Head offices
| Photo | Company | Address | Headquarters size |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ZalandoZalando Headquarters | Valeska-Gert-Straße 5, 10243 Berlin, Germany | ≈ 462,848 sq ft (43,000 m²) |
Sizes are the companies’ own figures, as shown on each profile with the source. “—” means the company does not publish one.
Other notable offices in Berlin
Offices of companies headquartered elsewhere, from each company profile.
| Company | Office | Address |
|---|---|---|
| CommerzbankHeadquarters: Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Haus der Commerzbank | Pariser Platz 1, Berlin, GermanySource: Commerzbank Imprint (office premises) · commerzbank.de History (Haus der Commerzbank, opened 1998) |
Berlin in headquarters history
- TodayZalando · Back to Torstraße, too
The original office on Torstraße has been reopened and is home to small project teams working on new services and technology. The Berlin HQ has about 7,700 employees.
- 2019Zalando · The new headquarters opens
Zalando celebrated the official opening of its new headquarters at the Berlin campus on Valeska-Gert-Straße, with interiors by Kinzo.
- 2008Zalando · A shared apartment on Torstraße
Robert Gentz and David Schneider founded Zalando in fall 2008. The small team worked from a shared apartment on Berlin's Torstraße that had been turned into an office and warehouse, with shelf storage in the basement.
- 1949Siemens · Munich becomes headquarters — the Ludwig Ferdinand Palais
On April 1, 1949, Munich became the headquarters of Siemens & Halske (Erlangen for Siemens-Schuckertwerke, with Berlin as a second headquarters city for both). The historic Ludwig Ferdinand Palais on Wittelsbacherplatz served as Siemens' headquarters from 1949.
- 1948Volkswagen Group · Head office moves to Wolfsburg
Under British trusteeship, Volkswagenwerk GmbH decided on April 26, 1948 to move its head office from Berlin to Wolfsburg. The move took effect in 1948 and the firm was entered in the register at the District Court in Fallersleben.
- 1945Commerzbank · Back to Hamburg at the end of the war
The headquarters moved to Hamburg before the war ended; the 93 outlets in East Berlin and the Soviet zone were expropriated without compensation.
- 1940Volkswagen Group · Knesebeckstraße 48/49, Berlin
In January 1940 the head office of Volkswagenwerk GmbH moved within Berlin to Knesebeckstraße 48/49. During the war the plant relied on forced labor; Volkswagen documents this in its own chronicle and remembrance site.
- 1938Lufthansa Group · Into the new Tempelhof Airport
On 24 June 1938 Lufthansa's headquarters moved into the new Berlin-Tempelhof Airport. In March 1945, as the front approached, part of the headquarters was relocated to Munich.
- 1937Volkswagen Group · Founded in Berlin, Kaiserallee 25
On May 28, 1937 the “Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens” was founded in Berlin by the Nazi-era German Labour Front (DAF), with its first registered offices at Kaiserallee 25. It was entered in the Berlin register of companies on June 2, 1937.
- 1937Volkswagen Group · Taubertstraße 4, Berlin-Grunewald
Later in 1937 the company's registered place of business moved to Taubertstraße 4 in Grunewald. In 1938 it was renamed Volkswagenwerk GmbH, and work began on the main plant on the Mittelland Canal — today's Wolfsburg — with the foundation stone laid on May 26, 1938.
- 1926Lufthansa Group · Founded at the Hotel Kaiserhof, Berlin
On 6 January 1926 Deutsche Luft Hansa Aktiengesellschaft was founded at the Hotel Kaiserhof in Berlin, taking in Aero Hansa and large parts of Deutsche Aero Lloyd and Junkers Luftverkehr. Flight operations were based in Berlin-Johannisthal.
- 1905Commerzbank · Head office moves to Berlin
After taking over Berliner Bank, the former Berliner Bank premises on the corner of Behrenstrasse 46 and Charlottenstrasse 47 became the bank's new headquarters. By the First World War it had 44 deposit branches in Berlin.
Questions
Which big companies have their headquarters in Berlin?
On eciffo, Zalando has its head office in Berlin.
Which big companies have notable offices in Berlin besides their headquarters?
Commerzbank (Haus der Commerzbank, Pariser Platz 1, Berlin, Germany).
What is the biggest company headquarters in Berlin?
Of the head offices on eciffo, Zalando's Zalando Headquarters is the largest at ≈ 462,848 sq ft (43,000 m²), as reported by the company.