IET

What IET does

IET (iET SA) was a Swiss staffing and recruiting firm founded in 1991 and headquartered at Grellingerstrasse 75 in Basel, operating across the German-speaking Swiss market with secondary presence in Zürich and Bern. Following acquisition by Coopers Group AG in October 2023, the entity was rebranded Coopers iET AG effective March 1, 2024, and operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coopers Group AG; the legacy iet.ch domain has been decommissioned and all services now route through coopers.ch.

The combined entity delivers a full-stack HR services portfolio: Contracting (temporary staffing/Personalverleih), Festanstellung (permanent placement), Executive Search, Project Recruiting, Payrolling, RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing), MSP (Managed Service Provider), and Consulting & Solutions. It verticalizes around four disciplines — IT, Life Sciences, Engineering, and Finance — with active job requisitions observed in infrastructure/IT support, Java development, SAP consulting, and Palantir AIP specializations. Customers include Swiss government entities (e.g., Eidgenössisches Departement für Verteidigung Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport) and private-sector employers in pharma/biotech, IT, engineering, and finance.

The business model is professional-services/transactional: fees are quote-based and undisclosed, generated per placement (permanent), per hour/day (contracting/payrolling), or under managed-service contracts (RPO/MSP). Go-to-market is sales-led direct engagement with dedicated account managers, supplemented by LinkedIn community building, blog content, and testimonial-led employer branding. The firm is a member of the Talentor international recruitment network and holds ISO/IEC 9001:2015 (quality) and ISO/IEC 14001:2015 (environmental) certifications, alongside affiliations with Swissstaffing, Swiss ICT, and Swiss Medtech. No proprietary technology platform, AI tooling, or data assets are disclosed; technology stack is "Not disclosed." Ownership remains independent Swiss, with no private equity or venture capital backing evident in the source material.

Name

IET

Legal name

Coopers Group AG

Website

https://iet.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Coopers iET AG (formerly IET SA) is a Swiss staffing and recruiting firm acquired by Coopers Group AG in 2023, placing IT, Life Sciences, Engineering, and Finance professionals across Switzerland via contracting, permanent placement, executive search, payrolling, RPO, and MSP services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recruitment and Staffing Services: Coopers generates revenue through multiple HR service offerings including permanent placement (Festanstellung), contracting/contract work (Contracting/Personalverleih), payroll services (Payrolling), executive search, project recruiting, RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing), and MSP (Managed Service Provider) solutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

IET (now Coopers iET AG, formerly iET SA) is a Swiss recruiting and staffing agency specializing in placing specialists and executives across IT, Life Sciences, Engineering, and Finance verticals. The firm delivers a full suite of HR solutions including permanent placement (Personalvermittlung), contracting/staff leasing (Personalverleih), payrolling, executive search, project recruiting, Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), and Managed Service Provider (MSP) services. It was acquired by Coopers Group AG in October 2023 and now operates as Coopers iET AG.

Product overview

Coopers iET AG operates as an agile Swiss recruitment agency offering a comprehensive suite of staffing solutions. The unified portfolio includes Contracting (temporary staffing), Personalvermittlung (direct recruitment), Executive Search (senior-level search), Project Recruiting, Personalverleih (staff leasing), Payrolling, RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing), MSP (Managed Service Provider), and Consulting & Solutions. The company specializes in placing talent across four core verticals: IT, Life Sciences, Engineering, and Finance, with the former iET brand now fully integrated under the Coopers umbrella following the October 2023 acquisition.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Permanent Placement (Personalvermittlung) Direct recruitment service placing candidates into permanent roles at client companies, focused on IT, Life Sciences, Engineering, and Finance professionals across Switzerland.
• Contracting / Personalverleih (Staff Leasing) Temporary staffing and staff leasing services that deploy contracted professionals to client projects, primarily for IT and specialist roles.
• Executive Search Senior-level executive search service that identifies and recruits leadership and specialist candidates for client organizations.
• Project Recruiting Targeted recruitment service for defined projects or hiring initiatives, providing dedicated recruiting capacity to clients.
• Payrolling Payroll administration service for client-hired candidates, allowing companies to outsource employment administration and compliance while retaining operational control.
• Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Outsourced end-to-end recruitment process management where Coopers assumes responsibility for part or all of a client's hiring function.
• Managed Service Provider (MSP) Program management of a client's contingent workforce and staffing suppliers, providing oversight, vendor management, and reporting.
• Consulting & Solutions HR consulting service providing advisory support on talent acquisition strategy, workforce planning, and HR solution design for clients.

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TalentorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational recruitment network providing Coopers with access to cross-border talent solutions and collaborative recruitment capabilities across multiple countries.
• SwissstaffingminorOthersSwiss staffing industry association membership providing industry representation and best practice standards.
• Swiss ICTminorOthersSwiss ICT industry association membership demonstrating expertise and compliance with industry standards.
• Swiss MedtechminorOthersSwiss medical technology industry association membership supporting Life Sciences recruitment specialization.
• DHBWminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDual Higher Education Baden-Württemberg partnership for recruiting young talent and potential future employees.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

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Broad incumbents

• Randstad: Global HR services leader with substantial Swiss staffing operations (Randstad Switzerland). Comparable to Coopers iET AG in core staffing services but competes at significantly larger scale and broader service portfolio.
• Adecco Group: Swiss-headquartered global staffing and workforce-solutions leader. Directly comparable operating geography (Switzerland) and full-service model (temporary staffing, permanent placement, career transition), but operates at much larger scale and broader portfolio than Coopers iET AG's vertical-specialist focus.
• ManpowerGroup: Global workforce-solutions provider with Swiss operations and established presence in IT, engineering, and life-sciences staffing. Comparable in service lines (contracting, permanent, RPO/MSP) but with materially larger scale.
• Kelly Services: Global staffing provider with Swiss operations covering IT, engineering, and life-sciences staffing. Comparable in core staffing and workforce-solutions services, competing for the same Swiss enterprise contracts.
• Robert Half: Specialist professional staffing firm focused on finance, accounting, IT, and engineering. Comparable to Coopers iET AG's Finance and IT verticals, with overlap in permanent and contract placement, though primarily US-headquartered.

Direct peers

• Hays: Global specialist recruiter focused on professional and skilled trades, with strong IT, engineering, life-sciences, and finance verticals. Closely comparable to Coopers iET AG in vertical mix and specialist positioning, though with materially larger international footprint.
• Talentor International: International recruitment network of which Coopers iET AG is a member. Network peers operate comparable specialist recruitment models across multiple countries, sharing candidate pools and cross-border mandates.
• Robert Walters: Specialist professional recruiter with strong IT, engineering, and finance verticals across Europe. Comparable to Coopers iET AG in white-collar specialist focus, with overlap in contracting and permanent placement services in the Swiss market.
• Michael Page: Specialist recruitment firm operating across IT, engineering, life sciences, and finance with active Swiss operations. Comparable to Coopers iET AG in professional-services recruiting model and vertical segmentation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ietswitzerland

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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