What Hubsy does

Hubsy is a Paris-based café coworking operator founded in 2015 that runs four physical locations across the Paris metropolitan area (La Défense, République, Arts & Métiers, and Saint-Lazare). The company operates a hybrid model combining specialty coffee retail with flexible workspace access: customers walk in without reservation, use coworking space, and pay only for time spent (€6.50 first hour, €3 per additional 30 minutes, €28 full day), with unlimited hot/cold beverages prepared by baristas and a self-service snack buffet included. Beyond individual and small-group workspace use, Hubsy offers a network of meeting rooms of various capacities (2 to 60 persons), full venue privatization for corporate events, weekly (€120) and monthly (€390) passes, and a loyalty program where €1 spent yields 10 points redeemable for free days.

The company's core differentiator is an in-house coffee roasting operation in Paris using pure Arabica beans, extended commercially through the akō by Hubsy sub-brand and a dedicated e-commerce shop at shop.hubsy.fr. Technology infrastructure is minimal: operations rely on SuperSaaS for room bookings, Airtable forms for event privatization, and standard consumer SaaS for the online store — no proprietary platform or AI/ML systems are evident. Hubsy is structured as a SARL (Hubsy Café SARL, RCS Paris 811 263 748) with a related entity HUBSY 1958 SASU; the company experienced a change of ownership in November 2022, and no venture capital or institutional funding is disclosed.

Strategically, the firm has not opened a new physical location since March 2019 and has shifted growth levers toward product-line extension (akō, online shop) and corporate event revenue (meeting rooms, venue privatization). Customer base is highly fragmented across individuals, freelancers, SMBs, and event clients, with no named enterprise anchors and no subscription floor — making revenue predictable on aggregate volume but vulnerable to foot-traffic cycles in the Paris commercial real estate market.

Name

Hubsy

Legal name

Hubsy Café

Website

https://hubsy.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hubsy is a Paris-based café coworking operator running four locations in La Défense, République, Arts & Métiers, and Saint-Lazare, offering pay-per-use workspace, meeting rooms, and venue privatization alongside in-house roasted coffee sold via the akō by Hubsy sub-brand and online shop.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Flexible Coworking and Café Hospitality

NAICS

Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (722515), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Coworking Cafes / Work Cafes (THAFADAJ)

Keywords

• Café coworking spaces
• Flexible workspace
• Meeting room rentals
• Specialty coffee retail
• Workspace memberships

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Time-based Coworking: Customers pay per hour for access to coworking spaces with unlimited drinks and snacks included. First hour costs €6.50, subsequent half-hours cost €3, and full-day passes (5+ hours) cost €28. This is a consumption-based model where customers only pay for time spent.
2. Membership Subscriptions: Hubsy offers loyalty cards where customers accumulate points (1€ spent = 10 points) and receive free days after 2500 points. Weekly passes (5 consecutive days) cost €120, and monthly passes (30 consecutive days) cost €390. This provides recurring revenue and customer retention.
3. Meeting Room Rentals: Private meeting rooms and spaces are available for booking at various price points depending on location and capacity. Rooms range from €6/30min (small rooms) to €144/hour (large event spaces), with minimum booking requirements. This is a high-margin revenue stream for business customers.
4. Coffee and Merchandise Sales: Hubsy sells coffee beans for at-home brewing through their online shop (shop.hubsy.fr). They also offer take-away beverages. This extends the brand experience beyond the physical locations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Hubsy provides walk-in café coworking spaces across four Paris locations where customers pay only for time spent and receive unlimited barista-prepared hot and cold beverages and a self-service snack buffet. The core package includes high-speed fiber Wi-Fi, electrical outlets, and phone booth access (up to 1h30/day/person). Add-on revenue comes from bookable private meeting rooms, multi-day passes, a loyalty card (La carte Hubsy), and event privatization.

Product overview

Hubsy operates as a café coworking concept combining coffee shop services with flexible workspace solutions across 4 Paris locations (La Défense, République, Arts & Métiers, Saint-Lazare). The core product is the café coworking offering with unlimited beverages and snacks. Additional products include meeting room reservations (Salles de réunion) at all locations, loyalty program (La carte Hubsy), and membership passes (Forfait Semaine and Forfait Mois). The company also operates a sub-brand, akō by Hubsy (at ako.coffee), and an online shop (shop.hubsy.fr) selling coffee beans and merchandise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• akō by Hubsy: A sub-brand of Hubsy offering coffee products, with its own website at ako.coffee.

Products and services

• Hubsy Café & Coworking Walk-in café coworking spaces at four Paris locations (La Défense, République, Arts & Métiers, Saint-Lazare) where customers pay only for time spent and receive unlimited barista-prepared beverages, a self-service snack buffet, high-speed fiber Wi-Fi, electrical outlets, and included phone booth access (up to 1h30/day). Targeted at remote workers, freelancers, students, and small teams.
• Salles de réunion Hubsy (Meeting Rooms) Private meeting rooms and spaces bookable by the half-hour or hour at varying price points depending on location and capacity, ranging from €6/30min small rooms to €144/hour large event spaces (Salle Paris, up to 60 people). Designed for business customers, team meetings, client presentations, and corporate events, with most rooms subject to a 2-hour minimum booking.
• Privatiser Hubsy (Full Venue Privatization) End-to-end booking of an entire Hubsy café coworking location for private events, corporate gatherings, afterworks, team buildings, seminars, and yoga sessions, with quote-based pricing for large events including catering services. Targeted at corporate event organizers.
• La carte Hubsy (Loyalty Card) Free loyalty membership granting 10 points per €1 spent across any Hubsy location in Paris; rewards one free day of coworking access for every 2,500 points accumulated (e.g. 9 days requires 2,520 points). Designed to incentivize repeat visitation at all Parisian sites.
• Forfait Semaine (Week Pass) Subscription pass granting unlimited access to all Hubsy café coworking locations in Paris for 5 consecutive days at €120 (saving €40 versus daily rates). Targeted at professionals and students needing week-long workspace access.
• Forfait Mois (Month Pass) Subscription pass granting unlimited access to all Hubsy café coworking locations in Paris for 30 consecutive days at €390 (effective rate of €13/day; saves €450 versus daily rates). Targeted at remote workers and project-based professionals needing month-long intensive access.
• Hubsy Shop (Coffee Beans & Merchandise) E-commerce store at shop.hubsy.fr selling Hubsy's proprietary roasted Arabica coffee beans for at-home brewing along with takeaway beverages and branded merchandise. Designed to extend the Hubsy brand experience outside the physical cafés.
• akō by Hubsy Coffee sub-brand of Hubsy operating as a separate e-commerce site at ako.coffee, extending Hubsy's proprietary roasted coffee line as a stand-alone specialty coffee product and brand.

Quantifiable outcome

• No reservation required for coworking spaces - walk in anytime during operating hours
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• akō by HubsyminorOthersakō by Hubsy is a related brand/coffee venture linked to Hubsy, mentioned as a separate service offering. Website links to ako.coffee.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• WeWork: Global coworking incumbent offering flexible office and meeting space; competes for the same remote-worker and SMB customer base as Hubsy but at significantly larger scale and without the café element.
• IWG (Spaces, Regus): World's largest flexible workspace operator with multiple brands (Spaces, Regus, HQ); competes in Paris for corporate meeting room and coworking demand that Hubsy also targets.
• Industrious: Premium flexible workspace operator serving enterprise and SMB clients with hybrid office solutions; competes for Hubsy's meeting room and corporate event customers in major European markets.
• Mindspace: European coworking operator with locations across multiple cities including Paris, serving SMBs and enterprises with design-led flexible offices that compete for Hubsy's corporate clientele.

Regional players

• The Bureau: Paris-based coworking operator offering shared offices, private offices, and meeting rooms across central Paris arrondissements; competes directly for Hubsy's SMB and event customers.
• Kwerk: French coworking operator with Paris locations emphasizing design-forward boutique offices; competes for the SMB and freelancer segment that Hubsy serves, though with a more traditional office focus.
• Deskopolitan: French coworking brand with Paris locations targeting startups, SMBs, and corporate clients; an adjacent competitor in the same flexible workspace category as Hubsy.

Direct peers

• Anticafé: Paris-founded coworking-café hybrid operating a pay-per-minute time-based model with unlimited coffee and snacks included, the closest direct competitor to Hubsy's value proposition in the French market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/hubsycafe
• Instagraminstagram.com/hubsycafe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hubsy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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