The Fortis Network Index 2026
What the companies inside ten Fortis Centers tell us about how independent businesses now grow: smaller where they need to be, more connected where it matters, more global from the beginning.
Headline findings
The office did not shrink — it changed shape
Across the network, member companies hold fewer permanent desks per employee and draw on more shared capability — specialists, rooms, and other companies. The building they need is a different one from the building most leases were written for.
Midweek is the whole game
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday carry the overwhelming majority of attendance. Friday runs at roughly a third of the midweek peak. Sizing an office to the weekly average, rather than the midweek peak, is the most common and most expensive mistake we see.
Flexibility is being priced, not assumed
Members increasingly trade a longer commitment for a lower rate, then use expansion rights rather than re-tendering. The commitment is getting longer; the rigidity is not.
Method
Figures in this edition are illustrative placeholders for the build. The published edition draws on anonymised, aggregated data across the Fortis network, with no individual member company identified.
