BLANKSPACES

What BLANKSPACES does

BLANKSPACES is a privately held coworking operator (legal entity: BLANKSPACES Experience LLC) that has run social coworking communities in Greater Los Angeles since 2008, positioning itself as the original coworking space in Southern California. The company serves a horizontal customer base of entrepreneurs, freelancers, and independent professionals seeking flexible workspace, community, and networking rather than traditional long-term office leases. Its core offering is a portfolio of workspace products: WorkCafé (open café-style seating), WorkBar (dedicated desks), WorkStation (flexible workstations), Private Offices, Meeting Rooms, Event Space (at Venice and Santa Monica), and Virtual Office services (SoCal mailing address and phone number with optional mail forwarding/scanning). It also operates a sub-brand called gopods, a network of private pods available for walk-in or advance booking. Underlying infrastructure is physical rather than digital: real estate at seven LA locations (Culver City, Hollywood Sunset, Long Beach, Santa Monica Downtown, Santa Monica Main Street, Venice Abbot Kinney, Venice Lincoln), with high-speed internet and a community events program (EO Scale Sessions, Provisors group meetings, member mixers) layered on top. The company has no mobile app, no API, and no disclosed AI capabilities.

BLANKSPACES generates revenue through four primary streams: (1) recurring memberships starting at $125/month with tiered access to different workspace types; (2) space rental on hourly, weekly, and monthly terms, including meeting rooms and event venues; (3) virtual office subscriptions for mailing address and phone services; and (4) one-time event space rental at the Venice and Santa Monica locations. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer: prospective members can walk in, book online through the company website, take a 2-day trial, or book a tour; marketing is concentrated on the website, Instagram, community events, and a member referral program. Pricing is publicly disclosed and varies by location and space type. The company is founder-owned (founder Jerome Chang is identified as Founder/Architect), with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, parent company, or M&A activity, and headcount is reported at 1-10 employees, indicating a lean central operation across its seven sites.

Name

BLANKSPACES

Legal name

BLANKSPACES Experience LLC

Website

https://blankspaces.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BLANKSPACES is a private coworking operator founded in 2008 in Los Angeles, running seven community-focused workspace locations across Greater LA (Culver City, Hollywood, Long Beach, Santa Monica, Venice) plus a private-pod sub-brand called gopods, serving entrepreneurs and freelancers with memberships, meeting rooms, and virtual office services starting at $125/month.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Coworking and Flexible Office Space

NAICS

Facilities Support Services (561210)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Coworking space rentals
• Flexible office memberships
• Private office leasing
• Virtual office services
• Meeting room booking

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: Monthly memberships starting at $125/mo providing access to coworking spaces, with various tier levels for different workspace types and usage levels.
2. Space Rental (Hourly/Weekly/Monthly): Aspirational workspaces and meeting rooms available for rent by the hour, week, and month for flexible workspace needs.
3. Virtual Office Services: Southern California mailing address and phone number services with mail forwarding or scanning available for a handling fee.
4. Event Space Rental: Event space rentals at Venice and Santa Monica locations for corporate events and gatherings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

BLANKSPACES runs a social coworking community operating seven physical workspace locations across Greater Los Angeles. Members and walk-in customers access flexible workspace products including open café-style seating (WorkCafé), dedicated desks (WorkBar), flexible workstations (WorkStation), enclosed private offices, bookable meeting rooms, and event venues. The company also sells Virtual Office services (Southern California mailing address and phone number with mail forwarding/scanning) and operates the gopods sub-brand network of private pods for focused work on a walk-in or pre-booked basis.

Product overview

BLANKSPACES is a social coworking community offering flexible office and workspace solutions in Greater Los Angeles. The core BLANKSPACES brand provides a portfolio of workspace services including WorkCafé (open coworking seating), WorkBar (dedicated desks), WorkStation (flexible workstations), Private Offices (enclosed team spaces), Meeting Rooms (bookable conference space), Virtual Office (mailing address services), and Event Space (venue rental). The gopods sub-brand operates a network of private pods for walk-in or advance booking. All offerings are accessible through membership plans starting at $125/month, with locations across Culver City, Hollywood, Long Beach, Santa Monica, and Venice. The company positions itself as the original coworking space in Southern California, established in 2008.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• gopods: A network of private pods for walk-in or booked use, offering flexible workspace solutions.

Products and services

• gopods A network of private pods available for walk-in use or advance booking, providing self-contained work environments within the BLANKSPACES network for individuals who need focused, distraction-free workspace.
• WorkBar Dedicated desk space assigned to a single member, providing a consistent personal workspace within the coworking community.
• WorkCafé Open, spacious coworking seating in a café-style environment where members can grab a seat and maximize productivity alongside other community members.
• WorkStation Flexible workstation access providing workspace within the coworking community, available as part of membership offerings.
• Private Office Fully enclosed private office spaces for individuals or teams, offering storage and a dedicated enclosed area without traditional building lease requirements.
• Virtual Office Business address and phone number service providing a professional Southern California mailing address with optional mail forwarding or scanning for a handling fee.
• Meeting Rooms Professional meeting and conference spaces available for hourly, weekly, or monthly booking, equipped for business gatherings and presentations.
• Event Space Event venue rental at Venice and Santa Monica locations for corporate events, networking gatherings, and special occasions.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Yard: Coworking and shared office operator with multiple US locations offering flexible memberships, dedicated desks, private offices, and event space to entrepreneurs and small businesses — comparable product portfolio and target persona.
• Cross Campus: LA-based coworking and event space operator with multiple locations in the Greater Los Angeles area, targeting entrepreneurs and small teams with a community-focused model — directly comparable positioning and geography to BLANKSPACES.

Emerging players

• Workplaceless: Virtual and hybrid workspace solutions provider serving distributed teams and remote professionals. Overlaps with BLANKSPACES' virtual office and freelancer persona targeting, but on a digital-only delivery model.
• Convene: Operator of flexible meeting, event, and workspace venues with premium hospitality positioning. Comparable event space and meeting room monetization strategy, but more enterprise-skewed.
• Mindspace: Premium coworking operator in the US and Europe offering design-forward flexible office space with hospitality-driven service. Comparable product positioning and SMB/enterprise target, with stronger international growth.

Broad incumbents

• Industrious: National premium coworking operator offering flexible office space, meeting rooms, and virtual office services to enterprise and SMB clients. Comparable product suite and target customer segments, with broader geographic reach and deeper capital.
• Office Evolution: US franchise-based coworking and virtual office network with a strong suburban and secondary-market presence. Comparable mix of private offices, meeting rooms, and virtual office services to SMB clients.
• IWG / Spaces: Global workspace operator behind Spaces and Regus brands, providing flexible offices, coworking, meeting rooms, and virtual offices worldwide. Overlaps directly on product mix and target SMB/enterprise customer base.
• WeWork: Largest global coworking and flexible office operator offering memberships, private offices, meeting rooms, and event space. Direct overlap on core coworking and meeting room products, with vastly greater scale and capital base.

Regional players

• WorkBar: Northeast US coworking operator focused on suburban and secondary-market locations with a community-driven model. Comparable operating philosophy and SMB freelancer target, but a different regional footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/blankspaces
• Xx.com/blankspaces
• Facebookfacebook.com/132257631339
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/blankspaces

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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