AIDe GmbH PersonalService

What AIDe GmbH PersonalService does

AIDe GmbH PersonalService is a privately held, family-owned German staffing and personnel services company headquartered in Munich, founded in 1988 (originally as imn – Industrie Montagen Nothaft GmbH, renamed AIDe in 2001). The company provides three core services: Arbeitnehmerüberlassung (temporary staffing / staff leasing), Personalvermittlung (direct permanent placement), and Outsourcing, delivered through 25 branch offices across Germany, three locations in Hungary via subsidiary AIDe Hungary Kft., and AIDe Austria GmbH in Vienna. It serves clients across eight branded industry verticals — automotive, aviation, offices/commercial, electrical, hospitality, industrial, healthcare, and logistics — plus an executive search and professional staffing arm (AIDe Talents & Experts / Professionals & Experts).

The business operates on a managed-services and transaction-fee model: AIDe employs temporary workers on its own payroll and bills client companies for deployed hours (recurring revenue tied to headcount), receives one-time placement fees for direct permanent placements, and earns managed service contract fees for full-function outsourcing engagements. The company is sales-led, acquiring business clients and job seekers through its branch network and online job portals. It maintains ISO 9001:2015 (quality), ISO 14001:2015 (environmental), BFSG (digital accessibility), LkSG (supply chain due diligence), and HinSchG (whistleblower) compliance, and is a member of GVP, committing it to iGZ-DGB tariff wages and a formal code of conduct.

AIDe employs 501-1000 staff, is led by founder/managing director Karl Nothaft and co-managing director Victoria Nothaft, and has grown through a combination of organic branch expansion and acquisitions (notably CiP city Personalbüro GmbH in March 2022 and ARGO GmbH in February 2023). It is consistently ranked in the Top 20 of the Lünendonk list of leading German temporary employment firms (rank 19 in both 2024 and 2025) and has received the Bayerns Best 50 award three times. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. The company has no proprietary technology platform, no AI/ML capabilities, and no public-facing API, and completed a comprehensive corporate rebranding in November 2024.

Name

AIDe GmbH PersonalService

Legal name

AIDe GmbH PersonalService

Website

https://aide.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

AIDe GmbH PersonalService is a privately held, family-owned German staffing firm (founded 1988, Munich) providing temporary staffing, direct placement, and outsourcing across 25 German branches plus Hungary and Austria, serving automotive, aviation, healthcare, logistics, hospitality, electrical, industrial, and office sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPACACAI

National Generalist Staffing Firms

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/Staffing & Temp Agencies (Generalist)

SECONDARYBPACACAH

Local & Regional Generalist Staffing Agencies

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/Staffing & Temp Agencies (Generalist)

SECONDARYBPACADAJ

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/Professional & Technical Staffing (IT/Engineering/Healthcare/Finance)

Keywords

• Temporary staffing services
• Personnel recruitment
• Workforce outsourcing
• Direct placement
• HR services

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices24 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Arbeitnehmerüberlassung (Temporary Employment/Staff Leasing): The primary revenue stream involves placing temporary workers (Leiharbeiter) at client companies. AIDe employs workers and assigns them to client organizations for varying durations, charging for the worker hours/fee spread between worker wages and client billing rates. This creates recurring revenue based on worker headcount deployed.
2. Personalvermittlung (Direct Recruitment/Placement): Direct placement of candidates into permanent positions at client companies. AIDe receives a placement fee (typically a one-time recruitment fee) for successfully matching candidates with clients for direct employment.
3. Outsourcing: AIDe provides complete operational outsourcing solutions where entire functions or departments are managed. This generates revenue through managed service contracts with ongoing fees based on scope and duration.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AIDe GmbH PersonalService is a German staffing and recruitment agency placing temporary workers (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung), recruiting candidates for permanent positions (Personalvermittlung), and providing workforce outsourcing solutions across industries including automotive, logistics, healthcare, aviation, electrical, hospitality, industrial, and office/commercial sectors. The company operates a network of 25 branch offices across Germany plus 3 Hungarian locations, with industry-specialized verticals branded as Aide Automotive, Aide Aviation, Aide Offices, Aide Electrics, Aide Hospitality, Aide Industries, Aide Healthcare, and Aide Logistics, plus a Talents & Experts division for executive search.

Product overview

AIDe GmbH PersonalService operates as a unified staffing and personnel services platform offering three core services: Arbeitnehmerüberlassung (temporary staffing), Personalvermittlung (direct recruitment), and Outsourcing solutions. The company provides industry-specific staffing verticals under branded divisions (Aide Automotive, Aide Aviation, Aide Offices, Aide Electrics, Aide Hospitality, Aide Industries, Aide Healthcare, Aide Logistics) covering sectors from automotive manufacturing to healthcare and logistics. A specialized Talents & Experts division handles executive search and professional recruitment. With 25 branch locations across Germany plus operations in Hungary, the company delivers workforce solutions through its structured specialist departments, maintaining quality standards certified under ISO 9001:2015 and environmental management under ISO 14001:2015.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AIDe Talents & Experts: Executive search and professional staffing services specializing in 360° recruitment consulting, focused on executive and specialized talent acquisition.
• AIDe Professionals & Experts

Products and services

• Arbeitnehmerüberlassung (Temporary Staffing) Core service placing qualified temporary workers (Leiharbeiter) employed by AIDe with client companies for flexible staffing needs; AIDe handles employment, payroll, and compliance while the client directs day-to-day work. Revenue is generated via the spread between worker wages and client billing rates across multiple industry verticals.
• Personalvermittlung (Direct Recruitment/Placement) Direct placement service matching candidates with permanent positions at client companies. AIDe receives a one-time placement fee for successfully matching candidates with clients for direct hire. Covers all major industries including industrial, technical, commercial, and administrative roles.
• Outsourcing Complete outsourcing solutions for workforce management and business process outsourcing, where AIDe manages entire functions or departments under managed service contracts. Revenue is generated through ongoing fees based on scope and contract duration.
• Talents & Experts (Executive Search and Professional Recruitment) Specialized executive search and professional recruitment service operating under a 360° recruitment consulting model with nationwide coverage. Focuses on placing senior professionals, executives, and specialists in IT, technology, commercial, and industrial sectors. Operates via the Berlin Talents & Experts branch and the Professionals & Experts division in Regensburg.

Quantifiable outcome

• Ranked 19th in Lünendonk-Liste 2025 of leading temporary employment companies in Germany, maintaining position from 2024 despite challenging market conditions
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• GVP (Arbeitgeber- und Wirtschaftsverband der Personaldienstleister)coreOthersAIDe is a member of GVP (Employer and Economic Association of Personnel Service Providers). GVP membership commits AIDe to the GVP Code of Conduct and Ethics, guaranteeing fair wages under iGZ-DGB tariff agreements, strict legal compliance, and professional complaints management. The association's ethical guidelines cover fairness, transparency, reliability, respect, and professionalism.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Amadeus FiRe: German specialist in temporary staffing and permanent placement for accounting, finance, and IT professionals — comparable to AIDe's commercial and professional recruiting offerings through Talents & Experts.
• DIS AG: Major German staffing and recruiting firm with extensive branch network across Germany, specializing in both temporary staffing and permanent placement in technical, commercial, and IT domains — very close structural peer to AIDe's Talents & Experts and generalist branches.
• Hays Germany: Specialist recruiter focused on professional and executive placement in IT, engineering, life sciences, and finance — directly comparable to AIDe's Talents & Experts Berlin/Regensburg divisions.
• Persona Service: German staffing company operating Arbeitnehmerüberlassung and Personalvermittlung with national branch network — a closely comparable generalist staffing peer ranked in the Lünendonk Top 20 alongside AIDe.
• Tempton: German generalist staffing company providing temporary work, permanent placement, and on-site management across industrial, commercial, and healthcare verticals — strong Top 20 Lünendonk peer.

Emerging players

• GULP (part of Randstad): German IT and engineering staffing platform now under the Randstad umbrella — overlaps with AIDe's IT/expert placements and represents a digital, platform-led staffing model against which AIDe competes.

Regional players

• Robert Half Germany: German operation of US-listed Robert Half specializing in finance, accounting, IT, and administrative professional staffing — comparable professional-staffing peer though focused on white-collar verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Manpower Germany: German arm of global ManpowerGroup, providing temporary staffing, permanent placement, and talent resourcing across industrial, office, and professional segments — directly competes with AIDe's core services.
• Adecco Germany: Leading German operation of Adecco Group, offering temporary work, permanent placement, and workforce solutions with national branch coverage — competes head-on with AIDe in Arbeitnehmerüberlassung across multiple verticals.
• Randstad Germany: German subsidiary of global staffing leader Randstad, providing temporary staffing, permanent placement, and outsourcing across all major verticals — directly comparable to AIDe's generalist model but at substantially greater scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AIDeGmbHPersonalService
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aide-gmbh-personalservice

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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