Impact of COVID-19 on Belgian Coworking Market

In 2020, this Belgian Workspace Association slide deck examined COVID-19 in relation to Belgium’s coworking and flexible-workspace market. Dated June 4, 2020, it identified Edouard Cambier and framed its scope around 232 workspaces and 20,000 workers. The slides mapped workspace locations across Belgium and placed the national discussion within wider industry context, citing Deskmag’s 2019 count of 21,167 workspaces worldwide. The presentation described coworking as a way for organisations to reduce occupancy costs, locate work closer to employees’ homes, operate more flexibly, retain staff and attract talent. It also reproduced a French-language article that projected coworking would account for 30% of workspaces by 2030. Photographs and examples illustrated workplace communities and alternative commercial activity during the pandemic. The presentation established its scope, authorship and strategic themes, but its principal charts and detailed analysis of market structure, operational impact and profitability did not make its quantitative findings fully assessable.

Key findings

• The deck framed its 2020 analysis around 232 Belgian workspaces and 20,000 workers.
• The presentation cited Deskmag’s 2019 estimate of 21,167 workspaces worldwide.
• A reproduced article projected that coworking would account for 30% of workspaces by 2030.

Published by Belgian Workspace Association, 2020