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Duke Energy Headquarters & offices · Charlotte, North Carolina
Duke Energy · Charlotte, North Carolina
A 40-story, million-square-foot tower in Uptown Charlotte that pulled about 4,400 employees from several buildings into one.
The 2023 headquarters, the benefits and three addresses in four years — then the pay. Every number from Duke Energy's own filings and the architect's project page.
- 40 storiesDuke Energy Plaza, completed 2023
- 1,000,000 sq ftof headquarters
- ≈ 4,400employees brought together
- $132,604median employee pay, 2025
Sources: TVS project page · Proxy statement 2026
Companies / United States / Electric & gas utilities / Duke Energy
THE HEADQUARTERS · 525 SOUTH TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE
A white marble lobby and an Experience Hall at street level
Duke Energy Plaza is a 40-story, 1,000,000 sq ft tower in Uptown Charlotte that brings about 4,400 Duke Energy employees together and shrinks the company's real estate footprint. The architect, TVS, designed the ground-floor public spaces and the lobby, including the Experience Hall, as places for employees, visitors and the public to gather. The ground floor also holds 25,000 sq ft of retail, and a public plaza with seating connects the tower to the city.
- 1,000,000 sq ft (≈ 93,000 m²)
- 40 stories
- 25,000 sq ft of retail
- Experience Hall
- Public plaza
- LEED Gold
The lobby
TVS designed the lobby and ground-floor public spaces, including the Experience Hall.
The tower and the plaza
Forty stories of glass on 2.1 acres, with outdoor seating along South Tryon Street.
Facts: TVS project page “Duke Energy Plaza”
Duke Energy Plaza, Uptown Charlotte
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Corporate headquarters | 525 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28202 |
Source: Form 10-K 2025 cover · See them on the map ↓
Source: TVS project page
Benefits (United States)
Retirement benefits for eligible employees.
Health care with health savings and flexible spending accounts.
Family leaves and an employee assistance program.
Wellness benefits for eligible employees.
Short- and long-term incentive pay on top of base pay.
A charitable matching donation program.
Source: Form 10-K 2025
Why people stay: what Duke Energy itself reports
Eleven employee resource groups with 40 chapters run mentoring, networking and workshops on topics like financial planning and work-life balance.
About one in five employees is represented by labor unions under collective bargaining agreements.
In 2025 the company deployed a personal productivity AI tool to about 10,000 employees.
A charitable matching donation program is part of the benefits.
Source: Form 10-K 2025
Who works here
employees (Dec 31, 2025)
represented by labor unions
employee resource groups
Source: Form 10-K 2025
Pay at Duke Energy
Across about 26,400 employees. The CEO earned about 106 times this amount (annualized).
Source: Proxy statement 2026 (CEO pay ratio)
Duke Energy doesn't publish pay by age.
Office history: three Charlotte addresses
- 2005 Duke Energy Corporation
Duke Energy was incorporated on May 3, 2005, as an energy company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Source: Form 10-K 2025
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2020 550 South Tryon Street
Duke Energy's filings gave its principal executive offices as 550 South Tryon Street in Uptown Charlotte.
Source: Form 10-K 2020 cover
550 South Tryon Street, the address on the 2020 filing · City Dweller 2 / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2022 526 South Church Street
The address on the filings moved to 526 South Church Street.
Source: Form 10-K 2022 cover
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2023 Duke Energy Plaza
The 40-story Duke Energy Plaza at 525 South Tryon Street was completed, bringing about 4,400 employees together.
Source: TVS project page · Form 10-K 2023 cover
Duke Energy Plaza, 2022 · City Dweller 2 / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Map: how the headquarters moved
Three addresses within a few blocks of each other in Uptown Charlotte.
- 1 · 2020550 South Tryon Street — Address on the 2020 filing
- 2 · 2023525 South Tryon Street — Duke Energy Plaza, headquarters today
Places: Form 10-K covers · Locations: OpenStreetMap
What Duke Energy does
Duke Energy is an energy company headquartered in Charlotte that delivers electricity and natural gas through its regulated utilities.
Two business segments: Electric Utilities and Infrastructure, and Gas Utilities and Infrastructure.
Source: SEC XBRL data · Form 10-K 2025 · per-employee figure calculated by eciffo
Growth: revenue vs. people
$22.7B → $31.7B
28,798 → 26,441
Revenue: SEC XBRL data from Duke Energy's 10-K filings. Employees: Form 10-K (Dec 31). Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Chief Executive Officer.
Duke Energy Corporation was incorporated in 2005.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · Form 10-K 2025
Duke Energy: questions people ask
Where is Duke Energy's headquarters?
At Duke Energy Plaza, 525 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202.
Source: Form 10-K 2025
How big is Duke Energy Plaza?
40 stories and 1,000,000 sq ft, with 25,000 sq ft of ground-floor retail.
Source: TVS project page
How many employees work there?
About 4,400 Duke Energy employees.
Source: TVS project page
Who designed it?
TVS was the core and shell architect and designed the lobby and ground-floor public spaces, including the Experience Hall.
Source: TVS project page
Where was Duke Energy's headquarters before?
Its filings listed 550 South Tryon Street (2020) and 526 South Church Street (2022) before Duke Energy Plaza.
Source: Form 10-K covers
How many people work at Duke Energy?
26,441 full-time, part-time and temporary employees at December 31, 2025.
Source: Form 10-K 2025
How much do Duke Energy employees make?
The median employee's total compensation was $132,604 in 2025; the CEO's annualized pay was about 106 times that.
Source: Proxy statement 2026
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