GEE Group

What GEE Group does

GEE Group Inc. (NYSE American: JOB) is a US multi-brand professional staffing firm that operates as a holding company over a portfolio of retained subsidiary brands including SNI Companies (with divisions Accounting Now, Staffing Now, SNI Financial, SNI Technology, SNI Banking, SNI Energy, SNI Hospitality), Access Data, Agile, Ashley Ellis, General Employment, Omni One, Paladin, Scribe Solutions, Triad Staffing, and Hornet Staffing. The company provides contract staffing and direct hire placement services across five primary verticals: information technology, engineering, finance and accounting, legal, and healthcare (specifically medical scribe staffing for EMR documentation). It serves enterprise and mid-market clients — explicitly targeting Fortune 1000 and large users of contingent labor — through direct sales, a network of over 30 offices across 15 US states, and Managed Service Provider (MSP) / Vendor Management System (VMS) channel partnerships enhanced by the January 2025 Hornet Staffing acquisition.

Revenue is generated through two streams: (1) contract staffing billed on an hourly or project basis across placed contractors (historically the majority of revenue at approximately $16.3–17.8M per quarter) and (2) direct hire placement services earning one-time fees as a percentage of placed candidate's first-year salary, carrying effectively 100% gross margin (approximately $2.7–3.2M per quarter, with 7–8% recent growth). The company's stated core technology is internal AI integration used to digitize, streamline, and accelerate recruiting and sales processes; AI is not commercialized as a customer-facing product. The firm was originally founded in Chicago in 1893 as a one-desk engineering staffing hire firm, formally incorporated in Illinois in 1962, and now operates from a Jacksonville, Florida headquarters. The Industrial Segment was divested in June 2025, refocusing operations on professional staffing; the company is currently in a strategic alternatives review with Roth Capital Partners following unsolicited acquisition interest.

Name

GEE Group

Legal name

GEE Group Inc.

Website

https://geegroup.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1893

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

GEE Group Inc. (NYSE American: JOB) is a US multi-brand professional staffing firm providing contract and direct hire placement in IT, finance/accounting, legal, engineering, and healthcare via 30+ offices across 15 states and a portfolio of retained subsidiary brands serving Fortune 1000 enterprise clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Staffing Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Generalist Staffing Agencies (BPACACAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

Keywords

• Professional staffing services
• IT staffing solutions
• Direct hire placement
• Healthcare medical scribes
• Finance accounting staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Jacksonville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Contract Staffing Services: GEE Group provides contract staffing services placing temporary professionals in client organizations. This includes IT, engineering, finance and accounting, legal, and customer service professionals. Contract staffing represented the majority of revenue at approximately $16.3-17.8 million per quarter.
2. Direct Hire Placement Services: The company places candidates in permanent positions for clients, earning one-time fees typically calculated as a percentage of the placed candidate's first-year salary. Direct hire placements have 100% gross margin and represented approximately $2.7-3.2 million per quarter, showing 7-8% growth.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

GEE Group Inc. provides professional, commercial, and healthcare staffing and recruiting services across IT, legal, engineering, finance and accounting, and healthcare verticals through a portfolio of specialty brands. The company delivers both contract (temporary) staffing billed on an hourly basis and direct hire (permanent) placement services earning one-time fees. Service delivery is supported by over 30 offices across 15 states, offshore recruiting teams, and AI-assisted recruiting and sales tools.

Product overview

GEE Group Inc. is a multi-brand national staffing and recruiting firm that operates as a portfolio of specialized staffing service brands rather than a single unified platform. The company provides professional staffing services (IT, engineering, finance and accounting), commercial staffing, and healthcare staffing through its various subsidiary brands. The core service model includes contract staffing services and direct hire placement services. The company operates under two primary segments: Professional Staffing Services (the continuing operations) and former Industrial Staffing Services (discontinued). The brand portfolio includes Access Data, Agile, Ashley Ellis, General Employment, Omni One, Paladin, Scribe Solutions, Triad Staffing, SNI Companies (with divisions including Accounting Now, Staffing Now, SNI Financial, SNI Technology, SNI Banking, SNI Energy, SNI Hospitality), and the acquired Hornet Staffing brand. The company leverages AI tools internally for recruiting efficiency and sales acceleration but does not offer AI as a product capability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Access Data: IT consulting and staffing services
• Agile
• Ashley Ellis
• General Employment
• Omni One
• Paladin
• Scribe Solutions
• Triad Staffing
• Staffing Now
• SNI Companies
• Accounting Now
• SNI Technology
• SNI Financial
• SNI Certainly
• SNI Banking
• SNI Energy
• SNI Hospitality

Products and services

• Professional Staffing Services Provides professional staffing and recruiting services placing temporary and permanent professionals in client organizations across IT, legal, engineering, finance and accounting verticals. Served through brands including Access Data Consulting, Agile Resources, Omni One, GEE Group Columbus, Hornet Staffing, and Paladin Consulting.
• Commercial Staffing Services Provides commercial staffing services for various sectors including light industrial and general labor positions. Delivered through the Triad Staffing brand among others.
• Healthcare Staffing Services Through its Scribe Solutions brand, staffs medical scribes who assist physicians in emergency departments of hospitals and medical practices by providing required documentation for patient care in connection with electronic medical records (EMR).
• SNI Companies Staffing Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Direct hire placement revenues increased 7-8% year-over-year in recent quarters, with $3.2 million in Q2 FY2026
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• ASGN Incorporated: ASGN is a direct peer in IT staffing and consulting with strong overlap on technology talent placement. GEE Group's Access Data, Agile, and SNI Certainly brands compete for the same IT contractor pool and IT consulting engagements that drive ASGN's revenue.
• Kforce Inc. Kforce is a direct peer specializing in technology and finance & accounting staffing with both contract and direct hire models. Its similar vertical focus and U.S.-only footprint mirror GEE Group's SNI Technology and SNI Financial brands, making it a close operating model comparable.
• AMN Healthcare: AMN Healthcare is a direct peer in healthcare staffing, the segment where GEE Group operates through Scribe Solutions providing medical scribes to emergency departments. Both serve hospital systems and physician practices with documentation and clinical support workforce solutions.
• Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry operates a professional search and talent solutions business overlapping with GEE Group's direct hire and consulting offerings. Both firms position professional services as a higher-margin alternative to pure contract staffing and target similar enterprise buyers.
• Robert Half International: Robert Half is the largest direct peer in U.S. professional staffing with overlapping IT, finance & accounting, legal, and administrative verticals. Both firms run dual contract and direct hire placement models targeting mid-market and Fortune 1000 clients, making it the closest comparable to GEE Group's SNI Companies and Accounting Now brands.
• Insight Global: Insight Global is a private direct competitor in IT and professional staffing with national U.S. reach and a multi-vertical offering. Its positioning across IT, F&A, and healthcare contracting overlaps meaningfully with GEE Group's professional staffing portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• Aerotek: Aerotek (an Allegis Group subsidiary) is a broad incumbent in technical and professional staffing with similar IT and engineering recruiting capabilities. While it has a much larger industrial staffing heritage, its professional services arm competes for shared clients with GEE Group.
• Recruit Holdings: Recruit Holdings operates a global staffing and HR services platform including RGF Staffing, Indeed, and LinkedIn. While not a direct competing recruiter in the same way, its portfolio competes for the same enterprise RPO/MSP contracts and captures candidate flow that affects staffing firm pipeline economics.
• Randstad NV: Randstad is a global broad incumbent in staffing and HR services with North American operations spanning professional, IT, and healthcare segments. Its scale and integrated MSP/VMS delivery model make it a competitor for the same enterprise workforce solutions contracts GEE Group pursues.
• ManpowerGroup: ManpowerGroup is a broad incumbent operating across staffing, RPO, and talent solutions globally with much greater scale than GEE Group. Its Experis division directly overlaps GEE Group's IT staffing, while its broader portfolio competes for the same enterprise MSP contracts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/geegrp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments

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