Winter, Wyman & Company

Name

Winter, Wyman & Company

Legal name

The Planet Group

Website

https://winterwyman.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Staffing and Recruitment Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

National Generalist Staffing Firms (BPACACAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Multi-Site / Branch Network Staffing (BPACACAJ)

Keywords

• Talent acquisition services
• Contract staffing solutions
• Contingency search recruiting
• Professional staffing firm
• Workforce advisory services

Headquarters

HQ city

Waltham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Contract Staffing: Provides contract staffing services placing talent in temporary or project-based positions across Accounting & Finance, Administrative, Human Resources, and Technology domains.
2. Contingency Search: Contingency-based recruitment search services where fees are typically contingent upon successful placement of candidates.
3. Advisory Solutions: Professional advisory services related to talent acquisition and workforce management.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Winter, Wyman & Company (now operating as The Planet Group) provides contract staffing and contingency search services placing professionals in temporary and permanent roles across Accounting & Finance, Administrative, Human Resources, and Technology domains. The firm also offers Advisory Solutions providing consulting and managed services, delivered through a white-glove, people-first, tech-forward recruiter model across Boston and New York City.

Product overview

Winter, Wyman & Company (now The Planet Group) operates as a talent acquisition firm providing a unified staffing platform consisting of core services and industry-specific verticals. The core offerings include Staffing Solutions (contract staffing and contingency search) and Advisory Solutions (consulting and managed services). These core services are delivered across nine specialized industry verticals: Technology, Engineering, Accounting & Finance, Creative & Digital, Manufacturing, Human Resources, Construction, and Energy. The company emphasizes a tech-forward approach combined with white-glove service and a people-first methodology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Staffing Solutions Contract staffing and contingency search services placing professionals in temporary and permanent roles across multiple industry verticals. Designed for companies that need to hire qualified talent quickly without building internal recruiting capacity.
• Advisory Solutions Advisory and consulting services complementing staffing offerings, including managed services and project-based consulting. Targeted at organizations seeking workforce strategy guidance and managed service support.

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• WorkdaycoreTechnology or IntegrationWorkday partnership providing talent solutions support. Case study references Workday AMS Support Model for healthcare client stability. The partnership enables specialized Workday-related staffing and advisory services.
• OraclecoreTechnology or IntegrationOracle partnership providing technology talent solutions. Part of The Planet Group's partner ecosystem for integrated talent and technology services.
• SAPcoreTechnology or IntegrationSAP partnership as part of The Planet Group's technology partner network, providing specialized SAP-related staffing and talent solutions.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationMicrosoft partnership within The Planet Group's partner ecosystem, supporting Microsoft-related technology talent acquisition.
• SalesforcecoreTechnology or IntegrationSalesforce partnership as part of The Planet Group's technology partner network, enabling Salesforce-specific talent solutions.
• SnowflakecoreTechnology or IntegrationSnowflake partnership within The Planet Group's partner ecosystem, supporting data/analytics-related talent acquisition.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Robert Half: Global generalist staffing and consulting firm with overlapping verticals including Accounting & Finance, Technology, and Administrative. Closely comparable business model of contract staffing, direct placement, and managed services delivered to enterprise clients.
• Kforce: Specialized staffing firm focused on Technology and Finance & Accounting professionals, matching WinterWyman's strongest verticals. Both deliver contract and direct-hire placement with a relationship-led, vertical-specialist model.
• Insight Global: Large IT and professional staffing provider with a national footprint. Comparable in its mix of contract staffing and direct placement across technology and adjacent verticals, and in its people-first, relationship-led service model.
• Beacon Hill Staffing Group: Boston-headquartered staffing and consulting firm with direct overlap to WinterWyman's Accounting & Finance, Technology, Administrative, and HR verticals. Closest geographic and service-mix comparable in the New England market.

Broad incumbents

• The Planet Group: Acquirer of WinterWyman and now its parent operating entity. Operates a broader staffing and advisory platform across multiple sister brands, with overlapping enterprise partnerships and verticals; effectively WinterWyman's expanded successor organization.
• Aerotek: Staffing and workforce solutions provider covering technical, professional, and industrial placements. Comparable contract staffing model across multiple verticals, including Engineering and Manufacturing that overlap with WinterWyman's expertise areas.
• Hays: Global specialist staffing firm with strong Technology, Engineering, Accounting & Finance, Construction, and Energy verticals. Comparable vertical-specialist approach and contingency/contract staffing revenue model.
• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing and workforce solutions provider offering temporary, permanent, and managed services across broad verticals. Comparable contract staffing and advisory offerings at materially greater scale.
• Randstad: Global HR services leader offering staffing, recruitment process outsourcing, and consulting across multiple verticals including Technology and Engineering. Comparable contract staffing and advisory business model at global scale.
• Kelly Services: Established global staffing firm with broad vertical coverage including professional/technical, education, and engineering placements. Comparable contract staffing model and enterprise-client engagement model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/winterwyman
• Facebookfacebook.com/winterwyman
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/winterwyman

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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