Hive Coworking

What Hive Coworking does

Hive Coworking, founded in 2024, operates a single-location flexible coworking space at 18 Abercorn Square (Menarys Building) in Strabane, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, serving remote workers, freelancers, entrepreneurs, podcasters, and small teams across Strabane, Lifford, Derry, and the wider North West of Ireland. The facility comprises hot desks, dedicated desks, a 6-person meeting room, a 12-person boardroom, and a professionally equipped podcast and content studio fitted with a 4-mic/4-headphone setup, dual Sony Alpha ZV-E10 cameras, studio lighting, and a Rode Rodecaster Pro II with video podcast switcher, plus a virtual office registered address add-on.

The business monetizes through a tiered pricing model combining recurring monthly subscriptions (hot desk at £120/month, dedicated desk at £160/month, virtual office at £20/month) with usage-based rentals for meeting rooms (£35-200), boardroom (£45-200), and the podcast studio (£75-400 plus optional £40/hour producer/engineer). Distribution is community-led: self-serve booking via the Cobot-powered members.bookhive.space portal, free networking events, social media (Facebook, Instagram), newsletter, and in-person walk-in tours. The company is founder-owned and operated by Kevin Traynor, with no disclosed external funding, subsidiaries, or partnerships; it functions as a bootstrapped, single-site regional operator.

Name

Hive Coworking

Legal name

Hive Coworking

Website

https://bookhive.space

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hive Coworking is a single-location flexible coworking space in Strabane, Northern Ireland, offering hot desks, dedicated desks, meeting rooms, and a podcast studio to remote workers, freelancers, entrepreneurs, and content creators across the North West of Ireland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Coworking and Flexible Workspace

akta.pro primary industry

Coworking Cafes / Work Cafes (THAFADAJ)

Keywords

• Flexible coworking space
• Hot desk rental
• Dedicated desk workspace
• Podcast studio rental
• Meeting room hire

Headquarters

HQ city

Strabane

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hot Desk Rental: Flexible daily, weekly, and monthly hot desk rental in shared studio space. Day passes at £25, weekly at £75, monthly at £120. Includes Wi-Fi, breakout spaces, kitchen access, and free networking event entry.
2. Dedicated Desk Rental: Reserved permanent desk at £160/month with lockable storage and free registered business address. Preferential rates on meeting rooms.
3. Meeting Room Hire: Hourly, half-day, and full-day rental of meeting rooms and boardroom. Meeting room (up to 6 people): £35-150 depending on duration. Boardroom (up to 12 people): £45-200 depending on duration. Members receive 15% discount.
4. Podcast Studio Rental: Professional podcast studio with 4-mic/4-headphone setup and 2-camera video recording. Taster session £75/hour, half day £240, full day £400. Optional producer/engineer add-on at £40/hour.
5. Virtual Office: Registered business address service at £20/month add-on for hot desk members. Included free with dedicated desk membership.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Hive Coworking operates a flexible shared workspace in Strabane, Northern Ireland, selling daily, weekly and monthly Hotdesk memberships, monthly Dedicated Desk memberships, hourly Meeting Room and Boardroom hire, and hourly Podcast & Content Studio rental, with an optional Virtual Office registered address add-on. The facility is purpose-built for remote workers, freelancers, small business teams, podcasters and content creators, and combines physical workspace with a fully equipped production environment.

Product overview

Hive Coworking is a flexible coworking space operating as a single-location, multi-service workspace. The core offering comprises hot desk and dedicated desk memberships (daily, weekly, and monthly tiers) providing access to the shared studio office, plus three distinct add-on rental spaces — a Meeting Room for up to 6 people, a Boardroom for up to 12 people, and a Podcast & Content Studio with professional audio and video recording equipment. All members receive free entry to Hive networking events, and both hot desk and dedicated desk members enjoy preferential rates on meeting room hire. The portfolio functions as an integrated flexible workspace: the hot desk/dedicated desk memberships serve as the primary recurring revenue tier, while the meeting rooms, boardroom, and podcast studio are separately bookable premium spaces that expand the addressable use cases beyond day-to-day desk work.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Studio Hotdesk Membership

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• The Wing: Membership-based coworking and community space. Comparable as a membership/community-driven coworking model, although its original target demographic differs from Hive's.

Direct peers

• Town Square Spaces: Independent coworking and flexible workspace operator focused on smaller and regional markets. Comparable to Hive as a similarly sized independent coworking operator serving sub-urban and regional catchments.
• Workhive: Coworking management software platform (also called Coworking) used by many independent operators. Comparable as the technology layer that powers booking and operations at independent coworking spaces like Hive.
• Impact Hub: Global network of impact-focused coworking spaces. Comparable as a community-led, mission-driven coworking model that targets entrepreneurs and mission-oriented members, similar to Hive's positioning.
• Second Home: Design-led coworking operator with strong event programming and creative community orientation. Comparable to Hive's emphasis on curated community and creative-entrepreneur member base.

Broad incumbents

• WeWork: Global coworking and flexible office operator. While far larger and focused on major cities, WeWork is the headline reference competitor for any coworking business and shapes category expectations on pricing, amenities, and member experience.
• Industrious: Premium flexible workspace operator offering hybrid offices, meeting rooms, and amenities. Comparable as a higher-end coworking brand even though it targets enterprise rather than freelancers.
• IWG (Regus / Spaces): World's largest flexible workspace provider operating Regus, Spaces, HQ, and Signature brands. Provides the industry benchmark for hybrid office, meeting room, and virtual office offerings that overlap with Hive's product mix.

Others

• Cobot: Coworking space management and booking platform. Hive already uses Cobot for its members.bookhive.space portal, making Cobot a direct ecosystem/enabler peer rather than a competitor.
• OfficeRnD: Flex and coworking space management software. Comparable as an operational tooling peer for independent coworking operators like Hive.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/share/17gqkP864R/?mibextid=wwXIfr
• Instagraminstagram.com/hive.coworking

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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