September 13, 2025
Facebook started in a Harvard University dormitory. Amazon started in a garage. So did Microsoft and Disney. It makes for a good story but working in a make-shift office is neither comfortable nor efficient. A real office has everything a startup needs, and thanks to coworking spaces, everyone can have one.
Coworking spaces are also becoming increasingly popular for established companies.
In a coworking space, you can rent exactly as much space as you need. You can book add-ons like meeting rooms and guest desks. Regular cleaning is included, and there is a never-ending supply of coffee, tea, and sometimes beer. You share the space with other companies that could be a valuable addition to your network.
Some coworking spaces go even beyond that. They offer lab space, accelerator programs, mentorships, partnering events, and more.
Most people associate coworking spaces with startups, freelancers and digital nomads. It’s true that coworking spaces are especially popular among these demographics. For freelancers and digital nomads, who usually work alone, it’s nice to mingle with like-minded people in a work-focused space.
That community spirit is exactly what they look for.
Startups often choose coworking spaces to keep expenses low. They can get fully furnished offices, coffee, wifi and meeting rooms for a monthly fee instead of a big upfront payment. Flexibility is a big factor as well. Traditional rental contracts span over five to ten years, while you can move out of a coworking space or adjust the number of seats much quicker.
But coworking spaces are also interesting for established companies. Being part of a dynamic community and getting access to a unique ecosystem can prove extremely valuable. Meeting potential business partners, contractors and employees is easy if you share a space.
With so many coworking spaces to choose from, it might seem difficult to find the right one.
We asked Karin Crisanto, our Head of Innovation Space and Infrastructure, how to choose the perfect coworking space for you and your company.
Karin adds that even with all the benefits, coworking spaces aren’t for everyone. If you prefer to work in silence or alone, there might be better options than a coworking space.
Companies that need a lot of privacy might not be happy in coworking spaces. You’ll share the space, wifi network, printer, meeting rooms, etc. and this requires certain consideration and accommodation towards other coworkers. If that’s a dealbreaker, renting a private office is definitely the better choice for you.
The Basel Area ranks as the best accessible location in Switzerland, bordering Germany and France, with a tri-national airport. It’s the perfect location to serve the European market. From the heart of Europe, you can ship your goods by train, truck, ship, or plane fast and cost-effectively to your customers worldwide.
Its high quality of life, fantastic community, and extensive government support also make the Basel Area a great place to set up HQ.
In recent years, the number of coworking spaces in the Basel Area has surged. Choosing the right coworking space for you or your company can be difficult.
We made this list to help you speed up the process and help you with your choice.
We talked to the owners of the coworking spaces and asked them who their ideal customers would be and what makes their coworking space unique. If one of the quotes feels like it talks to you directly, that coworking space might be your ideal fit.
Disclaimer: Prices are indicated in Swiss Francs (CHF). Prices and conditions are subject to change and may fluctuate on a daily basis. We don’t take any responsibility for the accuracy of the current pricing enclosed herein.
Without further ado, here are the 14 best coworking spaces in the Basel Area in alphabetical order with our own spaces at the end.
The Kulturkirche Paulus association runs this new coworking space at Schweizergasse 23 in the Paulusquartier. It’s a quiet, stimulating working environment for the self-employed, creatives professionals, and young startups.
The new coworking space in the Paulusquartier is ideal for freelancers and small-team startups. For a fixed per person price, you get a desk, chair, storage, internet, printer/copier, cleaning, heating, electricity, access to a spacious meeting room, and a kitchenette with a meeting corner.
The coworking space was created by the church. Their incentive isn’t turning a profit, but creating a space that fosters creativity and productivity for the community.
And they practice what they preach! Their main office is one of the renting parties in its own coworking space.
There is one price that gives you access to everything you need, whether you’re a single-person freelancer or a team of several people.
Full access: CHF 475
Behind the old walls is a modern, tech-enabled workspace that combines flexible office options with fully automated access and booking. If you’re looking for a private office long term, Denkmal makes it easy to start working right away with everything included.
Denkmal offers private offices available either fully serviced or as customizable bare spaces. All offices come with high-speed Wi-Fi, and tenants can access the building 24/7 via app, PIN, or badge. The space also includes several meeting and coaching rooms that can be booked flexibly by the hour or day. Bookings, entry, and billing are fully digital, and every reservation includes coffee, tea, and mineral water at no extra charge.
“We’re not selling free-beer Fridays. daycrunch Denkmal is for companies that want space, privacy, and fair terms. If coworking is about buzz, Denkmal is about focus.”
Denkmal blends historic charm with fully automated infrastructure. Housed in a heritage building, the space runs without a front desk. Everything from room booking to door access is managed digitally. This keeps costs low and operations smooth. The focus is on private and project offices, with an average 9 m² of true workspace per person – excluding corridors and common areas – which is nearly double the effective space typically offered in coworking. The setting is calm and private, but just minutes from the city’s busiest transport hub, offering the best of both worlds. The building is powered by daycrunch®, but the branding is kept discreet and well in the background – customers’ logos and identities are always in front, from the doorbell to the lobby signage.
Dreispitz Coworking is brought to you by Jobfactory, a Basel-based company with the goal of solving social problems with the power of the market. Or as Cynthia Fox from Dreispitz puts it: ”Dreispitz is ideal for uncomplicated and flexible people who want to work at any time. It’s not highly professionalized and with basic infrastructure. But it’s affordable, open 24/7, and everything you need is there (including unlimited coffee :)).”
Besides a spacious coworking area, Dreispitz offers meeting rooms, classrooms, and a fully equipped kitchen with coffee, tea, and snacks. Printing, scanning, copying, faxing, and high-speed internet is available as well.
Dreispitz takes a very straightforward, all-inclusive approach. What you see is what you get. Dreispitz also supports the vision of its parent company, Jobfactory, to help young people get started in their careers.
The pricing is very flexible. Every option is all-inclusive when it comes to office supplies and extras, and you always have 24/7 access.
Meeting rooms available on fair-use basis
Nestled in a former textile-dyeing workshop at Horburgstrasse 22 in Kleinbasel, H22 is an atelier-style workspace with high ceilings and generous daylight. The space fosters creativity, making it a seamless fit for architects, designers, writers, and innovators seeking a refined, agile workspace.
H22 gives you a dedicated desk in a spacious, light-filled loft with an industrial feel. Members have 24/7 access, fast fiber-optic Wi-Fi, a meeting room, and a quiet creative space for workshops or calls. The kitchen is fully equipped, and there’s a lounge area, printers, a shower, and storage options. You also get a business address with a mailbox and nameplate. Everything’s kept clean and well-maintained, so you can focus on your work.
H22 stands out for its spatial character. It’s a former factory repurposed into a collaborative studio, complete with raw textures and open layout that make it a creative magnet for independent practitioners in architecture, film, design, theatre, and marketing.
Plus, the absence of a deposit and short notice (with three months’ prepayment) removes barriers to entry.
H22 offers either a fixed desk or access to the un-furnished workspace areas. Both come with the options of renting storage space and closed off project rooms.
H22-DESK: from CHF 265
H22-SPACE: from CHF 395
Private room: CHF 30/day
Storage shelves: CHF 25/month
Open work areas for individuals or small teams
Larger spaces for multiple people available on request
Incubâle is a stimulating environment for young companies and entrepreneurs who are looking to realize their ideas. The space is ever-changing and transforming with IT specialists, technicians, web designers, architects remote workers, and various other experts calling it their base.
Incubâle offers loft workspaces for people and companies that value collaboration. Autonomous companies work side by side and together on 450m² with an array of amenities to make work as productive and comfortable as possible.
Incubâle is home to a flexible community of experts in many different fields. It encourages moving beyond isolated work and collaborating with other members of the association and coworking space.
Of course, nobody is obliged to work together. On the contrary! According to Incubâle, joint projects usually arise unexpectedly. The web designer helps the architect, who in turn assists the entrepreneur. This is how exciting joint ventures and successful projects are created time and again.
Incubâle sees itself more of an incubator than just a coworking space. It’s an association with a one-time fee of CHF 800 to become a part of and a yearly fee of CHF 200.– to remain a member. Only then, you can rent a full-access coworking space.
Full access: CHF 350
Monthly
Loft atmosphere with generous space
Magnificent view over Basel and the surrounding area with lots of daylight
Nexirius is a Swiss software company based in Basel. Nexirius develops individual software solutions and tailor-made software products efficiently and quality-consciously and offers modern coworking spaces in a loft within walking distance from Basel SBB. Or as Angela Baumann from Nexirius puts it: ”Nexirius is a former paper mill, which has been converted into a stylish loft. It is located within 3 minutes walking distance from SBB main station. Our offices have a very personal touch and are great if you want to work with pleasant colleagues in a beautiful location.”
Nexirius has beautifully designed offices, fully equipped working spaces, and meeting rooms. They are well-organized and take care of a supply of fresh beverages and cleaning to allow you to focus on nothing but your business.
Thanks to the top organization, everything at Nexirius just works. They do a great job at shouldering as much of the day-to-day burden for you as they can. With fully equipped office spaces, a great location, and included cleaning service, Nexirius allows you to focus on doing the work that matters to your company.
Nexirius is straightforward with its options.
Fix desk: Price on request
Above their store in Basel, Nike offers a coworking space that allows for creative and focused work. Or as Sandra Ischi, the hostess at Nike’s coworking puts it: ”We appeal to people who like to work in a small and bright coworking space. With our two well-equipped meeting rooms and the beautiful training room, we attract many coaches and trainers who offer consultations, seminars, or fitness courses. Also, digital nomads who like to work in a homely and lovingly furnished open space and appreciate the exchange come here. Our collaborative office space is predominantly for silent work. The meeting rooms can be rented in an uncomplicated and flexible way.”
”We are located centrally, directly above the Nike Store. There are common rooms and a break room with a terrace, which we use together with the Nike team. So there’s always something going on. Even on Saturday. Since we are closely connected to the Nike Store, we have attractive opening hours. Coworkers have their own badge and access to the office at any time. Due to the perfect location and the attractive store, our coworkers also have a suitable platform to publicize their offers and attract new customers. With us, there is plenty of room to dare and try out new things, in line with our motto: JUST DO IT.”
With the Nike Coworking badge, you get access to calm, open office space, bookable meeting rooms, and a coaching room. You have internet access, and you can scan, copy, and print as much as you need. There’s also a training room that you can use for workouts, events, and seminars.
”For digital nomads who look for a wonderful community and new experience, the Coworking Nike Basel is a top location. We offer the environment to try new things. “Just Do It” and build your own successful business.”
The coworking space stays true to Nike’s “JUST DO IT” attitude and sports focus.
For those who need some time away or a location for a multiple days long seminar, the Nike Coworking offers a chalet in the Alps. There’s quick internet and an office infrastructure with printer and scanner, and the ski slope is next to the chalet. You can book it directly on the website.
There are different passes available for the different rooms in the coworking space. You can book a test day for free.
RHIZOM provides workspace outside of traditional office or home-office settings. It provides low-threshold access to profession networks, is a valuable interface for diverse disciplines and a marketplace for collaboration. Or as Roger Aeschbach, co-founder of RHIZOM, puts it succinctly: ”RHIZOM is for anybody looking for an urban, creative, and centrally located workplace.”
There are two conference rooms and an open office that was once a factory hall. Freely use RHIZOM’s WLAN, A3 color laser printer, 65″ LCD presentation screen, beamer, flip chart, white-board, cleaning, and kitchen area including coffee, sparkling water, and fresh fruit.
RHIZOM offers the infrastructure for productive work but sees the people as what makes the coworking space. It’s becoming increasingly important for entrepreneurs to be able to cover the demand of skilled workers with the help of an ecosystem.
When you become a part of RHIZOM, you become a part of that ecosystem.
Powering start-ups and SMEs, from medtech to manufacturing, with the space and support to drive digital transformation, build MVPs, perfect prototypes, and optimize production. Here, every conversation is a shortcut to success. The Jura Campus is the region’s gateway to industrial innovation.
Fully furnished and equipped private offices and coworking desks
Community management
Workshop and innovation space, meeting rooms, and phone booths
Lounge area and kitchen
Free coffee/tea and water
State-of-the-art office facilities and services
Free Wifi and standard LAN connection for fix desks
Secure printing and scanning
Cleaning included
Domicile address
Free access to other Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area sites
Free access to network and events
Private offices starting from CHF 780.— / month
Coworking space starting from CHF 200.—/ month
Meeting room space starting from CHF 90.—/1/2 day
Powering life sciences trailblazers from industry and academia with flexible, futureproof wetlabs
and workspaces, instant credibility and curated connections. All designed to get you from idea to impact in less time. All inside Switzerland’s largest life sciences campus.
The Main Campus HQ is already home to 1,200+ biotech and healthtechleaders, fostering a vibrant community of startups, academia, and global industry leaders were collaboration thrives.
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Fully furnished and equipped private offices, coworking fix- and flex desks, as well as private and
shared labs
Front office management
Community management
Workshop and innovation space
Lounge area, kitchen, and terrace
Free coffee/tea and water
Free Wifi and standard LAN connection
Secure printing and scanning
Cleaning services
Parking (extra charge)
Domicile address for fix desks, offices, and lab spaces
Free access to other Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area sites
Free access to network and events
Focused on life sciences
Ideal for entreprenours and medium size companies
Home to the BaseLaunch accelerator
Proximity to research institutions, biotech and pharma companies.
Lab spaces starting from CHF 1.759— / month
Private offices starting from CHF 1.541— / month
Coworking space starting from CHF 290.—/ month
Meeting rooms starting from CHF 150.—/1/2 day
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Powering healthtech pioneers with cutting edge commercial space and on-campus convenience in the heart of the Novartis neighbourhood. It’s the community that can bring capital, customers and credibility to your
door—so you can take your idea to the world.
Fully furnished and equipped private offices and coworking desks
Community management
Workshop and innovation space, meeting rooms, and phone booths
Lounge area and kitchen
Free coffee/tea and water
State-of-the-art office facilities and services
Free Wifi and standard LAN connection for fix desks
Secure printing and scanning
Cleaning included
Domicile address
Free access to other Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area sites
Free access to network and events
Private offices starting from CHF 3.600— / month
Coworking space starting from CHF 360.—/ month
CoworkingBasel offers bright, spacious and modern office space for startup businesses. The offering stands for all those who need an alternative to home office, for those who are looking for a dynamic work environment, and for businesses looking to grow. Or as Markus Fischer, Managing Director of Startup Academy Basel, puts it: ”We welcome anyone who wants to work with focus and benefit from a great network at the same time.”
“We offer a wide variety of workplaces and a very pleasant working atmosphere with a “startup and co-creation spirit.”
Startup Academy offers a wide selection of different rooms, from large meeting rooms to open workspaces and private booths. Their space is equipped with all the office supplies you need like WLAN, printer, color copier, and scanner.
There’s also a fully equipped kitchen with a dining table, bar, coffee maker, refrigerator, microwave, and dishwasher and a large roof terrace to enjoy lunch on.
The basics like using the meeting rooms (20 hours per month included), WLAN, and multifunction printers (100 black/white and 25 color copies) are included depending on your subscription.
If you want to upgrade your office, you can book additional extras based on your needs. Those include 24/7 access, a physical mailbox, and “as much coffee as you need to live and work.”
You can rent flex or fix desks in three tiers.
The 5th Floor offers a motivating and progressive environment that supports young talent in developing their visions and goals.
At The 5th Floor, you’ll find a modern, high quality space. You get lockable cubicles and private offices, dedicated desks and a flexible Coworking Space. Additionally, you have access to rooms for meetings and can join workshops and events.
Westhive is the coworking space for startups, corporations and freelancers with a unique innovation ecosystem. Or as Yannick Dienst from Westhive puts it: ”For corporate teams, SMEs and startups, who are looking for a flexible, high quality office environment, our team offices are the perfect solution that combine a complete service infrastructure with a vibrant community.”
”Westhive provides activity-based workplaces that increase productivity, foster collaboration, stimulate creativity and improve the well-being of our members alike. Our customers benefit from a high degree of flexibility, while having access to a fully furnished office infrastructure with meeting rooms, printers and phone booths as well as amenities like a delicious inhouse restaurant, a gym or a rooftop terrace.”
Westhive Basel offers around 200 desks in private team offices of various sizes and two open space areas. On every floor is a lounge with a kitchen and complimentary tea and coffee. There are also 9 meeting rooms for up to 50 people and a large event space for up to 150 people ready to be booked.
”Unlike traditional offices, our coworking space comes fully furnished and includes a restaurant, a gym, meeting rooms and an event location.”
Whether you want to relax on the sunny terrace, enjoy a nice meal in the restaurant, play some video games in the gaming room or get work done, Westhive has it all.
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