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Carlsberg Headquarters & offices · Copenhagen, Denmark
Carlsberg · Copenhagen, Denmark
Carlsberg's headquarters stands on the same Valby hill where J.C. Jacobsen started brewing in 1847 — one wing bridges a street, and a staircase with seat pads looks out over Carl Jacobsen's garden.
The Central Office by C.F. Møller Architects opened in March 2020: three wings joined by an atrium, a façade of glass and recycled copper, and a historic garden opened to the public. Then the culture, 179 years of history and the business — every fact from Carlsberg, its architect and its engineer.
- 15,500 m²of offices (≈ 166,840 sq ft)
- March 2020moved into the new Central Office
- 1847Carlsberg founded on the same hill
- 37,000+employees worldwide
Sources: C.F. Møller project page · careers.carlsberg.com “Central Office” · carlsberggroup.com
Companies / Denmark / Beer & beverages / Carlsberg
THE CENTRAL OFFICE · CARLSBERG CITY · 2020
Three wings, one atrium and a garden opened to the city
The three wings meet in an atrium that opens onto Carl Jacobsen's Garden and links every floor into one working community. A wide staircase with seating pads is used for short breaks and informal meetings with a view of the garden. Faceted, angled wings give workplaces varied views for both fixed and “touch down” desks. Inside, floors are bamboo or ground concrete, and surfaces are left raw and untreated.
- Design: C.F. Møller Architects
- 15,500 m² offices + 7,700 m² basement & parking
- Recycled-copper façade slats
- Bamboo floors
- Solar cells on the roof
- Opened March 2020
The atrium and the big staircase
The three wings meet in an atrium that opens onto Carl Jacobsen's Garden and links every floor into one working community.
Workplaces with garden views
Faceted, angled wings give workplaces varied views for both fixed and “touch down” desks.
The building and Carl Jacobsen's Garden
The Central Office was designed by C.F. Møller Architects, with a recycled-copper façade and offices of 15,500 m².
Source: C.F. Møller project page “Carlsberg Central Office” and press release (Aug 29, 2022) · NIRAS project page · careers.carlsberg.com “Central Office”
The Central Office in Carlsberg City
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Central Office (headquarters) | J.C. Jacobsens Gade 1, 1799 Copenhagen V, Denmark |
Source: carlsberggroup.com contact page · See them on the map ↓
Source: C.F. Møller project page and press releases (Feb 10, 2017; Aug 29, 2022) · NIRAS project page (23,270 m² total; 15,585 m² offices)
What Carlsberg says keeps people
Carlsberg says its engagement scores place it in the top 10% of more than 1,100 companies globally, measured by its yearly My Voice survey.
Leadership Academy, Commercial Capability Program, Integrated Supply Chain Academy, Compass Academy and Finance Academy.
70% from experience such as assignments, 20% from mentoring, networking and coaching, 10% from formal training.
Finance, digital, export & license and commercial, hosted at the Central Office, with rotations, a second-year buddy and a senior mentor.
Central Office is international: many people have a past or a future abroad in one of Carlsberg's local markets.
Carlsberg Group was named one of Forbes' World's Best Employers in 2025 for the fifth year in a row.
Source: careers.carlsberg.com — “Our high engagement”, “Learning opportunities”, “Early Careers Graduates”, “Central Office”, “Forbes' 2025 Best Employers”
Who works here
employees worldwide
brands
group functions at the Central Office, from Commercial and Research to Legal and Real Estate
target for women in senior leadership roles by 2032
Source: carlsberggroup.com (home page, “About the Carlsberg Group”, “Empowering People”) · careers.carlsberg.com “Central Office”
Office history: 179 years on Valby Hill
- 1846–47 A brewery on Valby Hill
In 1846 J.C. Jacobsen bought a large plot on Valby Hill, west of central Copenhagen, and founded his brewery there in 1847. He named it after his five-year-old son Carl and the Danish word “bjerg” (hill).
Source: carlsberggroup.com, “The honorary residence” and “J.C. Jacobsen”
Carlsberg Museum, Valby Bakke, Copenhagen, 2011 · Orf3us / Public domain · Wikimedia Commons - 1867 The great fire
The Carlsberg brewery was badly damaged by a massive fire.
Source: carlsberggroup.com, “Our Rich Heritage”
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1882 Old Carlsberg and New Carlsberg
Carl Jacobsen set up his own brewery, New Carlsberg, next to his father's, which was renamed Old Carlsberg. Father and son reconciled in 1886, shortly before J.C. Jacobsen's death in 1887.
Source: carlsberggroup.com, “Carl Jacobsen”
Elephant Gate, Carlsberg, Copenhagen · Unknown author / Public domain · Wikimedia Commons - 2003–2019 Ny Carlsberg Vej 100
Carlsberg's annual reports from 2003 to 2018 give the company's address as Ny Carlsberg Vej 100, Copenhagen V.
Source: Carlsberg annual reports 2003, 2005, 2017 and 2018 (address lines)
Ny Carlsberg Vej, Copenhagen, 2008 · blue_quartz / CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2007 A competition for a new head office
C.F. Møller Architects won first prize in the architectural competition for Carlsberg's new central office.
Source: C.F. Møller project page
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2017 Construction starts in Carl's garden
Building began in late February 2017 in Carl Jacobsen's historic garden at the top of Valby Bakke, with Aarsleff as main contractor.
Source: C.F. Møller press release, Feb 10, 2017
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2020 The Central Office opens
Carlsberg moved into its new Central Office in March 2020, on the hill where the company started in 1847. For the first time, Carl Jacobsen's garden became open to the public.
Source: careers.carlsberg.com “Central Office” · carlsberggroup.com “The Carlsberg site in Copenhagen” · C.F. Møller
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
Map: how the headquarters moved
Carlsberg has never left Valby Hill: the brewery of 1847, the Ny Carlsberg Vej offices and today's Central Office all sit within a few hundred metres of each other in what is now Carlsberg City.
- 1 · 1847Valby Hill — J.C. Jacobsen's brewery — Where Carlsberg was founded
- 2 · 2003Ny Carlsberg Vej 100, Copenhagen V — Address in the annual reports, 2003–2018
- 3 · 2020Central Office, J.C. Jacobsens Gade 1 — Today's headquarters by C.F. Møller
Addresses: carlsberggroup.com and Carlsberg annual reports · Locations: approximate, from the street addresses
What Carlsberg does
Carlsberg brews and sells beer — Carlsberg, Tuborg and 1664 Blanc among its international brands — and, since buying Britvic in January 2025, a large soft-drinks business too. It reports by three regions: Western Europe, Asia, and Central & Eastern Europe and India.
Three regions: Western Europe; Asia; Central & Eastern Europe and India. Export & License covers markets without a Carlsberg brewery.
Source: Carlsberg Group, FY 2025 Financial Statement (Feb 4, 2026)
Growth: revenue vs. people
DKK 70.3bn → DKK 89.1bn
Calendar years, reported revenue in DKK billions as stated in each year's FY Financial Statement (2023 onwards: continuing operations; 2025 includes Britvic). Earlier years and yearly headcounts not shown: not found on Carlsberg's HTML pages. Multiple calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Group CEO since September 1, 2023; previously CEO of ISS.
Retired after eight years as CEO.
Founder: J.C. Jacobsen (1847). His son Carl Jacobsen founded New Carlsberg in 1882.
Source: carlsberggroup.com Executive Committee · Carlsberg newsroom, CEO appointment releases (2023)
Carlsberg: questions people ask
Where is Carlsberg's headquarters?
At J.C. Jacobsens Gade 1, 1799 Copenhagen V, Denmark — the Central Office in Carlsberg City, on the Valby hill where Carlsberg was founded in 1847.
Source: carlsberggroup.com · careers.carlsberg.com
Who designed Carlsberg's headquarters?
C.F. Møller Architects, who won the architectural competition in 2007 and also designed the landscape. NIRAS was the engineer and Aarsleff the contractor.
Source: C.F. Møller project page · NIRAS
How big is Carlsberg's Central Office?
About 15,500 m² (≈ 166,840 sq ft) of offices plus 7,700 m² of basement and parking — about 23,200 m² in total, in a four-storey building.
Source: C.F. Møller
When did Carlsberg move into its new headquarters?
In March 2020. Carlsberg says the building was inaugurated in 2020.
Source: careers.carlsberg.com · carlsberggroup.com
What is special about the building?
One of its three wings bridges J.C. Jacobsens Gade; the wings meet in an atrium facing Carl Jacobsen's Garden; the façade has slats of recycled copper that recall brewing kettles; and the floors are bamboo. It won The International Architecture Award in 2022.
Source: C.F. Møller
Can you visit Carlsberg's headquarters area?
The office itself is a workplace, but Carl Jacobsen's Garden next to it was opened to the public with the new building, and Home of Carlsberg, Carlsberg's visitor attraction in Copenhagen, reopened on December 1, 2023.
Source: C.F. Møller · carlsberggroup.com newsroom
Who works at Carlsberg's Central Office?
All the Group Functions: Commercial, Research, Finance, Tax, Treasury & Risk, Strategy, M&A, HR, Corporate Affairs, Legal and Real Estate. The company language is English.
Source: careers.carlsberg.com “Central Office”
How many people work at Carlsberg?
Over 37,000 employees worldwide.
Source: carlsberggroup.com
Who is Carlsberg's CEO?
Jacob Aarup-Andersen, Group CEO since 2023. He succeeded Cees 't Hart.
Source: carlsberggroup.com Executive Committee and newsroom
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