What Fabbit does

Fabbit is a Japanese flexible workspace operator founded in April 2017 and headquartered in Tokyo, providing rental offices (レンタルオフィス), coworking spaces (コワーキングスペース), virtual offices (バーチャルオフィス), and meeting rooms and event spaces (貸会議室・イベントスペース) to startups, sole proprietors, freelancers, small and medium businesses, and large enterprises seeking satellite offices or open innovation partnerships. The company self-describes as 'one of Japan's largest brands' for these services and operates approximately 20,000 members across a nationwide network covering Hokkaido, Kanto, Tokai, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu, with international Global Gateway sub-brand locations in San Francisco, Bangkok, Hawaii, and Menlo Park.

The underlying offering is built on physical real estate infrastructure rather than a proprietary software platform; no APIs, AI features, or differentiated technology stack are disclosed. Differentiators are a dense content-marketing engine (a Japanese-language editorial site covering satellite offices, BCP, virtual office legal/tax considerations, and hybrid work), high-profile community events such as fabbit Conference featuring founders including Jimmy Wales, Biz Stone, Chad Hurley, Steve Wozniak, and Spencer Rascoff, and a portfolio of government-endorsed startup programs in Munakata, Kobe, Kitakyushu, and Hawaii that provide subsidized premises and legitimacy.

Revenue is generated primarily through recurring monthly subscriptions across rental offices, coworking memberships, and virtual office plans, supplemented by per-booking transaction revenue from meeting rooms and event spaces. Pricing is not publicly disclosed on the website and is negotiated via inquiry or in-person office tours. Following a January 2021 merger with Systemsoft Co., Ltd., Fabbit was acquired by TKP Corporation in March 2025 and now operates as a subsidiary brand within the TKP Group, leveraging TKP's meeting room and rental office network for cross-selling while retaining the Fabbit brand identity.

Name

Fabbit

Legal name

fabbit株式会社

Website

https://fabbit.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fabbit is a Japanese flexible workspace operator offering rental offices, coworking spaces, virtual offices, and meeting rooms across Japan and select international cities, serving startups, SMBs, freelancers, and enterprises seeking satellite office and open innovation facilities. It is a subsidiary of TKP Corporation following a March 2025 acquisition.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Flexible Workspace Services (Coworking, Rental, and Virtual Offices)

NAICS

Facilities Support Services (561210), Private Mail Centers (561431)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Hybrid Work Enablement & Desk/Room Booking Operations (BPABAFAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Space & Occupancy Services (Move/Add/Change, Seating, Wayfinding) (IMAIALAF)

Keywords

• Rental office services
• Coworking spaces
• Virtual offices
• Meeting room rentals
• Flexible workspaces

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices17 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Rental Office Services: Fabbit operates rental offices (レンタルオフィス) — fully equipped private office spaces rented on flexible terms. These spaces are available across its nationwide network of locations and can be used for business address registration. Revenue is generated through recurring monthly rental fees.
2. Coworking Space Services: Fabbit provides coworking spaces (コワーキングスペース) for individuals and teams, offering hot desks, dedicated desks, and day passes (1DAY PASS). These spaces serve freelancers, remote workers, and satellite office needs. Revenue is generated through monthly membership fees and per-use day pass charges.
3. Virtual Office Services: Fabbit offers virtual office (バーチャルオフィス) services that provide a business address for company registration, mail handling and forwarding, and occasional meeting room access. This service targets startups, sole proprietors, and remote-first businesses. Revenue is generated through monthly subscription fees.
4. Meeting Room & Event Space Rental: Fabbit rents out meeting rooms and event spaces (貸会議室・エVENTスペース) to members and non-members on an hourly or per-booking basis. These spaces support business meetings, seminars, and events. Revenue is generated on a per-use/transaction basis.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Fabbit operates flexible workspace services across Japan, providing fully furnished private rental offices, shared coworking spaces (hot desks, dedicated desks, 1DAY PASS), virtual offices for business address registration and mail handling, and hourly meeting/event rooms. Spaces are offered on flexible monthly subscriptions or per-use bookings, with members gaining access to the nationwide fabbit network and a ~20,000-member community for events and business matching.

Product overview

Fabbit operates as Japan's largest brand for rental offices, coworking spaces, and virtual offices. The company provides a portfolio of flexible workspace solutions including private rental offices for dedicated business use, shared coworking spaces for hot-desking and networking, virtual office services for business address registration and mail handling, and meeting rooms/event spaces for conferences and corporate events. The offering includes main brand fabbit locations across Japan as well as sub-brands such as TRIEL東京, NUWORKS (Tokyo and Fukuoka), and fabbit Global Gateway (GG) targeting international startups. The company operates nationwide through approximately 20,000 members across multiple locations in major Japanese cities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• fabbit Global Gateway (fabbitGG): グローバル展開を目指すスタートアップのためのコワーキングスペースブランド
• fabbit Samurai Cafe
• COMPASS小倉

Products and services

• fabbit Rental Office (fabbit レンタルオフィス) Fully furnished private office spaces rented on flexible monthly terms, with business address registration capability for tenants. Available across fabbit's nationwide Japanese network and used by startups, SMBs, and enterprise satellite-office tenants.
• fabbit Coworking Space (fabbit コワーキングスペース) Shared coworking spaces providing hot desks, dedicated desks, and 1DAY PASS drop-in access for individuals and small teams including freelancers, remote workers, and satellite-office users. Includes community/networking access with other fabbit members.
• fabbit Virtual Office (fabbit バーチャルオフィス) Virtual office service that provides a business address for company registration, mail handling/forwarding, and occasional meeting-room access for startups, sole proprietors, and remote-first businesses that do not need a physical office.
• fabbit Meeting Rooms & Event Spaces (fabbit 貸会議室・イベントスペース) Rental meeting rooms and event spaces available to members and non-members on an hourly or per-booking basis, supporting business meetings, seminars, conferences, and corporate events of varying capacities.
• fabbit Global Gateway (fabbitGG) Coworking-focused sub-brand targeting international startups and foreign companies entering Japan and Japanese startups expanding abroad, with locations in San Francisco, Bangkok, Hawaii, and Japan providing cross-border business environments, networking, and ecosystem support.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TKP Corporation (株式会社TKP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025In March 2025, TKP Corporation acquired/assumed (継承) the 'fabbit' business from the previous operator (fabbit株式会社). This acquisition made Fabbit a subsidiary brand within the TKP Group, one of Japan's largest meeting room and flexible workspace operators.
• Munakata City and Munakata City Chamber of Commerce and Industry (宗像市・宗像市商工会)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2020In July 2020, Fabbit opened 'fabbit Munakata' in partnership with Munakata City and the Munakata City Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The city government supports the location as part of its startup ecosystem development strategy, and Fabbit participates in city-sponsored entrepreneurship support programs.
• SVVS (United States)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2020In April 2020, Fabbit opened 'Bootup World by fabbit' in Menlo Park, Silicon Valley, in partnership with SVVS — described as a startup support ecosystem company. This partnership provided Fabbit with local ecosystem expertise and startup community access in the Valley.
• FUTUREWARD (Taiwan)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2020In February 2020, Fabbit entered a business partnership (業務提携) with FUTUREWARD, a Taiwanese coworking space operator. This partnership expanded Fabbit's regional coworking network into Taiwan.
• Hyogo Prefecture and Kobe City (兵庫県・神戸市)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 July 2019In July 2019, Fabbit opened 'fabbit Kobe Sannomiya' as a location certified (助成認定) by Hyogo Prefecture and Kobe City. The government endorsement provided legitimacy and potentially marketing reach through local government channels for startup support.
• Workbar (United States)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2017In November 2017, Fabbit entered a capital partnership (資本提携) with Workbar, a U.S.-based coworking operator. This partnership was one of Fabbit's earliest international collaborations, aligning with its early international expansion strategy.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• WeWork: Global coworking and flexible-workspace operator with a significant Japan presence (Tokyo and Osaka locations). Directly competes with Fabbit for startup, SMB, and enterprise satellite-office demand using a similar rental-office + coworking + meeting-room service stack.
• TKP Corporation (crosscoop / tkp-space): Fabbit's parent company since March 2025 and operator of overlapping flex-office brands (crosscoop for 5-30 person offices, tkp-space for 50+ person offices). Now both parent and internal competitor — offers a directly comparable rental-office / coworking stack to enterprise customers.
• Workbar: US-based coworking operator that entered a capital alliance with Fabbit in November 2017. Directly comparable in product mix (private offices + coworking + meeting rooms) and target customer (startups, remote workers, SMBs in tier-1 cities).

Broad incumbents

• IWG (Regus / Spaces): World's largest flex-office operator (Regus, Spaces, HQ, Signature brands) with deep Japan penetration. Targets the same enterprise and SMB segments as Fabbit across identical product categories — rental offices, coworking, virtual offices, meeting rooms — but with materially more capital, locations, and brand recognition.

Regional players

• Compass Offices: Asia-Pacific flexible-workspace operator with presence in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, and other Asia hubs. Competes with Fabbit's Global Gateway positioning and serves similar multinational and startup clients seeking cross-border office solutions.
• Office Tiger (plus-office): Japanese one-room / private-office operator focused on small-team and solo-entrepreneur workspace. Targets the same startup and SMB customer base as Fabbit's rental office product, with a similar Tokyo-centric footprint.
• DIAMOND REALTY (We+ / オフィスバスターズ系): Japanese real estate services group involved in flexible-workspace operations. Competes with Fabbit for Tokyo mid-market rental-office demand and brings established landlord relationships that provide a sourcing advantage for new locations.

Emerging players

• JustCo: Asia-headquartered coworking operator with locations across Southeast Asia (Singapore, Bangkok, Jakarta, etc.). Comparable to Fabbit in product offering and aspirational positioning toward startups and SMEs, with overlapping Bangkok presence where Fabbit Global Gateway operates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TKP_jp
• Facebookfacebook.com/TKPCorp

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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