What Actief Interim NV does

Actief Interim NV is a privately held Belgian staffing and HR services group founded in 1988 and headquartered in Lummen, Belgium. The company provides temporary staffing (interim), permanent placement (recruitment and selection), payroll administration, and service-voucher-based household help across Belgium, with approximately 90 branch offices including 13 dedicated construction offices under the Actief Construct brand. Actief also operates internationally in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and Denmark, and runs sector-specific sub-brands such as Actief Horeca Services, Actief Select, and Actief Dienstencheques (service vouchers), with a customer base spanning SMBs and enterprises across all major sectors.

The company's go-to-market is a sales-led B2B model executed through a dense, franchise-like network of independently operated local offices, each led by a branch manager with dedicated HR consultants handling staffing, selection, and payroll services. Distribution is supplemented by digital self-service channels including the actief.be job portal (currently listing 11,367+ active vacancies), a personalized candidate portal (Mijn Actief), and electronic signature tools. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with revenue generated primarily via transaction fees on staffing placements and managed service fees on payroll engagements. Notable technical assets include the recently launched Oscar autonomous voice AI agent, co-developed with AI/ML firm ML6, which calls and pre-screens candidates in four languages and books interviews automatically.

Actief has executed a programmatic M&A strategy with at least eight disclosed acquisitions between 2014 and 2022, the most recent being Hartmanns in 2022. The company holds all required Belgian regional authorizations for temporary employment (Flanders V.G.20/BUP, Wallonia W.INT.033, Brussels 00148-406-20121025) plus sector-specific licenses for construction staffing and service vouchers. Headcount is reported at 838 employees on LinkedIn, with 201-500 as a stated range, and the firm is led by CEO Bruno Thollebeke. Recent brand momentum includes the Great Place To Work Best Workplaces of Belgium 2026 recognition (progressing from the "Great" to the "Best" category) and the Belgian HR Excellence Awards 2026 win for Best HR Apps Development & HRIS Integration tied to Oscar.

Name

Actief Interim NV

Legal name

Actief Interim

Website

http://www.actief.be/nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Actief Interim NV is a privately held Belgian HR services group operating approximately 90 offices across Belgium and active in five European countries, providing temporary staffing, permanent placement, payroll administration, and service-voucher-based household help to businesses and private individuals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lummen

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices88 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Staffing/Interim Services: Temporary staffing services placing workers with client companies across all sectors. Core revenue stream with significant volume through 88+ offices.
2. Recruitment and Selection: Permanent placement services finding fixed employees for client companies, focusing on cultural fit and job performance match.
3. Payroll Services: Employer-of-record services where Actief handles payroll administration for clients' own hires or interim workers.
4. Service Vouchers (Dienstencheques): Household help services through government subsidized service vouchers for private individuals.
5. Construction Staffing (Actief Construct): Specialized staffing services for construction sector through 13 dedicated offices across Belgium.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

No factual source data was provided in the input to describe the company's core offering.

Product overview

Actief Interim operates as a comprehensive HR services platform offering staffing, recruitment, and payroll solutions. The core offering includes Actief Interim (general staffing across all sectors), Actief Construct (construction-specialized staffing), and Actief Select (permanent placement), supplemented by Actief Payroll for administrative services. The company also serves private individuals through Actief Dienstencheques for household help. Additional services include Flexi-jobs for flexible labor, student job placement, E-Signing for digital contracts, and Assessment tools. The platform has recently introduced Oscar, an AI voice agent for automated candidate screening and interview scheduling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 85%+ call-to-interview conversion with Oscar AI
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ML6coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2026Joint development of Oscar AI voice agent - an autonomous AI colleague that calls candidates, screens them in 4 languages and automatically schedules interviews. ML6, an AI/ML engineering firm, provided the technical expertise while Actief provided the recruitment domain knowledge. The partnership won the Belgian HR Excellence Awards 2026 for Best HR Apps Development & HRIS Integration.
• TraviminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Jobs for Ukraine initiative helping Ukrainians with temporary protection find employment in Belgium. Actief participates in job fairs and employment support activities organized with Travi.
• Jobs for UkraineminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInitiative connecting Ukrainian refugees with employment opportunities in Belgium. Actief contributes through job fair participation and candidate placement.
• VDABminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaboration on job fairs and employment events in Belgium. Actief participates in VDAB-organized career events to connect with potential candidates.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• SD Worx: Belgian-headquartered HR and payroll services company with strong overlap in payroll services, HR consulting, and employer-of-record offerings — directly comparable to Actief's Payroll and broader HR services portfolio.
• PageGroup: UK-listed specialist recruitment group (Page Personnel, Michael Page) with Belgian offices. Comparable in permanent placement and professional recruitment across sectors.
• ManpowerGroup: US-listed global staffing leader with established Belgium operations (Manpower Belgium). Offers the same temporary staffing, permanent placement, and workforce solutions as Actief across industries.
• Randstad: Global staffing leader and direct competitor with significant Belgian operations. Both firms offer temporary staffing, permanent placement, and HR services across multiple sectors in Belgium.
• Adecco Group: Swiss-based global staffing and workforce solutions major with strong Belgian presence (Adecco Belgium). Competes head-to-head with Actief in temporary staffing, permanent placement, and recruitment process outsourcing.
• AGO Jobs & HR: Belgian staffing company with a comparable multi-office model, serving similar SMB and enterprise customers across interim, selection, and HR services. Closest mid-sized domestic competitor to Actief.
• Tempo-Team: Belgian/Dutch staffing brand owned by Randstad, focused on administrative, logistics, and industrial staffing. Directly competes with Actief Interim in the same Belgian customer base.
• Start People: Belgian/Dutch staffing company focused on interim staffing, selection, and HR solutions. Directly competes with Actief Interim for the same blue-collar and administrative workforce customers.
• Hays: UK-listed specialist staffing company with Belgian operations. While more white-collar focused, it competes for permanent placement and professional staffing business in the same Belgian employer market.
• Robert Half: Global staffing and consulting firm with Belgian presence (Robert Half Belgium). Comparable in permanent placement and professional staffing services, targeting similar mid-sized employer customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/actiefinterim
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/actief-interim

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A7 records

Investments

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