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UBS Headquarters & offices · Zurich, Switzerland
UBS · Zurich, Switzerland
A listed 1917 bank on Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse, 70% rebuilt behind its façade, with a garden courtyard and a ground floor open to everyone.
The restored banking hall, the new garden court and up to 210 days of paid caregiver leave — then the business. Every fact from UBS's own reports, its history archive and the architects' project pages.
- 1917Münzhof bank building opened at Bahnhofstrasse 45
- 210 dayspaid primary caregiver leave (Switzerland)
- 155nationalities among employees (2025)
- 103,177full-time equivalents (end of 2025)
Sources: UBS Annual Report 2025 (Form 20-F) · ubs.com Virtual Museum · ubs.com “Working at UBS” · UBS media release, Nov 30, 2018 · EM2N and Gruner project pages
Companies / Switzerland / Banking & wealth management / UBS
THE HEADQUARTERS · BAHNHOFSTRASSE 45 · REOPENED 2018
A 1917 bank hall, reopened to the city
After a three-year refurbishment, UBS reopened its headquarters on December 3, 2018. The listed façade barely changed, but the inside was almost completely redesigned by EM2N: a wider entrance, the restored 1917 counter hall in the Münzhof, a new planted courtyard called the Pelikanhof, and the UBS Forum, an event space of almost 200 m² between them. The whole ground floor is open to clients and visitors, with a café, shops and a 24-hour ATM. Upstairs, offices and meeting rooms were rebuilt for collaborative, flexible work, and works from the UBS Art Collection run through the building under the theme “Heritage meets Contemporary”.
- Refurbished 2015–2018
- Design: EM2N
- LEED Platinum
- About 30% less energy
- UBS Forum ≈ 200 m² (≈ 2,150 sq ft)
- 650 staff on site (2018)
The listed façade on Bahnhofstrasse
The Münzhof, designed by Pfleghard & Haefeli and opened in 1917, has six Doric columns on its long front; its listed façade barely changed in the 2015–2018 refurbishment.
The corner and side streets
UBS Group AG and UBS AG have their registered office at Bahnhofstrasse 45, a stone block that fills its corner site.
Inside the Münzhof
EM2N restored the 1917 counter hall and added a planted courtyard, the Pelikanhof; the whole ground floor is open to clients and visitors.
Facts: UBS media release “UBS's Zurich headquarters and branch at Bahnhofstrasse reopen after complete refurbishment” (Nov 30, 2018) · UBS Annual Review 2018, “The return to Bahnhofstrasse 45” · EM2N project page “Overall Refurbishment UBS Headquarters” · Gruner project page “HGHG Restoration headquarters UBS, Zurich”.
Zurich and Basel
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Headquarters (Münzhof) | Bahnhofstrasse 45, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland |
| UBS AG, second registered office | Aeschenvorstadt 1, CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland |
Source: UBS Annual Report 2025 (Form 20-F), corporate information · ubs.com, UBS AG governance page · See them on the map ↓
Source: EM2N project page “Overall Refurbishment UBS Headquarters” · Gruner project page · UBS media release, Nov 30, 2018 · ubs.com Virtual Museum (1917)
Benefits (Switzerland and other major locations)
Up to 210 days of paid leave, with options for extra unpaid leave or reduced hours.
Paid; UBS also reimburses emergency childcare costs in Switzerland.
Paid, for primary and secondary caregivers alike — birth, adoption or foster care.
Full pay, plus enhanced shared parental pay for up to 26 weeks.
Buy UBS shares at market price; one extra share for every three, after up to three years. Capped at USD / CHF 20,000 a year.
Up to 10 paid sessions a year with Bright Horizons for child, holiday and elder care.
Paid time off for breastfeeding for up to two years after a child's birth.
Charitable donations matched, plus paid leave to volunteer.
Source: ubs.com “Working at UBS” (family leave, back-up care, donation matching) · ubs.com Careers “Employee benefits” · UBS Annual Report 2025, Note 26 and Compensation (Equity Plus Plan)
Why people stay: what UBS itself reports
Across 105,236 employees at the end of 2025.
Share of eligible roles filled by internal candidates in 2025 (2024: 52.6%); the My Career hub launched in 2025.
Group-wide survey, September 2025, with an 81% response rate and an 87% empowerment score.
More than 2.9 million learning activities through UBS University in 2025.
Most employees can work partially from home, depending on role, regulation and location; part-time, job sharing and partial retirement too.
Share of the global workforce engaged in volunteering (2024: 32%).
Source: UBS Annual Report 2025 (Form 20-F), “Employees” and “Society” sections
Who works here
employees by headcount (Dec 31, 2025)
nationalities, speaking 152 languages
under the age of 30
external hires in 2025, incl. 2,117 junior talents in programs
Source: UBS Annual Report 2025 (Form 20-F), “Employees” and “Personnel by region”
Office history: from a Winterthur warehouse bank to Bahnhofstrasse 45
- 1862 Bank in Winterthur — the starting point
Bank in Winterthur, founded in 1862, is the historical starting point of today's UBS. It first rented rooms in the house “Zu den drei Blumen”, then moved into its own baroque building on Untere Museumsstrasse — today's Stadthausstrasse — where UBS still has an office.
Source: ubs.com Virtual Museum, 1862
Bank in Winterthur, Untere Museumsstrasse, 1860s · Jakob B. Ziegler-Sulzberger/ Union Bank of Switzerland / Public domain · Wikimedia Commons - 1863 Toggenburger Bank, Lichtensteig
The second predecessor started in the old post office in Lichtensteig, moved to a house on Untertor in 1865 and built its own bank on Rathausplatz in 1872.
Source: ubs.com Virtual Museum, 1863
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1872 Basler Bankverein, Aeschenvorstadt 5, Basel
Basler Bankverein, the root of Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC), opened its first office in 1872 in the “Haus zum Wilhelm Tell” at Aeschenvorstadt 5 in Basel.
Source: ubs.com Virtual Museum, 1872
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1899 Swiss Bank Corporation on Paradeplatz
SBC moved into a monumental building by architect Charles Mewès on Paradeplatz in Zurich. It stood for 57 years before being replaced in 1956 by a larger complex.
Source: ubs.com Virtual Museum, 1899
Swiss Bank Corporation on Paradeplatz, Zurich · © UBS AG, Historical Archive / Baugeschichtliches Archiv Zürich (as captioned on each image) - 1912 Union Bank of Switzerland is formed
Bank in Winterthur and Toggenburger Bank merged. The administrative headquarters stayed in Winterthur and St. Gallen.
Source: ubs.com Virtual Museum, 1912
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1917 The Münzhof at Bahnhofstrasse 45
The Zurich branch had grown from 25 employees in 1906 to ten times that a decade later. After two years of construction, the bank opened its Münzhof building, designed by Pfleghard & Haefeli, with six Doric columns on its long front.
Source: ubs.com Virtual Museum, 1917
The Münzhof at Bahnhofstrasse 45, 1946 · © Baugeschichtliches Archiv der Stadt Zürich (via EM2N) - 1945 Headquarters moves to Zurich
Union Bank of Switzerland moved its headquarters from Winterthur and St. Gallen to Bahnhofstrasse 45.
Source: ubs.com Virtual Museum, 1917
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1998 UBS: one bank, two registered offices
Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corporation, whose merger was announced on December 8, 1997, became UBS. UBS AG keeps two registered offices: Bahnhofstrasse 45 in Zurich and Aeschenvorstadt 1 in Basel.
Source: ubs.com Virtual Museum, 1998 · ubs.com UBS AG governance page
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2018 The headquarters rebuilt from the inside
After a three-year refurbishment by EM2N, about 70% of the building was gutted and rebuilt behind the listed façade. It reopened on December 3, 2018 with a public ground floor, a new garden courtyard and LEED Platinum certification. UBS Group AG, the holding company established in 2014, has its registered office here.
Source: UBS media release, Nov 30, 2018 · Gruner project page · UBS Annual Report 2025
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it.
Map: how the headquarters moved
UBS grew out of three small banks in Winterthur, Lichtensteig and Basel. Since 1945 its headquarters has been the Münzhof on Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse, with Basel kept as a second registered office.
- 1 · 1862Bank in Winterthur, Stadthausstrasse (then Untere Museumsstrasse), Winterthur — Starting point of today's UBS.
- 2 · 1863Toggenburger Bank, Lichtensteig — Second predecessor; own building on Rathausplatz from 1872.
- 3 · 1872Haus zum Wilhelm Tell, Aeschenvorstadt 5, Basel — First office of Basler Bankverein, later Swiss Bank Corporation.
- 4 · 1899Paradeplatz, Zurich — Swiss Bank Corporation's building by Charles Mewès.
- 5 · 1998Aeschenvorstadt 1, Basel — Second registered office of UBS AG after the merger.
- 6 · 1917 / 1945 – todayMünzhof, Bahnhofstrasse 45, Zurich — Opened 1917; headquarters since 1945; refurbished 2015–2018.
Addresses: ubs.com Virtual Museum · UBS Annual Report 2025 · ubs.com UBS AG governance page · Locations: OpenStreetMap
What UBS does
UBS is a global wealth manager and the largest bank in Switzerland, with asset management and an investment bank alongside. It acquired Credit Suisse on June 12, 2023, and reports in US dollars.
Four business divisions — Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank — plus Non-core and Legacy.
Where the money came from · total revenues by business division, 2025
Source: UBS Annual Report 2025 (Form 20-F), business division results (USD)
Source: UBS Annual Report 2025 (Form 20-F), UBS Group key figures · per-employee figure calculated by eciffo
Growth: revenue vs. people
$28.7B → $49.6B
59,387 → 103,177
Calendar years, US dollars. Revenue: total revenues (called total operating income before 2021) as reported in UBS Annual Reports 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2025 (Form 20-F) and SEC XBRL; 2020 as restated in the 2022 report. Employees: personnel in full-time equivalents at year end. The 2023 jump reflects the acquisition of Credit Suisse. Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Group CEO of UBS Group AG since 2023; he was also Group CEO from 2011 to 2020. Swiss, born 1960.
UBS traces its roots to Bank in Winterthur (1862), Toggenburger Bank (1863) and Basler Bankverein (1872).
Source: UBS Annual Report 2025 (Form 20-F), Corporate governance · ubs.com Virtual Museum
UBS: questions people ask
Where is UBS's headquarters?
At Bahnhofstrasse 45, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland — the registered office of UBS Group AG. UBS AG has a second registered office at Aeschenvorstadt 1 in Basel.
Source: UBS Annual Report 2025 (Form 20-F) · ubs.com UBS AG governance page
Who designed the UBS headquarters at Bahnhofstrasse 45?
The original 1917 Münzhof building was designed by Pfleghard & Haefeli. The 2015–2018 refurbishment was designed by EM2N, which won the 2013 study commission.
Source: ubs.com Virtual Museum · EM2N project page
How old is the UBS headquarters building?
It opened in 1917 after two years of construction. Union Bank of Switzerland moved its headquarters there from Winterthur and St. Gallen in 1945.
Source: ubs.com Virtual Museum, 1917
Can you visit the UBS headquarters in Zurich?
The ground floor is open to clients and visitors: the restored counter hall houses a UBS branch, and there is the UBS Forum event space, a café, shops and a 24-hour ATM. The office floors are for employees.
Source: UBS media release, Nov 30, 2018
Is the UBS headquarters a green building?
Yes. The refurbished headquarters received LEED Platinum certification, and better insulation and building technology cut its energy use by about 30%.
Source: UBS Annual Review 2018 · UBS media release, Nov 30, 2018
How many people work at UBS?
103,177 full-time equivalents (105,236 people) at the end of 2025, about a third of them in Switzerland. About 650 staff worked at the Bahnhofstrasse 45 headquarters when it reopened in 2018.
Source: UBS Annual Report 2025 · UBS Annual Review 2018
How long is parental leave at UBS?
In Switzerland, up to 210 days of paid primary caregiver leave and 20 days for secondary caregivers. In the US, 20 weeks for both primary and secondary caregivers; in the UK, up to 26 weeks of full pay for maternity and adoption leave.
Source: ubs.com “Working at UBS”
Does UBS allow working from home?
Most employees can work partially from home, depending on their role, regulatory restrictions and location. UBS also offers part-time work, flexible hours, job sharing and partial retirement.
Source: UBS Annual Report 2025 · ubs.com Careers “Employee benefits”
Can UBS employees buy shares at a discount?
Through the Equity Plus Plan, employees buy UBS shares at market price and receive one additional share for every three they buy, after up to three years. Participation is capped at USD / CHF 20,000 a year.
Source: UBS Annual Report 2025, Compensation
Who is UBS's CEO?
Sergio P. Ermotti, Group CEO since 2023. He also led UBS from 2011 to 2020.
Source: UBS Annual Report 2025, Corporate governance
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