headquartered

Home office situated

Headquartered describes where an organization has its main base of operations: The company is headquartered in Tokyo.

It functions as both a past participle and an adjective, always indicating the location of central command rather than branch offices or subsidiaries.

A Delaware-headquartered firm with offices worldwide.

corporate

multinational

Operating across multiple countries

company · firm · subsidiary · parent · holding · division · franchise · brand · merger · acquisition

operations

base

Supporting bottom structure

campus · office · compound · facility · premises · complex · tower · building · center · anchor

location

city

Large populated area

country · nation · state · province · district · territory · locale · site · address · jurisdiction

command

leadership

Ability to direct others

governance · oversight · coordination · control · authority · direction · strategy · decision-making · board · C-suite

Opposites
organizational centrality

headquartereddecentralized

Lacking single authority

distributed · outposted · peripheral · franchised · offshored

Phrases
Family

headquarters, headquarter, headquartering

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G