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Continental Headquarters & offices · Hanover, Germany
Continental · Hanover, Germany
Six office buildings tied together by one yellow “Loop” — including a 75-metre bridge that carries it over an eight-lane road.
The 2023 campus at Pferdeturm, its desk-free open space and 150 years of Continental addresses in Hanover — then the benefits and the business. Every fact from Continental's own reports, press releases and careers site, and from the architects' project pages.
- 2,400people at the headquarters campus
- 75 mbridge linking the north and south buildings
- 20 daysa year of work from two other European countries (Germany)
- 92,653employees worldwide, 2025
Sources: Continental press release on the HQ opening (Dec 2023) · continental.com Careers, Mobile Working · Continental 2025 Annual Report
Companies / Germany / Tires & Rubber Products / Continental
THE NEW HEADQUARTERS · PFERDETURM · 2023
No fixed desks, one long yellow Loop
HENN shaped the campus on a plan inspired by motor-racing circuits. On the second floor the “Loop” runs through every building and across the bridge, with team areas, meeting rooms, a cafeteria and a health center along it. Inside, Ippolito Fleitz Group moved the walkways to the façades and filled the deep floors with free-standing “boxes” — from phone booths to large meeting rooms — so teams form neighbourhoods instead of rows of desks. Employees pick a desk each day with a booking system.
- 6 buildings
- 2,400 people
- Desk booking, no assigned seats
- Design: HENN
- Interiors: Ippolito Fleitz Group
- Up to 300,000 kWh a year from rooftop solar
The Loop and the bridge over Hans-Böckler-Allee
On the second floor the yellow “Loop” runs through every building and across a 75-metre bridge over Hans-Böckler-Allee.
Open-space work areas and meeting boxes
Ippolito Fleitz Group moved the walkways to the façades and filled the deep floors with free-standing boxes, and employees book a desk each day.
Atria, lounges and canteen
Along the Loop sit team areas, meeting rooms, a cafeteria and a health center.
The campus from the air
Six office buildings stand on two plots north and south of Hans-Böckler-Allee at the eastern entrance to Hanover.
Facts: HENN project page “Continental Headquarters” · Ippolito Fleitz Group project page “Continental Corporate Headquarters” · Continental press release, Dec 14, 2023
The campus at Pferdeturm
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Continental headquarters (six buildings, north and south of Hans-Böckler-Allee) | Continental-Plaza 1, 30175 Hanover, Germany |
Source: Continental media library “Continental Headquarters” · press release, Dec 14, 2023 · See them on the map ↓
Source: Continental press release, Dec 14, 2023 · HENN project page (partners) · Ippolito Fleitz Group project page. Floor area is not published.
Benefits (mainly Germany)
Employees of the German companies may work from two European countries for up to 20 days a year, with their manager's agreement (since March 2022).
A hybrid model of mobile working (for example from home) and time on site has become the norm.
Paid to employees in Germany in the Tires group sector; €740 in ContiTech and €897 in the group functions.
Employees under collective agreements receive an annual vacation bonus and a Christmas bonus, plus target-based payments.
Any permanent employee can work full hours at reduced pay first, then draw the saved salary during the break and return to the old job.
Company kindergartens, child-friendly offices and childcare during school holidays, depending on the site.
Depending on the site: discounted massages at work, yoga, stress-management training, vaccinations, cancer screening and eye tests.
Company subsidies for the occupational pension account, and staff discounts on Continental products and partner offers.
Source: continental.com Careers — Benefits, Mobile Working, Sabbatical · Continental press release on fiscal 2025 (Mar 4, 2026). Not every benefit is offered in every country.
What keeps people at Continental: what the company itself says
CEO Christian Kötz has worked in Continental's tire business since 1996; his predecessor spent 28 years at the company.
For 2025 Continental shared a mid-double-digit-million-euro bonus with all employees worldwide.
Every permanent employee can plan a career break and come back to the same position.
Part-time and flextime models, plus hybrid and cross-border mobile work.
Development programs, training and international postings.
Source: Continental press releases (Dec 17, 2025; Mar 4, 2026) · continental.com Careers — Benefits, Sabbatical, Mobile Working
Who works here
employees, 2025
locations for production, R&D and administration
countries and markets
people at the Hanover headquarters
Source: Continental 2025 Annual Report, Structure of the Continental Group · press release on the HQ opening (Dec 14, 2023)
Office history: 150 years, all in Hanover
- 1871 A rubber factory on Vahrenwalder Straße
Continental-Caoutchouc- und Gutta-Percha Compagnie was founded in Hanover on October 8, 1871. Its main factory on Vahrenwalder Straße made soft rubber goods, rubberized fabrics and solid tires for carriages and bicycles.
Source: continental.com, Company History — Milestones
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1913 The first administration building
To make room for a fast-growing workforce, Continental built its first administrative building on Vahrenwalder Straße in 1913. By 1914 the parent plant employed 12,000 people.
Source: continental.com, “From Hanover into the World, for 150 Years” · Milestones
Administration building, Vahrenwalder Straße, 1913 · Christian A. Schröder (ChristianSchd) / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - Early 1950s A modern headquarters at Königsworther Platz
In the early 1950s Continental built a new, highly modern headquarters at Königsworther Platz, with a telephone exchange linking the company to customers around the world. The building is now part of the University of Hanover.
Source: continental.com, “Überall mobil” (150 years) · Continental press release on the topping-out ceremony, Nov 6, 2019
Conti-Hochhaus at Königsworther Platz, 1957 · Gerd Breternitz (1927-2001) / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1990s Back to Vahrenwalder Straße
From the 1990s the headquarters sat in a set of repurposed factory buildings on Vahrenwalder Straße.
Source: Continental press release on the topping-out ceremony, Nov 6, 2019 · Hanover mayor's remarks quoted in the opening release, Dec 14, 2023
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2019 Building starts at Pferdeturm
The cornerstone of a new campus by HENN was laid in 2019 on two plots north and south of Hans-Böckler-Allee, at the eastern entrance to Hanover; the topping-out ceremony followed in November 2019.
Source: Continental press releases, Nov 6, 2019 and Dec 14, 2023
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2023 One campus for 2,400 people
Employees moved in from December 1, 2023, about two years later than planned because of the pandemic and material shortages. The campus was opened on December 13, 2023, bringing the group functions, Tires and ContiTech together in one place.
Source: Continental press release, Dec 14, 2023 · continental.com Milestones
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Map: how the headquarters moved
Continental has never left Hanover: from the first factory on Vahrenwalder Straße to the new campus at Pferdeturm on the city's eastern edge, every headquarters has been within about 5 km.
- 1 · 1871Vahrenwalder Straße, Vahrenwald — Main factory; first administration building here in 1913
- 2 · 1950sKönigsworther Platz — Post-war headquarters; now part of the University of Hanover
- 3 · 1990sVahrenwalder Straße — Headquarters in repurposed factory buildings
- 4 · 2023Continental-Plaza 1, Pferdeturm — Today's headquarters campus
Places: continental.com Milestones and 150-years pages · Continental press releases (2019, 2023) · media library (Continental-Plaza 1). No house numbers are published for the earlier sites, so they are shown at the street or square.
What Continental does
Founded in 1871 as a Hanover rubber factory, Continental grew into a global automotive supplier. After spinning off Vitesco Technologies (2021) and Aumovio (2025), it is turning itself into a pure-play tire maker; the ContiTech industrial business is to be sold in 2026.
Two group sectors: Tires and ContiTech (rubber, metal and textile solutions for industry and vehicles).
Where the money came from · Sales by group sector · 2025
Source: Continental press release on fiscal 2025 (Mar 4, 2026) · 2025 Annual Report, Structure of the Continental Group
Source: Continental press release on fiscal 2025 (Mar 4, 2026) · 2025 Annual Report, Ten-Year Review
Growth: revenue vs. people
€40.5B → €19.7B
216,000 → 95,000
Calendar years. Sales and annual-average employees (reported in thousands): Continental 2025 Annual Report, Ten-Year Review. 2020 onward excludes Vitesco Technologies (spun off 2021); 2024 and 2025 exclude Aumovio (spun off September 17, 2025), so the drops reflect spin-offs, not a shrinking business. Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Chairman of the Executive Board. In Continental's tire business since 1996; Executive Board member since 2019.
CEO for five years and Executive Board member for more than 16; stepped down on December 31, 2025, after the spin-off of Aumovio.
Founded on October 8, 1871 in Hanover as Continental-Caoutchouc- und Gutta-Percha Compagnie, a joint stock company.
Source: Continental press release “Christian Kötz Appointed CEO of Continental” (Dec 17, 2025) · 2025 Annual Report, Executive Board · continental.com Milestones
Hear it from the CEO
Continental: questions people ask
Where is Continental's headquarters?
At Continental-Plaza 1, 30175 Hanover, Germany — a campus of six buildings on both sides of Hans-Böckler-Allee near the Pferdeturm, at the eastern entrance to the city.
Source: Continental media library · press release, Dec 14, 2023
Who designed Continental's headquarters?
The Munich architecture firm HENN. Ippolito Fleitz Group designed the work areas, restaurant and cafeterias, and Atelier Loidl the landscape.
Source: Continental press release, Dec 14, 2023 · HENN and Ippolito Fleitz Group project pages
When did the new headquarters open?
Employees moved in from December 1, 2023, and the campus was officially opened on December 13, 2023 — about two years later than planned because of the pandemic and material shortages.
Source: Continental press release, Dec 14, 2023
How many people work at Continental's headquarters?
Around 2,400 employees from the group functions and the Tires and ContiTech group sectors.
Source: Continental press release, Dec 14, 2023
Do employees have their own desks?
No. Instead of assigned workstations, employees choose where to work with a desk booking system, in an open-space layout with collaboration areas and quiet zones.
Source: Continental press release, Dec 14, 2023
Can Continental employees work remotely?
Continental says a hybrid model of mobile work and time on site has become the norm. Employees of the German companies can also work from two other European countries for up to 20 days a year with their manager's agreement.
Source: continental.com Careers, Mobile Working
What benefits does Continental offer?
Depending on the country: vacation and Christmas bonuses under collective agreements, profit-sharing bonuses (around €1,123 for Tires employees in Germany for 2025), sabbaticals, company kindergartens, preventive health care and pension subsidies.
Source: continental.com Careers, Benefits · press release, Mar 4, 2026
Where was Continental's old headquarters?
From the early 1950s at Königsworther Platz (now part of the University of Hanover), and from the 1990s in repurposed factory buildings on Vahrenwalder Straße, the street of the original 1871 factory.
Source: continental.com history pages · press releases, 2019 and 2023
How many employees does Continental have?
92,653 employees at 336 locations in 54 countries and markets (2025), after the spin-off of Aumovio.
Source: Continental 2025 Annual Report
Who is Continental's CEO?
Christian Kötz, CEO since January 1, 2026. He has worked in Continental's tire business since 1996.
Source: Continental press release, Dec 17, 2025
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