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How much space does your team need?

Enter your headcount, how your team works and your target arrondissement to get the recommended floor area and the annual rent at the median market price.

People in the office on a normal day, including this year’s planned hires.
Ways of working
Your estimate
230 m²
recommended floor area, i.e. 9.2 m² per employee · range 200 to 275 m²
Workstations105 m²
Meeting rooms, huddle spaces, phone booths40 m²
Breakout and kitchen areas30 m²
Circulation40 m²
Plant rooms and toilets15 m²
103,960 €annual rent excl. VAT & charges
8,663 €per month
4,158 €per employee per year
452 €median rent used /m²/year

Excluding service charges, taxes and VAT. Work out the full cost with the office budget calculator.

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Frequently asked questions

How many m² per employee in an office?

Allow 13 to 16 m² per employee if everyone has an assigned desk, and 8 to 11 m² with flex office, including circulation, meeting rooms, breakout areas and plant rooms. In a Haussmann-era building, add around 10%: corridors and interconnecting rooms eat into usable space.

How do you size an office when staff work from home?

With flex office, you size the space for peak attendance rather than total headcount: often 6 to 8 desks per 10 employees. In return, plan for more meeting rooms, huddle spaces and phone booths, with at least one alternative work setting for each desk removed.

How is office floor area typically split?

As a rule of thumb: 40 to 50% for workstations, 15 to 20% for meeting rooms and huddle spaces, 10 to 15% for breakout areas, 15 to 20% for circulation and 5 to 10% for plant rooms and toilets.

Is there a legal minimum floor area per employee?

The French Labour Code sets no minimum floor area per employee for offices. Standard NF X35-102, the reference used by occupational health doctors, recommends 10 m² per person in a private office, 11 m² in a shared office and 15 m² in a noisy open-plan space.