Hire Our Heroes

What Hire Our Heroes does

Hire Our Heroes is a US-based veteran-focused job board platform operating under the legal name "Hire Our Heroes Veteran Job Board" and headquartered in Great Falls, United States. Founded in 2011, the platform connects military veterans, transitioning service members, and their spouses with civilian employment opportunities, while providing employers access to a pipeline of military-trained talent. Its core product is a web-based job board accessible at hireourheroes.com, supplemented by native iOS and Android mobile applications and an email-based job alert system that delivers category-filtered listings to job seekers. The platform indexes 7,800+ active job postings across all 50 US states plus DC, spanning categories from Restaurant-Food Service (5,744 postings) and Management (995) to Engineering, IT, Manufacturing, and Education.

The business model is a two-sided marketplace monetized exclusively on the employer side. Job seekers register for free and receive free access to job alerts, resume posting, and a referral to free IT training resources at hireourheroes.org/training. Employers purchase tiered monthly subscriptions: Starter ($79/month, 1 posting), Basic ($159/month, 3 postings), Standard ($269/month, 5 postings), Gold ($399/month, 10 postings plus social media), and Platinum ($1,199/month, unlimited postings plus premium placement), with an annual Hero Package at $12,000/year. Optional add-ons include social media posting ($99/month), featured employer slider placement ($149/month), and featured job posting ($299/month). Distribution is primarily self-serve via website and mobile apps, with community-led growth through veteran service organizations, military installations, and an annual National Hire a Veteran Day (July 25) awareness campaign that the company itself founded.

Hire Our Heroes also operates a Certified Employers program recognizing companies committed to veteran hiring, and has established strategic partnerships with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Edge4Vets, Military Spouse Employment, and Home Helpers Home Care. The company is privately held and bootstrapped, with a small team of 1-10 employees and no disclosed external funding, M&A activity, or AI/ML capabilities. Notable employers using the platform include Texas Roadhouse, OATS Inc. (a Missouri-based transit company whose workforce is over 24% veteran), and Piper Aircraft.

Name

Hire Our Heroes

Legal name

Hire Our Heroes Veteran Job Board

Website

https://hireourheroes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hire Our Heroes is a privately held US veteran job board platform, founded in 2011 and based in Great Falls, that connects military veterans and their spouses with civilian employers via a website, iOS/Android apps, and email job alerts. The company monetizes through employer subscription tiers ($79–$1,199/month) and operates the National Hire a Veteran Day observance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Veteran Employment Job Board

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Veterans & Military-to-Civilian Transition Programs (EDAAAOAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Veterans & Military Family Benefits Administration (BPAIAKAI)

Keywords

• Veteran job board
• Military job search
• Veteran employment platform
• Veteran recruiting service
• Military-to-civilian hiring

Headquarters

HQ city

Great Falls

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Employer Job Posting Subscriptions: Recurring subscription revenue from employers purchasing job posting credits. Multiple tiered packages from basic (1 job posting) to unlimited job postings with premium add-ons like social media promotion and featured employer placement.
2. Featured Employer Promotions: Additional revenue from optional employer add-ons including social media posting ($99/month), featured employer slider ($149/month), and featured job postings ($299/month).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Hire Our Heroes operates an online veteran-focused job board platform that connects military veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses with employers seeking to hire military-trained talent. Employers pay subscription-based fees to post job listings and access the candidate pool, while job seekers register for free, create profiles, and subscribe to job alerts by category and location. The platform also offers a Certified Employers recognition program and founded National Hire a Veteran Day.

Product overview

Hire Our Heroes operates a veteran-focused job board platform that connects military personnel transitioning to civilian employment with employers. The platform offers a single integrated product with multiple employer pricing tiers (Starter, Basic, Standard, Gold, Platinum, and Hero Package) providing job posting credits, along with optional add-on services like Social Media Posting, Featured Employer Slider, and Featured Job Posting. Job seekers can create profiles, set up job alerts, and access free IT training resources. The platform also offers a mobile application for iOS and Android, and maintains a Certified Employers recognition program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hire Our Heroes Veteran Job Board Online job board platform connecting military veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses with employers seeking to hire military-trained talent. Features job listings searchable by keyword and location, job categories, employer profiles, and the tagline 'Connecting Vets to Jobs Since 2011'.
• Job Seeker Profile Creation

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 7,800 active job postings across diverse industries and all 50 US states
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Home Helpers Home CareminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHome care provider committed to National Hire a Veteran Day, with a goal to hire 3,000 veterans and service families since 2017. Hosted Facebook Live sessions in partnership with Military Spouse Employment to support veteran recruitment goals.
• Military Spouse EmploymentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership supporting military spouse employment through Facebook Live sessions and veteran recruitment initiatives on National Hire a Veteran Day.
• Hire Our Heroes Certified EmployerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetwork of certified employers who have demonstrated commitment to hiring veterans. Includes companies like Alto Ingredients, Benjamin Moore & Co., Children's Museums of Tacoma, Conservation Legacy, Code of Freedom Foundation, Danfoss, Diamond Hill Capital Management. These employers actively use the platform for veteran recruitment.
• Edge4Vets ProgramminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAviation employment program connecting veterans with airport-related jobs. Works with Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority, Department of Veterans Affairs, and University Aviation Association to bring the Edge4Vets program to Memphis.
• Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to support veteran employment through the Edge4Vets program. The VA Welcome Kit is referenced as a resource for veterans entering the civilian workforce.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• RecruitMilitary: RecruitMilitary runs veteran-focused job fairs and a veteran job board, operating an employer-paid model similar to Hire Our Heroes. Both companies target the same veteran job seeker audience and compete for employer subscriptions and recruiting-event sponsorship revenue.
• VetJobs: VetJobs is a veteran-focused job board with subscription-based employer pricing. It is a direct SMB-to-enterprise competitor to Hire Our Heroes in the dedicated veteran job board niche.
• Hire Heroes USA: Hire Heroes USA is a nonprofit providing one-on-one veteran job search assistance and corporate veteran-hiring programs. While service-delivery-focused rather than job board-first, it competes for veteran job seeker engagement and partnerships with the same employer base.
• Bradley-Morris / Orion Talent (Military Division): Orion Talent (parent of Bradley-Morris) is a large military-to-civilian recruiting firm offering job placement, job fairs, and employer services. It directly competes for veteran placement activity and employer recruiting budget.

Emerging players

• ClearanceJobs: ClearanceJobs is a niche job board for security-cleared and veteran candidates, often overlapping with military-affiliated talent. It competes for similar employer buyer budgets, especially in defense, government, and IT.

Regional players

• Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) Veteran Job Search: MOAA offers career services and a job board for military officers and their spouses, a subset of the broader veteran population Hire Our Heroes targets. It overlaps in employer outreach and certified-employer-type programs but focuses on the officer segment.

Broad incumbents

• JobVite / iCIMS Job Board Network: iCIMS is a major ATS/recruitment platform whose customers include military-friendly employers; while not veteran-specific, it competes for the same employer recruitment budget through programmatic job distribution to veteran talent pools.
• Military.com: Military.com, owned by Monster, is one of the largest veteran and military-focused employment platforms in the U.S., offering a veteran job board alongside news, benefits, and transition content. It competes directly with Hire Our Heroes for veteran job seeker mindshare and employer job-posting budget.
• Indeed (Veteran / Military-Friendly content & filters): Indeed operates veteran-targeted content, filters, and employer branding programs at massive scale. As a broad incumbent, it competes for both veteran job seekers and employer job-posting spend that might otherwise go to specialized boards.

Others

• Department of Labor Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) - Veterans.gov: U.S. DOL VETS runs the federal American Job Centers and the Veterans.gov resource directory, providing free veteran job search and training resources. It is a publicly funded alternative that competes at the bottom of the funnel by offering free veteran employment services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hireourheroes_
• Facebookfacebook.com/HireOurHeroesVeteranJobBoard
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hireourheroesveteranjobboard
• Instagraminstagram.com/hireourheroesveteranjobboard

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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