Head offices
| Photo | Company | Address | Headquarters size |
|---|---|---|---|
 | BBVACiudad BBVA (La Vela and seven low-rises) — corporate headquarters | Calle Azul, 4, 28050 Madrid, Spain | ≈ 823,490 sq ft (76,505 m²) |
 | EndesaHead office | Barajas district, Madrid, Spain | 972,600 sq ft (90,358 m²) |
 | RepsolCampus Repsol — corporate headquarters (four buildings) | Calle Méndez Álvaro, 44, Madrid, Spain | ≈ 1,324,000 sq ft (123,004 m²) |
 | TelefónicaDistrito Telefónica (headquarters) | Ronda de la Comunicación, s/n, 28050 Madrid, Spain | ≈ 4,197,921 sq ft (390,000 m²) |
Sizes are the companies’ own figures, as shown on each profile with the source. “—” means the company does not publish one.
Madrid in headquarters history
- TodayEndesa · The atrium building
Endesa's head office in Madrid's Barajas district, designed by KPF, ventilates itself through a 33,000 sq ft atrium.
- 2015BBVA · Ciudad BBVA and La Vela
Herzog & de Meuron won the 2007 competition; construction ran from 2009 to 2015. By September 2015 the new Madrid headquarters in Las Tablas housed 6,000 people. In 2018 the King and Queen of Spain unveiled a plaque on La Vela.
- 2013Repsol · Campus Repsol opens
The Prince of Asturias opened Campus Repsol on Calle Méndez Álvaro on January 31, 2013: four buildings by Rafael de La-Hoz around a central garden, about 4,000 employees and 123,000 m² built — described as the only business campus in the centre of Madrid.
- 2009BBVA · Two head offices: Bilbao and Madrid
BBVA listed two head offices: Gran Vía 1 in Bilbao and Paseo de la Castellana 81 in Madrid.
- 2007Repsol · The tower plot is sold
Repsol YPF sold to Caja Madrid the lot where an office building was under construction in Madrid, with the works finished so far, for €815 million. The company stayed at Paseo de la Castellana 278–280.
- 2005Telefónica · The first teams move north to Las Tablas
Distrito Telefónica was built between 2004 and 2008. Employees began arriving in 2005, leaving the centre of Madrid where most of Telefónica's buildings had been.
- 2004Banco Santander · Santander Group City opens
From 13 April 2004 central services moved from Madrid to Boadilla del Monte, 500 people at a time. By late July the campus housed more than 4,000 employees.
- 2002Banco Santander · Corporate offices at Plaza de Canalejas 1, Madrid
After the 1999 merger with BCH, the annual report for 2002 gives the group's corporate offices as Plaza de Canalejas 1, Madrid. Ground was broken for the new campus in May 2002.
- 2002Repsol · Paseo de la Castellana 278
Repsol YPF's principal executive offices were at Paseo de la Castellana 278 in Madrid; the group described a unified corporate structure with headquarters in Madrid and Buenos Aires.
- 2001Repsol · An option on land near the headquarters
On November 23, 2001 Repsol YPF bought an option on a 7,500 m² lot that Caja Madrid's Tecnicontrol had acquired from Real Madrid's former sports complex on the Paseo de la Castellana, to give it room near its headquarters.
- 1986Repsol · Repsol S.A. is founded in Madrid
Spain's National Hydrocarbons Institute (INH) set up Repsol S.A. in November 1986; it was incorporated on November 12, 1986 by public deed before a Madrid notary. Privatization was completed in April 1997.
- 1929Telefónica · Gran Vía 28 — Europe's first skyscraper
Built from 1926 to 1929 to a design by Ignacio de Cárdenas with the American Louis S. Weeks: 89 metres, 13 floors and about 32,000 m² on a metal frame, then unprecedented in Spain. It housed Madrid's first automatic exchange and opened in July 1929; it was CTNE's headquarters from late 1929.
Questions
Which big companies have their headquarters in Madrid?
On eciffo, 4 of the biggest companies have their head office in Madrid: BBVA, Endesa, Repsol and Telefónica.
What is the biggest company headquarters in Madrid?
Of the head offices on eciffo, Telefónica's Distrito Telefónica (headquarters) is the largest at ≈ 4,197,921 sq ft (390,000 m²), as reported by the company.