Efforts to bring employees back to the office over the past year have generated high degrees of success, according to CBRE’s 2024 European Office Occupier Survey.
According to the research, the proportion of companies reporting average building utilization of between 41 percent and 80 percent has risen to 61 percent, up from 48 percent of companies in 2023. Conversely, the proportion of companies reporting lower utilization has fallen, with only a third of companies reporting utilization of 40 percent or below, compared with nearly half of the companies surveyed in the previous year.
The largest companies (5,000 employees or more) are achieving more success, with nearly two thirds of this cohort reporting utilization of 41 percent or higher, a result of both natural momentum and the increased use of mandates.
The proportion of employees going to the office three or more days a week has risen to 43 percent, compared with 37 percent in 2023, reflecting
