Virtual Office Edinburgh

Edinburgh keeps its flexible workspace unusually close to the centre. Of the 19 buildings listed, the great majority sit in EH2 and EH3 — the New Town and the West End, either side of Queen Street and Charlotte Square. If you are searching for a desk or a room in Edinburgh and picture the Georgian grid, the listings match that picture more closely than in any other British city here.

Coworking space in Edinburgh: 19 desks from £121 a month

The exceptions are worth knowing before you shortlist. A handful of addresses sit out at EH12 towards Edinburgh Park and the airport corridor, and a couple more at EH15 on the coast at Portobello. Those are a different commute and usually a different rate from a Charlotte Square address, even though the city filter puts them on the same page.

Across the city the catalogue holds 169 listings: 112 private offices, 19 coworking options, 19 virtual office packages and 19 registered address services. Desks start at £121 a month, private rooms at £150, and a registered address on its own at £53.

Serviced office sizes and operators in Edinburgh

Rooms run from 7 m² to 524 m² with a median of 64 m², so the middle of the Edinburgh market is a room for six to eight people rather than a floor plate. 6 operators carry branded space here — Regus holds the largest share, with Spaces and Signature each holding one address — and the rest are listed under their own names.

Enquiring costs the tenant nothing: operators and building owners pay the fee, and the rate you see is confirmed by the operator before any viewing.