Workspace Inventory Index

The Workspace Inventory Index is Croissant's ongoing count of the on-demand workspace market: every location listed across the major coworking platforms, marketplaces, directories, and operators, tracked in one place. As of 2026-08-19, the index covers 64,708 listed locations across 14 platforms.

Raw platform numbers are usually published by the platforms themselves, each with its own definition of a "location." This index puts them side by side under one methodology so the numbers can actually be compared. It is updated quarterly. For a hands-on look at how the booking apps differ in daily use, see our guide to the 6 best coworking apps.

The workspace platform landscape at a glance

Counts are listed locations per platform as of 2026-08-19. The same physical space frequently appears on several platforms, so these columns cannot be summed to a count of unique spaces.

How to read these numbers

The single most important thing about workspace inventory data: a bigger number does not mean more bookable workspace. The platforms in this index do fundamentally different things, and their location counts mean different things as a result.

Distributed team infrastructure

One platform where Operations and HR run the company’s entire workspace program: a curated, fully bookable network combined with the budgets, policies, central billing, and usage visibility to govern it. Croissant is the only platform in the index in this category.

• Croissant: 792 listed locations

Team booking software

Booking software that gives teams access to aggregated third-party inventory. Useful for reserving desks and rooms across many spaces; the emphasis is on booking access rather than managing the full workspace program.

• Upflex: 10,518 listed locations
• Gable: 3,013 listed locations
• Deskpass: 2,001 listed locations
• Spacent: 511 listed locations

Booking marketplaces

Marketplaces and brokerages where individuals and companies find and book spaces one at a time, usually space by space or via brokered deals.

• Instant Offices: 8,002 listed locations
• LiquidSpace: 6,308 listed locations
• Hubble: 992 listed locations

On-demand apps

Consumer-style apps focused on instant, pay-per-use access for individuals, often billed by the minute or hour.

• Flexspace: 332 listed locations
• Deskimo: 290 listed locations

Listing directories

Directories list spaces for discovery. Booking and billing typically happen directly with each space, not through the platform.

• Coworker: 16,188 listed locations
• CoworkingCafe: 14,946 listed locations

Space operators

Operators own or run their own locations rather than aggregating other providers’ inventory.

• Servcorp: 579 listed locations
• Industrious: 236 listed locations

Coverage by city

The index also tracks where listed inventory concentrates. These are the largest markets, with per-platform coverage on each city page:

• Coworking in London: 2,859 listed locations
• Coworking in New York City: 1,562 listed locations
• Coworking in Chicago: 657 listed locations
• Coworking in Paris: 575 listed locations
• Coworking in Mexico City: 541 listed locations
• Coworking in Los Angeles: 526 listed locations
• Coworking in Barcelona: 511 listed locations
• Coworking in Berlin: 447 listed locations
• Coworking in Madrid: 437 listed locations
• Coworking in Miami: 427 listed locations
• Coworking in San Francisco: 388 listed locations
• Coworking in Austin: 378 listed locations
• Coworking in Amsterdam: 299 listed locations
• Coworking in Philadelphia: 293 listed locations
• Coworking in Lisbon: 247 listed locations
• Coworking in Istanbul: 256 listed locations

Methodology

The index is built from Croissant's internal inventory tracking system, which monitors publicly available location listings across all 14 platforms, including Croissant's own network, counted under the same rules as everyone else's.

• What counts as a location: a distinct physical address listed on a platform. Multiple bookable rooms or units at one address count as one location.
• Duplicates across platforms: many spaces list on several platforms at once. Per-platform counts include those duplicates; cross-platform totals therefore overstate the number of unique physical spaces.
• City figures: derived from listed addresses; a small share of listings (under 1%) cannot be mapped to a city and is excluded from city counts.
• What is not counted: platforms with no public location listings, and inventory categories a platform does not expose publicly.
• Company facts: founding year and headquarters are compiled from public company information.
• Update cadence: quarterly. Each figure reflects the snapshot date shown on the page.

FAQs about workspace inventory

Which coworking platform has the most locations?

By raw listing count, the directories lead: Coworker lists about 16,188 locations globally. Among booking software for teams, Upflex lists the most locations. Croissant takes a different approach as distributed team infrastructure: a curated network where every location is directly bookable and the whole program is managed centrally.

How many coworking spaces are there in the world?

No one knows precisely, because there is no central registry and platforms overlap heavily. This index tracks 64,708 listings across 14 platforms; after accounting for spaces listed on multiple platforms, the number of unique spaces is meaningfully smaller.

Why does the same space appear on multiple platforms?

Most coworking spaces distribute their inventory the way hotels do: they list on directories for discovery and join booking networks for demand. A single space might appear on a directory, two marketplaces, and a team platform simultaneously.

What is the difference between booking software and workspace infrastructure?

Booking software answers "where can my people reserve a desk today?" Infrastructure answers "how does my company run workspace as a program?" The second includes the first, plus the budgets, policies, central billing, and usage visibility that Operations and HR need to govern it. That distinction matters more than any location count, and it is why workspace management is becoming a governance layer in the hybrid work stack.