How much does a private office cost UK-wide in 2026? The honest answer, drawn from live pricing across 754 real buildings on Wezoo, is a median of about £292 per desk each month — with a spread that runs from under £70 a desk in a regional business park to well past £800 a desk in prime central London. Two identical desks, two cities, twice the price.
This guide turns that spread into numbers you can plan around. It pulls real per-desk rates from our own UK private office space guide inventory, separates London from the regions, does the team-size maths for 2, 5, 10 and 20 desks, and shows what actually sits inside that monthly figure. For the wider picture, it pairs naturally with our breakdown of how much office space costs in the UK and how to size a room using office space per person.
Wezoo snapshot — UK private offices
- 754 private offices listed on Wezoo across the UK (673 with published per-desk pricing)
- Price range: £65–£3,975 per desk / month
- Median: £292 per desk / month
- London median: £604 / desk · Regional median: £225 / desk
- Top operators: Regus, Fora, Bruntwood, Spaces, HQ
Quick answer: a UK private office typically costs between £185 and £850 per desk per month, all-in, on a serviced agreement. Most regional cities land near £225 a desk; London sits around £604. Prices cover the desk, the room, and usually the building’s services — so the sticker figure is closer to your true cost than a conventional lease headline rent.
How Much Does a Private Office Cost UK-Wide in 2026?
How much does a private office cost UK businesses right now? Across 673 priced buildings, the national median is £292 per desk per month. Half of all offices fall between £200 (lower quartile) and £518 (upper quartile) a desk. The floor sits around £65 a desk in out-of-town business parks; the ceiling reaches roughly £3,975 a desk in prime Mayfair and City addresses. That top figure is real, but rare — fewer than one in twenty desks costs anywhere near it.
The single biggest swing factor is geography. London’s median of £604 a desk is nearly three times the regional median of £225. You’re not only paying for square footage — you’re paying for a postcode.
What Drives Private Office Prices Up or Down?
Four levers move the number more than anything else. Location leads: a desk in central London can cost three to four times the same desk in Leeds, Bristol or Glasgow. Building grade matters next — a design-led floor with a staffed reception and roof terrace prices above a functional serviced suite on a ring road.
Team size is the third lever, and it works in your favour: per-desk rates ease as you take more desks, because operators price larger suites more keenly. Contract length is the fourth — a rolling monthly term costs more per desk than a 12- or 24-month commitment, which is the trade-off for flexibility. UK business rates are usually wrapped into a serviced monthly fee, so you rarely pay them separately.
How Much Does a Private Office Cost UK Businesses by Team Size?
Here is the team-size maths, built from live per-desk medians. Treat these as planning anchors, not quotes — real suites for larger teams often come in below the straight multiple, because the per-desk rate drops as the office grows.
| Team size | Regional (£225/desk) | UK median (£292/desk) | London (£604/desk) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 desks | £450/mo | £584/mo | £1,208/mo |
| 5 desks | £1,125/mo | £1,460/mo | £3,020/mo |
| 10 desks | £2,250/mo | £2,920/mo | £6,040/mo |
| 20 desks | £4,500/mo | £5,840/mo | £12,080/mo |
A five-person startup in Manchester should budget around £1,200–£1,500 a month for a private room of its own. The same team in the City of London would plan for roughly £3,000.
Serviced vs Conventional Office: Which Costs Less?
A serviced private office bundles rent, rates, utilities, cleaning, reception, meeting-room access and fit-out into one monthly per-desk fee. A conventional lease quotes rent per square foot and leaves you to add rates, service charge, furniture, broadband and insurance on top. For teams under about 20 people, the serviced route usually costs less once every extra is counted — and it removes the deposit, the dilapidations bill and the multi-year commitment.
Where conventional leasing wins is scale and permanence. Above 30 or 40 desks, a longer lease on a raw floor can undercut per-desk serviced pricing. For most growing UK businesses, the serviced number is both lower and far more predictable.
What’s Included in a Private Office Price?
On a serviced agreement the monthly per-desk fee normally covers the private lockable room, desks and chairs, business-rates, heating and electricity, cleaning, superfast internet, a staffed reception, kitchen and breakout areas, and an allowance of meeting-room time. Print, phone booths, dedicated parking and extra meeting hours are the usual add-ons. Ask for the all-in number. Everything else is noise.
Regional economic patterns behind these gaps are visible in regional data from the ONS, which tracks the same North–South spread that shows up in desk rates.
How Do You Keep Private Office Costs Down?
Three moves reliably lower the number. Take a slightly longer term: moving from rolling monthly to a 12-month agreement often cuts 10–20% off the per-desk rate. Look one ring out from the core — a desk a mile from the CBD can cost a third less than one in it. And right-size honestly, using our office space per person benchmarks, so you don’t pay for desks you won’t fill.
Three buildings, three price points, one platform: Baker Street on Wezoo in London, Base on Wezoo in Manchester, and Marsh Barton on Wezoo in Exeter show the full UK range in one comparison.
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Private Office Cost UK — FAQ
How much does a private office cost UK-wide on average?
The national median is £292 per desk per month across 673 priced Wezoo buildings. Most offices fall between £200 and £518 a desk, with London markedly higher than the regions.
How much does a private office cost UK small businesses with 2–5 people?
Budget roughly £450–£1,500 a month regionally, or £1,200–£3,000 in London, for a private lockable room of your own on a serviced, all-inclusive basis.
Why is a London private office so much more expensive?
London’s median of £604 per desk is about 2.7 times the £225 regional median. Prime central postcodes, higher rents and business rates, and premium building services drive the gap.
Are business rates included in the price?
On a serviced private office, yes — rates, utilities, cleaning and reception are wrapped into the single monthly per-desk fee, so you rarely pay them separately.
Is a serviced private office cheaper than a conventional lease?
For teams under about 20 people, usually yes, once rates, fit-out, furniture and service charges are added to a conventional rent. It also avoids deposits and multi-year commitments.
How can I get a lower per-desk price?
Commit to a longer term, choose a location one ring out from the city centre, and right-size your desk count. Each move can trim 10–30% off the monthly figure.
