Raleigh, NC Office Spaces for Rent
Find your best Raleigh, NC office space among 645 for rent listings, which average an asking price of $34.74 per square foot.
In Raleigh, office spaces range from smaller units to larger options. On average, office spaces in this area tend to be about 8,583 square feet. However, the largest listings can go up to 180,072 square feet for an individual listing. This can give you a good starting point to compare with your needs.
In Raleigh, you have several options when it comes to leasing office space. To better understand what to look for, check out our definitive guide to finding office space for your small business or startup. Here is an overview of the most common types currently available:
The most frequent subtype available for lease is General Office, which makes up 64.33% of all listings in the city.
The second-most common office space type listed here is Medical Office, accounting for 6.70% of available listings.
Up next, R&D - Office also makes up a significant portion of listings, offering additional options for those seeking alternative spaces.
On the other end of the spectrum, the rarest type of office space among local listings is Warehouse/Distribution, with only 1 listing currently available.
You can find a total of 645 listings for lease in Raleigh, which add up to a total of 5,561,537 square feet. Out of these listings, 48 are sublease listings, with the highest concentration of sublease listings being located in Downtown Raleigh
Generally, buildings completed since the year 2000 offer modern amenities, decor and services. This also applies to buildings that have been renovated within the same timeframe. Buildings completed in or after the year 2000 account for 33.62% of office properties in this city and incorporate a total of 8,124,134 square feet. Additionally, about 6.9% of office space in Raleigh is in buildings that have been renovated at least once since 2000.
According to our listing data, Raleigh's office market contains 33.6M square feet of space as of 2026.
| Building Size Range | Total Square Feet |
|---|---|
| 50k to 100k Sq. Ft. | 7.9M Sq. Ft. |
| 100k to 500k Sq. Ft. | 19.5M Sq. Ft. |
| 500k to 1M Sq. Ft. | 550.6K Sq. Ft. |
Data was provided by Yardi Research Data, refers to properties larger than 50,000 square feet.
The average rent for office space in Raleigh is $29 per square foot. However, you can find rental rates as low as $14 per square foot here, depending on what compromises you are willing to make. If you are looking for office space priced at a certain value, you can use the filters at the top of the page to look for properties within your optimal range.
The maximum rental rate is $50 per square foot among local listings currently available for lease.
| Class | Total Square Feet | Share of Total Office |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 629.3K | 1.87% |
| A | 19.5M | 58.11% |
| B | 10.7M | 31.93% |
| C | 2.7M | 8.09% |
Data was provided by Yardi Research Data, refers to properties larger than 50,000 square feet.
Location is everything when it comes to office spaces. Tenants place great value on well positioned properties in amenity-rich areas, potentially boosting office attendance.
In Raleigh, the greatest concentration of lease opportunities is in Downtown Raleigh, Trinity Park and Lakeview.
The Downtown Raleigh neighborhood contains the most Class A office space, attracting premium tenants and corporate headquarters. Meanwhile, the neighborhood with the most Class B space is Downtown Raleigh, offering quality space at affordable rates.
15% of office space here is eco-friendly, which amounts to 4.3M square feet.
| Total Square Feet | Total Green Square Feet | Green Share of Total |
|---|---|---|
| 28.3M | 4.3M | 15% |
Numbers based on Yardi Research Data, only refers to properties larger than 25,000 square feet.
The Raleigh office market is part of the Research Triangle, a behemoth in tech and biotech research and development. The city and surrounding area’s economy are bolstered by world-class academic institutions like the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University. Raleigh consistently ranks high as one of the best places for business, attracting top companies like BB&T Insurance Services, PRA Health Sciences and Red Hat.
The second North Carolina location to rank among the top 25 metros for life sciences in the U.S., Raleigh saw growth of the industry in the local economy, a highly educated talent pool, and more.
Renowned for its wealth of prestigious research institutions, the Raleigh metro landed among the five best Southern U.S. metros for tech, scoring well for tech job density, quality of life, and educational opportunities.
The Carolina Triangle area has earned a reputation as a high-tech manufacturing and life sciences hub recently, with growing investments in these fields and a deep talent pool for companies to tap into. Unsurprisingly, Raleigh has also made the list as one of the best cities for Gen Z.
There were two entries from the South on this list, with Nashville landing in seventh place, closely followerd by Raleigh, ranked eight among the top 10 metro areas for Millennials in 2022.
Fighting for the same spot is Raleigh, NC: the newest contender for the coveted title of “tech hub” has experienced a dramatic 72.8% growth in the number of tech jobs available over the last 10 years.
Raleigh boasts the: second-lowest women’s unemployment rate in the region, following only Arlington; third-highest rate of coverage, with 64% of working women covered by employer-based insurance; and fourth-best rate of women’s educational attainment.
The life sciences sector accounted for just more than 8% of office space in Raleigh, which represented the third-largest such market share among the metros in our ranking. This total also incorporated roughly 7.1 million square feet of life sciences office space, of which more than 563,000 was LEED-certified (the ninth-best score for this metric).