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AXA Headquarters & offices · Paris, France
AXA · Paris, France
An 18th-century mansion and two post-war office blocks, rebuilt around a 1,700 m² garden that now climbs the façades in planted terraces.
The headquarters, the benefits and the road from a small Normandy mutual to a global insurer — from AXA's own website, careers site and the architect's project page.
- 19,480 m²headquarters complex, 21–25 avenue Matignon
- 1,700 m²garden, now open to everyone in the building
- 16 weeksminimum paid leave for the primary parent, worldwide
- 45+nationalities among ~1,000 Group HQ staff
Sources: PCA-STREAM project page “AXA Matignon” · AXA IM Alts press release, Jan 8, 2025 · mymove.axa.com Total Rewards · careers.axa.com GIE AXA
Companies / France / Insurance / AXA
THE HEADQUARTERS · 21–25 AVENUE MATIGNON · 2025
Three buildings, one garden, and terraces on every level
AXA's global headquarters sits steps from the Élysée Palace: the 18th-century Hôtel de La Vaupalière plus two office buildings from the 1950s and 1960s. PCA-STREAM tied them together with a shared basement hub, new entrances onto a partly heritage-listed garden, and a planted “landscape façade” on the Rabelais building with terraces and a rooftop. A working café and restaurant open onto the garden.
- 19,480 m² (≈ 209,681 sq ft)
- Garden 1,700 m², 50% more trees
- ≈ 1,500 m² of planted terraces & balconies
- Design: PCA-STREAM
- Landscape: Coloco, Mugo & Camille Muller
- MIPIM Award 2026
The garden and planted façades
A 1,700 m² garden with 50% more trees, and about 1,500 m² of planted terraces and balconies, now tie the complex together.
Shared spaces: café, restaurant, hub
A working café and restaurant open onto the garden, and a shared basement hub links the three buildings.
Workspaces and terraces
The Rabelais building was rebuilt with terraces on its levels and a new rooftop.
Hôtel de La Vaupalière
The complex includes the 18th-century Hôtel de La Vaupalière, steps from the Élysée Palace.
Facts: PCA-STREAM project page “AXA Matignon” (technical specifications) · AXA IM Alts press release, Jan 8, 2025.
The Matignon complex
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| AXA global headquarters (Hôtel de La Vaupalière and two office buildings) | 21–25 avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, France |
Source: PCA-STREAM technical specifications · axa.com Contacts (“25 avenue Matignon”) · See them on the map ↓
Source: PCA-STREAM project page “AXA Matignon” · AXA IM Alts press release, Jan 8, 2025 (energy figures: AXA IM Alts, unaudited)
Office tour videos
Benefits (AXA Group, worldwide minimums)
Global parental policy: at least 16 weeks for the primary parent and 8 weeks for the co-parent, all family types.
Fully paid leave during IVF treatment or after pregnancy loss (2 days for partners); 16 weeks after a stillbirth.
Fully paid each calendar year to care for an immediate family member.
Fully paid leave plus psychological and specialist support and flexible working.
Minimum coverage of medical expenses in case of cancer, plus second medical opinion and telemedicine (“Healthy You”).
Shareplan: buy AXA shares at a discounted price in the annual capital increase, in 40 countries.
Group goal: on average 3 days a week at the office or with clients; teams set the rest in a Team Agreement.
Pension plans where market practice has them; defined-contribution money invested on ESG principles.
Source: mymove.axa.com “Total Rewards” · axa.com “Life at AXA” (Smart Working)
Why people stay: what AXA itself describes
An annual employee share offering at a discounted price, open in 40 countries.
Nearly 200 GIE AXA employees a year take internal and international opportunities across AXA.
Answer on Smart Working in AXA's November 2025 Global Pulse survey.
Under Smart Working, each team writes down how it works best together; the Group goal is 3 days a week in the office on average.
AXA's employee volunteering program, now in every region, with 30,000+ volunteering actions and 251 partner charities.
AXA describes itself as a Living Wage Employer across the globe.
Source: mymove.axa.com Total Rewards · axa.com Life at AXA · careers.axa.com GIE AXA · axa.com “AXA's adventure”
Who works here
employees at Group headquarters (GIE AXA)
nationalities at Group headquarters
employees & distributors worldwide
countries
Source: careers.axa.com GIE AXA · axa.com About us, key figures
Office history: from Rouen to avenue Matignon
- Early 1800s A small mutual in Rouen
AXA traces its roots to Ancienne Mutuelle de Rouen, a Normandy mutual created in the early 19th century and specialised in property and casualty insurance.
Source: axa.com, “AXA's adventure”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1968 Belbeuf — 22,000 m² of very modern offices
Ancienne Mutuelle inaugurated a new headquarters in Belbeuf, outside Rouen: 22,000 m² (≈ 236,806 sq ft) of offices whose construction cost almost 10% of the company's assets — built to shed the image of a “small provincial mutual”.
Source: axa.com, “AXA's adventure” (1968)
Belbeuf, 1968 · © AXA (axa.com, AXA's adventure) — 1920×2133 - 1985 A new name for a national group
After the 1982 acquisition of Drouot gave it a nationwide presence, Mutuelles Unies launched the name AXA — short, readable in every language and first in alphabetical lists.
Source: axa.com, “AXA's adventure”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1990s Avenue Matignon, Paris
The Group's Paris site — the 18th-century Hôtel de La Vaupalière and two 1950s–60s office buildings — was restructured in the 1990s by Ricardo Bofill's Taller de Arquitectura, who added two contemporary wings and a glazed courtyard.
Source: PCA-STREAM project page “AXA Matignon”
Hôtel de La Vaupalière under the 1990s glazed courtyard · Ralf.treinen / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2018 Normandy: Belbeuf to Isneauville
AXA left the historic Belbeuf site for new offices in Isneauville, a few miles away.
Source: axa.com, “AXA's adventure”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2022 Temporary move to La Défense
Full restructuring of the Matignon complex began in January 2022. During the works, Group headquarters staff were based at La Défense, testing the latest Smart Working environment.
Source: AXA IM Alts press release, Jan 8, 2025 · careers.axa.com GIE AXA
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2025 Back to a rebuilt Matignon
AXA IM Alts delivered the renovated headquarters at 21–25 avenue Matignon: almost 20,000 m² around a 1,700 m² garden, with a basement hub linking the three buildings, a business centre for visitors and a new rooftop.
Source: AXA IM Alts press release, Jan 8, 2025 · PCA-STREAM
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2026 MIPIM Award
The AXA Matignon project won a 2026 MIPIM Award (March 12, 2026).
Source: PCA-STREAM project page, News & Awards
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
Map: how the headquarters moved
From Normandy to the 8th arrondissement of Paris: a mutual born in Rouen, a 1968 headquarters in Belbeuf, and today the Matignon complex near the Élysée.
- 1 · Early 1800sRouen — Ancienne Mutuelle de Rouen
- 2 · 1968Belbeuf — 22,000 m² headquarters outside Rouen
- 3 · 2018Isneauville — Normandy offices move from Belbeuf
- 4 · 2022La Défense — Temporary Group HQ during the works
- 5 · 202521–25 avenue Matignon, Paris — Renovated global headquarters
Places: axa.com “AXA's adventure” · careers.axa.com GIE AXA · PCA-STREAM. Rouen, Belbeuf, Isneauville and La Défense are shown at town/district level (no street address published).
What AXA does
AXA started as a small mutual insurer in Normandy. Today it protects 92 million+ clients in 52 countries across property & casualty insurance (homes, cars, businesses) and life, health and savings. It sold its asset manager AXA IM to BNP Paribas on July 1, 2025.
Two businesses: “We protect properties” (property-casualty, including AXA XL for large companies) and “We protect people” (life, health and personal protection).
Source: AXA Full Year 2025 Earnings press release (Feb 26, 2026) · axa.com About us
Growth: revenue vs. people
€103.5B → €116B
AXA full-year earnings press releases 2019–2025 (axa.com). Gross revenues / gross written premiums & other revenues as first reported; from 2023 under IFRS 17, so years are not fully comparable. 2023 figure not on the HTML release and left out. Employee counts not published in these releases. Multiple calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Chief Executive Officer; AXA's first non-French CEO.
Took over from Claude Bébéar; created the AXA Research Fund in 2008.
Became CEO of Ancienne Mutuelle at 40 and turned it into AXA.
AXA counts Claude Bébéar as the founder of the AXA adventure; the name and logo were shaped with Françoise Colloc'h.
Source: axa.com, “AXA's adventure”
AXA: questions people ask
Where is AXA's headquarters?
AXA's global headquarters is at 25 avenue Matignon in Paris's 8th arrondissement; the complex covers 21–25 avenue Matignon and also opens onto rue Rabelais.
Source: axa.com Contacts · PCA-STREAM
Who designed AXA's headquarters?
The 2022–2025 restructuring was designed by PCA-STREAM (Philippe Chiambaretta), with landscape architects Coloco, Mugo and Camille Muller. In the 1990s Ricardo Bofill's Taller de Arquitectura had added two wings and a glazed courtyard.
Source: PCA-STREAM project page
How big is AXA's headquarters?
19,480 m² (about 209,681 sq ft) in three buildings around a 1,700 m² garden, plus about 1,500 m² of planted terraces and balconies.
Source: PCA-STREAM · AXA IM Alts press release, Jan 8, 2025
What is the Hôtel de La Vaupalière?
The heritage-listed 18th-century mansion at the heart of AXA's Matignon complex, alongside two office buildings from the 1950s and 1960s.
Source: PCA-STREAM project page
Can you visit AXA's headquarters?
AXA does not publish public visits. The renovated site includes a business centre aimed at visitors who come for meetings.
Source: AXA IM Alts press release, Jan 8, 2025
Does AXA allow remote or hybrid work?
Yes. Under Smart Working, AXA's goal is for employees to spend on average 3 days a week at the office or with clients; each team agrees its own rules in a Team Agreement.
Source: axa.com Life at AXA
How long is AXA's parental leave?
At least 16 weeks for the primary parent and 8 weeks for the co-parent, for AXA employees everywhere in the world.
Source: mymove.axa.com Total Rewards
Can AXA employees buy company shares?
Yes. Through the annual Shareplan, employees in 40 countries can buy AXA shares at a discounted price; it has run since 1993.
Source: mymove.axa.com Total Rewards
Where did AXA start?
As Ancienne Mutuelle de Rouen, a Normandy mutual insurer created in the early 19th century. Its 1968 headquarters was in Belbeuf, near Rouen; the AXA name was launched in 1985.
Source: axa.com, “AXA's adventure”
Who is AXA's CEO?
Thomas Buberl, CEO since September 2016 and AXA's first non-French chief executive.
Source: axa.com, “AXA's adventure”
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