QUICK USA

What QUICK USA does

QUICK USA Inc. is a bilingual recruitment agency specializing in connecting Japanese-English bilingual professionals with Japanese companies operating in the United States and Mexico. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Torrance, California, the firm operates as a wholly-owned US subsidiary of QUICK CO., LTD. (株式会社クイック), a Japanese employment and business information services group listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market (ticker 4318). QUICK USA maintains nine offices across North America, including New York, Los Angeles, Orange County, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, and Detroit in the US, plus Aguascalientes and Queretaro in Mexico, with the listed website operating under the 919usa.com domain (previously branded "919USA").

The company's core product is a Job Search & Placement Support Services platform that maintains a resume database and job listing management system, hosting 455+ active job listings spanning 21 job categories and 8 industries. Supporting offerings include an Email Newsletter Distribution Service for job alerts, Career Consultation & Resume Support (free for candidates), Visa Sponsorship Job Matching targeted at Japanese nationals, OPT/STEM OPT holders, and international students, and a recurring Webinar Seminar program covering OPT strategy, US relocation, and career planning. For employers, QUICK USA provides US Market Entry Support, HR Consulting Services, and a proprietary branded offering called "America no Jinjibu" (American HR Department), positioning the firm as an outsourced HR function for Japanese subsidiaries.

QUICK USA operates a two-sided professional services model: services are free for job seekers, while employers pay for candidate sourcing, screening, and placement. Distribution is executed through a direct sales motion targeting Japanese corporations across North America, supplemented by self-serve job portal traffic and community partnerships (e.g., Austin Japan Community, H.I.S. Americas). The firm competes as a specialist rather than a scale player, leveraging parent-group affiliation, physical office presence, and cross-cultural recruiting expertise as its primary differentiators in a narrow but defensible linguistic niche.

Name

QUICK USA

Legal name

QUICK USA Inc.

Website

https://919usa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

QUICK USA is a bilingual recruitment agency connecting Japanese-English bilingual professionals with Japanese companies in North America. Founded in 1999, the Torrance, California-based subsidiary of QUICK CO., LTD. (TSE: 4318) operates nine offices across the US and Mexico.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing and Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Remote & Global/Multilingual Direct Hire (BPACAFAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Global Mobility, Immigration & Relocation (BPACAPAN)

Keywords

• Bilingual recruitment services
• Japanese staffing agency
• Career consulting services
• HR consulting services
• Executive search firm

Headquarters

HQ city

Torrance

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, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Employer Recruitment Services: QUICK USA provides recruitment and job placement services to employers seeking to hire bilingual Japanese/English professionals. The service is free for job seekers, with fees charged to employing companies for candidate sourcing, screening, and placement.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

QUICK USA is a bilingual recruitment agency that matches Japanese/English bilingual professionals with Japanese companies operating in the United States. The firm provides end-to-end placement support for candidates (career counseling, resume preparation, interview coaching, visa sponsorship guidance) and charged recruitment services to employers (candidate sourcing, screening, placement, HR consulting). It also operates an online job portal with 455+ active listings and supports Japanese-affiliated employers expanding in North America with HR consulting and a branded "American HR Department" (アメリカの人事部) service.

Product overview

QUICK USA is a Japanese bilingual job recruitment agency that operates as a platform connecting Japanese-speaking professionals with Japanese companies in the United States. The core offering is the Job Search & Placement Support Services platform, which provides job matching, career counseling, resume support, and interview preparation. Supporting services include the Email Newsletter Distribution Service for latest job alerts, Visa Sponsorship Job Matching for international candidates, and Webinar Seminars for career education. For employers, the company offers US Market Entry Support, HR Consulting Services, and the proprietary アメリカの人事部 (American HR Department) brand. The service maintains 9 locations across North America (New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit plus Mexico offices) and covers positions across 21 job categories and 8 industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Job Search & Placement Support Services

Quantifiable outcome

• High resume submission success rate due to pre-screening and matching

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Austin Japan Community (AJC) 商工会部coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 May 2026Co-hosted 'リーダーたちの放課後｜Executive Dialogue' event in Austin, TX with the Austin Japan Community (AJC) Commerce and Industry Division. The event focused on leadership, organizational resilience, and market trends, targeting executives and business professionals in the Austin Japanese community. QUICK USA's Account Executive Noriko served as moderator and organizer.
• H.I.S. AmericasminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-hosted webinar on topics relevant to expatriate spouses and travelers in the US, combining QUICK USA's career expertise with H.I.S. Americas' travel and lifestyle services.
• QUICK CO., LTD.coreOthersParent company listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market (4318). Personal information may be shared with this group company for service provision purposes. Also shares data with QUICK GLOBAL MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V., Centre People Appointments Ltd. (UK), and other group companies as specified in privacy policy.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Recruit Holdings: Japanese parent of Indeed and Glassdoor with significant HR technology and staffing operations globally. Represents the most strategically relevant Japanese-headquartered incumbent in the same bilingual and Japan-North America recruitment corridor as QUICK USA.
• Adecco: Global staffing firm with US operations placing office, industrial, and professional talent. Provides a comparable recruitment services footprint at a much larger scale, including some multilingual placement capability.
• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing leader with US operations placing temporary and permanent staff across administrative, IT, and professional roles. Competes with QUICK USA for Japanese employer recruitment spend where language requirements are less strict.
• Hays: Global professional recruitment firm with strong presence in Japan and APAC placing bilingual professionals across finance, IT, and engineering — overlapping with QUICK USA's senior placement categories.
• Robert Half: Large publicly listed US staffing and recruitment firm with broad finance, accounting, administrative, and technology placement. Not specialized in Japanese-English bilingual roles, but competes for the same Japanese employer recruitment budget across admin, finance, and IT categories.
• Michael Page: Global recruitment firm placing mid-to-senior professionals across multiple disciplines. Competitor for Japanese employers' higher-end bilingual placements in finance, sales, and engineering.

Regional players

• TempStaff: Japan-headquartered staffing firm with US operations focused on Japanese-affiliated employers. Directly comparable Japanese bilingual placement model, though primarily Japan-domiciled rather than US-anchored like QUICK USA.

Direct peers

• Centre People Appointments: UK-based Japanese-English bilingual recruitment agency and QUICK CO., LTD. group affiliate. Operates the same bilingual placement model for Japanese companies, serving as a sister peer in the UK market and demonstrating the parent's international recruitment platform.
• Pasona Group: Major Japanese staffing and HR services group with significant North American operations placing bilingual Japanese-English talent at Japanese-affiliated companies. Directly comparable to QUICK USA in target customer (Japanese MNCs in the US) and bilingual placement model.
• JAC Recruitment: Japan-headquartered recruitment firm specializing in bilingual Japanese-English placements for Japanese-affiliated companies across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Closely comparable business model and target customer base to QUICK USA.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/919usa
• Facebookfacebook.com/919usa

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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