What is your empty office space costing you?
Most councils are paying for desks that sit empty most of the week — but few can put a number on it. Enter your details to get your estimate.
Total sq ft of your main office building on a Gross Internal Area basis — the figure in your asset register, EPC or VOA record. It includes circulation, cores, plant and WCs. If you only have Net Internal Area, add about 20%.
Refine with your own figures (optional)
Leave blank to use the public-sector average.
All-in annual cost per desk. Leave blank for the regional default.
Cost of your empty space
estimated annual expenditure on desks that sit empty
What you could save
indicative annual saving from right-sizing
These are indicative figures to start a conversation, not an audit. They're based on public-sector occupancy benchmarks and typical regional office costs. We'll refine them with your real data on a call.
Method: desks = Gross Internal Area ÷ 120 sq ft per desk (UK government standard). Empty desks = desks × 56% (public-sector occupancy ≈ 44%). Cost of empty space = empty desks × £9,000/yr all-in. Indicative saving = 25% of that. © Metrikus.