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The 2025 Enterprise Occupancy Tracking Report 5 Copyright © 2025 Tango. All rights reserved. 01 Cost savings are the primary driver for investments in occupancy monitoring technology The vast majority of respondents (92%) ranked "cost savings" (including things like increasing efficiency and reducing operating costs) as one of their top two priorities. Of the industries surveyed, pharmaceutical companies were most likely to prioritize cost savings, with 80% ranking it as their top priority. Real estate usually represents one of an organization's greatest operating expenses. Occupancy monitoring can lead to cost savings in this area by revealing precisely where an organization has excess space and how much of it they have, so real estate stakeholders can decide whether to downsize or sublet to avoid paying for space they don't need (as their lease terms allow). Alternatively, excess space can be repurposed, which doesn't reduce costs vvv outright, but can prevent the business from needlessly acquiring additional space. Occupancy monitoring also supports an enterprise's ability to improve efficiency and lower costs through infrastructure optimizations (lighting, heating, air conditioning, etc.). But the question is, how much of these savings opportunities can be achieved without major investments in occupancy monitoring technology—especially new hardware that requires maintenance? For some hybrid workplaces, reservation data and badge scans provide a pretty accurate picture of a building's occupancy. And in the right situations, that information may be all that's needed to effectively allocate and optimize space. 02 North American firms prioritized occupant experience 50% of North American firms ranked "occupant experience" (defined as "creating attractive, supportive, and productive work environments") as their number one real estate and facilities management priority, and 25% ranked it as their second highest priority. In contrast, only 8% of European firms considered occupant experience their top priority, and 23% considered it their second highest priority. vvvv vv 50% 17% 25% 8% 1st Rank 2nd Rank 3rd Rank 4th Rank