 20,000 times. Source: Croissant Office Price Index, 2026-10-27. WeWork’s and Industrious’s own location pages read on 2026-10-27; other operators’ offices on Croissant, LiquidSpace and CoworkingCafe collected by Croissant on 2026-08-19.

What the agreements say about price rises, deposits and leaving

WeWork’s US membership agreement template, dated July 1, 2024, raises the fee 3.5% on each anniversary of the start date and allows further rises once a term rolls over month to month. Industrious’s US terms, updated October 2026, let it change the fee for any renewal with 90 days’ notice and state no limit. They also let Industrious end an agreement on 30 days’ notice, while the member has no right to end one early. Neither publishes its deposit: each sets it in the agreement.

What each agreement says about the price, the deposit, the commitment and leaving (read October 27, 2026)
TermWeWorkIndustriousAn office on Croissant’s agreement
Price rises3.5% on each anniversary of the start date; more on month-to-month rollover, after noticeAny change at renewal, with 90 days’ notice (60 on month-to-month); no limit statedNone during the term; a change at renewal needs 90 days’ notice
DepositA service retainer, a multiple of the monthly fee set by payment method; no figure published, so Croissant asksThe amount in each agreement; no figure published, so Croissant asksSet per office; nothing is charged until move-in
CommitmentFrom one month; the offer needs 12 monthsThe term in each agreement; the prices here are for 12 months3, 6, 9, 12 months, on the Croissant Term Ladder
Renewal and noticeRolls over month to month after the term; one to three months’ notice for an office of up to 24 people, longer on longer termsRenews for the same length unless the member gives 60 days’ noticeRenews unless the member gives 60 days’ notice
From WeWork’s US membership agreement template and help center, Industrious’s US membership terms, and Croissant’s own agreement. Where an operator publishes no figure, Croissant asks it for one before a team signs.

An office taken on Croissant’s own agreement comes with the Croissant Guarantee: nothing is charged until move-in, the monthly rate is fixed for the whole term, a change at renewal needs 90 days’ notice, and 60 days’ notice before the term ends stops it renewing. Its price follows the Croissant Term Ladder: a 12-month term at the office’s own price, then nine months at 4% more, six months at 9% more, three months at 18% more. The guarantee is not a term WeWork or Industrious offer on their own agreements.

How we measured it

On 2026-10-27 we opened every Manhattan and Brooklyn location page on wework.com and industriousoffice.com. WeWork’s pages state a starting price for each office size, on a 12-month commitment and including its current offer, so each WeWork location counts at its cheapest office of each size. Industrious’s office pages state each office’s seats and its monthly price on a 12-month term; each location counts at its cheapest office of each size too. A location that showed no price with a seat count, only a sales contact, is left out and counted as unpriced. Prices are before taxes. The other operators are every other building in the New York index, from offices on Croissant at their 12-month price and offices listed on LiquidSpace and CoworkingCafe, counted the same way. The terms come from WeWork’s offer page, its US membership agreement template and its help center, and Industrious’s US membership terms. The intervals come from resampling 20,000 times. Every office is on private offices in New York City.

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