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ClickUp Space

ClickUp Spaces, a ClickUp department or a workspace section

By Jack Lenton · Written
October 28, 2026
In short

A ClickUp Space is the top level for organising work inside a Workspace, usually one per department, team or business. Each Space can have its own statuses, ClickApps, members and privacy.

What is a ClickUp Space?

A Space is the biggest building block inside a ClickUp Workspace. Under it sit Folders, Lists and tasks. Most teams have one Space per department, team or business.

Each Space can have its own statuses, ClickApps, members and privacy, so Sales can work differently from Delivery without getting in each other's way.

The Free Forever plan allows up to 5 Spaces. Guests can't be invited to a whole Space, only to the Folders, Lists or tasks inside it.

How I plan Spaces for clients

Fewer Spaces is almost always better. I start with the main areas of the business, like Sales, Delivery and Admin, and only add a Space when a team truly works differently.

For clients running more than one business, a Space per business can work well inside one Workspace. I also set privacy at the Space level from day one, so nobody sees what they shouldn't.

A simple Space plan

  1. Sales Leads and deals, with sales statuses Space
  2. Delivery One Folder per service, one List per client Space
  3. Admin Finance, HR and internal jobs, private Space
  4. Clients Shared Folders for client guests Guests

Three or four Spaces cover most small businesses.

ClickUp Space FAQs

How many Spaces should I have?

As few as you can. Most small businesses work well with three to five, one per department or business.

Can I invite a client to a Space?

Not as a guest. Guests can be invited to Folders, Lists and tasks, but not a whole Space.

Space or Folder?

Use a Space for a department or business with its own way of working. Use a Folder to group related Lists inside it.

From my client work

Want this built in your setup?

I set these up and train your team, in your own ClickUp or Zapier account.

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Contact Jack - jack@withtoki.co.uk

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