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Audi Headquarters & offices · Ingolstadt, Germany
Audi · Ingolstadt, Germany
Behind a fully glazed façade modelled on the rings of a tree trunk, revolving platforms carry historic cars through four floors — at the gate of a plant where about 40,000 people work.
The headquarters, the benefits and more than 125 years of moves from Cologne and Zwickau to Ingolstadt — then the business. Every number from Audi's own website, press releases and the architect's project page.
- ≈ 40,000people work at the Ingolstadt site (end of 2025)
- 35 hworking week
- 6–8 daysextra leave by converting the annual “T-Zug” allowance
- 2033employment guarantee for German sites runs to the end of
Sources: audi.com — Profile of location Ingolstadt · Audi Benefits · Internship · Employees & corporate culture · audi.de Audi Forum Ingolstadt (museum mobile)
Companies / Germany / Automobiles / Audi
THE HEADQUARTERS · AUDI FORUM INGOLSTADT · 2000 / 2018
A glass museum at the plant gate, and offices that step down to the town
Audi's headquarters sits on its largest plant, at the Audi Forum Ingolstadt — the place where customers collect new cars, visitors tour the factory and the brand shows its history. Its centrepiece is the Audi museum mobile by HENN, opened on December 15, 2000: a fully glazed building whose layout follows the annual rings of a tree trunk, with a huge paternoster of revolving platforms that carries exhibits through all four floors. In October 2018 more than 2,500 employees moved into the H6 office complex south-east of the plant, with flexible, light-filled rooms, a canteen with an integrated Work Lounge and stepped architecture that links the plant to the neighbouring housing.
- Audi museum mobile · HENN · opened Dec 15, 2000
- 100+ cars, bikes and exhibits
- H6 office complex · 2,500+ employees (2018)
- Canteen with Work Lounge
- ≈ 40,000 people on site
- Audi train station on the plant since 2019
Audi museum mobile, by HENN (2000)
The Audi museum mobile by HENN opened on December 15, 2000: a fully glazed building whose layout follows the annual rings of a tree trunk, with a paternoster of revolving platforms carrying exhibits through all four floors.
The H6 office complex (2018)
In October 2018 more than 2,500 employees moved into the H6 office complex south-east of the plant, with flexible, light-filled rooms, a canteen with an integrated Work Lounge and stepped architecture that links the plant to the neighbouring housing.
Around the Audi Forum Ingolstadt
Audi's headquarters sits on its largest plant, at the Audi Forum Ingolstadt, where customers collect new cars, visitors tour the factory and the brand shows its history; about 40,000 people work on the site.
Facts: HENN project page “Audi Museum Mobile” · audi.de Audi Forum Ingolstadt (museum mobile) · audi.com press release “Audi museum mobile celebrates its 20th birthday” · Audi MediaCenter photo captions “The new home of AUDI AG Sales and Marketing” (Oct 23, 2018) · audi.com Profile of location Ingolstadt
Ingolstadt
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| AUDI AG headquarters · Audi Forum Ingolstadt | Auto-Union-Straße 1, 85057 Ingolstadt, Germany |
Source: audi.com Legal notice (mailing address; AUDI AG's head office is in Ingolstadt) · See them on the map ↓
Source: HENN project page · audi.com press release (museum mobile 20th birthday) · Audi MediaCenter photo captions (Sep 28, 2022 aerial view; Oct 23, 2018 H6) · audi.com Profile of location Ingolstadt · Legal notice
Benefits (AUDI AG, Germany)
A 35-hour week with flexible schedules; mobile working in agreement with your supervisor where tasks allow.
Employees under the collective agreement can turn the annual “T-Zug” allowance into six, or under certain conditions eight, extra days off.
For fiscal 2025 a skilled worker at the German plants received €1,740 profit share plus €1,100 paid into the company pension (€8,840 profit share for 2023).
An occupational company pension, plus options to convert pay into your own retirement savings.
City, cargo or e-bikes leased with a service package through “Lease a Bike” (Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm).
A discounted public-transport ticket paid in part by AUDI AG for all active employees, trainees and dual students in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm.
Audi's own company health insurance fund, plus the Audi Checkup, occupational medicine and a 24-hour company emergency service.
Places at several daycare centres, programmes for children in the school holidays and flexible short-term care.
Source: audi.com — Audi Benefits · Internship (35-hour week) · press releases on fiscal 2025 and 2023 results (profit share). Leasing and purchase offers for Audi cars and a sabbatical option are also offered.
Why people stay: what Audi itself says
Employees at German sites have an employment guarantee up to the end of 2033 under the Audi agreement for the future with the General Works Council.
Including 145,000 hours of transformation-related training, through the Audi Akademie and its digital learning platform.
Implementation quota of the Audi Ideas Program in 2025.
Employees can work at Audi sites worldwide, for at least four months and up to five years in one location.
Educational leave, sabbaticals and temporary release from work with a re-employment guarantee.
At least once a year every employee and their supervisor discuss development and training options.
Source: audi.com — Employees & corporate culture (figures for 2025) · Audi Benefits · Development opportunities
Who works here
employees in the Audi Group (2025)
permanent employees
work in Ingolstadt (Dec 31, 2025)
work at the Neckarsulm site
Source: audi.com — Employees & corporate culture (figures for 2025) · Profile of location Ingolstadt · Audi at the Neckarsulm site
Office history: from Cologne and Zwickau to the Danube
- 1899 Horch & Cie., Cologne
August Horch, who had run motor vehicle production at Carl Benz's company in Mannheim, started his own business, Horch & Cie., in Cologne in 1899.
Source: audi.com — History of the Four Rings
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1904 Horch moves to Zwickau
Horch moved his company to Saxony in 1902, first to Reichenbach and two years later to Zwickau, into a disused sailcloth weaving mill on Crimmitschauer Straße. A. Horch & Cie. Motorwagenwerke AG was founded on May 10, 1904.
Source: audi.com — History of the Four Rings · City of Zwickau, “Audiwerke”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1910 Audi is born next door — Lessingstraße 51, Zwickau
After leaving his first company in 1909, Horch bought a former woodware factory at Lessingstraße 51 (today Audistraße 7/9), right next to the Horch works, and founded a new car company. Barred from using his own name, he translated it into Latin — “Horch” (“Listen!”) became “Audi”. Audi Automobilwerke was registered on April 25, 1910; the first Audi car was delivered in May 1910. The buildings now house the August Horch Museum, run by Audi and the city of Zwickau.
Source: audi.com — History of the Four Rings · City of Zwickau, “Audiwerke”
August Horch Museum, Zwickau, 2023 · Derbrauni / CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1932 Four rings: Auto Union AG, Chemnitz
Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer merged in Chemnitz into Auto Union AG, Germany's second-largest carmaker, with four interlinked rings as its emblem. In its first years the group was run from Zschopau; in 1936 a new administrative building was completed in Chemnitz. After the war the Soviet occupying power expropriated the company and dismantled its plants.
Source: audi.com — History of the Four Rings · City of Zwickau, “Audiwerke”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1949 Starting afresh in Ingolstadt
A central depot for Auto Union spare parts was registered in Ingolstadt on December 19, 1945, using the former garrison town's barracks and storehouses. On September 3, 1949 Auto Union GmbH was founded there; cars were built from 1950 in a former Rheinmetall-Borsig factory in Düsseldorf.
Source: audi.com — History of the Four Rings
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1961 Head office moves from Düsseldorf to Ingolstadt
A new Ingolstadt factory built the first DKW Junior in July 1959. In the autumn of 1961 the company's head offices moved from Düsseldorf to Ingolstadt, and by mid-1962 all production was concentrated on the Danube; the Düsseldorf plant was sold to Daimler-Benz.
Source: audi.com — History of the Four Rings
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1969 Audi NSU Auto Union AG, Neckarsulm
Auto Union GmbH and NSU Motorenwerke, both Volkswagen subsidiaries, merged to form Audi NSU Auto Union AG, with registered offices in Neckarsulm, NSU's home town since 1880.
Source: audi.com — History of the Four Rings
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1985 AUDI AG returns its head office to Ingolstadt
On January 1, 1985 Audi NSU Auto Union AG was renamed AUDI AG and moved its head offices from Neckarsulm to Ingolstadt — today Auto-Union-Straße 1, registered at the Ingolstadt court as HR B 1.
Source: audi.com — History of the Four Rings · Legal notice
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2018 The Audi Forum and the H6 office complex
The Audi Forum Ingolstadt with HENN's museum mobile opened in December 2000, opening the formerly closed plant to the public. In October 2018 more than 2,500 Sales and Marketing employees moved into the new H6 office complex south-east of the plant.
Source: audi.com press release (museum mobile 20th birthday) · HENN · Audi MediaCenter (Oct 23, 2018)
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Map: how the headquarters moved
Born in Zwickau, rebuilt in Bavaria: after the war the four rings started again in Ingolstadt, spent 1969–1985 registered in Neckarsulm, and have had their head office on the Danube ever since.
- 1 · 1910Lessingstraße 51 (today Audistraße 7/9), Zwickau — Audi founded by August Horch; now the August Horch Museum
- 2 · 1969Neckarsulm — Registered offices of Audi NSU Auto Union AG, 1969–1985
- 3 · 1985Auto-Union-Straße 1, Ingolstadt — Head office of AUDI AG since 1985 (Ingolstadt head office first from 1961)
Addresses: City of Zwickau “Audiwerke” · audi.com History of the Four Rings · audi.com Legal notice · Locations approximate (Neckarsulm: town only)
What Audi does
Audi builds premium cars and leads the Volkswagen Group's Brand Group Progressive, which also includes Bentley, Lamborghini and Ducati motorcycles. Its two German plants are Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm; a Chinese sister brand, AUDI, launched its first model, the AUDI E5 Sportback, in 2025.
Audi Group / Brand Group Progressive: Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, Ducati.
Where the money came from · Deliveries to customers by brand, 2025
Source: audi.com press release “Strong end to the year: Audi Group closes 2025 with solid performance” (March 2026)
Source: audi.com — Key financial figures (multi-year comparison) · press release on fiscal 2025 results
Growth: revenue vs. people
€59.3B → €65.5B
Calendar years. Revenue 2016–2021: Volkswagen Group Annual Reports 2017, 2019 and 2021 (Audi brand); 2022–2023: audi.com press release on fiscal 2023; 2023–2025: audi.com Key financial figures. Employees 2025: audi.com Employees & corporate culture. Multiple calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Chairman of the Board of Management since September 1, 2023, confirmed for another five years in autumn 2025. Also on the Volkswagen Group Board of Management, heading the Brand Group Progressive.
Döllner took over from him as Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG on September 1, 2023.
August Horch founded Horch & Cie. in Cologne in 1899 and Audi in Zwickau in 1909/1910.
Source: audi.com — Gernot Döllner biography · press release “Gernot Döllner named as new Audi CEO” · Legal notice · History of the Four Rings
Audi: questions people ask
Where is Audi's headquarters?
AUDI AG's head office is in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, at Auto-Union-Straße 1, 85057 Ingolstadt — on its largest plant, where the Audi Forum Ingolstadt welcomes visitors.
Source: audi.com Legal notice · Profile of location Ingolstadt
Can you visit Audi's headquarters?
Yes. The Audi Forum Ingolstadt is open to everyone: it offers factory tours, the Audi museum mobile, restaurants, a cinema and new-car pick-ups. Museum admission is €7 for adults and free for children under 6.
Source: audi.com Audi Forum Ingolstadt · audi.de museum mobile
Who designed the Audi Forum and museum mobile?
HENN designed the Audi museum mobile, the hub of the Audi Forum Ingolstadt, which opened on December 15, 2000. Its glazed façade and layout follow the annual rings of a tree trunk.
Source: HENN project page · audi.com · audi.de
How many people work at Audi in Ingolstadt?
About 40,000 people as of December 31, 2025. The whole Audi Group had 84,184 employees in 2025.
Source: audi.com Profile of location Ingolstadt · Employees & corporate culture
Where was Audi founded?
In Zwickau, Saxony. August Horch founded the company in 1909 at Lessingstraße 51 (today Audistraße 7/9); it was registered as Audi Automobilwerke on April 25, 1910. The site is now the August Horch Museum.
Source: City of Zwickau “Audiwerke” · audi.com History of the Four Rings
When did Audi move to Ingolstadt?
Auto Union GmbH was founded in Ingolstadt in 1949 and moved its head offices there from Düsseldorf in autumn 1961. From 1969 to 1985 the merged Audi NSU Auto Union AG was registered in Neckarsulm; on January 1, 1985 it became AUDI AG and moved its head office back to Ingolstadt.
Source: audi.com History of the Four Rings
What benefits does Audi offer in Germany?
A 35-hour week, six to eight extra days off by converting the T-Zug allowance, profit sharing (€1,740 plus €1,100 into the pension for a skilled worker for 2025), a company pension, the Audi BKK health fund, bike leasing, a subsidised job ticket and child care.
Source: audi.com Audi Benefits · press release on fiscal 2025 results
Can Audi employees work from home?
Yes, where tasks allow. Audi offers mobile working and alternating telework between home and the Audi site, and has built project houses with concept rooms for teamwork in the office.
Source: audi.com Audi Benefits · Employees & corporate culture
Who is Audi's CEO?
Gernot Döllner, Chairman of the Board of Management since September 1, 2023, when he took over from Markus Duesmann. His term was extended by five years in autumn 2025.
Source: audi.com biography · press release, June 2023
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