TimePartner

What TimePartner does

TimePartner Personalmanagement GmbH is a German personnel services company headquartered in Hamburg and operating 150 branch offices nationwide, positioning itself as one of the TOP 3 and the fourth-largest staffing services provider in Germany. Founded in 1994 and managed through the German holding House of HR Germany GmbH (part of the Belgian House of HR group) since 2022, TimePartner places more than 10,500 workers across 15 specialist areas covering production, logistics, retail, gastronomy, industry, metal/mechanical engineering, food, technology, office/secretarial, pedagogy, and medical sectors. Named enterprise customers include Airbus, a leading European snack producer, and an unspecified wire-drawing coil manufacturer.

The company's service portfolio centers on three revenue mechanics: (a) temporary staffing (Zeitarbeit / Arbeitnehmerüberlassung) on a managed-services basis where TimePartner employs workers and bills clients on hourly rates ranging from approximately €14.96 to €30.28 per hour; (b) permanent placement (Personalvermittlung) billed as transaction fees typically expressed as a percentage of annual salary; and (c) supplementary managed-services engagements including Master Vendor coordination of multi-supplier staffing programs, Onsite Management (Inhouse Service) embedding consultants at client sites, and International Recruiting of foreign specialists to address Germany's structural labor shortage. An additional Fahrdienst (transportation service) extends the stack into workforce mobility. Workers' wages are governed by collective agreements (GVP Tarifvertrag) with sector supplements (Branchenzuschläge) accruing after tenure thresholds.

Distribution is hybrid: corporate clients engage via dedicated account managers and field sales for enterprise contracts while job seekers access a self-serve online Jobbörse (job board) currently listing 36,675 open positions, with a TLS-encrypted Mitarbeiterportal (employee portal) supporting digital payslips and shift management. Marketing relies on paid search, paid social retargeting, organic social (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, XING, YouTube, TikTok, Kununu), career-guide content marketing, and email newsletters, with the website localized into 24+ languages to support international candidate flow. The technical architecture is a standard web-based portal stack with no proprietary AI components, no public API, and no documented advanced analytics or automation capabilities.

Name

TimePartner

Legal name

TimePartner Personalmanagement GmbH

Website

https://timepartner.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

TimePartner Personalmanagement GmbH is a Hamburg-headquartered German staffing firm (part of Belgian House of HR) operating 150 branches nationwide, placing 10,500+ workers in temporary, permanent, master-vendor, onsite, and international-recruiting engagements across 15 sectors for enterprise and SME clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (56132), Temporary Help Services (561320)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

Clerical & Customer Support Temp Staffing (BPACACAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Workforce Time, Attendance & Scheduling Administration (BPAAAIAI)

Keywords

• Temporary staffing
• Personnel services
• Permanent placement
• Workforce solutions
• International recruiting

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Revenue model

1. Temporary Staffing (Zeitarbeit / Arbeitnehmerüberlassung): TimePartner places its own employees at client companies for temporary periods. The company pays wages and charges clients for the labor provided, including sector supplements (Branchenzuschläge). This is the core revenue stream.
2. Permanent Placement (Personalvermittlung): Recruitment and placement of permanent staff for client companies. Fees are earned upon successful placement of a candidate.
3. Master Vendor Services: Centralized management of multiple staffing suppliers for large client companies, providing a single point of contact for all temporary staffing needs.
4. Onsite Management (Inhouse-Service): Dedicated consultants stationed at client premises to manage and coordinate temporary workforce on-site.
5. International Recruiting: Cross-border placement of foreign specialists into German companies, managing the international recruitment and work permit process.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

TimePartner is a German personnel service provider that supplies temporary staffing, permanent placement, onsite management, master vendor solutions, international recruiting, and transportation services across 15 specialist areas. The company operates approximately 150 branch offices and supports over 10,500 employees, helping employers fill open positions and candidates find work in commercial, industrial, technical, and professional fields.

Product overview

TimePartner is a staffing and personnel services company operating as part of the HoHR Germany Group (House of HR Germany GmbH). The company offers a unified portfolio of workforce solutions including temporary staffing (Zeitarbeit/Arbeitnehmerüberlassung), permanent placement (Personalvermittlung), on-site management, master vendor services, international recruiting, and transportation services. The core client-facing platform is the Jobbörse (job board) accessible at portal.timepartner.com, complemented by a Mitarbeiterportal for employee self-service. With 150 branches and over 10,500 employees, TimePartner serves both applicants and companies across 15 specialized departments covering production, logistics, retail, gastronomy, industry, metal/mechanical engineering, food, technology, office/secretarial, pedagogy, and medical sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 36,000 open positions listed on the job board at any time.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• House of HR Germany GmbH (HoHR Germany)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTimePartner Personalmanagement GmbH is a subsidiary of House of HR Germany GmbH, which in turn belongs to the Belgian House of HR Group. The HoHR Germany Group includes TimePartner Personalmanagement GmbH, AERO HighProfessionals GmbH, TimePartner Account Services GmbH, ZAQUENSIS Service GmbH, aixTime Personaldienstleistungen GmbH, and plusswerk GmbH. This group structure enables shared services, IT infrastructure, and a broad staffing platform.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Tempton Personaldienstleistungen: Mid-sized German staffing firm with broad geographic coverage in temporary work, permanent placement, and onsite services—competes with TimePartner in the same industrial and commercial verticals.
• Persona Service: German staffing company with a large branch network providing temporary work and permanent placement primarily in industrial and commercial sectors, comparable to TimePartner's blue-collar-heavy mix.
• DIS AG: One of Germany's largest personnel service providers, offering Zeitarbeit, permanent placement, and onsite management with a particularly strong footprint in commercial and technical roles—directly comparable to TimePartner's portfolio.
• ManpowerGroup Deutschland: German arm of ManpowerGroup; provides temporary staffing, permanent placement, and talent management across Germany with a similar horizontal segmentation to TimePartner across blue- and white-collar roles.
• I.K. Hofmann: German family-owned personnel services provider with nationwide branch network covering temporary staffing, permanent placement, and onsite management across industrial and commercial sectors—directly comparable to TimePartner.
• Hays Deutschland: German subsidiary of Hays plc; specializes in temporary and contract placement of skilled professionals (IT, engineering, life sciences)—overlaps with TimePartner's technical and professional Fachbereiche but with a higher-skilled mix.
• Randstad Deutschland: German subsidiary of global staffing leader Randstad; offers temporary staffing, permanent placement, and onsite/RPO services across all major German industries—directly competing with TimePartner in Zeitarbeit for industrial, logistics, and office roles.
• ARWA Personaldienstleistungen: German staffing company with extensive branch network across eastern and western Germany, focused on temporary staffing in industrial, production, and logistics roles—directly competes with TimePartner's core Fachbereiche.
• Adecco Germany: German operations of Adecco Group; one of the largest temp staffing and permanent placement providers in Germany, competing head-to-head with TimePartner across industrial, commercial, and professional segments.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half: Global staffing firm operating in Germany primarily in finance, accounting, IT, and administrative permanent and contract placement—overlaps with TimePartner's office/secretarial and technical segments but skews toward higher-skilled professional roles.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xxing.com/companies/timepartner
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCjHvd55bS6tqJS3MkHNSv5Q
• Facebookfacebook.com/TimePartner.Gruppe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/timepartner-holding
• Instagraminstagram.com/timepartner_deutschland/?hl=de
• TikToktiktok.com/@timepartnergmbh

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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