What Chabber does

Chabber is a Danish online staffing marketplace that connects hospitality, event, and catering businesses with temporary waiting and kitchen staff. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Copenhagen, the platform operates through a web-based management interface and native iOS and Android applications, enabling employers to post shifts and temporary workers (called "chabbers") to apply around the clock. The company reports an average shift fill time of 11 minutes from posting to first applicants and serves a community of thousands of temps.

The platform is differentiated by directly employing its temporary workers rather than treating them as independent contractors, providing social benefits, insurance, and proper tax reporting. Core product features include a profile and rating system for temps, favorites and auto-hire functionality, and multi-user team collaboration for organizational accounts. The product surface spans four service offerings: events staffing for corporate and large-scale events, specialized kitchen temp placement, private functions service for weddings and personal celebrations, and a shift board for workers seeking shifts. Tech stack consists of a consumer-grade web/mobile stack with Piwik PRO for analytics, Facebook and LinkedIn pixels for marketing, and standard GDPR-compliant data practices. No API, SDK, or integration ecosystem is offered.

Chabber generates revenue through transaction fees (commissions on shift bookings) and recurring platform/service fees, with private clients offered a "zero administration" package covering salaries, insurance, and taxes. Go-to-market is primarily product-led and self-serve, supplemented by community managers, video testimonials, and event-driven marketing featuring high-profile enterprise clients. The company is a subsidiary of Edda Group (a diversified conglomerate), with customers including Bellagroup (operating major Copenhagen venues and hotels), Copenhagen Venues, and DiningSix, alongside long-tail private event hosts.

Name

Chabber

Legal name

Chabber Danmark ApS

Website

https://chabber.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chabber is a Danish online job marketplace connecting hospitality, event, and catering businesses with temporary waiting and kitchen staff, employing its temps directly and serving clients like Bellagroup and Copenhagen Venues.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Temporary Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (56132), Temporary Help Services (561320)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

High-Volume / High-Turnover Temp Staffing (BPACACAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Meetings & Group Travel Management (SMMP) (THALAMAL)

Keywords

• Temporary staffing platform
• Hospitality staffing
• Event staffing
• Shift booking
• Kitchen staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Copenhagen

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Temp Staffing Commission: Platform connects waiting and kitchen temps with businesses and private individuals. The company employs the chabbers directly and charges clients for staffing services, taking a commission on the shift bookings.
2. Platform Subscription/Service Fees: Businesses and individuals pay for access to the temp staffing platform, with zero administration offered for private clients (salaries, insurances, taxes handled by Chabber).

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Chabber operates a digital temp staffing platform that connects businesses, event venues, and private individuals with pre-vetted waiting and kitchen staff in Denmark. The platform allows employers to post shifts 24/7 via web and mobile apps, review applicant profiles with employer ratings, maintain favorites lists, and book temps within an average of 11 minutes. Chabber employs the temps directly, handling salaries, insurance, and tax reporting, while charging clients per shift via transaction-based commissions and platform service fees.

Product overview

Chabber is a staffing platform that connects venues and event organizers with temporary waiting and kitchen staff. The platform consists of a web-based core product and mobile applications for iOS and Android. The main Chabber Staffing Platform allows employers to post shifts, review applicant profiles with ratings, and manage bookings 24/7. Service offerings include Events Staffing for large-scale events, Kitchen Temps for events requiring chefs and kitchen hands, and Private Functions Service for personal celebrations. The Looking for Work / Shift Board enables temps to find and apply for shifts. All services are integrated through the unified platform with features like favoriting temps, adding multiple users to organizational accounts, and real-time shift applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chabber Staffing Platform Web-based temp staffing platform enabling Danish businesses, event venues, and private hosts to post shifts, browse applicant profiles with employer ratings, maintain favorites lists, and book pre-vetted waiting and kitchen staff around the clock. Chabber acts as the legal employer, handling salaries, insurance, and taxes for clients.
• Chabber Mobile App

Quantifiable outcome

• Average shift filling time of 11 minutes from posting to first applicants

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and supporting.

• BellagroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBellagroup collaborates with Chabber to find kitchen assistance for venues hosting 300-15,000 guests daily. The partnership includes Bella Center Copenhagen, Bella Arena, Copenhagen Marriott Hotel, and other properties. Executive Head Chef Allan Alexander Otto Jakobsen uses temps from Chabber daily for flexibility in staffing events.
• Cocktailcompany.dkminorOthersChabber partners with Cocktailcompany.dk to offer bartender courses for temps. The course takes place over 4 weekday evenings with training from professional bartenders.
• Edda GroupcoreOthersChabber is part of Edda Group. Through this parent company, Chabber is connected to the UN Global Compact (FN's CSR program), an international program for corporate social responsibility. They prepare annual reports with concrete measures and targets within the main principles.
• Lund Elmer Sandager (LES)supportingOthersChabber's whistleblower arrangement is delivered by law firm Lund Elmer Sandager, who ensure complete anonymity and a data-secure process for reporting unethical conditions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ManpowerGroup: World's largest staffing firm with a sizable hospitality and events segment; competes broadly for enterprise venue and hotel staffing contracts that Chabber also targets.
• Gi Group: Global staffing and HR services company with hospitality/event coverage; relevant incumbent competitor for multi-property venue and hotel customers.
• Adecco: Global staffing leader with broad hospitality and event staffing offerings; larger and less specialized than Chabber but competes for the same enterprise client wallet.

Regional players

• Mistertemp': French digital temporary-staffing group using a marketplace model; serves the same hospitality/events and logistics verticals but primarily in France rather than Denmark.

Direct peers

• Coople: Swiss-headquartered digital staffing platform matching temporary hospitality and event staff with employers — directly comparable in employer-of-record style model and event/hospitality focus.
• StaffMe: French platform connecting businesses with event, hospitality, and promotional staff on demand; matches Chabber's event-staffing focus and freelance/marketplace structure.
• Jobandtalent: European temp-staffing marketplace with employer-of-record capabilities across multiple verticals; comparable as a digital temp-staffing platform with similar compliance positioning.
• Indeed Flex: Global marketplace for temporary and shift-based hospitality, retail, and warehouse staffing; competes head-to-head with Chabber on flexible-staffing marketplace mechanics.
• Temper: Dutch on-demand staffing platform focused on hospitality and events; highly comparable in vertical (hospitality/events), gig model, and self-serve app approach.

Emerging players

• Roamler: European flexible-workforce platform with app-based temp matching for field, retail, and hospitality tasks; shares the PLG mobile-app onboarding and two-sided marketplace mechanics with Chabber.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/chabberapp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chabber

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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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