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October 10, 2026 | by Michael Monday
There are three ways into an office in Amsterdam, and they take anywhere from a week to half a year. A flexible office is a fitted room on a short licence with one monthly fee. A managed office is a whole floor an operator fits out for you on a one-to-three-year agreement. A conventional lease is the long route: your own fit-out, your own contract, and a term measured in years. Which one fits depends on headcount, how long you are committing for and whether you have an entity in the country yet. This guide covers who the players are, who pays, and what each route involves. Spaces was founded in Amsterdam before IWG bought it, and the city has a long flexible-office tradition. English is the working language of most operators and leases, which makes Amsterdam the easiest continental market for a foreign company to enter; the Zuidas is the corporate district and the canal belt and Houthavens take the creative and tech demand.
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Operators own or run the flexible buildings and sell desks and offices direct: Spaces (IWG), Regus (IWG), WeWork, TSH Collab (The Social Hub), Tribes, B. Amsterdam, StartDock, Mindspace, Fosbury & Sons, Epicenter Amsterdam. Flex brokers and marketplaces list several operators in one place: Instant Offices, Coworker, and SquareFoot. Leasing agents and tenant representatives handle conventional space: JLL, CBRE, Colliers, Cushman & Wakefield, Savills, Knight Frank. Operators in Amsterdam mostly quote on enquiry; SquareFoot shows published rates where they exist and asks the operator for the rest.
| Route | What happens |
|---|---|
| Flexible office | One to two weeks. A service agreement, a fitted office, an immediate start. |
| Managed office | Four to twelve weeks for a self-contained floor fitted and run by the operator on a one-to-three-year agreement. |
| Conventional lease | Two to five months: offer, a lease on the standard ROZ model, your own fit-out, and a five-year term with options. |
SquareFoot is a marketplace, not a broker in Amsterdam. It is collecting the operators’ published centres and prices in one place, lets you shortlist and ask for a tour, and hands the request to the operator or a local partner who confirms availability and the exact price. The tenant pays nothing; the operator pays the introducer when a contract is signed. Flexible space is quoted per desk per month; conventional leases are quoted per square metre per year. Both are before VAT (btw) at 21%.
SquareFoot is adding Amsterdam operators now; live listings for Amsterdam will appear on the markets page as they are collected. Guide written by SquareFoot; last reviewed October 2026.
Flexible office: One to two weeks. Managed office: Four to twelve weeks for a self-contained floor fitted and run by the operator on a one-to-three-year agreement. Conventional lease: Two to five months: offer, a lease on the standard ROZ model, your own fit-out, and a five-year term with options.
Flexible space: the operator pays the introducer when a tenant signs; the tenant pays nothing and the rate is the same as going direct.
Not for flexible space, which a foreign company can take on a service agreement. A lease usually needs a Dutch BV or a registered branch; a BV takes one to three weeks and has no minimum capital or resident-director requirement.
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