Head offices
| Photo | Company | Address | Headquarters size |
|---|---|---|---|
 | UBSHeadquarters (Münzhof) | Bahnhofstrasse 45, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland | — |
 | Zurich Insurance GroupQuai Zurich Campus — Group headquarters (historic Building A and new wings) | Mythenquai 2, 8002 Zürich, Switzerland | — |
Sizes are the companies’ own figures, as shown on each profile with the source. “—” means the company does not publish one.
Zurich in headquarters history
- 2022Zurich Insurance Group · 150 years
Zurich celebrated its 150th anniversary on October 22, 2022, with programmes for employees and a day of free public transport in the canton of Zurich.
- 2021Zurich Insurance Group · Moving into Quai Zurich Campus
In July 2021 employees moved into the renovated campus, on the site where Zurich has been headquartered since 1900. It is built for hybrid working and includes the Zurich Heritage Center, which is open to visitors.
- 2015Zurich Insurance Group · Planning a new campus
When Zurich set out to refresh its headquarters in 2015, the plan combined two historic buildings with three new ones designed by Krischanitz, targeting LEED Platinum.
- 1998UBS · UBS: one bank, two registered offices
Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corporation, whose merger was announced on December 8, 1997, became UBS. UBS AG keeps two registered offices: Bahnhofstrasse 45 in Zurich and Aeschenvorstadt 1 in Basel.
- 1947Zurich Insurance Group · Heating with lake water
Zurich installed its first heat pump in 1947 and ran it until the campus renovation. Its 2021 successor draws water from 11 metres below the surface of Lake Zurich.
- 1945UBS · Headquarters moves to Zurich
Union Bank of Switzerland moved its headquarters from Winterthur and St. Gallen to Bahnhofstrasse 45.
- 1917UBS · The Münzhof at Bahnhofstrasse 45
The Zurich branch had grown from 25 employees in 1906 to ten times that a decade later. After two years of construction, the bank opened its Münzhof building, designed by Pfleghard & Haefeli, with six Doric columns on its long front.
- 1901Zurich Insurance Group · The head office at Mythenquai 2
Built in 1899–1900, the new head office on the lakeshore was completed in 1901. The city's weekly chronicle wrote that no larger company in Zurich had nicer or more beautifully situated premises; contemporaries called it an “insurance palace”.
- 1899UBS · Swiss Bank Corporation on Paradeplatz
SBC moved into a monumental building by architect Charles Mewès on Paradeplatz in Zurich. It stood for 57 years before being replaced in 1956 by a larger complex.
- 1879Zurich Insurance Group · An office at the new Zurich Stock Exchange
Zurich and Schweiz Insurance rented an office in the new Zurich Stock Exchange so that visitors to the bourse could find out about insurance.
- 1872Zurich Insurance Group · Founded in Zurich
Zurich was incorporated as the “Versicherungs-Verein” (Insurance Association), a subsidiary of the “Schweiz” Marine Insurance Company, to write marine reinsurance. In 1875 it moved into accident insurance.
Questions
Which big companies have their headquarters in Zurich?
On eciffo, 2 of the biggest companies have their head office in Zurich: UBS and Zurich Insurance Group.