Naukri.com

What Naukri.com does

Naukri.com is India's largest online recruitment platform, founded in 1997 by Sanjeev Bikhchandani as the flagship product of Info Edge (India) Limited, a publicly listed parent headquartered in Noida. The platform operates a two-sided marketplace serving white-collar job seekers (freshers through senior professionals with 13-16 years of experience) and corporate recruiters, staffing agencies, and enterprises, anchored by a 113-million resume database. Core products include the Naukri.com web platform, AI-Rex (an AI-powered matching and outreach tool with 20,000+ job mandates placed across 100+ clients), and a portfolio of specialized recruitment sub-brands: iimjobs and hirist for senior and tech talent, NaukriGulf for the Gulf region, and Naukri 360/FF for full-service recruitment.

The business is primarily a sales-led, subscription-recurring recruitment platform that generated Rs 591 crore in Q3 FY26 segment revenue (12% YoY growth) and contributes over 80% of Info Edge's billings, with Info Edge standalone Q3 FY26 revenues reaching Rs 747 crore. Go-to-market blends self-serve job postings on naukri.com with inside-sales AI-Rex offerings for 100+ enterprise clients, enterprise field sales targeting Global Capability Centres through a Karnataka KITS government partnership, and thought-leadership channels such as the Hiring Outlook survey and JobSpeak Index. The broader Info Edge portfolio includes 99acres (real estate), Jeevansaathi.com (matrimony), and Shiksha.com (education); Info Edge also functions as an investment engine with a portfolio (including Zomato and Policybazaar) valued at approximately Rs 41,300 crore, generating a 33% gross IRR.

Name

Naukri.com

Legal name

Info Edge India Limited

Website

https://naukri.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Recruitment / Job Portal

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) & Applicant Tracking (ATS) (BPACAPAD)

Keywords

• Online recruitment platform
• Job portal services
• Resume database access
• Employer branding solutions
• AI-powered candidate matching

Headquarters

HQ city

Noida

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Solutions: Core recruitment platform revenue from job postings, resume database access, and employer branding services. Naukri accounts for over 80% of Info Edge's billings and grew 12% YoY to Rs 591 crore in Q3 FY26. Services include job mandate placements through AI-Rex (20,000+ mandates for 100+ clients), assisted hiring services, and premium talent sourcing tools.
2. Billing Growth: Info Edge reported Q4 billings growth of 7.4% YoY, down from 11.8% in Q3, with Naukri segment growing only 9.5% YoY compared to 11% in prior quarters. Standalone revenues for Q3 FY26 increased 12% YoY to Rs 747 crore.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Naukri.com operates India's largest online recruitment platform with a 113-million resume database, connecting employers and recruiters with white-collar job seekers across fresher to senior professional levels. The platform delivers AI-powered job matching through its proprietary AI-Rex tool, employer branding services, assisted hiring, premium talent sourcing, and resume database access, supported by specialized sub-brands such as iimjobs, hirist, and NaukriGulf. It serves enterprise clients, staffing agencies, GCCs, and SMB employers primarily through subscription-based job postings and recruitment solutions, with job seekers accessing the core platform free of charge.

Product overview

Naukri.com is the flagship recruitment platform of Info Edge India Limited, operating as a multi-module recruitment ecosystem. The core platform (Naukri.com) is supplemented by specialized recruitment verticals including iimjobs and hirist for senior professionals, and NaukriGulf for Gulf region hiring. The platform also includes Naukri 360/FF for enhanced recruitment services. AI capabilities are delivered through AI-Rex, an AI-powered job matching tool. The broader Info Edge portfolio includes complementary verticals in real estate (99acres), matrimonial services (Jeevansaathi.com), and education (Shiksha.com). The platform leverages a database of 113 million resumes and serves both employers seeking talent and job seekers across India's white-collar market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• iimjobs: Recruitment platform for senior professionals and leadership roles
• hirist
• NaukriGulf
• Naukri 360/FF
• AI-Rex

Products and services

• Naukri.com Flagship online recruitment platform of Info Edge India Limited, operating as India's leading job portal with a database of 113 million resumes. Offers job postings, resume database access, AI-powered matching, employer branding, assisted hiring services, and premium talent sourcing tools for white-collar hiring.
• AI-Rex AI-powered job matching tool that has placed over 20,000 job mandates for more than 100 clients. Uses AI for automated candidate-job matching and candidate outreach through chatbots and automated calls.
• iimjobs Recruitment platform for senior professionals and leadership roles, wholly owned by Info Edge and managed under Chief Business Officer Nimish Kulshrestha.
• hirist Tech-focused hiring platform managed under Chief Business Officer Nimish Kulshrestha alongside iimjobs and NaukriGulf, targeting technology talent recruitment.
• NaukriGulf Recruitment platform targeting Gulf region job markets, part of the recruitment vertical under Chief Business Officer Nimish Kulshrestha's leadership.
• Naukri 360/FF Full-service recruitment solutions product under Chief Business Officer Shail Gaurav's leadership, with responsibility for B2C marketing. Part of the expanded recruitment services suite.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20,000+ job mandates placed through AI-Rex for 100+ clients
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Karnataka Government (KITS - Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 April 2026Karnataka government through KITS signed a two-year MoU with Naukri.com to provide hiring support for new Global Capability Centres across the state. Newly established GCCs registered with KITS receive zero-cost access for 90 days to employer branding, assisted hiring services, and premium talent sourcing tools through a customized GCC Starter Package. The initiative targets tier-2 cities including Mysuru, Mangaluru, Hubballi-Dharwad-Belagavi, Kalaburagi, Tumakuru, and Shivamogga to promote inclusive and distributed growth beyond Bengaluru.

Scale indicators19 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Monster.com: Monster is a global online recruitment platform founded in 1994. Its Indian arm (now Foundit) directly competes with Naukri, historically fighting for recruiter mindshare and job-seeker resumes in the same Indian market.
• Indeed: Indeed is the world's largest job search engine, operated by Recruit Holdings. It competes directly with Naukri across white-collar and entry-level hiring, leveraging global scale and pay-per-click monetization that pressures Indian job boards on pricing.
• Glassdoor: Glassdoor (owned by Indeed/Recruit) combines job listings with company reviews and salary data. It competes with Naukri's employer branding and job-discovery products while bringing employer reputation data that Naukri does not currently host.
• LinkedIn: LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network and recruitment platform, owned by Microsoft. It directly competes with Naukri in the Indian white-collar recruitment market while offering global reach and integrated employer branding that Naukri cannot match.
• Foundit (formerly Monster India): Foundit is Monster's India-focused recruitment platform (previously Monster India). It is one of Naukri's closest direct competitors in the Indian white-collar job-board segment, competing for the same employer and candidate pool.
• TimesJobs: TimesJobs is the recruitment platform from the Times of India / Bennett Coleman group. It is a direct Indian-market competitor to Naukri, focused on white-collar hiring and competing for resume database depth and recruiter subscriptions.
• Shine.com: Shine.com is an Indian job portal operated by HT Media. It competes directly with Naukri in Indian white-collar recruitment, offering job postings, resume search, and recruiter tools targeting the same mid-market employer segment.
• ZipRecruiter: ZipRecruiter is a US-listed online employment marketplace using AI-driven matching. Its business model of subscription-based employer access and AI candidate-job pairing is closely comparable to Naukri's AI-Rex-enabled assisted hiring approach.

Emerging players

• Hirect: Hirect is an AI-driven direct-chat recruitment platform focused on tech and startup hiring in India. It is an emerging player competing with Naukri on AI-first candidate matching and SMB employer segments, representing a new model that could pressure incumbents.

Regional players

• Seek Limited: Seek is the dominant online employment marketplace in Australia and New Zealand, listed on the ASX. It is comparable to Naukri in business model (subscription job postings, resume database, AI matching) but operates in a different geography with no direct India overlap.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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