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SAP Headquarters & offices · Walldorf, Germany
SAP · Walldorf, Germany
A campus of numbered buildings in a small Baden town, where every employee is encouraged to spend 15% of their working time learning.
The Walldorf campus, the benefits and five decades of office history — from a bank's rented rooms to a campus of numbered buildings. Every number from SAP's own reports, history pages and the architects' project pages.
- 15%of working time encouraged for learning
- 2 → 110,650people, 1972 → 2025 (FTE)
- 157+countries SAP employees come from
- 1,300people moved into the star-shaped HQ building, 2002
Sources: SAP Integrated Report 2025 · sap.com company history · sap.com company information · jobs.sap.com/benefits
Companies / Germany / Enterprise software / SAP
THE CAMPUS · WALLDORF
A headquarters that grew building by building
SAP's headquarters is a campus of numbered buildings (WDF 01, WDF 49, WDF 53 …) on Dietmar-Hopp-Allee and Hasso-Plattner-Ring, named after two of its founders. A star-shaped office building for 1,300 people opened in 2002. Newer offices by Scope Architekten add light-filled workplaces: WDF 49 (2018) has 700 workstations opposite the headquarters; WDF 53 (2019) stacks offset boxes around two glass-roofed, planted courtyards. In April 2026 the SAP AppHaus opened at the headquarters, next to the SAP Experience Center.
- Star-shaped building for 1,300 people (2002)
- WDF 49: ≈ 16,700 m² (≈ 179,800 sq ft), 700 workstations
- WDF 53: two glass-roofed courtyards
- Design: Scope Architekten
- SAP AppHaus opened April 2026
WDF 53 by SCOPE Architekten
The 2019 building is made of stacked modules around courtyards under glass roofs.
The Walldorf campus
Facts: sap.com company history (2002) · Implenia project page “New SAP office WDF 49” · BauNetz Wissen “Bürogebäude WDF 53 für SAP in Walldorf” · SAP News “SAP AppHaus Walldorf Opens Its Doors for Customers” (Apr 28, 2026).
The Walldorf campus
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Headquarters (registered office) | Dietmar-Hopp-Allee 16, 69190 Walldorf, Germany |
| WDF 49 | Dietmar-Hopp-Allee 17, 69190 Walldorf, Germany |
| WDF 53 | Hasso-Plattner-Ring 7a, 69190 Walldorf, Germany |
Source: Form 20-F 2025 cover (headquarters) · Implenia project page (WDF 49) · BauNetz Wissen (WDF 53) · See them on the map ↓
Source: Implenia “New SAP office WDF 49” · BauNetz Wissen (WDF 53) · german-architects.com, Franken\Architekten “SAP Rechenzentrum Walldorf” · sap.com company history 1981–2000
Benefits (global)
Of working time, encouraged for learning and development.
Most roles are hybrid, with a general expectation of three days a week on site.
Matching contribution on employees' own investment, plus €20 a month for non-executives (as described by SAP in 2017).
Free, confidential support from external experts for employees and their families.
On-site gyms, fitness subsidies, insurance and medical care (varies by country).
Parental leave, adoption support and family care benefits.
Employees apply their skills with nonprofits and social enterprises around the world.
Every employee can recognize a colleague through the global program.
Source: jobs.sap.com, Benefits and Pledge to Flex · SAP blog on Own SAP (2017) · SAP News on Social Sabbatical (2022). SAP's German benefits page shows its figures only as an infographic image, so German vacation days and pension terms are not listed here.
Why people stay: what SAP itself describes
Employees are encouraged to invest 15% of their working time in learning: training, fellowships, shadowing and certifications.
The share purchase plan; in 2017 SAP said more than 70% of employees worldwide took part.
Coaching and mentoring programs, and internal moves are actively encouraged.
Open to everyone, alongside disability support programs.
A global program where any employee can recognize a colleague for living SAP's values.
SAP leaders work with nonprofits and social enterprises; more than 450 supported by 2022, the program's tenth year.
Source: jobs.sap.com, Benefits · SAP blog “SAP Offers Award-Winning Employee Share Purchase Plan” (2017) · SAP News “Top Five Benefits of SAP Social Sabbatical” (2022)
Who works here
countries SAP employees come from
work in Europe, Middle East and Africa (FTE)
of senior executive roles held by women
represented by a union, works council or collective agreement
Source: Integrated Report 2025 (social performance, Report Data Hub social data and equality metrics) · sap.com company information. “Other” = cloud and software 14,557, general and administration 7,337, infrastructure 5,277. Percentages calculated by eciffo.
Office history: from a customer's data center to a Walldorf campus
- 1972 Founded in Weinheim, working at the customer
Five former IBM employees founded SAP in 1972 and set up its headquarters in Weinheim, with an office in nearby Mannheim. The founders mostly worked inside a customer's data center a few miles away.
Source: sap.com company history 1972–1980 · founders' names: Wikipedia
Weinheim's old town, 1987 · Rüdiger Stehn / CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1977 Rented rooms in a bank in Walldorf
With 25 employees in 1976, SAP moved its headquarters to rented office space in a bank in Walldorf. Most development still happened at customers' data centers. About 60 people by the end of 1978.
Source: sap.com company history 1972–1980
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1980 The first building SAP owned
Construction began in 1979; in 1980 SAP moved into its own offices in Walldorf, with all programs in one place and 50 terminals for the development team.
Source: sap.com company history 1972–1980
SAP headquarters in Walldorf, Building 1, 2008 · Vladislav Bezrukov / CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1982–87 Five extensions in five years
SAP outgrew its space again and again: an extension built in record time in 1982, a third in 1983, and a fifth phase of expansion in 1987. Staff grew from 100 (1982) to more than 500 (1987).
Source: sap.com company history 1981–1990
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1988 International Training Center, with a gym
Ground was broken in 1987; the International Training Center opened in Walldorf in 1988 and also housed a gym for employees. SAP had 940 employees.
Source: sap.com company history 1981–1990
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1992 The sales and development center — today WDF 01
Short on space, SAP invested DM135 million in 1990 in an Entwicklungs- und Vertriebszentrum (EVZ), now called WDF 01. It opened in 1992, when SAP had 3,157 employees and ran its international subsidiaries from Walldorf.
Source: sap.com company history 1981–1990 and 1991–2000
WDF 01, Walldorf (2008) · Vladislav Bezrukov / CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2002 A star-shaped office building
About 1,300 employees moved into a new star-shaped office building at the Walldorf headquarters. SAP had around 29,000 employees worldwide.
Source: sap.com company history 2001–2010
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2018–19 WDF 49, WDF 53 and a new data center
Scope Architekten designed WDF 49 (completed October 2018, 700 workstations) opposite the headquarters and WDF 53 (2019) on Hasso-Plattner-Ring. A data center by Franken\Architekten was built on the campus in 2018.
Source: Implenia project page · BauNetz Wissen · german-architects.com
WDF 53, 2019 · Photo: Zooey Braun / SCOPE Architekten - 2026 SAP AppHaus opens at headquarters
On April 16, 2026, SAP opened its AppHaus co-creation space at the Walldorf headquarters, next to the SAP Experience Center, the S-Factory and the S.Mart store.
Source: SAP News, Apr 28, 2026
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
Map: how the headquarters moved
SAP has moved only once in the usual sense: from Weinheim to Walldorf, about 28 km south, in 1977. Since then it has grown in place, adding numbered buildings on the edge of Walldorf.
- 1 · 1972Weinheim — First headquarters (street address not published; marker at the town centre)
- 2 · 1977Walldorf — Rented rooms in a bank (street address not published; marker at the town centre)
- 3 · TodayDietmar-Hopp-Allee 16, Walldorf — Headquarters campus
Places: sap.com company history · address: Form 20-F 2025 cover · Locations: OpenStreetMap
What SAP does
SAP makes business software — ERP, finance, supply chain, HR and customer applications — and now sells most of it as cloud subscriptions. Cloud revenue passed half of total revenue in 2025.
Revenue reported by type (cloud, software licenses and support, services) and by region.
Where the money came from · total revenue by region, 2025 (IFRS)
Source: SAP Quarterly Statement Q4 2025 (Jan 29, 2026; Form 6-K), revenue by region, IFRS actual currency
Source: Integrated Report 2025, five-year summary · Quarterly Statement Q4 2025 (growth rates) · per-employee figure calculated by eciffo
Growth: revenue vs. people
€24.7B → €36.8B
96,498 → 110,650
Calendar years, IFRS, € billions; employees in full-time equivalents at year end. 2018–2019: Integrated Report 2019; 2020: Integrated Report 2024 five-year summary; 2021–2025: Integrated Report 2025 five-year summary (restated without Qualtrics, sold in 2023, so 2021 is lower than 2020). Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Co-CEO from October 2019, sole CEO since April 20, 2020. Joined SAP as a student in 1999.
Co-CEO; the first woman to lead a DAX company.
Co-CEO from 2010, sole CEO from 2014.
Co-CEO.
Co-CEO from 2008, sole CEO in 2009.
Led SAP through the 2000s; retired in 2009.
Co-founders: Dietmar Hopp, Hans-Werner Hector, Hasso Plattner, Klaus Tschira and Claus Wellenreuther.
Source: sap.com company history 2001–2010 and 2011–2020 · sap.com leadership (Christian Klein) · founders' names: Wikipedia
Hear it from the CEO
SAP: questions people ask
Where is SAP's headquarters?
At Dietmar-Hopp-Allee 16, 69190 Walldorf, Germany, south of Heidelberg. The campus includes numbered buildings such as WDF 01, WDF 49 and WDF 53.
Source: Form 20-F 2025 cover · sap.com company history · BauNetz Wissen
Why is SAP in Walldorf?
SAP was founded in Weinheim in 1972 and moved its headquarters to rented rooms in a bank in Walldorf in 1977. It moved into its own Walldorf building in 1980 and has grown there ever since.
Source: sap.com company history 1972–1980
Who designed SAP's newer Walldorf buildings?
Scope Architekten of Stuttgart designed WDF 49 (2018, 700 workstations) and WDF 53 (2019). The campus data center (2018) is by Franken\Architekten.
Source: Implenia · BauNetz Wissen · german-architects.com
How many people work at SAP?
110,650 full-time equivalents at the end of 2025 (111,397 people), from 157+ countries. About 34% work in research and development.
Source: Integrated Report 2025 · sap.com company information
What benefits does SAP offer?
Globally: 15% of working time encouraged for learning, the Own SAP share purchase plan (a 40% matching contribution as described in 2017), a free 24/7 Employee Assistance Program, on-site gyms and fitness subsidies, parental leave and adoption support. Details vary by country.
Source: jobs.sap.com Benefits · SAP blog (2017)
Does SAP allow remote or hybrid work?
Most roles follow a hybrid model with a general expectation of three days a week on site. In 2021 SAP's “Pledge to Flex” had made a flexible, trust-based workplace the norm.
Source: jobs.sap.com Benefits · SAP News (2021)
Can you visit SAP's headquarters?
Customers can book personalized visits to the SAP Experience Center in Walldorf, and the SAP AppHaus at headquarters hosts customer workshops since April 2026. SAP does not publish public tours.
Source: SAP News (Experience Center 2022; AppHaus 2026)
What is SAP's employee turnover rate?
8.2% in 2025 across the SAP Group (7.8% in 2024).
Source: Integrated Report 2025, Report Data Hub (social data)
Who is SAP's CEO?
Christian Klein, sole CEO since April 20, 2020 (co-CEO from October 2019). He joined SAP as a student in 1999.
Source: sap.com leadership
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