Business Office Space Options In Singapore

When you have decided to setup a business in Singapore, office rental issues will become important to you at some point. For many customer-facing businesses, the success or failure of the business will hinge partly on the owner’s selectivity and judgment in picking the right location for renting an office. Singapore being at the core of the global business hub translates into all kinds of business enterprises emerging at every possible nook and cranny.

高租金是您必须为最佳景点支付的价格，但随着一点环顾四周，让您的研究对，您可以找到合适的租赁位置，即使是最具备的预算。业务的最初步骤是决定您将在哪里生活以及您的业务将在哪里。您可能有机会搬迁到您真正享受生活和工作的区域。

This report explores the different rental options found in Singapore, and gives you some basic information to help you identify the right type of office to rent for your needs.

服务办公室/商业中心

服务办公室/商业中心是现成的fully-furnished offices in Singapore that can be the ideal rental choice for small companies looking for a low startup cost option, flexible lease terms, and prestigious business address. Serviced Offices are found in the business districts of Singapore, and are managed by specialised companies that rent fully-equipped individual offices that are adequate for between 1 to 10 people to other companies that need it. Businesses looking for a temporary solution before they move onto more permanent premises can also benefit from this option.

Key Advantages

• 新加坡的服务办公室/商务中心特别受到新初创公司的热门，因为他们可以立即提供，并配备邮件支持，接待服务，IT基础架构，互联网连接和电信连接到办公室清洁至关重要的所有设施，并配备所有的设施。空调，电力和照明，为员工和其他基本公用事业提供茶点。
• When renting a serviced office, there is no capital expenditure required, and long-term financial commitment is not an issue as the lease terms come according to your preferences and needs. Rental terms can be fixed on a month-to-month basis.
• Serviced Offices/Business Centres allow tenants to share common office facilities such as copy machines, conference rooms, meeting rooms, etc. which may otherwise be difficult to afford in the early stages of a business startup. Some serviced offices even offer ‘hot desks’ which involves one desk or terminal link, shared among several people that use the desk at different times.
• Renting a Serviced Office means prestigious business address for your company as these Business Centres are typically situated at Singapore’s prime locations in Grade A buildings.
• Serviced Offices/Business Centres can provide you with flexible growth option at the same location i.e. you can take up additional space as you grow. This is very useful in startup stages as the early growth pattern is often quite unpredictable.
• 服务办公/商务中心为您的员工提供便利的交通选择。新加坡大部分服务的办事处都位于主要的商业区，因此，靠近地铁站和主要高速公路。
  
  

关键缺点

• 服务办公室/商业中心的灵活性租赁价格较高。从长远来看，与租用传统办公室相比，租用服务办公室可能会成为一个更昂贵的选择。
• Since common resources such as conference and meeting rooms are shared among all tenants, these resources may not be available when you actually need them.
• Renting your office in a Business Centre might give the impression of a small and unstable company to your clients. Your company name might not be listed at all or listed along with tens of other companies at the Business Centre.
  
  

Depending on location, renting a serviced office in Singapore that accommodates 2-3 employees can typically cost anywhere from S$2000 to S$3000 per month. Other in-house facilities such as meeting rooms and conference rooms come at an additional cost (on “as needed” basis) of S$20 to S$50 per hour.

Conventional Office

在新加坡租用传统办公室通常意味着租用空的办公空间，您将需要使用家具，IT基础设施，公用事业，人力。等等。寻找合适的建筑物并安排传统的办公租赁可以是一项漫长的任务，但如果您的公司在稳定的增长路上，则长期福利可以使其值得努力，特别是如果您的公司超过少数员工。虽然您在进行私人办公室租赁方面可能有大量的初始资本成本，但您的月度租金可能会低于服务办公室。

Key Advantages

• Office space and layout can be customized to suit your the specific needs
• A conventional lease gives you the security of longer-term tenure at the same premises with a predictable rent- increase. Many lease agreements also have the option of renewing the lease at predetermined rates and conditions. Having to relocate your office to a different location might cause significant disruption to your business.
• 您将在新加坡租用私人办事处的地点和建筑物有更广泛的选择，而不是服务的办公室。服务办公室倾向于专注于新加坡的主要地区。
• 对于传统的办公空间，虽然初始资本支出可以更多，但正在进行的运行成本可能会显着降低。
• Many non-customer facing companies can get by with a bare-bone office layout and furnishing. In such cases, renting a conventional office is probably more cost effective even for new startups, provided favorable lease arrangements can be made.
  
  

关键缺点

• 在新加坡租赁私人办公空间需要长期租约至少2年以上。如果您是初创公司，并且尚无法预测贵公司的未来，请使如此承诺可能不是您的最佳选择。
• Leasing a conventional office space will likely require significant initial capital expenditure for setting up the office infrastructure.
• 如果您无法准确预测贵公司的人力增长，您可能最终租赁太少的空间或太多空间。
• You will have the responsibility of complete office infrastructure maintenance including reception, phone answering, mail handling, utilities services, IT setup and ongoing maintenance, office housekeeping, and so on.
  
  

在新加坡发现合适的建筑和安排传统的租赁办公空间可能需要一些时间。新加坡的传统办公空间被分成了政府所有的房屋和私营机构。虽然租金在政府拥有的商业处所通常低于私营机构，但大多数政府所有的商业建筑都远离市中心。

Private-Owned Commercial Buildings

There is an abundance of private-owned commercial buildings in Singapore and you should be able to locate office space for your rental needs in almost any neighborhood of Singapore including prime locations. The rent of an office in such a building will vary depending on the location and age of the building. If you are interested in renting private-owned premises, it is often prudent to appoint an agent to assist in your search and negotiate the main terms of your lease.

去vernment-Owned Commercial Buildings

If you wish to explore renting out government-owned premises, you can rent or lease them from Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) of Singapore. JTC offers a wide range of premises based for your office space or factory space needs. Government owned premises can offer you stack-up factories, technopreneur centres, incubators for start-up companies, business parks, hubs for research & development and entrepreneurial activities, warehousing space, industry clusters such as the Jurong Island chemicals hub, wafer fabrication parks, advanced display park, two biomedical parks, logistics hubs for aerospace, chemical, general warehousing industries and even dedicated food factories.

如果您类型的业务不需要中心，在新加坡租用新加坡的政府所有的前提下可以发出良好的意识。对于JTC商业和工业处所的列表以及指示性租赁费率，请参阅本报告结尾的相关链接部分。

Related Topic:Guide to Office Lease Agreements in Singapore

虚拟办公室

Virtual office is a service provided by most of the serviced office business centres in Singapore. Virtual office solution offers you an office experience without the physical space. A typical virtual office package in Singapore will provide your business with the use of a corporate business address; dedicated phone/fax numbers, personalized telephone answering; mail handling; and the use of private offices/meetings rooms/secretarial services on an ad-hoc basis.

Using the services of a virtual office solution on a ‘pay as you use’ basis, such as using a personalized answering service or a virtual receptionist might be a cheaper and less risky option to consider before investing in more permanent premise arrangements, and can act as means of experimenting without blowing your budget. Virtual Office is a suitable rental choice for:

• Entrepreneurs headquartered abroad that need to show a business presence in Singapore but don’t plan to hire any staff.
• Entrepreneurs operating from home requiring an official address for credibility.
• 在预算位置设置物理办公室的小型初创企业，但需要在具有负债位置的商业地址进行企业形象目的。
  
  

如果您的业务确实需要与您的客户经常会面，将您的虚拟办公室呈现为您的真实实际办公室通常不是一个好主意。您的客户可能只是走进商务中心，希望看到您的办公室或与您见面，以发现您没有实际办公室。根据地址位置和提供的服务范围，新加坡的虚拟办公室租赁套餐可以从S $ 50-S $ 200 /月。

回家了ice

If your business operates on a very small scale, you might want to consider working from home. Typical users of Home Offices include individual entrepreneurs, consultants, real estate agents, lawyers and company employees working from home. Singapore’s Home Office Scheme allows people living in a private or HDB property to conduct small-scale businesses within their homes, as long as their business activities do not fall under the scheme’s negative list.

To run a home office, you must be the owner or tenant of a home, or be authorized to stay in the home. The scheme defines Home Offices as “premises used by its occupants primarily for residential purposes with part or parts of the premises being used by the occupants as an office” and emphasizes that the said premises cannot facilitate more than two persons who are engaged in the operation of the office and who are not residents in those premises.

Registration with Housing & Development Board (for HDB premises) or Urban Redevelopment Authority (for private premises) is required in order to use your living quarters as a home office in Singapore. To ensure businesses do not cause annoyance to other residents, some restrictions are imposed on home offices such as a) you shall not generate smoke, noise or other forms of pollution; b) you cannot have more than 2 employees who don’t live there; c) you cannot display external signboards and advertisements. An example of business activities not allowed in HDB residential premises (i.e. under negative list) include food catering, commercial schools, or maid agencies.

In Summary

One of the most important considerations for new business startups in Singapore revolves around renting an office. Hasty decisions may cost your business losses while a more informed approach may ensure that the business is up and running for many years to come. Don’t hurry your office rental decision. Determine the right type of office rental option for you first and then identify the right location for renting your Singapore office. There is no such thing as the last good location. Don’t judge entirely on rent. Pay fair rent for an outstanding location. Don’t let the lessor dictate all the lease terms.