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Co-Working Companies Congregate on the West Coast

West Coast cities have the largest concentration of co-working spaces, thanks in large part to start-up activity.

By Kelsi Maree Borland | Updated on December 06, 2017

Los Angeles

Co-working spaces are congregating on the West Coast. According to the 2017 Global Co-working Survey, West Coast cities have more co-working spaces per 100,000 employees compared to similar East Coast cities. The survey also shows that co-working is expanding and by 2020 more than 22 million Americans will work in co-working spaces. We sat down with Kurt Birkenhagen is the VP of Marketing at Vast Conference, which conducted the survey, for an exclusive interview to talk about the survey’s findings.

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