The classic planning question — asked daily and answered wrongly more often than not. The realistic rule for Frankfurt: 8–12 m² per workstation across the whole office, including meeting rooms, kitchen and circulation.
5 people ≈ 45–60 m² · 10 people ≈ 90–120 m² · 20 people ≈ 180–240 m² · 50 people ≈ 450–600 m². Open-plan layouts sit at the lower end, cellular offices at the top; add ~10% if you host clients regularly.
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At the current median of about €36/m²/month across our listings, a ten-person office of 100 m² runs near €3100 per month plus service charges — noticeably less in Gateway Gardens, Niederrad, Sachsenhausen, more in Innenstadt (Bankenviertel), Westend.
Hiring plans of 20% a year mean your “right size” today is wrong in eighteen months. Either add the buffer now or choose a building with expansion options — both filters work on RentOfficeToday's Frankfurt search.
German workplace regulation ASR A1.2 sets a minimum of 8 m² for a room with one workstation and a further 6 m² for each additional one — net area, excluding circulation. For realistic planning, budget 8–10 m² per person across the whole office, including kitchen, meeting rooms and corridors.
Open plan sits at the bottom of the range, cellular offices at the top. Teams with heavy video-call use need phone booths on top: one booth per six to eight desks is a proven ratio. Hybrid teams with desk sharing manage on 0.6–0.8 desks per head, which saves noticeable floor area.
Twelve people, classic layout: 12 × 9 m² ≈ 110 m². Add a meeting room for six (about 15 m²) and a kitchen (10 m²) — roughly 135 m². At a median base rent of €36/m² that is near €4200 a month plus service charges.
If you expect 20% headcount growth a year, take 15–20% more space than you need today or choose a building with an expansion option. Both are filterable in the Frankfurt search: across 76 buildings with 941 units there are often two adjacent spaces in the same building — the cheapest way to grow later.
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