What Perfect Fit Placement does

Perfect Fit Placement is a private executive search and staffing services firm founded in 1998 and headquartered in Berlin, Connecticut. The company delivers permanent, contract, project-based, and retained search engagements across seven verticals: Banking & Finance, Chemical, Direct Mail & Printing, Engineering, Legal, Non-Profit, and Medical/Healthcare, with IT capabilities supporting these practices. It serves a broad client base that the company indicates includes Fortune 50 corporations and, in its Direct Mail vertical alone, "thousands of companies." Dedicated senior leadership is visible in the Healthcare Division under Adela Staines.

The firm operates as an owner/affiliate partner of National Personnel Associates (NPA), a relationship that provides access to a network of more than 1,500 recruiters and 400 offices worldwide. This network affiliation is the firm's primary sourcing infrastructure, allowing it to extend candidate pipelines across geographies and engagement types without owning that capacity internally. The firm has launched Perfect Fit Medical Staffing as a dedicated subsidiary to formalize healthcare placements, and has received NPA #1 Worldwide recognition in 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2019.

Revenue mechanics are typical of the contingency and retained search model: fees on permanent placements (generally a percentage of first-year compensation), contract markup on temporary staffing, and project-based or retained fees for executive searches. Customer relationships are managed through dedicated Staffing Managers with placement guarantees, creating modest workflow stickiness. The firm is privately held with no funding rounds, M&A activity, or IPO events disclosed in the available data.

Name

Perfect Fit Placement

Legal name

Perfect Fit Placement, Inc.

Website

https://pfpjobs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Perfect Fit Placement is a Berlin, Connecticut-based executive search and staffing firm founded in 1998, serving Fortune 50 corporations and thousands of other clients across Banking, Chemical, Engineering, Legal, Healthcare, and other verticals via its NPA affiliate network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing and Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Temporary Help Services (561320)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Professional & Technical Direct Hire (IT, Engineering, Finance, Healthcare) (BPACAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Temp-to-Hire Staffing (BPACACAG), Healthcare Clinical Direct Hire (Nursing/Allied/Physicians) (BPACAFAH)

Keywords

• Executive search services
• Permanent placement staffing
• Contract IT staffing
• Talent acquisition solutions
• Industry-specific recruitment

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Permanent Placement Fees: Success-based contingency placement fees for permanent hires. Fee is paid only if the client hires a candidate. All permanent placements are fully guaranteed.
2. IT Contract Staffing: Temporary IT staffing where Pfp is the employer of record, handling all federal and state tax withholdings, government mandates, and terminations. Revenue generated from staffing markups on employee wages.
3. Retained Search: Retained executive search engagements with upfront commitment, offering volume-based discounts and flexible payment plans for clients with ongoing hiring needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Perfect Fit Placement is a B2B staffing and executive search agency that places candidates into permanent, contract, and project-based roles on behalf of client companies. It sources candidates through an internal recruitment database and a global affiliate network of more than 1,500 recruiters across 400 offices, organized around industry verticals including Banking & Finance, Chemical, Direct Mail & Printing, Engineering, Legal, Non-Profit, Medical, and IT. For contract placements, Pfp acts as the employer of record and handles all payroll, tax, and personnel administration.

Product overview

Perfect Fit Placement (Pfp) operates as a staffing and recruitment services company with a global network of over 1,500 affiliate recruiters and 400 offices. The core offering consists of three service delivery models: Permanent Staffing (direct hire), Contract Staffing (temporary placements), and Project-Based Staffing. These services are delivered across seven industry verticals: IT Staffing and Technical Recruiting (including Executive Search), Medical/Healthcare Staffing, Legal Search & Advisory Services, Non-Profit Staffing, Banking & Finance Staffing, Chemical Industry Staffing, Engineering Staffing, and Direct Mail & Printing Staffing. The company leverages its extensive recruiter network to place candidates in North America and internationally throughout The Americas, Europe, and the Pacific Rim.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Perfect Fit Medical Staffing: Healthcare staffing division offering medical professionals placement services with a dedicated account manager approach and nationwide affiliate network.

Products and services

• Executive Search (Permanent Placement)

Quantifiable outcome

• Top 1% of successful placements worldwide
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• National Personnel AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPfp is an owner and affiliate partner with National Personnel Associates, enabling access to a powerful staffing network supported by the personal dedication of individual staffing professionals. This partnership provides access to 400 offices and over 1,500 recruiters worldwide, consistently ranking in the top one percent of successful placements throughout the world.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half International: Large publicly traded staffing firm specializing in finance, accounting, IT, and administrative placement with permanent, contract, and project delivery models — directly comparable service mix to Pfp across multiple of Pfp's verticals at much greater scale.
• Korn Ferry: Global executive search and organizational consulting firm with deep legal, financial, and healthcare practices — competes head-to-head with Pfp's executive search and Legal Search & Advisory Services, especially on retained engagements.
• Randstad NV: Global staffing and HR services leader with permanent, temporary, and RPO offerings across all of Pfp's verticals — sets the competitive baseline for enterprise, multi-region staffing engagements Pfp pursues via its NPA network.
• Adecco Group: Global staffing conglomerate operating across permanent placement, temporary staffing, and career transition — provides direct competition in IT, finance, and engineering verticals and offers the global delivery scale Pfp accesses through NPA.

Direct peers

• Kforce Inc. U.S. professional staffing firm focused on technology and finance/accounting direct hire and contract staffing with a dedicated-representative model — comparable in size, vertical mix (IT, F&A), and contingency/retained pricing structure to Pfp's core offerings.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Pure-play executive search firm servicing senior leadership across legal, financial services, healthcare, and technology — directly comparable to Pfp's executive/legal search practice and retained engagement model.
• AMN Healthcare: Largest U.S. healthcare staffing company providing travel nursing, per diem, and locum tenens placement — the most direct large-scale comparator to Perfect Fit Medical Staffing's nursing and nursing assistant placement business.
• Insight Global: Large U.S. IT and professional staffing firm providing contract, contract-to-hire, and direct-hire services across technology, finance, and engineering — directly comparable to Pfp's IT staffing, contract staffing, and technical recruiting lines.
• Hays plc: International specialist recruitment firm with deep practices in IT, finance, engineering, healthcare, and legal — directly matches Pfp's vertical specialization approach, particularly for mid-market professional and technical direct hires.
• Beacon Hill Staffing Group: U.S. specialty staffing firm offering direct hire, contract, and consulting services across technology, finance, scientific, and healthcare — closely comparable mid-market peer with similar vertical diversification and dedicated-rep delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/perfect-fit-placement
• Xx.com/pfpjobs
• Facebookfacebook.com/Perfect-Fit-Placement-Inc-362114514394509

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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