What Bureaux A Partager does

Bureaux A Partager, operating commercially as Ubiq, is a French digital marketplace for flexible and traditional office space founded in 2012 by Clément Alteresco and incubated by FaberNovel. The platform aggregates 8,461 listings across all 20 Paris arrondissements, key Île-de-France suburbs, and eight major regional cities (Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Lille, Toulouse, Montpellier, Nantes, Strasbourg), connecting office seekers with coworking operators, managed office providers, and landlords. Its product surface spans a self-serve search portal, proprietary decision-support tools (Commute Calculator, Contract Comparator, Surface Calculator, Ideal Location Engine), and a dedicated expert advisory layer (Chloé, Mehdi, Simon, Paul, Victorien, Vincent) that handles viewings, shortlisting, and contract negotiation for enterprise deals of 70–190+ seats. The company claims 5,000+ cumulative companies served, a 4.9/5 satisfaction rating, 15-minute average response times, and up to 15% price negotiation on behalf of clients.

Ubiq's revenue model is a transactional commission structure: the service is free for office seekers and monetized exclusively through referral fees paid by operators and landlords when leases are signed via the platform. The company serves three primary segments: high-growth startups seeking flexible terms, large enterprises (70–190+ posts) requiring managed or full-building deployments, and PME/ETI (20–100 posts) needing mid-sized office solutions. Named enterprise customers include Git Guardian, XRP Ledger, Colt DCS, Flatpay, Vizzia, Volta Groupe, Culture Live, Dedale Intelligence, Photoroom, and Trace for Good, distributed across cybersecurity, blockchain, fintech, AI, media, and sustainability verticals. The company raised approximately $2.24M in 2017 from Elevation Capital Partners; no subsequent funding rounds are disclosed. The operating model combines SEO-optimized location pages and content marketing with a high-touch sales motion for larger deals, and the underlying technology is best characterized as a curated two-sided marketplace with rule-based matching tools rather than an AI-native platform.

Name

Bureaux A Partager

Legal name

Ubiq

Website

https://bureauxapartager.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ubiq (Bureaux A Partager) is a French two-sided marketplace that connects companies seeking flexible office space with coworking operators and landlords across Paris and eight major French cities, earning commissions on signed leases via a free-for-seekers model supported by expert advisors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Commission from operators and landlords: Ubiq earns commissions from office space operators and landlords when leases are signed through the platform. The service is free for companies seeking office space, funded entirely by property providers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bureaux A Partager (Ubiq) operates a digital marketplace that aggregates 8,461 flexible office space listings across France and connects companies seeking office space with coworking operators, managed office providers, and building landlords. The service is free for office seekers and monetized through commissions paid by operators when leases are signed. The platform combines self-service search tools (commute calculator, contract comparator, surface calculator, search-tracking dashboard) with dedicated expert advisors who provide personalized recommendations, schedule visits, and negotiate leases.

Product overview

Ubiq est une plateforme de recherche et de location de bureaux flexibles en France, offrant un accompagnement expert gratuit aux entreprises. Le portefeuille de produits comprend quatre types d'espaces de travail : le bureau opéré (espace privatif clé en main géré par un opérateur), l'étage/plateau indépendant, le bureau privé clé en main en coworking, et le poste en open space. À ces offres principales s'ajoutent la location d'immeuble entier pour les grandes entreprises. La plateforme propose également des outils intelligents intégrés : l'Emplacement de bureau idéal (recommandation personnalisée basée sur les adresses des collaborateurs), le Comparateur de contrats et le Calculateur de surface. Le modèle repose sur un service gratuit pour les entreprises avec des experts dédiés et une promesse de 100% des bureaux à jour.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ubiq Office Search Marketplace Platform Online marketplace platform connecting French companies seeking flexible office space with coworking operators, managed office providers, and building landlords. Free for office seekers and accessible via self-service browsing across all Paris arrondissements and major French cities.
• Bureau opéré / Immeuble entier (Managed office search) Search and lease facilitation service for private, fully managed office spaces and entire buildings of 70+ posts, including internet, cleaning, reception, and furniture for large-team deployments.
• Étage / plateau indépendant (Independent floor) Search and lease facilitation service for reserved independent floors (20-100 posts) within coworking centres or shared buildings, with access to meeting rooms, kitchens, and shared common services.
• Bureau privé clé en main (Turnkey private office) Search and lease facilitation service for equipped, enclosed private offices (1-40 posts) within coworking spaces or conventional offices, with access to shared meeting rooms and services.
• Poste en open space (Coworking desk) Search and lease facilitation service for dedicated or nomad desks (1-10 posts) in shared open workspaces, with cost-efficient pricing and shared services.
• Expert Advisor Accompaniment Service Personalized accompaniment by dedicated expert advisors (Chloe, Mehdi, Simon, Paul, Victorien, Vincent) providing over 50 years of combined experience, including property recommendations, visit scheduling, contract negotiation support (up to 15% price reduction), and end-to-end search-to-signature guidance at no cost to the office seeker.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average 15% price reduction through negotiation support
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Flexible office operators and landlords in FrancecoreOthersUbiq partners with all flexible office operators in France, listing their spaces on the platform. The company acts as a distribution channel for these operators, earning commissions when leases are signed. This includes coworking spaces, managed office providers, and building owners across France.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Liquidspace: US-based on-demand office marketplace connecting tenants with flexible workspaces. Closest international analogue to Ubiq's two-sided model, monetising on bookings/transactions from operators and providing enterprise search tools.
• OfficeRiders: French platform providing a curated marketplace of coworking, serviced offices and meeting rooms. Operates in the same French market as Ubiq with a similar listing + transaction-fee model, and overlaps on the same supply side of operators.
• Hubble: London-headquartered flexible office marketplace primarily serving the UK and Ireland. Comparable offering to Ubiq: curated listings, transaction-based revenue, and broker-assisted leasing for SMEs and mid-market enterprises.
• Workthere: JLL-owned flexible office search platform operating in the UK, US and continental Europe. Directly comparable to Ubiq as a curated marketplace helping companies find and lease coworking/managed offices, with similar self-serve-plus-advisory model.
• Bureauxlocaux: French commercial real estate listing platform offering office search across France. Comparable target market (French office seekers) and listings-based model, though broader (includes conventional long-lease as well as flexible).

Broad incumbents

• IWG / Regus: World's largest flexible-workspace operator (Regus, Spaces, HQ). A core supply-side partner of Ubiq's marketplace today, but also building its own direct enterprise sales capability that could reduce reliance on third-party marketplaces like Ubiq.
• Spotahome: European online rental marketplace covering both residential and longer-stay bookings. Broader scope than Ubiq (residential/longer-term rather than office leasing), but a comparable online marketplace/agency business model that could be repositioned into the flexible-office category.
• JLL: Global commercial real estate services giant that owns Workthere. While not focused exclusively on flexible offices, JLL operates broadly in the same office-brokerage space as Ubiq and could displace Ubiq at the enterprise end of the market.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global commercial real estate services firm offering office leasing and tenant-representation services across all tiers, including flexible workspace. Comparable at the enterprise-twin-deal level where Ubiq handles 70–190-post mandates.
• WeWork: Global flexible-office operator that has historically aggregated its own inventory and increasingly sells direct to enterprises. Overlaps with Ubiq on the supply side (one of Ubiq's listed operator partners) and on the demand side via WeWork's own search tools.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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