Office Report 2026/27
What makes an office worth coming to? Together with teamgnesda, we explore how space, collaboration and organisational culture shape the way we work.
Research grounded in practice
Better workplaces start with understanding how people work.
Office Report is a joint initiative by Bertram ZT and teamgnesda. As co-authors, we bring the perspective of architecture and workplace design to the study.
Three findings from the study help turn the debate about office space into practical questions for workplace planning.
- Occupancy varies across the week.
Average desk occupancy is 62%. It reaches 78% on the busiest day and falls to 34% on the quietest. - Potential within existing offices.
79 of the 164 participating organisations report a combined 340,310 m² of office space they no longer need. - Teamwork brings people in.
Working directly with colleagues is the most frequently cited reason for coming to the office (34%).
For workplace planning, it is not just a question of how much space there is, but how well it supports the work.
The 2026/27 research sample
- participating organisations
- 164
- employees represented
- 225,300
- estimated gross floor area
- 5.48million m²
Survey period: May to September 2026. Findings relate to the participating organisations. Employee totals represent their workforces, not individual survey responses. Floor area is an estimate of gross floor area.
Office Report 2021–2026/27
Office Report has followed the changing role of the office since 2021. Each edition brings fresh research, practical examples and perspectives on how people work together.
Editions 2021 to 2025 are in German.
The 2026/27 edition is available in German and English.
Discover the study, selected findings and every edition at office-report.org.