Connecticut is losing another company, with toymaker Lego Group now planning to move its U.S. headquarters to Boston.

The Danish company, whose Americas base has been at 100 Print Shop Road in Enfield for decades, this week said it will relocate to Boston by the end of 2026. The global maker and retailer of the popular kits of interlocking plastic bricks said it will begin a search for a new office location in central Boston. Lego currently has an education office in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood.

Lego's exit is the second big corporate departure — and loss of hundreds of jobs — that the Nutmeg State has been informed about in the past few days. Last week, Campbell Soup Co. announced that as part of a consolidation it was closing its Pepperidge Farm headquarters at 595 Westport Ave. in Norwalk and relocating those employees and functions to its headquarters in Camden, New Jersey.

Skip Kodak, president of Lego in the Americas, said the move to Boston would support the business’s long-term growth ambitions to bring the company's products to even more children in the United States and the Americas region.

“Boston is ranked one of the best cities in the world to attract and retain talent," Kodak said in a statement. "This, along with its world-class academic institutions, skilled workforce and great quality of life makes it an ideal location for our U.S. head office. We have exciting plans for the next phase of growth and hope we can retain many of our current team, as well as attract new colleagues.”

Lego operates more than 100 stores across the country, including a flagship location on 636 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan.

The company expects its upcoming headquarters move will take place in phases beginning in mid-2025 and is slated to be completed by the end of 2026. Until then, Lego employees will work across two sites, the existing office in Enfield and the company’s Boston education office, where new roles will be located.

Lego opened its office in Enfield in 1975. The original site was home to a factory and warehouse, but the current location is only offices. Lego occupies 259,000 square feet of the 587,700-square-foot building, according to CoStar data.

Lego has about 740 full-time workers based in Enfield, who will be offered positions at the new location and will receive relocation assistance if they wish to make the move. Those who opt not to relocate will receive financial support and job placement assistance to transition to new jobs outside the company.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont issued a statement in response to Lego's announcement.

“I am disappointed to hear today’s news, but I am confident in Connecticut’s ability to attract and retain companies that value our competitive advantages in education, workforce, and quality of life. We are seeing these advantages resonate more and more in industries such as advanced manufacturing, life sciences, and fintech," Lamont said. "Based on my conversations this morning with Lego’s leadership, their move is motivated not by any Connecticut policy but rather Lego’s desire to consolidate their business operations near the company’s Education Office and to enhance their partnership with" the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.