San Francisco prices

What it costs in San Francisco

A team of 12, everything except the rent: $1,980–$4,025 per month. The rent sits on top of that, at $4,900–$16,500 per month citywide.

Furniture, the IT fit-out, and the Move are once: $10,550–$38,500.

Begin the Dossier

Eight answers and the ten lines below are restated for your own address, headcount, and arrival. No account, no card.

Or read the figures first: one page for each Service, one for each team size, and one for each of the 23 neighbourhoods.

Before the prices

What to strike from a San Francisco office lease

12 clauses, what each says, and what to ask for instead. With the four things only this city does to a tenant.

The week you sign

Which internet providers serve a San Francisco office

Six providers, $60 to $900 per month, and the landlord signature that decides your install date.

The sixty days

The first sixty days in a San Francisco office

Ten vendor decisions on one dated calendar, in the order their dependencies force — and what a team of twelve pays for all of it except the rent.

The first decision

Coworking or your own office in San Francisco

Flex seats from $272 to $725 per person, your own office from about $560, sourced and dated — and the three-year lease neither price carries.

The other hire

What an office manager costs a San Francisco startup

$60,000 to $85,000 base, $94,000 to $105,000 loaded — beside the fractional, virtual and offshore alternatives, sourced and dated.

Our own count

How many companies open a San Francisco office each month

77 last month and 681 over the year, by month, by district, and by trade. Read from the city’s own register.

The ten Services

San Francisco, for a team of 12



Rents, providers, and loading rules differ by neighbourhood, so a citywide figure is only a starting point.


By team size

San Francisco, rent and all ten



Rent is bought by the seat. Internet is one bill for the office, and Access, Insurance, and Trash each carry a fixed part.


By neighbourhood

Rent and all ten, for a team of 12


Bayview
$26–$42 per square foot per year
$5,280–$12,925 per month
The Tenderloin
$30–$46 per square foot per year
$5,880–$13,725 per month
The Haight
$34–$52 per square foot per year
$6,380–$15,025 per month
Civic Center
$34–$54 per square foot per year
$6,380–$15,525 per month
Mid-Market
$36–$58 per square foot per year
$6,580–$16,525 per month
Potrero Hill
$38–$58 per square foot per year
$6,880–$16,525 per month
Japantown
$38–$58 per square foot per year
$6,880–$16,525 per month
The Mission
$38–$60 per square foot per year
$6,880–$17,025 per month
The Castro
$40–$60 per square foot per year
$7,180–$17,025 per month
The Design District
$40–$60 per square foot per year
$7,180–$17,025 per month
Russian Hill
$40–$60 per square foot per year
$7,180–$17,025 per month
Dogpatch
$40–$62 per square foot per year
$7,180–$17,525 per month
Nob Hill
$40–$62 per square foot per year
$7,180–$17,525 per month
Hayes Valley
$40–$64 per square foot per year
$7,180–$17,525 per month
SoMa
$42–$66 per square foot per year
$7,380–$18,025 per month
North Beach
$42–$66 per square foot per year
$7,380–$18,025 per month
Union Square
$44–$68 per square foot per year
$7,680–$18,525 per month
The Marina
$44–$68 per square foot per year
$7,680–$18,525 per month
South Beach
$48–$76 per square foot per year
$8,180–$20,025 per month
Mission Bay
$52–$80 per square foot per year
$8,680–$21,025 per month
The Financial District
$55–$88 per square foot per year
$9,080–$22,525 per month
The Presidio
$58–$84 per square foot per year
$9,480–$22,025 per month
Jackson Square
$58–$92 per square foot per year
$9,480–$23,525 per month

Rent moves with the address; the other nine Services do not. Each page states which is which.


Figures for your own address

Eight answers, four minutes, and the Dossier states these ten lines for your address, your headcount, and your arrival.

Begin the Dossier