OPUS ONE Recruitment

Name

OPUS ONE Recruitment

Legal name

OPUS ONE Recruitment GmbH

Website

https://opusone.team

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing & Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Employment Services (5613)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Hybrid / Selective RPO (Partial Outsourcing) (BPACABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Recruiting Administration Outsourcing (Recruitment Support, Scheduling, Onboarding Ops) (BPACAKAG)

Keywords

• Temporary staffing services
• Permanent placement recruiting
• Banking sector recruitment
• Finance and tax staffing
• Legal professional placement

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Personalvermittlung (Direct Placement): OPUS ONE recruits qualified personnel for permanent employment positions for clients. Candidates are placed directly into client companies. The service is free for companies until the candidate signs the contract. The company charges a success fee upon successful placement.
2. Zeitarbeit (Temporary Staffing): OPUS ONE employs workers under an employment contract and assigns them to client companies under a triangular arrangement. Workers receive above-tariff pay and may be offered permanent contracts depending on qualification. OPUS ONE handles payroll, time tracking, and vacation administration.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

OPUS ONE Recruitment is a specialized staffing agency providing Zeitarbeit (temporary staffing/worker leasing) and Personalvermittlung (direct placement) services for companies in the Banking, Finance & Tax, IT, Office & Legal, and Real Estate sectors across Germany. Under Zeitarbeit, candidates enter an employment contract with OPUS ONE and are deployed to client companies under triangular arrangements, with OPUS ONE handling payroll, time tracking, and vacation administration. Under Personalvermittlung, candidates are sourced and matched to permanent positions at client companies for a success fee.

Product overview

OPUS ONE Recruitment is a specialized staffing and recruitment services company offering two core service lines: Zeitarbeit (temporary staffing/worker leasing) and Personalvermittlung (direct placement/recruitment). The company operates as a specialized personnel service provider connecting companies with qualified candidates in Banking, Finance, Tax, Legal, Office, Real Estate, and IT sectors. Their service portfolio includes a job exchange (Stellenbörse), express application feature (Express Bewerbung), WhatsApp-based application submission, access to the hidden job market, and individual career consulting. As a staffing agency, they do not offer a software platform but provide professional consulting services in personnel placement and temporary labor.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Zeitarbeit (Temporary Staffing / Arbeitnehmerüberlassung) Temporary staffing service where candidates enter an employment contract with OPUS ONE and are deployed to client companies under triangular employment arrangements (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung). OPUS ONE handles payroll, time tracking, and vacation administration for deployed workers. Workers receive above-tariff pay and may be offered permanent contracts depending on qualification. Suitable for companies seeking flexible project-based hiring and short-term staffing for peak workloads.
• Personalvermittlung (Direct Placement) Direct placement service focused on placing candidates in permanent positions as Sachbearbeiter (clerical staff), specialists, and executives (Führungskräfte) in fixed employment relationships. OPUS ONE provides professional consulting with individual steps of the selection process. The service is free for companies until the candidate signs the contract; OPUS ONE charges a success fee upon successful placement.

Quantifiable outcome

• Since early 2018, the majority of placements are direct (without prior temporary assignment), indicating strong client trust
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• ProvativminorOthersPartner logo displayed on the OPUS ONE website footer. Provativ appears to be a web design and development agency (provativ.com/de) that has worked on the OPUS ONE website.
• Univativ GroupminorOthersPartner logo displayed on the OPUS ONE website. Univativ Group (univativ.de) is a staffing and recruitment company. The OPUS ONE whistleblower reporting system is hosted on Univativ's infrastructure (app.whistle-report.com), suggesting a parent or group relationship.
• Superchat (SuperX GmbH)coreTechnology or IntegrationOPUS ONE uses Superchat, a WhatsApp Business API service provided by SuperX GmbH (Berlin), to facilitate candidate applications and communications via WhatsApp. Data is processed and stored on Superchat's servers in Germany. OPUS ONE has a data processing agreement with SuperX GmbH.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hays Deutschland: Hays is one of the largest specialist recruitment firms in Germany, focused on contracting and permanent placement in Banking, Finance, IT, Legal and Office — directly overlapping with OPUS ONE's core verticals. Both firms compete for the same enterprise clients and candidate pool in the German financial services and professional staffing market.
• PageGroup (Michael Page & Page Personnel) Deutschland: PageGroup operates dedicated banking, finance, legal, and office/administration desks in Germany through Michael Page and Page Personnel brands. It competes head-to-head with OPUS ONE for mid-level and senior permanent placements across the same financial and professional services verticals.
• Amadeus FiRe: Amadeus FiRe specializes in temporary staffing, contracting, and permanent placement in Accounting, Banking, Finance, IT, and Legal across Germany. Its vertical focus and dual revenue model mirror OPUS ONE's approach and put the two firms in direct competition for clients and candidates.
• Robert Half Deutschland: Robert Half places finance, accounting, legal, administrative, and IT professionals on a temporary and permanent basis in Germany. The firm overlaps with OPUS ONE across the Banking, Finance, Tax and Office segments, serving similar mid-market and enterprise clients.
• Robert Walters Deutschland: Robert Walters is an international recruitment firm with a German presence focused on mid-to-senior permanent and interim placements in Finance, Banking, Legal, Tax, and IT. It competes with OPUS ONE for senior-level and specialist financial and legal talent in Germany.
• DIS AG: DIS AG is a leading German specialist for temporary staffing, contracting, and direct placement focused on Banking, Finance, IT, Engineering, and Office. It is a close direct competitor to OPUS ONE in the German Banking & Finance vertical with a similar Zeitarbeit-plus-Personalvermittlung model.

Broad incumbents

• Adecco Germany: Adecco is one of the world's largest staffing firms with broad German operations in office, finance, and industrial staffing. It competes with OPUS ONE at the high-volume and SMB end of the temporary and permanent placement market in Banking and Office.
• Randstad Deutschland: Randstad is a global staffing leader with significant German operations across temporary staffing, permanent placement, and HR solutions. While broader in scope, it overlaps with OPUS ONE in Office, Finance, and professional staffing segments.
• GULP (Randstad Technologies): GULP is a major German IT and finance/contracting placement platform owned by Randstad. It is a broader incumbent in adjacent verticals to OPUS ONE's IT and finance desks, with deeper enterprise contracts and a proprietary platform.

Emerging players

• Brunel Germany: Brunel provides specialist staffing and project services in Germany focused on engineering, IT, and finance. It is an emerging adjacent competitor in some of OPUS ONE's verticals, particularly IT and finance contracting, with a project-services overlay.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 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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