The Atlantic Group

What The Atlantic Group does

The Atlantic Group, operating legally as Atlantic Resource Partners LLC, is a US-based staffing and recruiting firm founded in 2006 that places back-, middle-, and front-office professionals across eight specialized vertical divisions: Finance & Accounting, Real Estate & Construction, Information Technology, Healthcare, Legal & Compliance, Administrative & Corporate Services, Front Office, and Temporary Staffing. Its core technology consists of a proprietary, confidential candidate database (maintained since founding and accessible only to internal recruiters) supplemented by client and employee web portals for timesheet submission, approval, billing visibility, and payroll history, with payroll processing delivered through the third-party Paycom platform. The company serves enterprise and mid-market clients — including BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Apollo, Cerberus, Lazard, MUFG, PepsiCo, and Gartner — with a consultative, retained-style contingency recruiting approach executed by industry-specialized recruiters.

Atlantic Group generates revenue through three primary streams: (1) direct-hire placement fees, typically structured as 15–25% of the placed candidate's first-year compensation depending on seniority and search complexity; (2) temporary staffing and contract-to-hire engagements, billed hourly at rates ranging from roughly $17/hour for customer care roles up to $200/hour for general counsel placements; and (3) fully customizable payroll services for client workforces. Go-to-market is sales-led and enterprise-focused, executed through dedicated recruiter relationships with corporate HR and talent acquisition leaders, supplemented by a self-serve job portal for candidate acquisition and referral-driven business development. The firm operates from nine locations spanning the US Northeast (New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Stamford, Blue Bell, Holmdel, Fort Washington, plus a Chicago Midwest presence) and an international London office, with John Ricco serving as co-founder and founding partner.

Name

The Atlantic Group

Legal name

Atlantic Resource Partners LLC

Website

https://atlanticrecruiters.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Atlantic Group is a US-based staffing and recruiting firm founded in 2006 that places back-, middle-, and front-office professionals across eight vertical divisions (finance, real estate, IT, healthcare, legal, administrative, front office, and temporary staffing), serving enterprise and mid-market clients including major financial institutions from offices across the Northeast and London.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Staffing and Recruiting Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

National Generalist Staffing Firms (BPACACAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Administrative, Clerical & Office Support Direct Hire (BPACAFAF)

Keywords

• Executive recruitment services
• Temporary staffing solutions
• Finance accounting recruiting
• Direct hire placement
• Contract-to-hire staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Nyack

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Direct Hire Placement Fees: Atlantic Group earns placement fees for successful candidate placements in permanent positions. The company operates on a contingency basis for many searches while applying a retained approach methodology without the prolonged process for specialized divisions.
2. Temporary Staffing Services: The company places short and long-term consultants supporting all areas of recruiting verticals, providing immediate value without the long-term commitment and expense of permanent hires.
3. Payroll Services: Fully customizable payroll solutions for client companies' workforce needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Atlantic Group is a multi-divisional staffing and recruiting agency that places back, middle, and front office professionals on a direct hire, contract-to-hire, and temporary basis across eight verticals — Finance & Accounting, Real Estate & Construction, Information Technology, Legal & Compliance, Healthcare, Administrative & Corporate Services, Front Office, and Temporary Staffing — and complements placements with fully customizable payroll services.

Product overview

Atlantic Group is a staffing and recruiting agency offering a multi-divisional platform with distinct service lines spanning temporary staffing, direct hire placement, and specialized recruiting across Finance & Accounting, Real Estate & Construction, Information Technology, Legal & Compliance, Healthcare, Administrative & Corporate Services, and Front Office divisions. The company operates through an integrated platform with client and employee portals for timesheet management and payroll services, serving clients nationwide from multiple office locations in the Northeast.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Temporary Staffing Places short- and long-term consultants across all of Atlantic Group's recruiting verticals, providing immediate workforce support without the long-term commitment and expense of permanent hires; positions staffed include roles across Finance & Accounting, Real Estate & Construction, IT, Healthcare, Legal & Compliance, and Administrative functions.
• Finance & Accounting Recruitment Specialized permanent and temporary placement for finance and accounting professionals, including CFO, CAO, fund accounting, tax compliance, SEC reporting, valuation, and trading operations roles; backed by recruiters with over 100 years of combined executive recruiting experience, many of whom have prior backgrounds as professionals within the finance and accounting space.
• Real Estate & Construction Recruitment Recruits mid- and senior-level professionals across the real estate and construction sectors nationally, leveraging over 75 years of combined expertise in investment management, development, general construction, engineering, and architecture, with active outreach to a network of passive candidates open to new opportunities.
• Information Technology Recruitment Nationwide placement of IT professionals from entry-level through C-suite (CIO, CTO, CISO) on a contract, full-time, and contract-to-hire basis, supporting businesses needing specialized technical talent.
• Legal & Compliance Recruitment Places top leadership and support professionals across regulatory compliance, RIA compliance, family office legal, general counsel, chief compliance officer, corporate counsel, and paralegal roles for RIAs, family offices, corporations, and financial services firms.
• Healthcare Recruitment Provides clinical and administrative healthcare professionals to hospitals, SNF, outpatient, homecare, and MRDD facilities, placing CMOs, medical directors, nursing professionals, therapists, physicians, and medical assistants on permanent and temporary assignments.
• Administrative & Corporate Services Recruitment Connects companies with professionals in administrative and office support, sales & marketing, human resources, corporate recruiting, customer service, and facilities functions across permanent, temporary, and contract-to-hire engagement models.
• Front Office Financial Services Recruitment Places revenue-generating and client-facing buy-side and sell-side financial services professionals, including equity research, wealth management, sales & trading, and principal investing roles.
• Direct Hire (Permanent) Placement Permanent placement service for clients seeking to fill full-time positions across all Atlantic Group verticals, typically structured as contingency or retained search with placement fees commonly based on a percentage of the placed candidate's first-year compensation.
• Contract-to-Hire Staffing Hybrid engagement model providing a temporary consultant who may convert to a permanent employee, with applicable conversion fees at the time of conversion.
• Payroll Services Fully customizable payroll solutions for client companies' workforce needs, administered through an online payroll system and accessible to clients and employees via the Atlantic Group portal.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 20 years of successful placements since 2006
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Kforce Inc. Publicly traded professional staffing firm specializing in technology, finance and accounting, and government sectors. Operates a similar direct-hire and temporary staffing model targeting enterprise clients with a national delivery footprint.
• Hays plc: Global specialist recruiting group with deep financial services, construction, and professional staffing practices. Comparable to Atlantic in vertical specialization, recruiter expertise positioning, and serving regulated end markets through a multi-divisional platform.
• Robert Half International: The largest specialized staffing firm in finance and accounting, with a national and international footprint. Closest direct comparable to Atlantic Group's Finance & Accounting division, with similar placement and temp staffing business models across Fortune 500 financial services clients.
• CyberCoders: Technology and executive recruiting firm (now part of ASGN) placing IT, finance, and engineering professionals. Comparable to Atlantic's IT division and contract-to-hire model targeting enterprise and mid-market clients.
• Aston Carter: A subsidiary of Aston Carter / Aerotek (Allegis Group) focused on finance, accounting, and corporate professional staffing. Competes head-to-head with Atlantic in the F&A direct-hire and temp market, particularly with Fortune 500 financial services clients.
• Insight Global: Large private staffing firm placing IT, financial, and professional candidates on contract, contract-to-hire, and direct-hire bases. Comparable to Atlantic Group in offering multi-vertical staffing with a similar GTM and recruiter-led service model.

Regional players

• VanderHouwen & Associates: Pacific Northwest-based IT, accounting/finance, and engineering staffing firm. Comparable to Atlantic in vertical specialization and finance/accounting focus, but operates primarily in Oregon, Washington, and the Western US rather than the Northeast.

Broad incumbents

• ManpowerGroup: Global workforce solutions company offering temporary staffing, permanent placement, and talent advisory services across multiple verticals. Overlaps with Atlantic's generalist and temp staffing model at much larger scale and with broader geographic coverage.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with a substantial executive search and professional recruitment practice. Overlaps with Atlantic's executive search capabilities in Financial Services and Legal & Compliance, but operates as a broader advisory firm rather than a specialized staffing boutique.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search firm with a strong financial services practice. Comparable to Atlantic's Front Office and senior-level F&A placements, but focused on C-suite and board-level mandates rather than mid-market and operational roles.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/atlanticrecruiters
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-atlantic-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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