What Solid Professionals does

Solid Professionals is a privately held Dutch recruitment and talent management firm headquartered at Maliebaan 75 in Utrecht, founded in 2007 and operating under the trade name 'Solid'. The company specializes exclusively in placing highly educated professionals in Finance, Risk, Data, and IT roles within three Dutch verticals — financial services, energy, and telecom — and serves an enterprise client base that includes ING, ABN AMRO, Rabobank, a.s.r., Nationale-Nederlanden, Van Lanschot Kempen, De Volksbank, APG, MN, Eneco, Enexis, Stedin, TenneT, Alliander, Vattenfall, Shell, KPN, Vodafone, and Odido, with the firm acting as an official preferred supplier to most of these accounts.

The service portfolio is structured around four core offerings: Deta-vast (temp-to-permanent placement with a two-year transition window at no cost to the client), Detachering & Interim (staffing of deployable specialists for projects or capacity gaps), Werving en selectie (full-cycle permanent recruitment on a 'no cure no pay' fixed-fee basis), and Leiderschapstrajecten (leadership programs, training, and coaching). Complementary sub-products include the Impact Program (a development module covering professionals in the first ten years of their career), Performance Manager Begeleiding (monthly coaching plus quarterly review meetings with the client manager), and certification support for credentials such as FRM and CFA. Gated whitepapers on the graduate market and Generation Z provide top-of-funnel content marketing.

The revenue model is professional-services based: candidate salaries billable to clients during detachering, fixed fees for werving en selectie contingent on successful placement, and structured multi-year contracts for deta-vast transitions. The go-to-market is sales-led, with account managers conducting intake conversations and matching candidates to organizational needs across approximately 35 active partner organizations. The firm operates from a single Utrecht office with ~60 internal employees (one internal reference cites 125, which likely includes deployed contractors), sells exclusively into the Dutch market, and has no disclosed funding rounds, parent company, or audited revenue figures.

Name

Solid Professionals

Legal name

Solid Professionals

Website

https://solidprofessionals.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Solid Professionals is a privately held Dutch recruitment firm founded in 2007, headquartered in Utrecht, that specializes in placing Finance, Risk, Data, and IT professionals for enterprise clients across the Dutch financial services, energy, and telecom sectors via temp-to-permanent, staffing, and permanent recruitment services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Utrecht

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Deta-vast (Temp-to-Perm): Candidates placed temporarily and then transition to permanent employment at the client organization after approximately 2 years. Solid Professionals handles the employment during the temporary period.
2. Detachering & Interim (Staffing): Professionals are employed by Solid Professionals and deployed to client organizations for temporary projects. Professionals receive salary and benefits while Solid Professionals bills clients.
3. Werving en Selectie (Recruitment): Full recruitment service from initial selection to contract signing. No cure no pay model - clients only pay upon successful placement.
4. Leiderschapstrajecten (Leadership Programs): Leadership development, training, and coaching programs for professionals and organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Solid Professionals is a Dutch recruitment and talent management bureau that connects highly educated professionals in Finance, Risk, Data, and IT with organizations in the financial services, energy, and telecom sectors. The company delivers temporary-to-permanent placements (Deta-vast), interim staffing, full-cycle permanent recruitment, and leadership/coaching programs, supported by an Impact Program that combines professional development with performance management guidance.

Product overview

Solid Professionals operates as a recruitment and talent agency offering a unified portfolio of staffing services rather than a software platform. The core offerings include Deta-vast (temporary-to-permanent placement), Detachering & Interim (staffing solutions), Werving en selectie (full-cycle recruitment), and Leiderschapstrajecten (leadership programs). The Impact Programma serves as a complementary development module bundled with placement services, providing coaching, training, and performance management support. Additionally, the company produces thought leadership content through whitepapers on Gen Z and graduate market trends. All services focus exclusively on Finance, Risk, Data, and IT talent within the financial services, energy, and telecom sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Deta-vast Temporary-to-permanent placement service where candidates work on assignment through Solid Professionals for up to 2 years before transitioning at no cost to the client's permanent employment, targeting finance, energy, and telecom organizations.
• Detachering & Interim Staffing and interim solutions providing immediately deployable specialists for peak workloads, change projects, or temporary staffing gaps within financial, energy, and telecom sectors.
• Werving en selectie Full-cycle recruitment service managing the entire hiring process from initial candidate selection through contract signing at a fixed fee, with a no cure no pay model where clients pay only upon successful placement.
• Leiderschapstrajecten, trainingen en coaching Leadership programs, training sessions, and coaching services designed to stimulate growth among leaders, teams, and their collaborative dynamics within client organizations.
• Impact Programma Development program that supports placed professionals in handling pressure, taking ownership, and collaborating effectively, helping them remain effective in continuously changing environments.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4.7/5 Google rating and 4.5/5 Glassdoor rating from clients and candidates

Named customers20 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered major.

• KPNmajorOthersOfficial supplier to KPN, one of the major telecom providers in the Netherlands. Solid Professionals provides staffing and recruitment services for Finance, Risk, Data, and IT positions.
• OdidomajorOthersOfficial supplier to Odido (formerly T-Mobile Netherlands). Provides recruitment services for telecom professionals in finance and IT roles.
• VodafonemajorOthersOfficial supplier to Vodafone Netherlands. Provides staffing solutions for Finance, Risk, Data, and IT positions within the telecom organization.
• EnexismajorOthersOfficial supplier to Enexis, one of the major Dutch grid operators. Provides specialists for energy sector transformation projects.
• StedinmajorOthersOfficial supplier to Stedin, Dutch gas and electricity grid operator. Provides talent solutions for energy transition and digital transformation.
• TenneTmajorOthersOfficial supplier to TenneT, the Dutch high-voltage electricity transmission system operator. Provides specialists for grid modernization and energy transition.
• INGmajorOthersLong-standing client relationship with ING bank. Provides placement of Finance, Risk, Data, and IT professionals through detavast, detachering, and recruitment services.
• RabobankmajorOthersOfficial supplier to Rabobank. Provides recruitment and staffing services for various positions in the financial services sector.
• ABN AMROmajorOthersOfficial supplier to ABN AMRO. Provides young professional programs, staffing, and recruitment services for the banking organization.
• a.s.r.majorOthersClient relationship with a.s.r. insurance. Provides staffing and recruitment solutions for finance and IT professionals.
• APGmajorOthersPartnership with APG, major Dutch pension fund service provider. Provides talent solutions for their finance and data operations.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Robert Half (Netherlands): Global staffing firm with a strong Dutch finance, accounting, and IT placement practice — directly comparable in candidate profile, niche focus, and Dutch enterprise client base.
• Yacht: Randstad-owned Dutch brand specializing in professional placements (IT, finance, engineering); competes head-to-head with Solid Professionals for mid/senior professionals in the same Dutch enterprise accounts.
• Walters People: Dutch specialist recruiter focused on finance, banking, and insurance professionals — directly overlapping with Solid Professionals' Finance/Risk segment and serving the same Dutch banking clients.
• Brunel International: Dutch-origin international staffing firm placing specialists in energy, finance, and telecom — overlapping directly with Solid Professionals' vertical focus and multi-sector placement model, though at significantly larger scale.
• Experis (Netherlands): ManpowerGroup's IT and professional staffing brand in the Netherlands; competes for the same Data/IT contract and permanent roles within Dutch banks, insurers, and telecom providers.

Broad incumbents

• Michael Page (Netherlands): PageGroup's flagship professional recruitment brand in the Netherlands, placing mid-to-senior professionals across finance, technology, and engineering — overlaps with Solid's candidate pool and clients.
• Hays (Netherlands): Global recruitment group with a substantial Netherlands operation covering banking, energy, and technology — competing for the same Finance/Risk/Data/IT mandates but operating at broader scale across many sectors.

Emerging players

• Spilberg: Dutch specialist recruiter focused on IT, data, and technology professionals — comparable target candidate profile and emerging overlap with Solid Professionals' Data/IT placement vertical.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/solidprofs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/solid-professionals

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

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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