Squarespace NYC HQ: Office Photos & Benefits

THE HEADQUARTERS · THE MALTZ BUILDING · 2016

A printing-district building where trees grow up through the atrium

Squarespace moved its global headquarters into the historic Maltz Building in 2016, a building put up for Manhattan's book, periodical and newspaper publishers. A+I found that employees wanted the feel of an “off-site” without leaving the office, so parts of the space look like a hotel or a home. Large planters hold trees that rise through the central atrium, curved glass meeting rooms ring the floors, and there is a roof deck and bar.

166,088 sq ft (≈ 15,430 m²)
Design: A+I (2016)
Roof deck: New York Green Roofs
Trees through the atrium
Dog-friendly workplace
Free lunch and snacks

The atrium and its trees

Large planters hold trees that rise through the central atrium, with curved glass meeting rooms around the floors.

Looking up from a tree's branches through a rounded opening to a skylight and blue sky — Trees rising toward the skylight · Photo: Magda Biernat / A+I

Black planter with a tree in a double-height space with a curved opening above, shelving and lounge seating — Atrium planter · Photo: Magda Biernat · Architect: A+I (via AIANY)

Curved floor opening with a white edge and glass rail, desks and tall windows behind — Opening between floors · Photo: Magda Biernat / A+I

Concrete counter with stools and brass pendant lights, a black stair and a glass-walled meeting room behind — Counter by the stairs · Photo: Magda Biernat / A+I

Staircase wrapped in dark vertical wood panels rising beside a white ceiling — Stair between floors · Photo: Magda Biernat / A+I

Glass-walled room with a white column beside an open office floor of desks and large windows — Glass meeting room · Photo: Magda Biernat · Architect: A+I (via AIANY)

Lounges that feel like a hotel

A+I found that employees wanted the feel of an off-site without leaving the office, so parts of the space look like a hotel or a home.

Lounge with low armchairs and a sunken seating area beside floor-to-ceiling windows onto the street — Lounge by the windows · Photo: Magda Biernat · Architect: A+I (via AIANY)

Long lounge with grey sofas, a curved black wood-slatted wall and white brick hung with a large artwork — Lounge · Photo: Magda Biernat / A+I

White lounge with grey sofas, a wall of plants and a black curved column — Lounge with a plant wall · © Squarespace

Dark lounge with leather armchairs around a round table, framed by black panels and shelving — Dark lounge · © Squarespace

Raised seating area with armchairs inside a dark wood frame, in front of tall windows — Window seating · © Squarespace

Office floor with black tufted leather bench seating, round pendants, white columns and desks by large windows — Office floor · Photo: Magda Biernat / A+I

Dark wood-lined vestibule opening onto a bright room with benches and shelving — Wood-lined passage · Photo: Magda Biernat · Architect: A+I (via AIANY)

The café and the entrance

The headquarters is in the Maltz Building at 225 Varick Street, a building put up for Manhattan's book, periodical and newspaper publishers.

Café area with a long curved concrete counter, planters and white chairs under a black curved ceiling — Café counter · Photo: Magda Biernat / A+I

Daytime view of the dark metal entrance at the base of a stone and brick building, seen from across the street — From the street · © Squarespace

Facts: A+I project page “Squarespace” · AIA New York, “Squarespace Global Headquarters” · JRM Construction Management project page · Squarespace press release, Dec 18, 2019 · Form 10-K 2023 · Squarespace job postings (2026)

The Maltz Building, Manhattan

Building	Address
Global headquarters	225 Varick Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10014

Source: Form 10-K 2023 cover page · JRM Construction Management project page (225 Varick St) · See them on the map ↓

Interior architectA+I (Architecture Plus Information)

Roof landscapeNew York Green Roofs

BuilderJRM Construction Management

Headquarters166,088 sq ft (≈ 15,430 m²)

First phase (2016)≈ 100,000 sq ft (≈ 9,290 m²), 3 floors + roof deck

Lease runs to2030

AwardsAIANY Design Award 2017 (Honor, Interior); Interior Design Best of Year 2016

Source: Form 10-K 2023, Item 2 · AIA New York, “Squarespace Global Headquarters” · A+I project page · JRM Construction Management project page

Benefits (United States)

Paid family leaveUp to 20 weeks

Up to 20 weeks (or local equivalent) on the careers page; 2026 job postings list 12 weeks of paid parental leave and family care leave.

Medical100% option

A choice of medical plans, with an option for 100% covered premiums; dental and vision too.

Time offFlexible

A flexible PTO policy: take the time off you need to recharge.

Family buildingFertility & adoption

Fertility and adoption benefits.

Donation match$/€600

Squarespace anonymously matches any employee donation, up to $/€600.

MealsFree lunch

Free lunch and snacks, plus a private rooftop.

Creator perks2 free sites

Two free Squarespace sites and a complimentary Unfold subscription.

RetirementMatch

401(k) or pension with a company match; also education reimbursement and a pretax commuter benefit.

Source: squarespace.com/about/careers, “Perks & benefits” · Squarespace job postings (2026). The two pages give different parental-leave lengths; both are shown.

Why people stay: what Squarespace itself describes

LearningSquarespace Learning

A curated learning path for every employee, plus a talent accelerator with in-depth coaching and mentoring.

7Global ERGs

Seven global Employee Resource Groups support members and bring awareness to the wider company.

2×Hack week

A hack week twice a year.

EquityA share in success

Qualifying employees receive equity in the company.

All handsEveryone in the loop

An annual company kick-off, quarterly all-hands meetings and a year-end wrap-up.

100%Paid internships

The summer internship program is 100% paid, with an Intern Lead and weekly one-on-ones.

Source: Form 10-K 2023, Human Capital · squarespace.com/about/careers and /careers/early-career · Squarespace job postings (2026)

Who works here

Where they work · Dec 31, 2023 (1,749 people)

United States 1,530EU 185Australia 30

1,749

full- and part-time employees (Dec 31, 2023)

1,530

in the United States

4

office cities: New York, Chicago, Dublin, Aveiro

2003

founded in a dorm room

Source: Form 10-K 2023 (employees, offices) · squarespace.com/about/company

Pay at Squarespace

Base salary range · Software Engineers, New York City

Software Engineer, Frontend$110,500 – $178,250

Senior Software Engineer$128,500 – $207,000

Staff Software Engineer$185,500 – $299,000

Source: Squarespace job postings 8019365, 6305471 and 8159839 (squarespace.com/careers, seen Oct 2026). “Cash Compensation Range” in USD; equity may be on top for eligible roles.

Pay by ageNot published

Squarespace doesn't publish pay by age, and its last proxy statement (2024) gives no median-employee pay figure.

Office history: from a dorm room to five floors in Manhattan

2003
A dorm room at the University of Maryland
Anthony Casalena started Squarespace from his dorm room. In the early years he was the only engineer, designer and support person.
Source: Form S-1, April 2021 · squarespace.com/about/company

University of Maryland dormitory area, College Park, 2010 · carmichaellibrary / CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
2008–13
Downtown New York City
Press releases from 2008 carry a New York dateline. By July 2012 a team of 90 was “headquartered in downtown New York City”, growing to 131 by June 2013.
Source: Squarespace press releases, July 25, 2008; July 17, 2012; June 19, 2013

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2014
Dublin, then Portland
In October 2014 Squarespace had 285 employees in New York and Dublin, with a Portland office opening later that year. By January 2015 the team passed 400.
Source: Squarespace press releases, Oct 13, 2014 and Jan 28, 2015

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2016
The Maltz Building becomes the global headquarters
Squarespace leased three floors of the historic Maltz Building. A+I designed about 100,000 sq ft over three full floors, a roof deck and a ground-floor lobby and event space.
Source: Squarespace press release, Dec 18, 2019 · AIA New York project page

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2019
Five floors and 166,000 sq ft
After taking two more floors and a content studio in the basement, Squarespace announced it would occupy 166,000 sq ft over five floors. New York State offered up to $2.2 million in Excelsior tax credits tied to 156 new jobs.
Source: Squarespace press release (Governor of New York / Empire State Development), Dec 18, 2019

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2021
Listed on the NYSE, offices in four cities
Squarespace listed on the New York Stock Exchange in May 2021. Besides the headquarters it had offices in Dublin (≈ 25,000 sq ft), Portland (≈ 26,000 sq ft) and Los Angeles, and added Chicago with Tock.
Source: Form S-1, April 2021 · Form 10-K 2021

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2024
Private again, same address
Permira completed its acquisition on October 17, 2024 and Squarespace left the NYSE. Anthony Casalena stayed as CEO, and the headquarters stayed at 225 Varick Street.
Source: Squarespace press release, Oct 17, 2024 · DEFM14A, Aug 2024

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Annual report	HQ space (sq ft)	m²	As described
AIANY 2016	≈ 100,000	≈ 9,290	Three floors, roof deck and ground floor
Press release 2019	166,000	15,422	Five floors after expansion
S-1 2021	≈ 165,000	≈ 15,329	Headquarters lease to 2030
10-K 2023	166,088	15,430	Headquarters lease to 2030

Map: how the headquarters moved

From a dorm room in College Park, Maryland to five floors of a former printing building on Varick Street, Manhattan.

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1 · 2003University of Maryland, College Park — Founded in Anthony Casalena's dorm room
2 · 2016225 Varick Street, New York — Global headquarters in the Maltz Building

Addresses: Form S-1 (2021), Form 10-K 2023, Squarespace press release Dec 18, 2019. The 2008–2015 downtown New York offices are not mapped: no address was published.

What Squarespace does

Squarespace sells subscriptions that let people claim a domain, build a website, run an online store, take bookings and send email campaigns without writing code. It also owns Acuity Scheduling and Tock, the restaurant-booking platform.

Revenue is reported in two product types: Presence (website plans, domains, email) and Commerce (online stores, payments, scheduling, hospitality).

Where the money came from · revenue by product type, 2023

PresenceWebsite plans, domains, email and content

$704.3M

CommerceOnline stores, payments, scheduling, Tock

$308.0M

Source: Form 10-K 2023, Revenue by product type

Revenue, 2023$1.01Bup 16.8% in a year

Net loss, 2023$7.1MGAAP

Unique subscriptions4.6M+Dec 31, 2023, in 200+ countries and territories

Gross merchandise value$6.2Borders processed on the platform, 2023

Source: Form 10-K 2023 (the last annual report before Squarespace went private in October 2024)

Growth: revenue vs. people

2.1×revenue, 2019 → 2023
$485M → $1.01B

1.4×employees, 2020 → 2023
1,256 → 1,749

YearRevenueEmployees

FY2019

$0.5B

—

FY2020

$0.6B

1,256

FY2021

$0.8B

1,600

FY2022

$0.9B

1,800

FY2023

$1.0B

1,749

Calendar years. Revenue and employees: Form S-1 (2021) and Form 10-K 2021–2023 (2020–2021 full-time; 2022–2023 full- and part-time). No figures after 2023: Squarespace went private in October 2024. Multiples calculated by eciffo.

Chief executives

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2003 – today

Anthony Casalena

Founder, CEO and Board Chairman. He stayed on as CEO after Permira's 2024 acquisition.

Founder: Anthony Casalena.

Source: Form S-1, April 2021 · Squarespace press release, Oct 17, 2024

Squarespace's official social accounts

Official accounts linked from squarespace.com.

Instagram@squarespace ↗YouTubeyoutube.com/squarespace ↗LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/squarespace ↗Facebookfacebook.com/squarespace ↗X (Twitter)@squarespace ↗

Squarespace: questions people ask

Where is Squarespace's headquarters?

At 225 Varick Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10014 — in the historic Maltz Building, which Squarespace calls its West Village home. It has been the global headquarters since 2016.

Source: Form 10-K 2023 · Squarespace press release, Dec 18, 2019

Who designed Squarespace's headquarters?

A+I (Architecture Plus Information) designed the 2016 headquarters, with New York Green Roofs as landscape designer and JRM Construction Management as builder. It won an AIANY Design Award in 2017.

Source: AIA New York project page · A+I project page

How big is Squarespace's headquarters?

166,088 sq ft (≈ 15,430 m²) of office space, on a lease that runs to 2030. It started in 2016 with about 100,000 sq ft over three floors and grew to five floors.

Source: Form 10-K 2023 · AIA New York · Squarespace press release, Dec 18, 2019

What is inside the Squarespace office?

Trees in large planters rise through the central atrium, there are curved glass meeting rooms, a bar and café area and a roof deck. Employees get free lunch and snacks, and dogs are welcome.

Source: JRM Construction Management project page · Squarespace job postings (2026)

What benefits does Squarespace offer?

Up to 20 weeks of paid family leave (2026 U.S. postings say 12 weeks of parental leave), flexible PTO, fertility and adoption benefits, an option for 100% covered medical premiums, donations matched up to $/€600, and two free Squarespace sites.

Source: squarespace.com/about/careers · Squarespace job postings (2026)

Does Squarespace allow remote or hybrid work?

Squarespace says it supports remote, hybrid and fully office-based arrangements. Its New York job postings in 2026 are marked hybrid.

Source: Form 10-K 2023 · Squarespace job postings (2026)

How much do Squarespace software engineers make?

2026 New York postings list base pay of $110,500–$178,250 for a Software Engineer, $128,500–$207,000 for a Senior Software Engineer and $185,500–$299,000 for a Staff Software Engineer.

Source: Squarespace job postings 8019365, 6305471, 8159839

How many people work at Squarespace?

1,749 full- and part-time employees at the end of 2023, 1,530 of them in the United States. The About page says the team is more than 1,760 people.

Source: Form 10-K 2023 · squarespace.com/about/company

Who owns Squarespace?

Funds of the investment firm Permira, which completed the acquisition on October 17, 2024. Founder Anthony Casalena remains CEO and one of the largest shareholders.

Source: Squarespace press release, Oct 17, 2024

Where did Squarespace start?

In Anthony Casalena's dorm room at the University of Maryland in 2003.

Source: Form S-1, April 2021 · squarespace.com/about/company

Squarespace Headquarters & offices · New York, New York

Trees rising through the atrium, a private rooftop and dogs at work — inside a historic printing-district building in Manhattan.