Babajob

What Babajob does

Babajob is an India-focused online job marketplace that connects informal-sector and blue-collar job seekers with employers across sectors such as delivery, driving, security, office assistance, sales, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, and retail. The platform, originally operated under the Babajob.com domain, has been integrated into QuikrJobs (operated by Quikr India Private Limited), a web-based portal that allows candidates to search and apply to listings filtered by role, job type (full-time, part-time, work-from-home, internship, government, and work abroad), and city across 15+ major Indian markets spanning Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 geographies.

The core product is a free, self-serve job listing aggregation and search service indexed for organic discovery by role and city. Employers can post vacancies at no cost, while job seekers create profiles and apply without limit. A premium tier, QuikrJobs Pro, monetizes enhanced visibility, unlimited applications, WhatsApp job alerts, application tracking, and recruiter contact access for individual job seekers. No mobile native app, AI-driven matching features, or disclosed technology stack components were surfaced in the available data.

Founded in 2007-2008 and headquartered in Bangalore, the company has raised a disclosed $10M in April 2015 alongside an earlier seed round backed by Gray Ghost Ventures and Khosla Impact. The standalone Babajob entity now appears subsumed under the QuikrJobs brand within Quikr India Private Limited, with the Babajob.com domain redirecting to the parent platform. No current revenue, headcount trend, customer concentration, or management team data were disclosed in the source material.

Name

Babajob

Legal name

Quikr India Private Limited

Website

https://babajob.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Babajob (now redirected to QuikrJobs) is an India-based online job marketplace connecting blue-collar job seekers with employers across 15+ cities and 15+ industries, operating on a free posting model with a premium QuikrJobs Pro subscription tier.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Job Marketplace

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Services (5613)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Gig / On-Demand Generalist Staffing Platforms (BPACACAK)

Keywords

• Job marketplace
• Blue-collar hiring
• Online classifieds
• Recruitment portal
• Informal sector jobs

Headquarters

HQ city

Bangalore

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

QuikrJobs (via babajob.com) is an online job marketplace connecting blue-collar and informal-sector job seekers with employers across 15+ Indian cities and 15+ industries. Job seekers can browse and apply to listings for free across roles like Delivery, Driver, BPO, Data Entry, Security, Teaching, Nursing, and Sales in full-time, part-time, work-from-home, internship, government, and abroad formats. Employers can post jobs for free, with a paid QuikrJobs Pro tier offering premium visibility and recruiter features, plus Spotlight Ad placements.

Product overview

QuikrJobs operates as a single unified job search platform (not a modular platform-plus-modules architecture). The platform provides job seekers free profile creation and employers free job posting, with a premium tier offering accelerated job search and recruiter visibility features. The core offering is a job listing aggregation and search service covering multiple job roles (Data Entry, BPO/Telecaller, Delivery, Driver, Office Assistant, Security Guard, Electrician, Nurse, Beautician, Teacher, Sales, and Engineering), multiple job types (Full Time, Part Time, Work From Home, Internship, Government, Work Abroad), and coverage across major Indian cities and industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• QuikrJobs QuikrJobs is a free online job marketplace connecting blue-collar and informal-sector job seekers with employers across 15+ Indian cities and 15+ industries. It supports free job posting for employers and free job search and applications for job seekers across full-time, part-time, work-from-home, internship, government, and work-abroad job types. The platform reached via the babajob.com redirect and operates under Quikr India Private Limited.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn India: Global professional network owned by Microsoft with a large India user base. Increasingly extending into entry-level and blue-collar roles, providing indirect competitive pressure on Babajob.
• OLX India (CarTrade Tech): Indian horizontal classifieds player that historically operated adjacent to blue-collar hiring via services categories. Comparable two-sided marketplace DNA.
• Quikr (parent platform): Indian horizontal classifieds platform that now hosts QuikrJobs after Babajob's domain redirect. Acts as both parent and broader marketplace competitor in jobs adjacency.
• JustDial: India's leading local search and classifieds platform with jobs listings across services and trades. Provides overlapping SMB employer reach and competing listings.

Direct peers

• WorkIndia: India-based job portal focused on blue-collar and entry-level hiring across major Indian cities. Directly comparable target audience and freemium employer model.
• Naukri.com (InfoEdge): India's leading online job portal operated by InfoEdge. Directly competes with Babajob/QuikrJobs for job seeker and employer mindshare across white- and increasingly blue-collar segments in India.
• Apna: India-focused blue-collar and grey-collar hiring platform connecting workers with employers via a mobile-first, vernacular experience. Closest direct peer to Babajob's blue-collar positioning.
• Shine.com: India-based online job portal offering listings across experience levels including entry-level roles. Directly comparable two-sided recruitment marketplace.
• Monster India: Long-standing Indian online recruitment platform serving employers and job seekers across multiple experience levels. Competes with Babajob in the same two-sided marketplace category.
• Indeed India: Global job search engine with strong India presence. Competes directly for both blue-collar and white-collar job postings, offering employers free and sponsored listings similar to Babajob's model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/babajob
• Facebookfacebook.com/babajob
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/babajob

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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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