What YER does

YER is a Dutch professional staffing, recruitment, and talent development firm headquartered in Amsterdam and founded in 1987 by Jaap Kooijman as Young Executive Recruitment. The company places temporary and permanent professionals across horizontal business units including Engineering, IT, Finance, Sociaal Domein (social welfare), Fysiek Domein (physical/operational), Insurance, and Executive Search, serving clients that include large multinationals (ASML, Siemens, Rabobank, DAF, Amgen, NXP, Canon, BAM, Spie), mid-market firms, and Dutch government bodies. YER operates from offices in Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Groningen, and Capelle aan den IJssel, with international reach across Europe and the United States, and runs a self-service vacancy portal alongside sector-specialized consultants.

The company's revenue model centers on professional services across five streams: Detachering (staffing/secondment) where YER-employed candidates are billed to clients at a margin, Werving & Selectie (permanent placement fees), Managed Service Provider (MSP) programs for contingent workforce management, Tech Solutions (IT staffing and consulting), and Talent Development (traineeships and structured development programs). YER sub-brands YER Executive (senior-management search) and YER Insurance (insurance-sector staffing) extend the portfolio. Pricing is per-engagement and not publicly disclosed; placement and hourly rates are negotiated on a per-client, per-mandate basis. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales via dedicated account managers with self-service candidate channels and proactive consultant sourcing through LinkedIn and referrals.

YER's technology stack is primarily operational rather than productized: Power BI dashboards, Microsoft Fabric for data analytics, and AI/ML for candidate-job matching, CV analysis, and predictive analytics underpin internal processes, but no proprietary technology product is offered externally. Since 2022, YER has been owned by private equity firm Inflexion, which acquired the company as part of a broader European investment portfolio. In 2025, YER divested its Estonian subsidiary (YERS) to Boreo Oyj. YER holds GDPR-compliant data processing certifications and operates with 1,001–5,000 employees, though exact headcount is not publicly disclosed.

Name

YER

Legal name

YER Nederland B.V.

Website

https://yer.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

YER is a Dutch professional staffing and recruitment firm founded in 1987, placing temporary and permanent professionals across engineering, IT, finance, government, insurance, and executive-search verticals for enterprise, mid-market, and public-sector clients in the Netherlands, Europe, and the US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing & Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Temporary Help Services (561320)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Professional & Technical Direct Hire (IT, Engineering, Finance, Healthcare) (BPACAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cloud, DevOps & Infrastructure Staffing (BPACADAD), General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA), Managed Workplace Services (DaaS/Workplace-as-a-Service) (BPAEAIAA)

Keywords

• Staffing services
• Recruitment solutions
• Talent placement
• Executive search
• Workforce management

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Staffing / Detachering: YER places professionals (both temporary and permanent) with client organizations. Candidates are employed by YER and assigned to clients on a project basis, generating revenue through the margin between candidate salary and client billing rate. This is YER's primary revenue stream.
2. Recruitment / Werving & Selectie: YER identifies and places candidates in permanent positions for client organizations, earning placement fees typically tied to candidate salary.
3. Managed Service Provider (MSP): YER manages the entire contingent workforce process for large clients, including supplier management, scheduling, and compliance, generating fees for managed services.
4. Tech Solutions: YER provides technology staffing solutions and consultancy services focused on IT, including contract and permanent IT placements.
5. Talent Development Programs: YER offers structured traineeship and development programs, primarily for HBO/WO starters, generating revenue through the permanent placement of trainees after program completion or ongoing contract margins.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

YER is a Dutch staffing and recruitment firm founded in 1987 that places professionals in temporary (detachering) and permanent positions across multiple sectors including Engineering, IT, Finance, Social Welfare, and Executive roles. The company employs candidates and assigns them to client organizations on a project basis, generating revenue through salary margins and placement fees.

Product overview

YER is an HR solutions provider offering a portfolio of integrated services: Detachering (staffing/secondment), Werving en Selectie (recruitment and selection), Traineeships, Tech Solutions (IT staffing and consulting), Managed Service Provider (MSP), and Talent Development Programs. The company was founded in 1987 and operates across the Netherlands, Europe, and the US. Its executive search division is branded as YER Executive. YER also provides a candidate-facing platform offering CV checks, LinkedIn profile reviews, and career coaching to support job seekers alongside its employer-facing recruitment services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• YER Executive: Specialized consultant team for executive, management, and senior-level placements in the top segment of the labor market.
• YER Insurance

Products and services

• Detachering (Staffing/Secondment)

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Randstad: Dutch-headquartered global staffing leader operating across temporary placement, permanent placement, and RPO/MSP. Directly comparable as a Netherlands-rooted multi-vertical staffing competitor with far larger scale and global footprint.
• ManpowerGroup: US-listed global staffing and workforce solutions leader with a strong Benelux presence (including Manpower Netherlands). Comparable as a broad multi-service staffing incumbent competing for the same enterprise clients.
• Robert Half International: US-headquartered specialist staffing firm for finance, accounting, technology, and legal professionals. Comparable to YER's Finance and IT vertical lines in terms of professional/technical candidate profile and direct-hire model.
• Adecco Group: Swiss-headquartered global staffing leader with extensive Benelux operations. Broad incumbent competitor offering temporary staffing, permanent placement, and career transition services comparable to YER's core portfolio.

Direct peers

• Hays: UK-listed professional staffing firm specializing in placement of qualified professionals across IT, engineering, finance, and construction. Directly comparable to YER's sector-specialized detachering and permanent placement model in the same European markets.
• Michael Page: Global professional recruitment firm (part of PageGroup) placing mid-to-senior professionals across disciplines including engineering, IT, finance, and supply chain. Closely mirrors YER's Werving & Selectie and YER Executive offerings in the Dutch market.
• Brunel International: Dutch-headquartered specialist staffing firm focused on engineering, energy, and technical professionals worldwide. Directly comparable to YER Engineering's model of placing highly educated technical talent into project-based and permanent roles.
• Yacht (Randstad subsidiary): Netherlands-based specialist staffing brand under Randstad focusing on IT, engineering, and professional placements. Direct head-to-head competitor with YER in the Dutch IT and engineering detachering market.
• CIMSOLUTIONS: Dutch IT consultancy and staffing firm placing technology professionals in detachering and permanent roles. Direct peer to YER's Tech Solutions practice within the Netherlands IT staffing market.

Regional players

• Huxley International: Global specialist recruiter for IT, banking, and finance professionals operating across Europe and beyond. Comparable to YER's IT and Finance segments, though with a stronger UK and banking focus than YER's Dutch-centric mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCvhBlWBYZzV-F9kPk8oonyg
• Facebookfacebook.com/YERrecruitment
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/yer
• Instagraminstagram.com/yer_recruitment

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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