Hays France & Luxembourg

What Hays France & Luxembourg does

Hays France & Luxembourg is the French and Luxembourg operating subsidiary of Hays plc, a London-listed global recruitment group. The entity specializes in mid-to-senior professional recruitment, providing permanent placement (CDI), temporary staffing (CDD/intérim), freelance/contractor placement, and employee leasing (portage salarial) across more than 20 sector specializations including Technology, Finance & Accounting, Construction & Civil Engineering, Life Sciences, Real Estate, Industry, and Audit & Expertise Comptable. The business operates through 17 physical offices across France and Luxembourg, staffed by more than 600 specialized consultants, with an additional 480+ consultants dedicated to the Technology division alone.

The company generates revenue through placement fees on permanent hires (percentage of annual salary), markups on temporary and freelance billings, and managed service fees for outsourced programs including Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), Managed Service Programmes (MSP), Contractor Management Outsourcing (CMO), and Total Talent Management. Complementary HR advisory services include salary benchmarking (Étude de Rémunérations covering 700+ roles, Baromètre des Salaires online tool), career transition coaching, outplacement, and employer brand consulting. Technology is limited to standard web delivery: the hays.fr job portal, the My Hays candidate account platform, e-Time and Timesheet tools for contractor hours, and the Tech Talent Explorer global market intelligence platform. No proprietary AI/ML matching engine or platform is described as a core product.

The go-to-market is dual-sided and consultant-led: candidates engage through the website or local offices, while employers are served by dedicated account managers and field consultants organized by sector and geography. Named enterprise clients include Salesforce, Safran, Thales, Allianz, Axa, Volvo, Nexity, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, Vinci Immobilier, Crédit Agricole Immobilier, Spie Batignolles, Eiffage, Fayat, Soprema, and Véolia. The firm serves more than 1,300 technology organizations and 500+ manufacturing/industry employers, with nearly 8,000 candidates applying annually in the Audit & Expertise Comptable division alone and 3,692 active job listings at time of data capture. Marketing is conducted through an extensive content operation including a 233+-article career advice blog, two podcasts (Talent in Progress, Chasseurs de Tech), salary guides, and social channels.

Name

Hays France & Luxembourg

Legal name

Hays plc

Website

https://hays.fr

Company type

Public

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Hays France & Luxembourg is the French and Luxembourg subsidiary of Hays plc, operating 17 offices and 600+ specialized consultants who deliver permanent, temporary, freelance, and RPO/MSP recruitment across 20+ sectors including Technology, Finance, Construction, Life Sciences, and Real Estate.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Recruitment and Staffing Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Temporary Help Services (56132)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

National Generalist Staffing Firms (BPACACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Professional & Technical Direct Hire (IT, Engineering, Finance, Healthcare) (BPACAFAC), Recruiting Administration Outsourcing (Recruitment Support, Scheduling, Onboarding Ops) (BPACAKAG)

Keywords

• Permanent recruitment
• Temporary staffing
• Freelance placement
• Recruitment process outsourcing
• Sector specialized hiring

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices18 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Permanent Recruitment (CDI): Fee-based placement of candidates in permanent positions (CDI). The company matches job seekers with employers and earns a placement fee, typically a percentage of the placed candidate's annual salary.
2. Temporary Staffing / Interim (CDD): Temporary staffing services placing candidates in fixed-term contracts (CDD) and interim positions. Revenue generated through markup on candidate salaries during the contract period.
3. Freelance / Contracting / Portage Salarial: Placement of independent contractors and freelancers with client organizations. Hays acts as intermediary, managing contractual and administrative aspects (especially in portage salarial), earning margins on contractor rates.
4. RPO, MSP & Managed Talent Solutions: Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) and Managed Service Programme (MSP) contracts where Hays manages all or part of an employer's recruitment process, generating service fees.
5. HR Advisory & Consulting Services: Additional consulting services including salary benchmarking, employer brand strategy, skills audit, competency assessment, training facilitation, outplacement, coaching, and skills assessment. These professional services complement core recruitment offerings.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Hays France & Luxembourg is a specialized professional recruitment and staffing firm. It places candidates in permanent roles (CDI), temporary contracts (CDD/intérim), freelance missions, and portage salarial arrangements across 20+ sector specializations including Technology, Finance & Comptabilité, Bâtiment & Travaux Publics, Audit & Expertise Comptable, Immobilier, Industrie, and Life Sciences. The firm also provides managed talent solutions such as RPO, MSP, CMO, and Total Talent Management for enterprise clients, supported by HR advisory services and proprietary salary benchmarking tools.

Product overview

Hays France & Luxembourg is a specialized recruitment and staffing firm offering a comprehensive suite of talent solutions. The core offering consists of permanent recruitment (CDI), temporary staffing (CDD/intérim), freelance placement, and employee leasing (portage salarial) across more than 25 sector specializations including Technology, Finance, Construction, Healthcare, and Industry. The company operates managed talent programs including RPO, MSP, CMO, and Total Talent Management for enterprise clients. Complementary services include HR advisory consulting, salary benchmarking tools (Étude de Rémunérations, Baromètre des Salaires), career advice content, and the My Hays candidate portal providing job alerts, application tracking, and timesheet management. The Tech Talent Explorer provides global IT talent market intelligence. The company serves both job seekers and employers, operating across 17 offices in France and Luxembourg with over 600 professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Recrutement Permanent (CDI)

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 8,000 candidates apply annually to Hays Audit & Expertise Comptable job listings
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers26 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SalesforcecoreTechnology or IntegrationSalesforce is listed as a technology partner within Hays' technology ecosystem. Hays recruits technology professionals including Salesforce specialists (CRM, ERP), and the partnership is featured in Hays' technology sector marketing materials as a recognized employer brand within the tech community.
• Silicon RepublicminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSilicon Republic is listed as a media partner providing technology industry news and insights. The partnership supports Hays' technology sector content marketing and employer branding in the tech community.
• Empact VenturesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmpact Ventures is listed as a technology ecosystem partner, suggesting collaboration on innovation, startups, or technology talent initiatives.
• Genius WithinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGenius Within is listed as a technology ecosystem partner. Details of the partnership are not specified in the source material.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Cielo: Cielo is a leading pure-play RPO provider globally with growing European presence — directly comparable to Hays' RPO, MSP, and Total Talent Management offerings for enterprise clients.
• Fedify / Cabinet de recrutement local specialists (e.g., Approach People, W Executive): Boutique French and pan-European recruitment specialists (e.g., Approach People) compete with Hays on individual sector niches such as technology, life sciences, and executive search, representing the long tail of direct competitors.
• Alexander Mann Solutions: Alexander Mann Solutions is a global RPO and talent acquisition consultancy — directly comparable to Hays' RPO/MSP/CMO managed-services suite for enterprise customers.

Broad incumbents

• Randstad: Randstad is a global HR services leader with substantial French operations in temporary staffing, permanent placement, and HR solutions — comparable to Hays as a broad incumbent across blue-collar and white-collar recruitment.
• ManpowerGroup: ManpowerGroup operates one of the largest French staffing and workforce-solutions footprints, including temporary staffing, permanent placement, and RPO/MSP — competing with Hays across generalist staffing and managed services.
• Adecco: Adecco is one of the world's largest staffing groups with broad French operations across temporary staffing, permanent placement, and career transition — overlapping Hays' CDD/intérim and freelance offerings as a broader-portfolio incumbent.

Direct peers

• Robert Half: Robert Half is a global specialist in finance/accounting, technology, and administrative staffing with a French operation offering permanent and contract placement — overlapping Hays' Finance & Comptabilité and Technology divisions directly.
• Hudson Global: Hudson Global is a specialized professional recruitment firm focused on permanent and contract placement across similar white-collar verticals — comparable to Hays' sector-specialized direct-hire and contracting business model.
• Michael Page: Michael Page is a global specialist professional recruitment firm with a major French presence covering permanent and interim placement across the same professional/technical verticals (finance, technology, engineering, construction, healthcare) where Hays France & Luxembourg competes head-to-head.
• PageGroup: PageGroup (parent of Page Personnel, Michael Page, Page Executive) operates multiple specialized recruitment brands in France across the same professional disciplines as Hays, including technology, finance, engineering, and life sciences.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/HaysFrance
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hays
• Instagraminstagram.com/hays_france_luxembourg
• Xx.com/Hays_France

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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