The Glasshouses

What The Glasshouses does

The Glasshouses is an Irish privately-held operator of coworking, serviced-office, and meeting-room facilities, headquartered in Dún Laoghaire and serving the South Dublin market. The company runs five active locations — GH1 and GH2 in Dún Laoghaire, Sandyford at Beacon South Quarter, Blackrock at Frascati Hall, and the newly opened Bray in a restored Georgian terrace — with a sixth (GH Airport) in planning. Across these sites it operates 82+ serviced private offices, 112+ hot and dedicated desks, and 12 meeting rooms ranging from 6-seat huddle spaces to a 25-seat conference facility.

The underlying technical stack is focused on physical infrastructure rather than software differentiation: dual load-balanced broadband (400Mbps and 1Gbps), dedicated WiFi SSIDs per office, intelligent lighting, private intercoms, and a website-based booking and member-account platform. Stripe handles payments; Google Analytics, Cloudflare, and Vimeo are the disclosed third-party integrations. No AI/ML capabilities, proprietary models, or APIs are referenced.

The business model is a hybrid of subscription and usage-based revenue. Recurring monthly subscriptions cover serviced offices (all-inclusive rent, utilities, broadband, cleaning) and floating/dedicated desks (€99–€299/month), while meeting-room hire is usage-based at €40+/hour. Day-rate passes at €49 broaden the top of funnel. Customers are freelancers, startups, SMBs, and hybrid corporate teams seeking flexible workspace in South Dublin suburbs; members also access ancillary services such as discounted insurance via an LHK Group partnership and cross-Ireland workspace access through ConnectedHubs.

Name

The Glasshouses

Legal name

The Glasshouses

Website

https://theglasshouses.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Glasshouses is an Irish privately-held operator of coworking spaces, serviced offices, and meeting rooms across five South Dublin locations, serving freelancers, startups, SMBs, and hybrid corporate teams with flexible subscription and usage-based workspace solutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dún Laoghaire

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Flexible Desk Memberships: Recurring monthly subscriptions for floating desks (day rate passes and monthly unlimited access) and dedicated desks. Includes meeting room credits and business address benefits.
2. Serviced Office Rental: Fully furnished private office spaces rented to businesses. All-inclusive pricing covering rent, rates, utilities, broadband, cleaning, and building management.
3. Meeting Room Hire: Hourly rental of meeting rooms of various sizes. Prices are uniform across room types regardless of size. Includes AV equipment and catering options.
4. Virtual Office Services: Business address services provided as part of floating desk memberships.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Glasshouses operates a network of coworking and serviced office locations across South Dublin, providing flexible workspace solutions including floating desks, dedicated desks, fully furnished private offices (1–10 person capacity), and meeting rooms of various sizes. All-inclusive pricing bundles rent, rates, utilities, broadband, cleaning, and building management, with flexible terms and a 2-month cancellation notice. The offering is supported by dual broadband infrastructure, intelligent lighting, and a community-driven member ecosystem across five locations.

Product overview

The Glasshouses is a network of coworking and flexible workspace locations across South Dublin, offering a unified portfolio of workspace solutions. The core offering includes floating desks (available as day rate or monthly plans), dedicated desks, and fully serviced private offices ranging from 1-person to 10-person spaces. Meeting room hire is available across all locations, featuring rooms from 6 to 25 person capacity including Inspiration Rooms, Elevate Rooms, Conference Rooms, and The Seafront Boardroom. All locations provide shared amenities including high-speed broadband, printing facilities, bike storage, kitchens, and showers. An add-on insurance partnership with LHK Group provides members with discounted business insurance coverage.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Floating Desk Memberships Flexible shared-desk access memberships for freelancers, remote workers, and individuals needing professional workspace without long-term commitments. Available as day-rate or monthly subscription with tiered access hours.
• Dedicated Desk Permanent reserved workspace in a shared office environment for professionals who need a consistent, dedicated desk with included meeting room time.
• Serviced Offices Fully furnished private office spaces available in various sizes from 1-person to 10-person offices, with flexible terms and all-inclusive pricing covering rent, rates, utilities, broadband, cleaning, and building management.
• Meeting Room Hire Hourly rental of professionally equipped meeting rooms across all locations, ranging from 6-seat to 25-seat capacity, available for client meetings, interviews, seminars, workshops, and events. Pricing is uniform across all room sizes.
• Virtual Office / Business Address Business address services provided at The Glasshouses locations, allowing members to use the address for business registration and mail handling.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4 hours free meeting room access per desk per calendar month included with floating and dedicated desks
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• LHK GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 November 2024Exclusive insurance partnership offering The Glasshouses members discounted rates on office insurance and general insurance products. Services include office insurance, general liability insurance, content insurance, cybersecurity insurance, and workers' compensation insurance. Partnership designed to provide comprehensive risk management solutions to members.
• ConnectedHubsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMembership in ConnectedHubs network, an Irish organization connecting coworking spaces across Ireland. Allows members to potentially access workspaces across the ConnectedHubs network.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mindspace: European boutique coworking and serviced office operator with locations across multiple cities. Comparable premium positioning, design-led spaces, and SMB/corporate customer mix.
• Industrious: Premium flexible workspace operator serving enterprise and SMB clients with serviced offices and meeting rooms. Comparable business model and customer segments, though primarily US-focused.
• Work.Life: UK-based flexible workspace operator offering coworking, private offices and meeting rooms. Comparable product mix and SMB focus, though geographically focused on the UK.
• Huckletree: UK and Ireland-based coworking operator with community-led positioning. Similar target audience (startups, scale-ups, creative businesses) and overlapping product mix of desks, private offices and event spaces.
• Servcorp: Global serviced office and virtual office provider. Comparable offerings on serviced offices, virtual offices, and meeting rooms, with similar target customer profile of SMBs and professionals.
• Iconic Offices: Irish flexible office operator with multiple Dublin locations. Closest direct competitor to The Glasshouses in the Irish market, offering comparable serviced offices, coworking, and meeting rooms to similar SMB and enterprise customers.

Regional players

• The Tara Building: Dublin-based coworking and event space operator. Direct competitor in the Dublin market with comparable target customer segments (freelancers, SMBs, corporate teams).
• Dogpatch Labs: Irish coworking and startup hub operator with locations in Dublin. Overlapping target customer base (startups, tech companies) and comparable coworking product, though with a stronger startup community focus.

Broad incumbents

• IWG (Regus, Spaces, HQ): Global serviced office and coworking giant operating Regus, Spaces and HQ brands. Directly competes with The Glasshouses' serviced office and meeting room offerings in Dublin, but at vastly greater scale and with broader geographic reach.
• WeWork: Global coworking and flexible office operator with locations in Dublin. Compares on core product (floating desks, dedicated desks, private offices) but operates at significantly larger scale and price points.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/glasshousesligo
• Facebookfacebook.com/GlasshousesWork
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/theglasshouses

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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