What WHC does

WHC (legal entity WHC Személyzeti Szolgáltató Kft.) is a 100% Hungarian-owned, privately held HR services company headquartered in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary, founded in 1990. The company provides a full-stack workforce solutions offering to corporate clients, including temporary staffing and labor leasing (WHC Work), white-collar recruitment (WHC Heads), student employment via cooperative (WHC Diák Iskolaszövetkezet), senior citizen employment (WHC Szenior Nyugdíjas Szövetkezet), parent employment cooperatives (WHC Family), outsourced payroll (WHC Payroll), international recruitment and relocation (WHC Relocation), customer experience services (WHC CX Services), and a recruitment arm (WHC Recruitment). Distribution is direct-to-enterprise via 14 Hungarian offices plus a six-country Central-Eastern European footprint covering Slovakia, Austria, Serbia, Slovenia, and Croatia, with a quote-based B2B pricing model tailored to client requirements. The company reports 251-500 employees, holds ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certifications, and operates under statutory Hungarian workforce lending and mediation licenses. Underlying technology is a service-based operating model with branded web portals per workforce segment; no proprietary technology platform or AI/ML capability is publicly disclosed. The business model is volume-driven B2B services revenue across staffing mark-ups, recruitment fees, payroll processing fees, and cooperative-based employment services, supported by eleven wholly-owned subsidiaries that allow each employment segment to be operated under its optimal legal and tax structure.

Name

WHC

Legal name

WHC Személyzeti Szolgáltató Kft.

Website

https://whc.hu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

WHC is a 100% Hungarian-owned HR services company, founded in 1990, providing staffing, recruitment, payroll outsourcing, student, senior, and family employment cooperatives, and customer experience services to corporate clients across Hungary and five other Central-Eastern European countries via 14 domestic offices and dedicated sub-brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Services / Staffing and Workforce Solutions

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Temporary Help Services (56132), Payroll Services (541214)

SIC

Services-Help Supply Services (7363), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

HR Service Delivery, Case Management & Employee Self-Service (BPACAPAL)

Keywords

• Workforce lending services
• Recruitment mediation
• Payroll outsourcing
• Student employment cooperative
• International relocation staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Zalaegerszeg

HQ country

Hungary

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

WHC provides comprehensive B2B HR services through a multi-brand portfolio: temporary workforce lending, permanent and white-collar recruitment, student employment via cooperative, retiree and parent employment cooperatives, outsourced payroll processing, international recruitment and relocation, and customer experience services. The company serves corporate clients across Hungary and the wider Central-Eastern European region from 14 Hungarian offices.

Product overview

WHC is a comprehensive HR services platform operating under a multi-brand portfolio strategy. The core WHC Kft. entity provides staffing, labor leasing, recruitment mediation, and payroll outsourcing services, while specialized sub-brands target distinct workforce segments: WHC Work serves physical labor needs, WHC Heads handles white-collar recruitment, WHC Student manages student employment via cooperative model, WHC Family supports mothers with young children, WHC Payroll offers outsourced payroll processing, WHC Senior enables retiree employment, and WHC Reloc handles international recruitment and relocation. The WHC Life portal serves as the employer branding platform for internal career opportunities. Together, these brands form a full-stack workforce solutions ecosystem covering Hungary with 14 offices since the company's founding in 1990.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WHC Work: Physical labor staffing and recruitment services
• WHC Student
• WHC Heads
• WHC Family
• WHC Payroll
• WHC Senior
• WHC Reloc
• WHC Life
• WHC CX Services

Products and services

• WHC Work Physical labor staffing and recruitment service connecting businesses with workers for manual labor positions. Targeted at corporate clients needing blue-collar and industrial workforce capacity.
• WHC Student Student employment services providing job opportunities for students through an educational cooperative model (WHC Diák Iskolaszövetkezet). Sourced from the student population for client companies.
• WHC Heads Intellectual staffing and recruitment services for professional, administrative, and white-collar positions. Sourced for client companies needing skilled office-based workforce.
• WHC Family Cooperative-based employment services for mothers with young children, enabling work alongside childcare responsibilities. Sourced from the WHC Family cooperative for client companies.
• WHC Payroll Outsourced payroll processing services handling salary calculation, tax withholding, and compliance for client companies, operated by WHC Payroll Kft.
• WHC Senior Employment services for retirees enabling pensioners to work while receiving their pension benefits, operated by WHC Szenior Nyugdíjas Szövetkezet. Sourced from the senior population for client companies.
• WHC Reloc International recruitment and relocation services helping foreign workers obtain work permits and relocate to Hungary, operated by WHC Relocation Kft.
• WHC CX Services Customer experience outsourcing services, providing dedicated CX teams to client companies, operated by WHC CX Services Kft.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Trenkwalder: Austrian-headquartered staffing and HR services group with deep operations across CEE including Hungary. Directly comparable to WHC in temp staffing, recruitment, and payroll outsourcing for the same enterprise client base in the same geography.
• Grafton Recruitment: Ireland-headquartered recruitment agency with strong CEE presence including Hungary. Closely comparable to WHC's professional/white-collar staffing services (WHC Heads) and mid-market permanent placement.
• Prohumán: Hungarian domestic staffing and HR services provider competing directly with WHC in temporary work, recruitment, and payroll outsourcing for the same Hungarian client base and workforce segments.
• Meló-Diák: Leading Hungarian student employment cooperative. Directly comparable to WHC's WHC Student sub-brand, both operating student labor cooperatives under the same Hungarian regulatory framework with similar university and employer client bases.
• Hays Hungary: Hungarian operation of Hays, a UK-listed professional staffing firm. Closely comparable to WHC Heads in professional, white-collar, and qualified recruitment services across Hungary and CEE.
• Wyser: International search and selection firm owned by Gi Group with operations in Hungary. Comparable to WHC Heads and WHC Relocation in mid-senior professional recruitment and international talent placement for Hungarian employers.

Broad incumbents

• Gi Group: Italian-headquartered global staffing and HR services firm with significant presence in Hungary and CEE. Comparable to WHC across temp staffing, permanent placement, and BPO, though operating at much larger scale with broader international footprint.
• ManpowerGroup Hungary: Hungarian subsidiary of global staffing leader ManpowerGroup. Directly comparable to WHC in temp and permanent staffing, recruitment process outsourcing, and career transition services for the Hungarian enterprise market.
• Randstad Hungary: Hungarian operation of global HR services leader Randstad. Competes head-to-head with WHC in white-collar staffing (similar to WHC Heads), industrial staffing (WHC Work), and HR solutions across Hungary.
• Adecco Hungary: Hungarian arm of Adecco Group, one of the world's largest staffing firms. Directly comparable to WHC in flexible placement, permanent placement, and workforce solutions across Hungary and the broader CEE region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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