Clearwater International Group

What Clearwater International Group does

Clearwater International Group (CIG) is a privately held, U.S.-domiciled recruitment and subcontracting agency that supplies qualified personnel to enterprise clients across the hospitality, construction, oil & gas, medical/nursing, security, and agriculture sectors. The company operates four offices — its U.S. headquarters in Chicago, a client-facing office in Doha (Qatar), and recruitment operations offices in Kielce (Poland) and Kiev (Ukraine) — and sources candidates from a multi-country talent pool spanning Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.

The company's service model is built around six discrete vertical offerings: hospitality recruitment (via a network of Central and Eastern European vocational schools), oil & gas specialist staffing (leveraging North Sea, Black Sea, and offshore experience from former Soviet-bloc labor pools), construction staffing for Qatar's infrastructure projects, certified nursing personnel supply, security services staffed by ex-military and special-forces personnel with large-event experience (UEFA Euro 2012, World Youth Day 2016), and agriculture specialists supporting Qatar's food self-sufficiency goals. There is no proprietary technology product underpinning the offering; the differentiator is direct ownership of recruitment offices and relationship-based candidate sourcing.

Revenue is generated through professional-services placement fees and subcontracting arrangements with enterprise clients, primarily in Qatar, on a quote-based model that is not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market is direct B2B field sales targeting large hospitality, construction, industrial, and medical employers, with no disclosed investor backing, no funding rounds, and no subsidiary structure. Customer logos, headcount, and revenue figures are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Clearwater International Group

Legal name

Clearwater International Group

Website

https://clearwater.global

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Clearwater International Group is a U.S.-based recruitment and subcontracting agency supplying qualified personnel from Central/Eastern Europe and Asia to enterprise clients across hospitality, construction, oil & gas, nursing, security, and agriculture, primarily serving Qatar's market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Doha

HQ country

Qatar

HQ region

Middle East

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Recruitment and Staffing Services: Clearwater generates revenue by providing recruitment and subcontracting services to enterprise clients. The company recruits qualified personnel from Eastern Europe and Asia for hospitality, industrial, construction, medical, security, and agricultural sectors. Revenue is derived from placement fees and subcontracting arrangements with client companies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Clearwater International Group is a recruitment and subcontracting agency that sources and supplies qualified personnel from Central and Eastern Europe, the Philippines, and Asia to enterprise clients. The firm delivers tailored HR solutions across six verticals—hospitality, construction, oil & gas, nursing/medical, security, and agriculture—primarily serving Qatar's booming construction, tourism, and industrial markets through its own recruitment offices in Poland, Ukraine, Qatar, and the USA.

Product overview

Clearwater International Group is a recruitment and subcontracting agency providing tailored HR solutions across multiple sectors. The company operates as a single unified service offering that connects employers with qualified personnel from Central and Eastern Europe, the Philippines, and Asia. The portfolio includes six distinct service lines: Agriculture Recruitment Services, Hospitality Recruitment Services, Oil & Gas Recruitment Services, Construction Recruitment Services, Nursing Recruitment Services, and Security Services. These services collectively serve the hospitality, industrial, construction, and medical sectors across the European Union, Middle East, and Asia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hospitality Recruitment Services Recruitment of qualified hospitality personnel from Eastern Europe for hotels, restaurants, shopping malls, SPAs, fitness clubs, beauty salons, and health centers, delivered through the firm's network of hospitality vocational schools to ensure friendly, professional candidates across all experience levels.
• Oil & Gas Recruitment Services Recruitment of specialist oil and gas teams from Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Vietnam, supplying workers with North Sea platform, sea port, gas-transfer, Black Sea drill, and offshore operations experience for energy-sector clients.
• Construction Recruitment Services Supply of skilled Eastern European construction specialists to support Qatar's construction boom (metro, stadiums, roads), emphasizing fit-out quality, team productivity, and project control for construction companies and developers.
• Nursing Recruitment Services Provision of highly qualified and certified nursing personnel from Eastern Europe and the Philippines for healthcare facilities serving the sick and elderly in developed societies.
• Security Services Provision of East-European security specialists with military, police, and special-forces backgrounds, including security managers, combat and crowd control training specialists, and security guards for international companies, VIPs, and mass events.
• Agriculture Recruitment Services Recruitment of agriculture specialists from Poland and Ukraine, including farm engineers, food processing specialists, mechanics, designers, marketing managers, business managers, and biotechnology, quality assurance, and R&D scientists to support food self-sufficiency goals.

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 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.

• Hospitality Vocational Schools NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClearwater works directly through its own recruitment offices in cooperation with a network of best hospitality vocational schools all over Central and Eastern Europe. This partnership enables selection of highly qualified, friendly, and motivated candidates across all experience levels.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Airswift: Global technical staffing firm specializing in oil & gas, energy, and infrastructure project placements. Directly comparable to Clearwater's oil & gas and construction recruitment lines given its similar focus on placing skilled Eastern European and Asian technicians into Gulf and global projects.
• NES Global Talent (Fircroft): International technical recruitment firm focused on energy, oil & gas, and infrastructure sectors. Comparable to Clearwater because both place skilled foreign technicians into energy and construction projects, often into Gulf-region operations.
• Brunel International: Global staffing and project-services firm placing specialists in oil & gas, civil engineering, and renewable energy. Closely comparable to Clearwater's oil & gas and construction verticals, especially in markets where Eastern European and Asian talent is mobilized for international projects.
• Hays: International recruitment firm specializing in skilled trades, construction, and oil & gas placements. Comparable to Clearwater's specialized recruitment model focused on placing qualified professionals into industrial and construction projects in Gulf markets.

Broad incumbents

• ManpowerGroup: One of the world's largest staffing and workforce-solutions firms with established Gulf operations. Comparable to Clearwater as a broad incumbent offering recruitment across hospitality, construction, oil & gas, and healthcare, but with vastly greater scale and a global technology platform.
• Adecco Group: Global staffing leader with significant Middle East presence through Adecco Middle East. Overlaps with Clearwater's multi-vertical staffing model across hospitality, industrial, and medical segments, though operating at substantially larger scale.
• Randstad: Global HR services and staffing firm with operations across the Gulf. Comparable broad incumbent with workforce solutions spanning multiple verticals similar to Clearwater's hospitality, construction, and industrial lines.
• Michael Page: Global professional recruitment firm with established Middle East operations. Comparable as a broad incumbent placing professionals into construction, healthcare, oil & gas, and hospitality roles across the Gulf, though typically focused on mid-to-senior level positions rather than volume staffing.

Regional players

• TASC Outsourcing: UAE-based staffing and outsourcing firm serving hospitality, construction, healthcare, and oil & gas across the GCC. Comparable regional player operating in the same Gulf labor market with similar vertical mix and reliance on imported talent.
• Bayt.com: Leading Middle East job platform and recruitment-services provider covering the Gulf region. Adjacent comparable as the dominant regional recruitment marketplace that increasingly competes with traditional agencies like Clearwater for Gulf-based hiring.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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