Yelloworking

What Yelloworking does

Yelloworking is a privately held, single-location coworking operator that has run a flexible workspace in a 2-story villa in central Aix-en-Provence, France, since 2014. The company serves independent professionals, remote workers, and small teams of up to 6 people, offering four core membership tiers — Résident (€259/month, full-time desk), Nomade (€189/month, 16 half-days), Journée (€29/day, 5-day minimum), and a custom Entreprise tier — plus a newly launched Bureau privé for teams of up to 6. The service stack is anchored on a self-serve online platform called "My Yellow" for subscription, payment, and invoicing, combined with physical amenities including 1 Gbps fiber, 4K screens, sound-isolated phone booths, three meeting rooms, a kitchen, a garden, and terraces, and amenity partnerships with Frichti (meal delivery) and Kawa / Palais des thés (coffee and tea). Revenue is generated entirely from recurring monthly subscriptions and usage-based day passes, with no contracts or commitment required, and the go-to-market is community-led, relying on word-of-mouth, events programming, and direct walk-in visits rather than paid acquisition or a sales team. The business is bootstrapped, registered as Yelloworking SARL with €14,289 in share capital, and operated by a small team led by founding director Anthony Catel, with an Office Manager (Mark) and Community Manager (Franck).

Name

Yelloworking

Legal name

Yelloworking SARL

Website

https://yelloworking.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Yelloworking operates a single-location coworking space in a central Aix-en-Provence villa since 2014, offering flexible no-commitment memberships (day, part-time, full-time, and private office) to freelancers, remote workers, and small teams via a self-serve online platform and community-led go-to-market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Aix-en-provence

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Coworking Membership Subscriptions: Monthly recurring subscription revenue from four tiers: Résident (full-time desk), Nomade (part-time), and Entreprise (private custom office), plus pay-per-use day passes. No commitment required; billed monthly via online platform.
2. À la carte Day Passes: Flexible per-use revenue at 29€/day with a minimum of 5 days. Allows occasional visitors to access the space without a monthly commitment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Yelloworking operates a single coworking space housed in a two-story villa in central Aix-en-Provence, offering flexible, no-commitment memberships (full-time desks, part-time access, day passes, and custom private offices for small teams). Members receive all-inclusive amenities — 1 Gbps fiber internet, unlimited coffee/tea, printing/scanning, phone booths, and meeting rooms — and participate in an active community events program. Subscriptions are managed entirely through the self-service My Yellow online platform.

Product overview

Yelloworking is a single-location coworking space operating since 2014 from a villa in Aix-en-Provence, France. The offering consists of five core membership tiers—Résident (full-time), Nomade (part-time), Journée (day pass), Entreprise (custom private office), and Bureau privé (private office for up to 6 people)—along with a digital platform (My Yellow) for self-service management. All plans include workspace access, fiber internet, coffee/tea, printing services, and meeting room access. The space is distinguished by its villa setting with garden and terraces, active community events program, and Frichti cantine partnership.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Résident (Resident)

Quantifiable outcome

• No commitment or contract required — customers pay monthly and renew as desired, reducing barriers to trial
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• FrichtiminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2014Yelloworking partners with Frichti to offer a 'cantine 2.0' — members can order meals online before 10:30am and have them delivered to the coworking space fridge at no extra delivery cost. This enhances the amenity offering and daily experience for members.
• Kawa & Palais des thésminorOthers · 1 January 2014Yelloworking sources its unlimited coffee and tea from Kawa (coffee) and Palais des thés (tea), providing quality beverages to members throughout the day as part of the all-inclusive amenity offering.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• WeWork: Global coworking operator with a large multi-city footprint and standardized office formats. Comparable in core product category to Yelloworking but operates at vastly different scale, design vocabulary, and price point; relevant as a benchmark for premium coworking demand.
• Deskeo: Premium French flexible workspace provider, now part of IWG. Offers coworking and private offices comparable to Yelloworking's enterprise tier, primarily in Paris and major French cities with a more enterprise-oriented customer base.
• Wojo: Major French coworking brand owned by Accor, operating a national network of shared workspaces across France. Comparable offering to Yelloworking in product structure but at much larger scale, with corporate partnerships and a broader geographic footprint.
• IWG (Regus, Spaces): Global workspace operator with multiple brands (Regus, Spaces, HQ) providing flexible offices worldwide. Indirect competitor to Yelloworking through global enterprise accounts that demand multi-city access; not a direct neighborhood competitor but sets competitive pricing benchmarks.

Emerging players

• Industrious: Premium flexible workspace provider offering enterprise-grade coworking and private offices globally. Comparable to Yelloworking's Enterprise/Bureau privé tier in product offering and target segment, though operating at a significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Kwerk: French coworking brand operating premium shared offices in Paris and major French cities. Comparable to Yelloworking through its subscription-based coworking model, although Kwerk operates at a larger scale and serves a more enterprise-leaning client base.
• Now Connected: French coworking chain offering flexible workspaces for independents and SMEs across multiple French cities. Closely comparable business model with day passes, monthly subscriptions, and private office offerings analogous to Yelloworking's Résident, Nomade, and Journée tiers.
• La Cordée: French coworking operator with multiple locations emphasizing community, events, and a curated member experience similar to Yelloworking. Targets freelancers and small teams with flexible subscription tiers in mid-sized French cities, closely matching Yelloworking's GTM and customer profile.
• Morning Coworking: French coworking operator providing flexible, design-forward workspaces in regional French cities. Mirrors Yelloworking's positioning of serving freelancers and small teams in secondary cities outside the Paris market, with similar subscription and day-pass pricing.
• Work&Co: French coworking operator with neighborhood locations focused on community and flexible monthly subscriptions. Targets the same freelancer and small-team segment as Yelloworking, with comparable amenity-led positioning and tiered subscription plans.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/9267095

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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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