Coworking Brasil

What Coworking Brasil does

Coworking Brasil is a privately held Brazilian online directory and discovery platform for shared workspaces, founded around 2011-2012 in Porto Alegre and operated by a small team of 11-50 employees. The core product aggregates more than 800 coworking spaces searchable by city, neighborhood, capacity, and amenity, with national coverage across all five Brazilian regions and at least 46 cities. The business operates as a B2B2C marketplace: end users (entrepreneurs, freelancers, and corporate teams seeking flexible workspace) discover and compare spaces for free, while space operators pay recurring monthly subscription fees to be listed. Two subscription tiers are offered — Plano Tradicional at R$29/month and Plano Destaque at R$249/month — with the premium tier adding homepage placement, top-of-city-page positioning, and blog-end visibility.

The underlying technology is a directory platform and search engine without disclosed AI/ML, API, or SDK layers. Adjacent product lines include a virtual office address service (Escritório Virtual), a curated tools directory (Ferramentas) featuring integrations with Google for Work, Evernote, Digital Ocean, and Conexa (a shared-space management software), and a recurring content/blog property. The company also produces the annual Censo Coworking Brasil — the most comprehensive industry census in the country, tracking space counts (810 in 2017, 1,497 in 2019), growth rates (114% YoY in 2017, 47% 2017-2018 per Globo News), and member demographics at 95% confidence. The Census is cited by major Brazilian media (Globo News, Valor Econômico, Zero Hora) and forms the company's primary authority asset.

The company is bootstrapped and founder-led, with no disclosed venture capital, private equity backing, or M&A activity. Revenue derives entirely from listing subscriptions and ancillary ecosystem monetization (partner services like 55Lab consulting, Manual do Coworking translation, and event sponsorships). The go-to-market motion combines SEO-led organic discovery, content marketing, and annual community events (Encontro Coworking Brasil, Coworking Day, Coworking Week) to drive both supply (space operators) and demand (workspace seekers) into the platform.

Name

Coworking Brasil

Legal name

Coworking Brasil

Website

https://coworkingbrasil.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Coworking Brasil is a bootstrapped, privately held Brazilian online directory aggregating 800+ coworking spaces across 46 cities, monetizing via monthly listing subscriptions (R$29-R$249/month) and the annual Censo Coworking Brasil industry census, serving space operators, freelancers, and corporate teams seeking flexible workspace.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Coworking Marketplace

NAICS

Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services (5615), Office Administrative Services (5611)

akta.pro primary industry

Coworking Cafes / Work Cafes (THAFADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Venue Sourcing & Contracting (Hotels, Conference Centers) (THACAFAC)

Keywords

• Coworking space directory
• Shared workspace marketplace
• Flexible office listings
• Virtual office services
• Coworking market research

Headquarters

HQ city

Porto Alegre

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Space Listing Subscriptions: Monthly subscription fees from coworking spaces wanting to list their spaces on the platform. Two tiers available: Plano Tradicional at R$29/month provides basic listing, profile page, city page listing, and map visibility; Plano Destaque at R$249/month provides premium placement on homepage, top of city pages, highlighted on map, and listing at end of blog articles.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Coworking Brasil is an online directory and discovery platform that aggregates more than 800 coworking spaces across Brazil, allowing users to search and filter shared workspaces by city, capacity, and workspace type. Coworking space operators pay monthly subscription fees (Plano Tradicional R$29/month or Plano Destaque R$249/month) to be listed and gain visibility. The platform also produces the annual Censo Coworking Brasil market study and supports the community through events, blog content, and virtual office service listings.

Product overview

Coworking Brasil operates as a directory and discovery platform aggregating over 800 coworking spaces across Brazil. The core platform enables users to search and find shared workspaces by city and requirements, while offering virtual office services for businesses needing professional addresses. The portfolio includes subscription plans (Plano Tradicional at R$29/month and Plano Destaque at R$249/month) for space owners to gain visibility. Supporting offerings include the annual Censo Coworking Brasil research study, curated productivity tools directory (Ferramentas), educational blog content, and partner services like 55Lab consulting. The platform connects space seekers with coworking providers while supporting the broader coworking ecosystem through events like Coworking Day and Coworking Week.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plataforma Coworking Brasil (Coworking Brasil Platform) Online directory and discovery platform aggregating over 800 coworking spaces across Brazil, enabling users to search and find shared workspaces by city, neighborhood, capacity, and workspace type.
• Espaços (Space Listings) Searchable database of coworking spaces organized by city (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Curitiba, and others) with filtering by workspace type such as shared space or private room.
• Escritório Virtual (Virtual Office)
• Censo Coworking Brasil (Annual Coworking Census) Annual market census and research study tracking the Brazilian coworking market, including space counts, growth rates, revenue data, member demographics, and industry trends; published yearly since 2015.

Quantifiable outcome

• 72% of coworkers report improved professional networking
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• 55LabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsulting partner specializing in collaborative experiences for coworking spaces. Founded by Juliana Guimarães and Fernando Santiago, the 55Lab methodology focuses on three pillars: community, consulting, and training. They help existing spaces improve performance and support new spaces in planning and launch. Supporter of Census Coworking Brasil 2018.
• MoveblacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOriginal partner in producing the first Coworking Census editions (2015-2016). Movebla editor Anderson Costa initially created and ran the census before Coworking Brasil assumed the project in 2017.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Croissant: On-demand workspace marketplace offering hourly and daily meeting room and desk bookings. Comparable as a transactional workspace marketplace monetizing through bookings rather than just listings, with similar supply side (space operators) and demand side (mobile professionals).
• Coworker.com: Global coworking and flexible workspace directory and booking marketplace. Directly comparable to Coworking Brasil as a two-sided platform connecting workspace operators with end users, with overlapping listing/content/review mechanics and overlapping Brazil coverage.
• Liquidspace: US-headquartered workspace marketplace connecting enterprises and individuals with meeting rooms and flexible offices by the hour, day, or month. Comparable as a transactional discovery and booking platform for shared workspaces with similar operator and end-user overlap.
• Deskpass: Workspace marketplace offering companies flexible access to desks, meeting rooms, and offices across multiple cities. Comparable as a B2B-focused workspace marketplace solving the same pain point (finding/booking flexible workspaces), with subscription-based access model similar in concept to Coworking Brasil's listing subscriptions.
• Workfrom: Coworking and cafe workspace discovery platform with member reviews and amenity data. Comparable as a directory/community layer for flexible workspaces, sharing content-and-listings GTM motion.

Emerging players

• Spacebring: Workspace management platform for coworking, flexible office, and shared space operators. Comparable as an operator-facing software layer adjacent to Coworking Brasil's customer base, complementing (rather than directly competing with) the discovery platform.
• OfficeRnD: Workspace management software for coworking and flex operators — member management, billing, and booking. Comparable as a B2B enabler serving Coworking Brasil's supply side (operator customers), with partial overlap via integrations such as the Conexa partnership listed in Coworking Brasil's tools directory.

Broad incumbents

• Industrious: Premium flexible office operator with own locations and enterprise partnerships. Comparable as a category incumbent serving demand-side audiences Coworking Brasil targets, but operating spaces rather than aggregating them.
• WeWork: Large-scale coworking and flexible office operator with own discovery and booking flows. Comparable as a workspace category incumbent operating in Brazil, but with fundamentally different model (operator vs. directory) — overlapping demand-side attention more than direct marketplace competition.

Regional players

• Hubble: UK-based marketplace for office space, meeting rooms, and coworking. Comparable in marketplace mechanics and target customer (flexible office seekers), but with UK-only geographic focus and thus not directly competing with Coworking Brasil.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/coworkingBR
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/coworking-brasil

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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