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LVMH Headquarters & offices · Paris, France
LVMH · Paris, France
Behind a glass gallery on avenue Montaigne sits a Zen garden of bamboo — and 15 km away, Louis Vuitton's trunk-makers still work in the family's 1859 Asnières workshop.
The headquarters, the craft workshops, the benefits and 38 years of group history — then the business. Every number from LVMH's own Universal Registration Document, its website and the architects' pages.
- 4,000 m²HQ interiors by Wilmotte & Associés (2004)
- 71%of employees are women
- 190nationalities among 211,000 people
- €221Mspent on training in 2025
Sources: LVMH Universal Registration Document 2025 · lvmh.com (Work at LVMH, history) · Wilmotte & Associés project page
Companies / France / Luxury goods / LVMH
THE HEADQUARTERS · 22 AVENUE MONTAIGNE · 2004
A Japanese-minimalist lobby with a bamboo garden, on Paris's fashion avenue
LVMH owns the building at 22 avenue Montaigne. Wilmotte & Associés designed 4,000 m² of interiors: a two-level reception joined by wood-clad escalators, executive offices, the boardroom and a ground-floor multi-purpose room. A glazed gallery leads visitors through a Zen garden planted with bamboo to a space for temporary exhibitions of the Maisons' creations.
- Owned by LVMH
- Interiors: Wilmotte & Associés
- 4,000 m² (≈ 43,056 sq ft) of interiors
- Inaugurated 2004
- Bamboo Zen garden
Fondation Louis Vuitton
Frank Gehry's building in the Bois de Boulogne opened in 2014.
Facts: Wilmotte & Associés project page “LVMH headquarters” · LVMH URD 2025, §6.3 Administrative sites · lvmh.com history
Headquarters and the group's landmark workplaces
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| LVMH headquarters (owned) | 22 avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris, France |
| Louis Vuitton Asnières workshop and family home | 17 rue de la Comète, 92600 Asnières-sur-Seine, France |
| Fondation Louis Vuitton (Frank Gehry, 2014) | Bois de Boulogne, next to the Jardin d'Acclimatation, Paris, France |
Source: LVMH URD 2025 (registered office, §6.3) · lvmh.com Les Journées Particulières 2026 (Asnières) · fondationlouisvuitton.fr · See them on the map ↓
Source: Wilmotte & Associés “LVMH headquarters” · LVMH URD 2025 §6.3 · Louis Vuitton heritage page · fondationlouisvuitton.fr “The Building”
Office tour videos
Benefits (group-wide, and France)
LVMH Shares (2024): preferential share subscription offered to more than 135,000 employees in 11 countries/regions; nearly 60% subscribed in France.
Incentive agreements cover 98% of employees in France, on top of mandatory profit-sharing.
A company savings plan with employer matching is available at every Maison in France.
Free, anonymous 24/7 hotline for psychological and social support, plus emergency financial aid; nearly 15,000 people helped since 2021.
A Group fair-wage policy (with the Fair Wage Network); the 2025 “adequate wage” target was met at 100%.
Per employee in 2025; average spend €1,047 a person and 82.4% of employees trained.
Have variable or adjusted working hours (27% in France); the Group favors flexible working where operations allow.
Health and provident insurance are part of the compensation package.
Source: LVMH Universal Registration Document 2025, Sustainability report – Social (§1.4.2, §1.4.5, training indicators). Parental-leave length is not published at Group level.
Why people stay: what LVMH itself describes
Internal mobility was the HR priority in 2025; close to 19,000 permanent employees changed jobs inside the Group.
A compulsory career-development program for all Maisons; all managers trained by April 2026.
Trained by the Institut des Métiers d'Excellence in 43 professions; 71% joined the Group or kept studying (2025).
Craftspeople, designers and client advisors honored for exceptional skill and asked to pass it on.
More than 145,000 employees replied to the Group-wide engagement survey (October 2024).
Permanent-contract departures, down from 19.3% in 2024; retail and seasonal jobs weigh on this rate.
Source: LVMH Universal Registration Document 2025 (Social, §1.1, §1.2, §1.5) · URD 2024 (2024 turnover)
Who works here
nationalities
average age
of key positions held by women
work in the United States / France
Source: LVMH URD 2025, Social §1.2 and §1.6 (headcount excl. apprentices) · lvmh.com Work at LVMH (nationalities). Percentages for jobs calculated by eciffo.
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From a trunk-maker's workshop to avenue Montaigne
- 1743–1854 Roots in Champagne, Cognac and Paris
The group's oldest houses date back centuries: Moët & Chandon (1743), Hennessy (1765) and Louis Vuitton, the Paris trunk-maker founded in 1854.
Source: LVMH URD 2025, History
Moët & Chandon packing hall, Épernay, 19th-century engraving · Victor Rose / Public domain · Wikimedia Commons - 1859 Asnières: the Louis Vuitton workshop
Outgrowing his Paris workshop, Louis Vuitton bought land in Asnières-sur-Seine, by the Seine docks and the first train lines to Saint-Lazare, to build an atelier. Trunks are still made there today.
Source: Louis Vuitton heritage page · lvmh.com (Les Journées Particulières, Asnières)
Asnières · Chabe01 / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1987 Moët Hennessy + Louis Vuitton = LVMH
The merger of Moët Hennessy and Louis Vuitton created LVMH. It was announced on June 3, 1987 at the Hôtel Plaza Athénée — on avenue Montaigne, where the group now has its headquarters.
Source: lvmh.com history · LVMH URD 2025 · date and venue: Wikipedia (French)
Hôtel Plaza Athénée, avenue Montaigne, 2017 · Joe deSousa / CC0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1989 Bernard Arnault takes the lead
Bernard Arnault became the leading shareholder and Chairman and CEO, aiming to make LVMH the world leader in luxury.
Source: LVMH URD 2025 · lvmh.com history
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1999 A New York headquarters by Christian de Portzamparc
LVMH opened its New York headquarters in Manhattan, in a building designed by Pritzker Prize winner Christian de Portzamparc. Today the group owns three New York buildings with about 17,800 m² of offices.
Source: lvmh.com history · LVMH URD 2025 §6.3
LVMH Tower, New York · Jaugustin / Public domain · Wikimedia Commons - 2004 22 avenue Montaigne
LVMH inaugurated its new Paris headquarters on avenue Montaigne, with 4,000 m² of interiors by Jean-Michel Wilmotte's firm: wood-clad escalators, a bamboo Zen garden and an exhibition space.
Source: lvmh.com history · Wilmotte & Associés project page
Avenue Montaigne · Fred Romero / CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2014 Fondation Louis Vuitton opens
Frank Gehry's “cloud” of 12 glass sails opened in the Bois de Boulogne. Initiated by Bernard Arnault in 2006, it has welcomed nearly 12 million visitors.
Source: lvmh.com history · fondationlouisvuitton.fr · LVMH URD 2025
Fondation Louis Vuitton · Moktarama / CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons - Today An owned HQ for a 211,552-person group
LVMH owns the building at 22 avenue Montaigne, its registered office, while most other Group offices are leased.
Source: LVMH URD 2025, §6.3 and Note 1
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Map: how the headquarters moved
Louis Vuitton's workshop has stood in Asnières since 1859. The group itself was announced in 1987 at the Plaza Athénée on avenue Montaigne — and since 2004 its headquarters has been on the same avenue.
- 1 · 1859Asnières-sur-Seine — Louis Vuitton workshop and family home, 17 rue de la Comète
- 2 · 1987Hôtel Plaza Athénée, avenue Montaigne — Where the Moët Hennessy–Louis Vuitton merger was announced
- 3 · 1999New York, East 57th Street — LVMH's U.S. headquarters by Christian de Portzamparc
- 4 · 200422 avenue Montaigne, Paris — Group headquarters (owned)
Places: lvmh.com history and Les Journées Particulières · LVMH URD 2025 · Plaza Athénée venue: Wikipedia (French) · Locations: OpenStreetMap
What LVMH does
LVMH was formed in 1987 when Moët Hennessy merged with Louis Vuitton. Today it groups 75 “Maisons” — from Dom Pérignon and Dior to Tiffany & Co. and Sephora — sold through 6,283 stores in 81 countries.
Five business groups: Wines & Spirits, Fashion & Leather Goods, Perfumes & Cosmetics, Watches & Jewelry, and Selective Retailing.
Where the money came from · Revenue by business group, 2025
Source: LVMH URD 2025, Business and financial review §1.1 (revenue by business group, EUR millions)
Source: LVMH URD 2025 (consolidated income statement) · per-employee figure calculated by eciffo
Growth: revenue vs. people
€37.6B → €80.8B
213,268 → 211,552
Calendar years, IFRS, € billions. Revenue 2016–2022: LVMH annual results releases (2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022); 2023–2025: URD 2025. Employees: year-end headcount excluding apprentices (URD 2024 and 2025); earlier years not checked in official documents. Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since 1989, and the Group's majority shareholder.
Head of Moët Hennessy, who announced the merger with Louis Vuitton's Henry Racamier in 1987.
Formed by the 1987 merger of Moët Hennessy (Alain Chevalier) and Louis Vuitton (Henry Racamier).
Source: lvmh.com history · LVMH URD 2025 · Alain Chevalier and Henry Racamier: Wikipedia (French)
LVMH: questions people ask
Where is LVMH's headquarters?
At 22 avenue Montaigne in Paris's 8th arrondissement. LVMH owns the building; it is also the company's registered office.
Source: LVMH URD 2025 (§6.3 and Note 1)
Who designed LVMH's headquarters?
The interiors were designed by Wilmotte & Associés (Jean-Michel Wilmotte) and inaugurated in 2004: a two-level reception with wood-clad escalators, executive offices, the boardroom and a glazed gallery through a bamboo Zen garden.
Source: Wilmotte & Associés project page · lvmh.com history
How big is LVMH's headquarters?
Wilmotte's interior project covers 4,000 m² (≈ 43,056 sq ft). LVMH does not publish the total floor area of the building.
Source: Wilmotte & Associés project page
Can you visit LVMH's offices or workshops?
During LVMH's Les Journées Particulières, Maisons open their sites to the public; in 2026 this included the Louis Vuitton workshop and family home in Asnières. The Fondation Louis Vuitton by Frank Gehry is open to visitors year-round.
Source: lvmh.com Les Journées Particulières 2026 · fondationlouisvuitton.fr
How many people work at LVMH?
211,552 employees at the end of 2025 (excluding apprentices), 71.4% of them women, from 190 nationalities. About 20% work in the United States and 19% in France.
Source: LVMH URD 2025 · lvmh.com Work at LVMH
What benefits does LVMH offer?
LVMH Shares, an employee share plan offered in 2024 to more than 135,000 employees; in France, incentive agreements covering 98% of staff and savings plans with employer matching; and the LVMH Heart Fund, a free, confidential 24/7 support line with emergency financial aid.
Source: LVMH URD 2025, Social §1.4
Does LVMH allow flexible or remote work?
LVMH says it favors flexible working methods where the operational context permits, and has right-to-disconnect charters at Maison level. 16% of employees have variable or adjusted hours. No Group-wide remote-work rule is published.
Source: LVMH URD 2025, Social §1.4.5
What is LVMH's employee turnover rate?
18.8% in 2025 for permanent contracts, down from 19.3% in 2024.
Source: LVMH URD 2025 and 2024
How much does LVMH invest in training?
€221.1 million in 2025 — 2% of payroll, €1,047 and 2.3 days per employee; 82.4% of employees were trained during the year.
Source: LVMH URD 2025, training indicators
Who is LVMH's CEO?
Bernard Arnault, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since 1989 and the Group's majority shareholder.
Source: lvmh.com history · LVMH URD 2025
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