x 1.000 U.K. Belgium Ratio

BNP : 2.500.000 483.000 5,2

# inhabitants : 63.000 11.000 5,7

Turnover : 2.000.000 80.000 25,0

Surface : 7.000 300 23,3

Nr. of business centers : 2.800 172 16,3

Total office space : 233.333 21.000 11,1

% covered by B.C. : 3% 1%

# workstations = people : 400 17 24,0

# companies : 80 4 19,2

Ratio's per business center

Surface/center 2.500 1.744

WS/center 143 97

companies/center 29 24

BUSINESS CENTER MARKET IN EUROPE

Comparaison (mature) UK market with Belgium

• UK is 5-6 times larger

• But, has 16 x more business centers

• With 25 x more space andturnover

• Hosting 20-25 x more SME’s

• Main difference : – scale

• Cost-savings (energy, marketing, …)

• Management

– B.C. groups are dominant in de U.K.