Ikoab

What Ikoab does

Ikoab SCRI is a Belgian privately-held co-living property management company founded in 2015 and registered as a Société en Commandite Simple à Responsabilité Limitée under company number BE 0660.984.724. The company operates as a licensed real estate agent (IPI number 506460) and serves two distinct customer segments: young professional tenants seeking flexible, fully furnished shared housing, and property investors seeking turnkey co-living management. IKOAB's portfolio spans 598+ rooms across 8 Belgian cities (Brussels, Charleroi, Liège, Mons, Arlon, La Louvière, Verviers, and Namur), with operational headquarters in Brussels and registered headquarters on Route de Mons 67 in Charleroi.

The company's core product is a digital co-living platform that enables tenants to browse rooms, conduct virtual or in-person visits, reserve, and sign leases electronically via a DocuSign integration. A user portal ("User Space") supports ongoing maintenance requests, document access, and communication with the IKOAB assistance team. For investors, IKOAB offers a turnkey property management service covering financial research, renovation, furnishing, tenant selection, ongoing rental management, and a dedicated dashboard for monitoring tenant files, payment history, and maintenance issues. Pricing ranges from €560 to €1,145 per month on an all-inclusive basis covering utilities, internet, television, weekly communal cleaning, fortnightly private room cleaning, and maintenance, with a 2-month rental deposit.

IKOAB generates revenue through two streams: rental income collected from tenants on behalf of landlords (described as subscription/recurring) and managed services for property investors. The company employs a product-led, digital-first go-to-market motion, driving tenant acquisition through its website, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn channels. No external funding rounds, acquisitions, or leadership changes are disclosed in the source materials.

Name

Ikoab

Legal name

Ikoab SCRI

Website

https://ikoab.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

IKOAB is a Belgian licensed real estate agent and co-living property manager operating 598+ furnished rooms across 8 Belgian cities, serving young professional tenants with an all-inclusive digital booking platform and property investors with turnkey management services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Co-living Property Management

NAICS

Residential Property Managers (531311), Lessors of Real Estate (5311)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Operators Of Apartment Buildings (6513)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Lease Administration & Tenant Services (BPAJAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Property Management Advisory & Leasing Administration (FSAEAJAN)

Keywords

• Co-living rentals
• Shared housing
• Property management
• Furnished rooms
• Rental services

Headquarters

HQ city

Charleroi

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Rental Income from Tenants: IKOAB acts as a property management intermediary, collecting monthly rent and charges from tenants on behalf of landlords. The all-inclusive pricing model bundles rent with utilities, internet, cleaning, and maintenance services.
2. Property Management Services for Investors: Turnkey property management services for property investors including renovation, furnishing, rental management and maintenance. IKOAB guarantees higher net returns than classic rental property and handles tenant selection, property maintenance, and rental income management.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

IKOAB operates a Belgian co-living rental platform that rents fully furnished private rooms in shared, renovated houses to young professionals on flexible 6-month to 3-year all-inclusive leases. The company also provides turnkey property management services for property investors, handling renovation, furnishing, tenant selection, and ongoing maintenance to deliver higher net returns than traditional rentals. Tenants use an online platform with DocuSign-powered electronic contract signing and a personal User Space portal for maintenance and contract management.

Product overview

IKOAB operates a unified co-living platform in Belgium that connects young professionals with fully furnished shared housing. The core offering consists of the room booking platform for tenants and investor services for property owners. Tenants access the platform to search rooms, make reservations, sign contracts via DocuSign, and manage their tenancy through a user portal. Property investors receive turnkey property management including renovation, furnishing, rental management, and a monitoring dashboard. The platform spans multiple Belgian cities including Brussels, Charleroi, Liège, Mons, Arlon, La Louvière, Verviers, and Namur.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Co-living Platform Core co-living platform that enables young professionals to rent fully furnished private rooms in shared, renovated houses across Belgium, with online room browsing, virtual tours, reservation, and DocuSign-based contract signing.
• Investor Services Turnkey property investment management service for house-sharing purposes, offering financial research, property analysis, renovation, furnishing, rental management, and maintenance, with a dedicated investor dashboard to monitor tenant files, payment history, and maintenance issues.
• Room Search & Booking Online room search platform with filtering capabilities including location, price, room size, bathroom availability, and amenities, supporting online reservation and DocuSign-based contract execution across 8 Belgian cities.
• User Space Tenant portal for managing reservations, accessing contracts, reporting maintenance issues, and communicating with the IKOAB assistance team.

Quantifiable outcome

• Near-zero vacant rental properties with instantaneous rental turnover
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• DocuSigncoreTechnology or IntegrationDocuSign is used as the electronic signature system for all IKOAB lease contracts and legal documents. The electronic signature has the same legal value as a handwritten signature, enabling fully digital contract execution for tenants.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Common: Large US-based co-living operator with multi-city presence, offering all-inclusive shared housing with flexible terms and community programming. Provides a scaled reference point for the co-living operating model that IKOAB executes at a smaller Belgian footprint.
• Greystar Real Estate Partners: World's largest residential property manager and operator with hundreds of thousands of units globally. Relevant as a scaled incumbent demonstrating the institutional residential property management model that IKOAB executes at the Belgian co-living niche level.

Direct peers

• Quarters: European co-living company providing fully furnished shared apartments with flexible lease terms in major European cities. Competes with IKOAB for the same young professional demographic seeking hassle-free, all-inclusive urban housing.
• The Cohabs: Belgian co-living operator founded in Brussels with a similar model of fully furnished shared houses targeted at young professionals, providing community living with all-inclusive services. Most directly comparable competitor given shared Belgian focus, target demographic, and co-living product offering.
• The Student Hotel: Hybrid co-living/extended-stay operator with properties across several European cities targeting students, young professionals, and short-to-medium-term residents. Comparable operating model and customer base, though at a larger and more design-led scale.
• Habyt: European co-living and flexible housing platform operating across multiple cities including Germany, Spain, Portugal, and Italy. Offers all-inclusive monthly rentals targeting young professionals and digital nomads—directly overlapping IKOAB's value proposition and target customer.
• Colonies: France-headquartered co-living operator that built, owns, and manages shared housing across Europe. Comparable to IKOAB in providing fully furnished, community-oriented all-inclusive rentals and turnkey investor offerings in the European market.

Regional players

• Kots: Belgian student and young-professional accommodation marketplace focused primarily on student kot rentals. Operates in the same Belgian geography and serves a partially overlapping tenant demographic with IKOAB's young professional segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ikoabcoliving
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ikoab-co-living
• Instagraminstagram.com/ikoab_coliving

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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