company office building; company premises
Refers to a building owned or used by a company, especially an office building; often used in business, news, and real-estate contexts.
新しい社屋が来月完成する。
The new company office building will be completed next month.
This manufacturer built a new company building last year.
駅前に本社の社屋がある。
The headquarters building is in front of the station.
The company plans to relocate its office building next month.
The new company building will be completed next spring.
本社 refers to a company's head office as an organization or location, whereas 社屋 focuses on the physical building itself.
会社 means the company as a business entity, while 社屋 refers only to the physical building the company uses.
Counts whole buildings; the formal reading used in official contexts like real-estate listings and hospitals.
Counts whole buildings (one roof); the everyday native reading.
A Sino-Japanese compound written with 社, associated here with a company, and 屋, meaning building or house. The spelling directly reflects the idea of a company building.