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Why Coworking Spaces Are Ideal for Female Entrepreneurs

According to the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), there are over 14 million women-owned businesses in operation in the United States — and the number of female entrepreneurs continues to grow. Between 2019 and 2023, the number of women-owned U.S. businesses increased by nearly 14 percent according to WBENC’s 2024 Impact of Women-Owned Businesses report. Women-owned businesses also currently constitute 39 percent of all American businesses. 

Since 2019, the number of women professionals and entrepreneurs working from coworking spaces has increased to more than 50 percent, outnumbering the number of men working from coworking centers. Coworking spaces such as those offered by Carr Workplaces are often preferred by women entrepreneurs because of the flexibility, sense of community, and scalability they provide. 

In this blog, we’ll explore why women business owners often choose coworking centers over traditional office spaces — and why coworking spaces are ideal for female entrepreneurs like you. 

Community Support

Within the last decade, coworking spaces have emerged as the preferred option for female entrepreneurs. One of the reasons why is that coworking centers are in locations where business communities often develop. 

If you’re a female entrepreneur and you work from one of Carr Workplaces coworking centers, you’re surrounded by other entrepreneurs and professionals on a daily basis.  Immersion in a thriving business community can provide a multitude of benefits to you as a business owner, chief among them is community support. 

Carr Workplaces coworking centers intentionally cultivate community-building and support. Our centers hold monthly networking events to help you get to know the other professionals working from your center. 

Working from our coworking centers means you can bounce ideas off of other professionals working there. You also can potentially broaden your referral network simply by getting to know the other folks in the coworking space.

Flexible Workspace Options That Support Female Entrepreneurs

It’s no secret that female entrepreneurs often are balancing multiple roles and responsibilities. Often these responsibilities include caring for children or aging parents at home, which may translate into unconventional, non-9-to-5 work schedules. 

With this in mind, our coworking centers offer flexible leases and hours that allow female entrepreneurs and professionals to better balance work and life responsibilities. 

Carr Workplaces Coworking Centers: Ideal for Female Entrepreneurs

As a client at our coworking centers, you’ll enjoy 24/7 building access and the ability to choose from a variety of workspaces that support unpredictable schedules, as well as hybrid and remote work arrangements.

Our private offices, team spaces, Dedicated Desks, and Touchdown Desks all may be leased by the hour, day, week, or for longer periods of time. This flexibility is in stark contrast with traditional office rentals, which typically require a long-term commitment to a specific physical office space.

What female entrepreneurs especially love about our coworking spaces is that as your company grows, you can easily scale up your physical workspace to accommodate new hires. 

Because our workspaces may be leased by the short- or long-term, you can easily add additional workspaces to your lease as your business grows with the flexibility to continue to scale up (or down) your real estate footprint without facing penalties as you would with a traditional office rental.

Convenient, Prestigious Locations

For added convenience, our coworking spaces are intentionally situated in upscale, urban and suburban communities that are easily accessible by car or public transit: 

• Each of our coworking centers is located in close proximity to major highways and public transit stations.
• All coworking centers are strategically situated so that they’re easy for you, your team, and your clients to get to. 
• Our centers often feature on-site parking and EV charging stations.
• Coworking centers are intentionally located in upscale areas in order to provide your business with an impressive, prestigious business address.

Wouldn’t you like to headquarter your business in Chicago’s downtown area across from Millennium Park or on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. with the White House in your neighborhood?  These are just a few examples of the high-end locations of our coworking centers. 

Other locations include San Francisco’s Embarcadero Center with views of the Bay Bridge, Fifth Avenue in New York City across from Central Park, and the state-of-the-art Convergence Center adjacent to Purdue University.

Low Overhead and Room To Grow 

Another reason why female entrepreneurs often favor our coworking spaces is that our leases are all-inclusive. 

When you become a client at our nationwide network of coworking centers, you can keep your operating expenses low while taking advantage of the rich services and amenities included with your lease.

All-Inclusive Leases, Amenities and Services

As a client at our coworking centers, you don’t have the expense of buying furniture or basic office equipment to contend with. All of our workspaces come fully furnished with elegant décor and include access to on-site printers, scanners, fax machines, and copy machines for no additional fee. 

Leases also include support from our friendly, on-site community management team. Our on-site team can answer phone calls for your business, meet and greet guests, and help with tasks such as copying, scanning, and printing documents. 

Additionally, you and your guests will enjoy complimentary gourmet coffee and tea as well as filtered water from our on-site community cafés.

As a result of our all-inclusive lease terms, you can get your company up and running quickly without needing to hire administrative staff or purchase office furniture and equipment. 

On-Site Meeting and Conference Rooms 

In addition to private offices, team spaces, and shared workspaces, all of our coworking centers also offer on-site meeting and conference rooms that may be booked by the hour, day, or week. 

On-demand access to meeting space certainly can come in handy as you meet with funders and partners, interview potential employees, or schedule other meetings as you scale up your company. 

Meeting and conference rooms are available in a variety of sizes and layouts and come fully furnished and equipped with built-in televisions and projection systems. 

Catering and beverage services can easily be added to meeting and conference room bookings for added convenience. 

Key Takeaways: Why Coworking Centers Are the Perfect Fit for Female Entrepreneurs

• Access to other entrepreneurs and professionals on a daily basis, a rich on-site business community.  
• Diverse workspace options that include private offices, shared office space, team suites, and meeting and conference rooms.
• Rich on-site amenities and services, including support from an on-site community management team. 
• All-inclusive, short-term and long-term leases that allow you to increase your real estate footprint as your company scales.

To learn more about what our coworking centers have to offer you as a female entrepreneur, schedule a free tour of a Carr Workplaces coworking center near you or give us a call at (866) 982-5840. 

For more on how shared workspaces can help your growing business, explore “Dedicated Desks And How They Benefit Your Business: A Complete Guide.”