What Adsearch does

Adsearch is a French recruitment and staffing firm founded in 2011 and headquartered in Paris, operating as a specialist brand within Groupe Adéquat, a diversified French temporary employment group. The firm delivers talent acquisition services across 10 industry verticals — including IT & Digital, Industry & Engineering, Banking & Insurance, Life Sciences, Supply Chain, Real Estate & Construction, Sales & Marketing, Healthcare, Audit & Accounting, and Finance/HR/Legal — placing candidates at operational, specialist, and executive levels for SMEs, mid-cap companies, and large enterprise clients.

The service portfolio spans six core offerings: permanent and fixed-term placement (CDI/CDD), temporary staffing (Interim), interim management (Management de Transition), IT staffing services, Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), and HR consulting. Operations are delivered through a network of 12 physical offices across France plus international websites for Switzerland (adsearch.ch) and Spain (adsearch.es); the central adsearch.fr website functions as a self-service portal for both candidates (job search, spontaneous application, salary simulation) and corporate clients (recruitment inquiry, salary benchmarking). The firm does not disclose any proprietary technology platform and positions itself as a human-centric, consultant-led recruitment business reliant on sector-specialized consultants rather than AI or automation tooling.

Revenue is generated from placement fees on permanent hiring (typically a percentage of candidate compensation) and margins on temporary staffing assignments, with RPO and HR consulting adding managed-service revenue streams. Pricing is negotiated per engagement and is not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market is sales-led through field consultants and supported by digital channels including LinkedIn, Indeed, Hellowork job boards, the corporate website, and an extensive word-of-mouth referral base (4.8/5 average across 2,441 Google reviews). The company reports 101-250 employees and is privately held with ownership and control residing entirely within parent Groupe Adéquat.

Name

Adsearch

Legal name

ADSEARCH

Website

https://adsearch.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Adsearch is a French recruitment firm operating 12 offices across France plus Switzerland and Spain. It places candidates across 10 industry verticals via six service lines—permanent placement, interim, transition management, IT staffing, RPO, and HR consulting—as a specialist brand within Groupe Adéquat.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment and Staffing Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Temporary Help Services (56132), Employment Services (5613)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Sales, Marketing & Customer Success Direct Hire (BPACAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Global / Multi-Country RPO (BPACABAE), Recruiting Administration Outsourcing (Recruitment Support, Scheduling, Onboarding Ops) (BPACAKAG)

Keywords

• Permanent placement recruitment
• Temporary staffing services
• Executive search firm
• Recruitment process outsourcing
• HR consulting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Recruitment and staffing services: Adsearch generates revenue through multiple recruitment service lines: CDI/CDD permanent placement, interim/temporary staffing, management de transition (transition management), IT services staffing, RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing), and RH consulting services. The company places candidates across 10 specialist sectors including IT & Digital, Industry, Finance, Banking & Insurance, Life Sciences, Supply Chain, Real Estate & Construction, Sales & Marketing, and others. Revenue is derived from successful placements and staffing assignments, typically billed as a percentage of candidate salary for permanent placements or as margin on temporary worker margins for interim staffing.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Adsearch is a French recruitment firm that places candidates into permanent (CDI/CDD), temporary (Interim), transition management, IT services, and RPO engagements for client companies. It also provides HR consulting and operates across 10 sector specializations including IT & Digital, Industry, Banking & Insurance, Life Sciences, and Supply Chain. The firm serves both companies seeking to hire and candidates seeking employment, delivering these services through a network of 12 offices across France plus international sites in Switzerland and Spain.

Product overview

Adsearch is a recruitment firm offering a portfolio of talent acquisition services as a single unified offering rather than a modular platform. The core services include CDI/CDD recruitment, temporary staffing (Interim), interim management, IT staffing services, RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing), and HR consulting. These services are delivered through 10 sector specializations: Assistanat et Administration des Ventes, Audit et Expertise Comptable, Banque & Assurance, Finance/RH et Juridique, Immobilier et Construction, Industrie, IT et Digital, Life Sciences, Sales et Marketing, and Supply Chain. Supporting tools include candidate and employer salary simulators, and candidates can submit spontaneous applications. The company operates 12 offices across France with additional presence in Switzerland and Spain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Recrutement CDI/CDD
• Intérim
• Management de Transition
• Prestation de services IT
• RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing)
• Conseils RH

Quantifiable outcome

• Average rating of 4.8 out of 5 based on 2,441 verified Google reviews across all offices
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• LinkedIncoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAdsearch uses LinkedIn as a job board and recruitment intermediary for posting vacancies and sourcing candidates. Job listings are distributed through LinkedIn alongside Indeed and Hellowork.
• IndeedcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAdsearch distributes job listings through Indeed, a major job board platform, as part of its candidate sourcing and job posting strategy.
• HelloworkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAdsearch uses Hellowork as a recruitment intermediary and job board for posting vacancies and candidate sourcing.
• AïdaminorOthersAdsearch partners with Aïda, a social/charitable association, as part of its societal commitment initiatives under its CSR program.
• Les OmbresminorOthersAdsearch partners with Les Ombres, a charitable association, as part of its societal commitment initiatives under its CSR program.
• Sport Dans La VilleminorOthersAdsearch partners with Sport Dans La Ville, France's leading association for integration through sport, as part of its societal commitment and CSR initiatives.
• Groupe AdéquatcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdsearch is a brand of Groupe Adéquat, a major French temporary employment group. Groupe Adéquat provides institutional backing, shared services, and operates as the parent company overseeing Adsearch and other brands within the group.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hays: Hays is a London-listed global recruitment firm operating across multiple sectors and countries with a consultant-led, specialist-vertical model closely mirroring Adsearch's multi-sector, multi-service-line approach in France.
• PageGroup: PageGroup operates Michael Page and Page Personnel brands placing professionals across sectors and seniority levels via a global office network; directly comparable to Adsearch's permanent placement focus in France.
• Robert Walters: Robert Walters is a UK-headquartered international specialist recruiter focused on mid-to-senior professional placements across sectors, overlapping with Adsearch's Top and Middle Management positioning.
• Fed Group: Fed Group is a French multi-brand recruitment firm covering multiple specialized verticals (IT, finance, RH, etc.), making it one of the closest domestic comparables to Adsearch's 10-sector specialist structure.
• Spring (SPRING France): Spring is a French multi-sector recruitment firm with permanent, temporary, and RPO offerings across France, closely matching Adsearch's portfolio and geographic footprint.
• Crit: Crit is a publicly listed French staffing and recruitment group providing interim, permanent, and recruitment services across multiple sectors in France, comparable to Adsearch in scale and service breadth.
• Expectra: Expectra is a major French recruitment specialist focused on technical, IT, and engineering roles, overlapping with Adsearch's IT & Digital and Industry verticals in the same French market.

Broad incumbents

• Adecco Group: Adecco is the world's largest staffing group with extensive French operations through Adecco France; competes with Adsearch across permanent, temporary, and RPO but operates at vastly larger scale and as a diversified incumbent.
• ManpowerGroup: ManpowerGroup is a global staffing leader with significant French presence (including Expectra as a brand); overlaps with Adsearch's interim and permanent staffing lines but competes from a much broader, multinational platform.
• Randstad: Randstad is one of the largest global staffing firms with strong French operations offering permanent, temporary, and RPO services; competes with Adsearch across overlapping service lines but at significantly greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInfr.linkedin.com/company/cabinet-adsearch

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 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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