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October 17, 2026 | by Michael Monday
Published asking prices in Chicago run from $249 per desk per month at the low end to $600 in the upper quarter, with a median of $370. That is the per-desk, per-month asking price for a private office or dedicated desk in a serviced or coworking building, with furniture, internet, cleaning and reception included. The figures come from 63 published prices on SquareFoot as of October 2026.
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| District | Listings | From | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schaumburg | 2 | $793 | $793 |
“From” is the tenth-percentile published price in that district, so a real low end rather than a single outlier; the median is the middle of the published range. Districts with fewer than three published prices are left out.
| Team | At the low end ($249/desk) | At the median ($370/desk) | Upper quarter ($600/desk) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $249 | $370 | $600 |
| 5 people | $1,245 | $1,850 | $3,000 |
| 10 people | $2,490 | $3,700 | $6,000 |
| 20 people | $4,980 | $7,400 | $12,000 |
These are straight multiples of the per-desk price. In practice a 10-person office is often priced as a suite rather than ten desks, and the per-desk figure falls as headcount rises, so treat the median column as the budget to plan around and the low end as what a patient search in the right district can reach.
At a serviced or coworking operator the monthly figure covers the furnished office, internet, utilities, cleaning, reception and shared kitchens and lounges. Meeting rooms are either included as a monthly allowance or billed by the hour; parking, printing and phone lines are usually extra. There is no separate rent, taxes or service charge, which is the main difference from a conventional lease.
SquareFoot lists 132 Chicago spaces with the operators’ and landlords’ own published prices, sorted by price and district, and a SquareFoot specialist confirms the exact figure with the operator before you tour. Free for tenants.
Counts and prices are from SquareFoot’s live listings for Chicago as of October 2026: 132 listings, 63 with a published asking price, collected from the operators’ and landlords’ own pages. Prices are per desk per month for serviced and flexible space unless stated. Written by SquareFoot; reviewed October 2026.
The median published asking price in Chicago is $370 per desk per month for a private office or dedicated desk in a serviced or coworking building, as of October 2026. The range runs from $249 to $600 across the middle 80% of listings.
Schaumburg has the lowest published starting price at $793 per desk per month.
In a serviced building a 10-person private office or suite is typically 1,000 to 1,500 square feet, priced per desk; at the Chicago median that is about $3,700 a month. On a conventional lease plan on 150 to 200 square feet per person.
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