How many square feet per employee do you need?
Use a simple planning band: 100–150 sq ft per person for most balanced offices, then adjust for your style of work and add shared space.
A quick calculation
Multiply headcount by your target per-person figure, then add 20–30% for meeting rooms, kitchen and reception. For example, 20 people at 125 sq ft is 2,500 sq ft of desks, plus roughly 600–750 sq ft of shared space — call it 3,100–3,250 sq ft total. Dense open-plan teams can trim this; private-office firms should budget more. For hybrid teams, size around peak attendance, not total staff.
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