Head offices
| Photo | Company | Address | Headquarters size |
|---|---|---|---|
 | NordeaNordea Campus (main address) | Aleksis Kiven katu 5, 00500 Helsinki, Finland | — |
 | WärtsiläWärtsilä Helsinki Campus (headquarters) | Hiililaiturinkuja 2, 00180 Helsinki, Finland | ≈ 118,403 sq ft (11,000 m²) |
Sizes are the companies’ own figures, as shown on each profile with the source. “—” means the company does not publish one.
Helsinki in headquarters history
- by 2007Wärtsilä · John Stenbergin ranta 2, Helsinki
In 2007 Wärtsilä gave its headquarters address as John Stenbergin ranta 2, 00530 Helsinki. In November 2018 the head office moved from Hakaniemi, together with staff from Lauttasaari, to Salmisaari.
- 2018Nordea · Group head office moves to Helsinki
On 1 October 2018 Nordea re-domiciled its parent company from Sweden to Finland, joining the EU banking union. The new group head office is in Vallila, Helsinki, at Satamaradankatu 5.
- 2018Wärtsilä · Wärtsilä Helsinki Campus, Salmisaari
Over 500 employees from Hakaniemi and Lauttasaari, including the acquired Eniram team, moved on 5 November 2018 into nearly 11,000 m² at Hiililaiturinkuja 2, a 2009 office complex leased from Varma and rebuilt inside with the staff.
- 1967KONE · Munkkiniemi Manor becomes the head office
KONE took over the 1815 manor at Kartanontie 1 in Helsinki's Munkkiniemi in the 1960s and renovated it for office use as the company's headquarters; it has served as KONE's head office since 1967.
- 1943KONE · Production moves out to Hyvinkää
Wartime bombing of Helsinki and demand for cranes pushed KONE to move crane production from its cramped city factory to Hyvinkää, 55 km away. A new elevator factory followed there in 1967.
- 1935Wärtsilä · Headquarters move from Karelia to Helsinki
Under president Wilhelm Wahlforss, who had begun turning Wärtsilä into a multi-sector group in the 1920s by buying shipyards and engineering works, the headquarters moved from Karelia to Helsinki.
- 1927KONE · Factory in a former margarine plant
Business grew in the 1920s, and KONE consolidated its factory operations in a former margarine plant in Helsinki. Production jumped to 200 elevators that year.
- 1910KONE · A machine shop in a converted stable, Helsinki
The Tarmo machine repair shop, set up in Helsinki in 1908, was incorporated as KONE on October 27, 1910. It refurbished and sold used Strömberg motors from a converted stable and imported elevators from Sweden.
- 1862Nordea · Union Bank of Finland, Helsinki
Föreningsbanken i Finland / Suomen Yhdyspankki — the Union Bank of Finland — was established in Helsinki in 1862, the Finnish root of Nordea.
Questions
Which big companies have their headquarters in Helsinki?
On eciffo, 2 of the biggest companies have their head office in Helsinki: Nordea and Wärtsilä.
What is the biggest company headquarters in Helsinki?
Of the head offices on eciffo, Wärtsilä's Wärtsilä Helsinki Campus (headquarters) is the largest at ≈ 118,403 sq ft (11,000 m²), as reported by the company.