The business services sector already occupies three million sq m of office space across Poland, and we expect further increases in the near future.
In the first half of 2019, tenants from the business services sector leased almost 190,000 sq m of office space, which was a quarter of the total office demand in Poland. The sector's influence is even greater on major markets outside Warsaw (Kraków, Wrocław, Tricity, Poznań, Katowice, Łódź, Lublin, Szczecin), where almost every second square meter has been leased by a company from this industry.
Mateusz Polkowski, Head of Research and Consulting, JLL
A sector that occupies three million sq m of office space
We estimate that business services centres already occupy a total of about three million sq m across Poland, and taking into account the activity of companies from this industry in recent years, we can expect an increase in this volume in the next few months.
Mateusz Polkowski, Head of Research and Consulting, JLL
| City | Share of the services sector in the occupied space |
| Kraków | 58% |
| Łódź | 53% |
| Wrocław | 49% |
| Lublin | 43% |
| Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis | 38% |
| Szczecin | 37% |
| Poznań | 34% |
| Tri-City | 34% |
| Warsaw | 11% |
Source: JLL, www.officefinder.pl, H1 2019
The ambitious business plans of the business services sector confirm Poland's high investment attractiveness. They are also an important premise for developers and investment funds’ decision-making, who are planning to develop their office portfolio on the Polish market. Many tenants from this industry consider expanding in office projects where they are already located. They are also establishing new centres in new locations, which in turn leads to an ever faster increase in the supply of modern office space in regional cities.
Jakub Sylwestrowicz, Head of Tenant Representation, JLL
Competition for talents, the change in employees' needs, the range of generations and personalities within teams pose new challenges for companies when it comes to the selection and organization of office space. The flexibility of space and - which may seem surprising - the emotions and experiences associated with it is becoming increasingly important. So companies from the business services sector which hire thousands of employees are becoming a precursor for this shift in the office space market.
Anna Bartoszewicz-Wnuk, Head of Workplace Advisory JLL
