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Volkswagen Group Headquarters & offices · Wolfsburg, Germany
Volkswagen Group · Wolfsburg, Germany
A listed 13-storey office building from 1959 on the Mittelland Canal, stripped to its concrete frame and given 1,200 new windows — for a company whose staff work a 35-hour week.
The head office, the benefits and nearly 90 years of headquarters history — then the business. Every number from Volkswagen's own annual report, careers site and the architects' project pages.
- 28,300 m²head office building after the 2016 revitalization
- 35 hstandard working week (collective agreement)
- 30 dayspaid leave a year, plus Dec 24 and 31 off
- 662,942people worldwide, end of 2025
Sources: Gewers Pudewill project page · volkswagen-karriere.de (Benefits & work-life balance) · Annual Report 2025 (Total Workforce)
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THE HEAD OFFICE · WOLFSBURG · 1959 / 2016
A 1950s landmark, rebuilt from the frame out
Volkswagen's 13-storey office building was completed in 1959. Between 2013 and 2016 the listed building was revitalized by Gewers Pudewill: the whole facade was taken off and rebuilt, 1,200 windows were replaced, fire protection, heating, cooling and data systems were renewed, and two new entrances with “flying” canopy roofs and a two-storey showroom for new models were added. Inside, the lighting runs in a custom ceiling channel that also carries sprinklers, speakers and ventilation, so the ceilings stay clear.
- 28,300 m² (≈ 304,618 sq ft)
- 13 storeys, completed 1959
- Listed building
- Revitalized 2016 · Gewers Pudewill
- 1,200 new windows
- Two-storey showroom
The revitalized head office, Wolfsburg
Gewers Pudewill rebuilt the listed 1959 tower from the frame out and added a glass entrance pavilion, completed in 2016.
Facts: Gewers Pudewill project page “Volkswagen Head Office Building, Wolfsburg” · Kardorff Ingenieure project page · omniCon project page · Volkswagen Chronicle 1950–1960 (volkswagen-group.com)
Wolfsburg
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Volkswagen AG (registered address) | Berliner Ring 2, 38440 Wolfsburg, Germany |
Source: volkswagen-group.com Site Notice and Terms of Use · See them on the map ↓
Source: Gewers Pudewill project page · Kardorff project page · omniCon project page · Firmengruppe Göbel project page · Volkswagen Chronicle 1950–1960
Benefits (Volkswagen, Germany)
Set by collective agreement; flexitime and trust-based working hours.
For employees under the framework agreement, plus the whole day off on Dec 24 and Dec 31.
Agree remote days with your manager and spread hours between 6 am and 10 pm; the extent is stated in each job description.
Volkswagen finances the basic pension and the first contributory pension; employees can add more by salary deferral.
Save pay into a time-asset account and take paid leave right before retirement age.
Employee leasing of vehicles and bicycles, employee terms on new and nearly new cars.
Special payments such as profit sharing or a bonus on top of base salary.
Immediate leave of up to ten days to organize care, with longer partial or full leave possible.
Source: volkswagen-karriere.de, “Benefits and work-life balance” (benefits depend on site, job and contract; pension and time asset bond apply to permanent employment)
Why people stay: what Volkswagen itself says
39,887 employees left the Group during the year (6.1% in 2024).
Share of employees in the European Economic Area covered by collective bargaining agreements; 98.9% have a workers' representative.
Vocational trainees and dual-study students at the end of 2025.
Average training hours per employee in 2025, up from 18.9.
“My Time Off”: paid 75% of salary during the break, repaid later by waiving 25% for 9–18 months.
Two managers can share one position with reduced individual hours.
Source: Annual Report 2025, Sustainability Report (Employees and Non-Employees) and People · volkswagen-karriere.de
Who works here
employees in Germany (end of 2025)
are aged 30–50; 15.2% are under 30
of top management are women
unadjusted gender pay gap (13% in 2024)
Source: Annual Report 2025 — Total Workforce; Sustainability Report, Employees and Non-Employees
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Office history: from Berlin offices to a tower on the canal
- 1937 Founded in Berlin, Kaiserallee 25
On May 28, 1937 the “Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens” was founded in Berlin by the Nazi-era German Labour Front (DAF), with its first registered offices at Kaiserallee 25. It was entered in the Berlin register of companies on June 2, 1937.
Source: Volkswagen Chronicle 1937–1945 (volkswagen-group.com)
Bundesallee, formerly Kaiserallee, Berlin-Wilmersdorf, 2010 · Fridolin freudenfett (Peter Kuley) / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 1937 Taubertstraße 4, Berlin-Grunewald
Later in 1937 the company's registered place of business moved to Taubertstraße 4 in Grunewald. In 1938 it was renamed Volkswagenwerk GmbH, and work began on the main plant on the Mittelland Canal — today's Wolfsburg — with the foundation stone laid on May 26, 1938.
Source: Volkswagen Chronicle 1937–1945
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1940 Knesebeckstraße 48/49, Berlin
In January 1940 the head office of Volkswagenwerk GmbH moved within Berlin to Knesebeckstraße 48/49. During the war the plant relied on forced labor; Volkswagen documents this in its own chronicle and remembrance site.
Source: Volkswagen Chronicle 1937–1945
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1948 Head office moves to Wolfsburg
Under British trusteeship, Volkswagenwerk GmbH decided on April 26, 1948 to move its head office from Berlin to Wolfsburg. The move took effect in 1948 and the firm was entered in the register at the District Court in Fallersleben.
Source: Volkswagen Chronicle 1945–1949
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 1959 A new 13-storey office building
Volkswagen's new office building in Wolfsburg “not only solves the space problem”, its chronicle says: the 13-storey building was also a sign of the company's success. In 1960 the company became Volkswagenwerk AG, registered at the District Court in Wolfsburg.
Source: Volkswagen Chronicle 1950–1960 · Gewers Pudewill project page (completion 1959)
The 1959 tower, photographed 2013 · Vanellus Foto / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons - 2016 The listed headquarters is revitalized
Gewers Pudewill rebuilt the facade, replaced 1,200 windows, renewed all building systems, and added two new entrances and a two-storey showroom. The building now offers more than 28,300 m² (≈ 304,618 sq ft).
Source: Gewers Pudewill project page · omniCon project page (2013–2016)
After the revitalization, 2016 · Photo: HGEsch / Gewers Pudewill
Map: how the headquarters moved
Three addresses in Berlin, then a move of about 200 km west in 1948 to the plant town on the Mittelland Canal — where the head office has stayed ever since.
- 1 · 1937Taubertstraße 4, Berlin-Grunewald — Registered place of business after the founding
- 2 · 1940Knesebeckstraße 48/49, Berlin — Head office of Volkswagenwerk GmbH
- 3 · 1948Berliner Ring 2, Wolfsburg — Head office moves to Wolfsburg; 13-storey building 1959, revitalized 2016
Addresses: Volkswagen Chronicle (volkswagen-group.com) · Site Notice (Berliner Ring 2) · Locations approximate
What Volkswagen Group does
The Volkswagen Group is a multibrand carmaker. Its brands sit in four groups: Core (Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Škoda, SEAT/CUPRA, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles), Progressive (Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley, Ducati), Sport Luxury (Porsche) and Trucks (TRATON with Scania, MAN, Volkswagen Truck & Bus and International).
Automotive Division (segments: Passenger Cars and Light Commercial Vehicles; Commercial Vehicles) and Financial Services Division.
Where the money came from · Sales revenue by division, 2025
Source: Annual Report 2025, Results of Operations (before consolidation adjustments of −€30.6B) · Structure and Business Activities
Source: Annual Report 2025 — Five-Year Review, Results of Operations, Total Workforce
Growth: revenue vs. people
€217.3B → €321.9B
619,000 → 667,000
Calendar years. Sales revenue and yearly-average employees (published in thousands): Annual Report 2020, Five year overview (2016–2020) and Annual Report 2025, Five-Year Review (2021–2025; some years restated). Multiples calculated by eciffo.
Chief executives
Chairman of the Board of Management since September 1, 2022; reappointed for five years from January 1, 2026. Born in Braunschweig in 1968, with the Group since 1994.
Left the Board of Management by mutual consent with effect from September 1, 2022.
Founded in 1937 in Berlin as the “Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens” by the German Labour Front (DAF); first directors Ferdinand Porsche, Jakob Werlin and Bodo Lafferentz.
Source: volkswagen-group.com — Executive Bodies · press releases of July 22, 2022 and October 17, 2025 · ad-hoc release on Herbert Diess · Volkswagen Chronicle 1937–1945
Volkswagen Group: questions people ask
Where is Volkswagen's headquarters?
Volkswagen AG's address is Berliner Ring 2, 38440 Wolfsburg, Germany. The head office moved from Berlin to Wolfsburg in 1948.
Source: volkswagen-group.com Site Notice · Volkswagen Chronicle 1945–1949
Who designed Volkswagen's head office building?
The 13-storey office building was completed in 1959. Its 2016 revitalization was designed by Gewers Pudewill; Kardorff Ingenieure designed the office lighting.
Source: Volkswagen Chronicle 1950–1960 · Gewers Pudewill · Kardorff
How big is Volkswagen's head office?
After the 2016 revitalization the listed head office building offers more than 28,300 m² (≈ 304,618 sq ft) of space, including a two-storey showroom.
Source: Gewers Pudewill project page
How many people work at Volkswagen?
662,942 people worldwide at the end of 2025, including the Chinese joint ventures; 284,032 of them in Germany.
Source: Annual Report 2025, Total Workforce
What benefits does Volkswagen offer in Germany?
A 35-hour week under the collective agreement, 30 days of paid leave plus Dec 24 and 31 off, a company pension financed by Volkswagen, a time asset bond for early retirement, employee car and bike leasing, and profit sharing or a bonus.
Source: volkswagen-karriere.de, Benefits and work-life balance
Can Volkswagen employees work from home?
Yes, where the job allows: employees agree mobile working days with their manager and can spread their hours between 6 am and 10 pm. How much remote work is possible is stated in each job description.
Source: volkswagen-karriere.de
What is Volkswagen's employee turnover rate?
The Group's fluctuation rate was 6.6% in 2025 (6.1% in 2024); 39,887 employees left during the year.
Source: Annual Report 2025, Sustainability Report
Does Volkswagen offer sabbaticals?
Yes. Under “My Time Off” employees can take three to six months off while receiving 75% of their salary, and pay it back afterwards by waiving 25% for 9 to 18 months.
Source: volkswagen-karriere.de
Who is Volkswagen's CEO?
Oliver Blume, Chairman of the Board of Management since September 1, 2022. In October 2025 the Supervisory Board extended his term to the end of 2030.
Source: volkswagen-group.com Executive Bodies · press release, Oct 17, 2025
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