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Xero Headquarters & offices · Wellington, New Zealand

Corner view of a two-storey heritage brick facade with a dark multi-storey glass and mesh block rising above it, under a blue sky — Xero One, corner of Taranaki and Wakefield Streets · © Inside Design (photographer not named on the page)

Black steel stair with glass balustrades and reclaimed timber walls, pendant bulbs and a large number 3 on the landing — The central stair of reclaimed timber · © Inside Design (photographer not named on the page)

Cafe area with a curved timber-slat counter, coffee machine, high tables and stools under ring lights — A café area beside the stair · © Agile Engineering

The heritage facade and dark upper floors lit in blue at dusk, with light trails on the street — Xero One at dusk · © Inside Design (photographer not named on the page)

Open office floor with long white desks, orange and grey patterned carpet and a timber-clad stair marked 4 — Open team area on level 4 · © Agile Engineering

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Xero · Wellington, New Zealand

A 1920s motor garage on Taranaki Street, rebuilt as a five-floor “vertical campus” with a stair made of century-old timber from the building itself.

Inside Xero One, the perks — 26 weeks' parental leave, ten wellbeing days, shares every year — and the road from a Wellington kitchen table to five Wellington addresses. Every fact from Xero, its designers and the New Zealand company register.

5 floorsjoined by one atrium stair at Xero One
650+staff in the Wellington HQ at opening (2018)
26 weekspaid parental leave, with top-ups up to 100%
5 millioncustomers in 180+ countries

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Sources: Xero press release, 1 Feb 2018 · careers.xero.com · xero.com/about and media factsheet · 4WoRK and Inside Design project pages · NZ Companies Office

Companies / New Zealand / Accounting software / Xero

THE HEADQUARTERS · XERO ONE · WELLINGTON

A heritage garage with five new floors inside

Xero One stands on the corner of Taranaki and Wakefield Streets. The two-storey heritage façade of the old Manthel Motors building — later a Second World War storehouse — was kept, and five new storeys were built inside it. A central stair, clad in century-old timbers salvaged from the refurbishment, links the five floors and lands beside a café area on each one. Around it is an activity-based office: phone rooms, focus booths, huddle and training rooms and open team areas, so people choose where to work moment by moment.

5 open floors, daylight on three sides
Stair of reclaimed century-old timber
A café area on every floor
Heritage façade kept; 100% of new-building earthquake standard
Opened February 2018

The heritage façade and mesh screen

The two-storey heritage façade of the old Manthel Motors building was kept, and five new storeys were built inside it.

Street-front view of a long heritage facade with arched windows, topped by dark upper floors behind a mesh screen — The heritage façade from the street · © Inside Design (photographer not named on the page)

The building on a wet street corner with traffic light trails in the foreground — From Taranaki Street · © Xero Limited (media use)

Frontal view at dusk of the heritage facade with the upper floors glowing blue — Façade at dusk · © Inside Design (photographer not named on the page)

Close-up of the old cornice and windows below a projecting glass and mesh box — Old cornice, new floors above · © Inside Design (photographer not named on the page)

The atrium stair of reclaimed timber

A central stair, clad in century-old timbers salvaged from the refurbishment, links the five floors.

Tall reclaimed timber wall with a large number 5 under a glazed roof — Top of the atrium · © Inside Design (photographer not named on the page)

Looking across the open stair void to an office floor with desks and lounge seating — The stair void between floors · © Agile Engineering

Timber-clad stair with a large number 3 beside a glass-walled meeting room — Stair landing on level 3 · © Xero Limited (media use)

Concrete stair winding around a backlit white panel — Stairwell · © Inside Design (photographer not named on the page)

Floors, cafés and meeting spaces

Around the stair is an activity-based office of phone rooms, focus booths, huddle and training rooms and open team areas.

Open floor seen from the stair balustrade with high tables, booths and desks on the level below — Open team areas · © Agile Engineering

Meeting room with a long white table, black chairs, a wall screen and orange pendant lamps — Meeting room · © Agile Engineering

Reception area with a timber desk, wall screen and glazed meeting rooms — Reception · © Agile Engineering

Two lounge chairs by a tall window overlooking city buildings and the harbour — Window seating · © Inside Design (photographer not named on the page)

Sources: Xero press release “Xero officially opens new Wellington HQ” (1 Feb 2018) · 4WoRK project page “Xero” · Inside Design project page “xero” · Agile Engineering project page “Xero Wellington HQ”

Wellington HQ and the regional hubs

Building	Address
Xero One (global HQ)	19–23 Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
Te Ara Turoa, Auckland	96 St Georges Bay Road, Parnell, Auckland 1052
Australian HQ, Melbourne	Level 3, 260 Burwood Road, Hawthorn VIC 3122
UK HQ + Experience Centre	5th Floor, 100 Avebury Boulevard, Milton Keynes MK9 1FH
U.S. HQ	1875 South Grant Street, Suite 640, San Mateo, CA 94402
Hawke's Bay (a converted wool store)	2 Bridge Street, Ahuriri, Napier 4110

Source: xero.com/about/offices (2026) · See them on the map ↓

Office area (Xero)6,718 m² (≈ 72,300 sq ft)

Floor area (designers)8,500 m² (≈ 91,500 sq ft)

Fit-out design4WoRK

Base-building architectInside Design

Building servicesAgile Engineering

DeveloperThe Wellington Company

CompletedFebruary 2018

Built for700 staff

Source: Xero press release, 1 Feb 2018 (6,718 m²) · 4WoRK and Agile Engineering project pages (8,500 m², 700 staff) · Inside Design project page. The two area figures differ as published.

Benefits (global)

Parental leave26 weeks

Paid, with top-ups up to 100%; for all permanent employees, however they become a parent.

Partner leave6 weeks

Paid leave in the baby's first year.

Wellbeing leave10+ days

A year, on top of 20+ days' annual leave.

Xtra leave5 days

A year, to use whenever and however you like; plus 3 extra days over the year-end shutdown.

Counselling6 + 6 free

Six coaching and six counselling sessions via Modern Health, for employees and immediate family.

Employee Share PlanYearly

Every employee receives a percentage of base salary in Xero shares each year.

Life insurance1× salary

Minimum cover equal to base annual salary; medical insurance in all regions.

Volunteering1 day

One paid Community Connect day a year; buy extra time off with Lifestyle leave.

Source: careers.xero.com, “Benefits & Wellbeing” and “People & Culture” (2026)

How Xero keeps people, in its own words

SharesEvery year, for everyone

Under the Employee Share Plan, every Xero receives a percentage of base salary in Xero shares each year, usually in July.

22,000+LinkedIn Learning courses

Every employee gets LinkedIn Learning, plus an AI Learning Academy and capability and career frameworks that show the next level.

MentorMentorloop and coaching

Every Xero can find a mentor on Mentorloop and book annual sessions with an ICF-accredited coach.

10 ERGsEmployee resource groups

Including Women of Xero, Māori & Pasifika (NZ), LGBTQIA+, Neurodiversity and Families.

44%Women in the workforce

63% of the leadership team are women; Xero has been in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index every year since 2020.

Xero DayRituals that connect

Boost Days in the office, hackathons, global all-hands, CEO Ask-Me-Anything sessions, Xerovision and Xero Day.

Source: careers.xero.com — Benefits & Wellbeing, Career Growth and People & Culture pages (2026)

Who works here

Women and men · whole workforce (2026)

Women 44%Others 56%

4,784

employees worldwide (31 March 2022)

63%

of the leadership team are women

offices in 9 countries

people in a Wellington apartment at the start (2006)

Source: blog.xero.com, “Xero's full year 2022 financial results” · careers.xero.com, People & Culture and Benefits & Wellbeing · Xero press release, 1 Feb 2018

Pay at Xero

Base salary ranges, engineering ladder · Vancouver (CAD, 2026)

Engineer$131,800 – $150,000

Senior Engineer$155,000 – $205,000

Lead Engineer$186,000 – $236,000

Principal Engineer$227,700 – $284,600

Source: careers.xero.com postings 300d16ab, 042b3776, 4610d7b3 and f5566a9d (2026), in Canadian dollars. A U.S. remote posting for Lead Engineer – Accounting Core (10cbea43) lists US$206,000–$260,000 for Washington. New Zealand postings do not state a range; the Employee Share Plan comes on top.

Office history: from a kitchen table to Xero One

2006
A kitchen table in a Wellington apartment
Xero began with a team of four at a kitchen table in a Wellington apartment. It was registered as a company on 6 July 2006; from September 2006 its registered office was 404/60 Willis Street, Wellington.
Source: Xero media release, “Xero celebrates 15 year anniversary” (2021) · Xero press release, 1 Feb 2018 · NZ Companies Office, company 1830488

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2007
The Old Bank Arcade, Customhouse Quay
In February 2007 the registered office moved to Level 1, Old Bank Arcade, 98 Customhouse Quay. Xero listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange in June 2007.
Source: NZ Companies Office, company 1830488 · Xero media factsheet

Old Bank Arcade, Customhouse Quay · Panamitsu / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
2007–08
Level 14, 49 Boulcott Street
From November 2007 to May 2008 the registered office was Level 14, 49 Boulcott Street, Wellington.
Source: NZ Companies Office, company 1830488

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2008
Back to the Old Bank
From May 2008 to March 2012 the registered office was again Level 1, Old Bank, 98 Customhouse Quay.
Source: NZ Companies Office, company 1830488

Old Bank Arcade, 2013 · Bahnfrend / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
2012
3 Market Lane, Te Aro
From March 2012 to October 2017 Xero's registered office was 3 Market Lane, Wellington. By 2017 its Wellington staff were spread over three offices.
Source: NZ Companies Office, company 1830488 · Xero press release, 1 Feb 2018

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2018
Xero One, Taranaki Street
On 1 February 2018 Xero opened its largest office: the rebuilt Manthel Motors building on Taranaki and Wakefield Streets, bringing three Wellington offices and more than 650 staff together in one vertical campus. The registered office moved here in October 2017.
Source: Xero press release, 1 Feb 2018 · NZ Companies Office, company 1830488

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Map: how the headquarters moved

Every Xero headquarters has been in central Wellington: from Willis Street and the Old Bank Arcade on the waterfront to Te Aro, where Market Lane and Xero One are a short walk apart.

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1 · 2006404/60 Willis Street, Wellington — Registered office, Sep 2006 – Feb 2007
2 · 2007Old Bank Arcade, 98 Customhouse Quay — Registered office, Feb–Nov 2007 and May 2008 – Mar 2012
3 · 2007–08Level 14, 49 Boulcott Street — Registered office, Nov 2007 – May 2008
4 · 20123 Market Lane, Te Aro — Registered office, Mar 2012 – Oct 2017
5 · 2018Xero One, 19–23 Taranaki Street — Global HQ since February 2018

Addresses: NZ Companies Office (company 1830488) · xero.com/about/offices · Locations: OpenStreetMap

What Xero does

Xero is a cloud platform for small businesses and their accountants: accounting, payroll, payments (bill payments powered by Melio in the U.S.) and more than 1,000 connected apps. It serves 5 million customers in 180+ countries and leads cloud accounting in New Zealand, Australia and the UK.

Subscription software (SaaS); revenue reported in New Zealand dollars.

Operating revenue, FY23NZ$1,399.9Mup 28% (year to 31 March 2023)

Subscribers, FY233.74Mup 470,000 in a year

Gross margin, FY2387.3%flat on FY22

Customers, 20265 millionin 180+ countries

Source: blog.xero.com, “Xero's FY 2023 financial results” · xero.com/about and media factsheet (2026)

Growth: revenue vs. people

1.6×operating revenue, FY21 → FY23
NZ$0.85B → NZ$1.40B

YearRevenueEmployees

FY2021

NZ$0.8B

—

FY2022

NZ$1.1B

4,784

FY2023

NZ$1.4B

—

Fiscal years end 31 March. Operating revenue and FY22 employees: blog.xero.com results posts for FY21, FY22 (revenue published rounded to NZ$1.1B) and FY23. Later years are published only in PDF annual reports and are not shown. Multiple calculated by eciffo.

Chief executives

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2022/23 – today

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

Joined on 28 November 2022 to succeed Steve Vamos; formerly President, Asia Pacific & Latin America at Google and President at StubHub.

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– 2023

Steve Vamos

CEO for almost five years before retiring from the role.

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2006 –

Rod Drury

Founder and first CEO; later non-executive director.

Founder: Rod Drury, with the founding Xero team.

Source: blog.xero.com, “Xero announces CEO succession” · xero.com media releases (2018, 2021) · xero.com/about/team

Xero: questions people ask

Where is Xero's headquarters?

At Xero One, 19–23 Taranaki Street, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand — on the corner of Taranaki and Wakefield Streets. Xero calls Wellington its home base.

Source: xero.com/about/offices · NZ Companies Office

What is the Xero One building?

The former Manthel Motors building, used as a Second World War storehouse and converted to offices in 1990. Its two-storey heritage façade was kept and five new storeys were built inside; Xero opened it on 1 February 2018.

Source: Xero press release, 1 Feb 2018

Who designed Xero's Wellington HQ?

Inside Design designed the building for developer The Wellington Company; 4WoRK designed the office fit-out and managed the project; Agile Engineering did the building services.

Source: Inside Design, 4WoRK and Agile Engineering project pages · Xero press release

How big is Xero's Wellington office?

Xero gave 6,718 m² (about 72,300 sq ft) at the opening; its designers list 8,500 m² of floor area over five floors, built for 700 staff.

Source: Xero press release, 1 Feb 2018 · 4WoRK and Agile Engineering project pages

Where did Xero start?

At a kitchen table in a Wellington apartment, with a team of four. The company was registered in Wellington on 6 July 2006.

Source: Xero media releases (2018, 2021) · NZ Companies Office

What benefits does Xero offer?

Globally: 26 weeks' paid parental leave with top-ups up to 100%, 6 weeks' partner leave, 20+ days' annual leave plus 10+ wellbeing days and 5 Xtra days, free counselling via Modern Health, life insurance of at least one year's salary, and shares every year through the Employee Share Plan.

Source: careers.xero.com, Benefits & Wellbeing

Does Xero allow flexible or remote work?

Xero says flexible working is “the way we do things”, and parents and carers can use flexible and remote-working arrangements. Job postings are listed as office-based or remote in each country.

Source: careers.xero.com, Benefits & Wellbeing and People & Culture

How many people work at Xero?

4,784 employees at 31 March 2022 (the latest figure Xero has published outside its PDF reports), in 23 offices across 9 countries.

Source: blog.xero.com FY22 results · careers.xero.com

How much do Xero engineers make?

2026 Vancouver postings list base salaries of CA$131,800–150,000 for Engineer, CA$155,000–205,000 for Senior Engineer, CA$186,000–236,000 for Lead Engineer and CA$227,700–284,600 for Principal Engineer.

Source: careers.xero.com job postings (2026)

Who is Xero's CEO?

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, who joined on 28 November 2022 to succeed Steve Vamos. Founder Rod Drury was the first CEO.

Source: blog.xero.com, CEO succession

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Xero Headquarters & offices · Wellington, New Zealand

A 1920s motor garage on Taranaki Street, rebuilt as a five-floor “vertical campus” with a stair made of century-old timber from the building itself.