TRANSFER

What TRANSFER does

TRANSFER Personalmanagement is an Austrian staffing and recruitment firm that has operated for over 30 years from its headquarters in Ebenfurth, Lower Austria. The company provides temporary labor (Zeitarbeit), direct permanent placement (Personalvermittlung), on-site management, master vendoring, fixed-price payroll services, qualification management, international recruiting, and a niche elevator-installation staffing line. Its client base spans industrial and manufacturing, construction and trade, commercial/administrative, hospitality, and international-labor-needs segments, with 9,000+ customers served, 30,000+ positions filled annually, and 225 active job listings at the time of data collection.

The firm operates a proprietary HR-administration platform called PERSONAL-Expert that supports real-time workforce scheduling and bottleneck avoidance, and runs a multi-channel marketing and self-serve candidate portal alongside a sales-led engagement model in which dedicated Personalmanager handle client relationships. Internal systems include Sage, Workday, SAP, and Salesforce integrations referenced across roles. Distribution is anchored by physical branches across Austria (Ebenfurth, two Vienna offices, Weiz, Leoben, Dornbirn, Innsbruck, Wiener Neustadt) and regional international offices in Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, with international recruiting corridors into the Philippines, India, Kyrgyzstan, and Ukraine.

Revenue is generated via transaction-fee take rates on temporary labor deployments, fee-based permanent placements, professional services fees for managed on-site and master-vendoring engagements, and international recruiting service fees. The company is privately held (legal name: TRANSFER PlanconsultDatentransfer und Anlagenconsulting GmbH) with no disclosed institutional ownership, no public listing, and no disclosed external funding. Quality credentials include TÜV, ISO 9001, SCP 2021, Arbeitskräfteüberlasser qualification via the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, and partnership status with Bundesbeschaffung GmbH for Austrian public-sector procurement.

Name

TRANSFER

Legal name

TRANSFER PlanconsultDatentransfer und Anlagenconsulting GmbH

Website

https://transfer-personal.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

TRANSFER Personalmanagement is an Austrian staffing firm offering temporary labor, permanent placement, on-site management, master vendoring, payroll, and international recruiting services to industrial, construction, and commercial clients across Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing and Recruitment Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320), Temporary Help Services (56132), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Temporary staffing services
• Permanent recruitment placement
• International worker recruiting
• On-site workforce management
• HR administration software

Headquarters

HQ city

Ebenfurth

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Temporary Labor / Staff Leasing (Zeitarbeit): TRANSFER provides temporary workers (Arbeitskräfteüberlassung) to client companies, charging for the deployment of personnel. This is the core revenue stream, supported by payroll services at fixed prices (Payroll – Zeitarbeit zum Fixpreis) for predictable staffing costs.
2. Direct Recruitment / Permanent Placement (Personalvermittlung): Permanent placement of candidates with client companies, matching the right talent to direct employment positions.
3. On-Site Management & Master Vendoring: Efficient management of client's entire external workforce and on-site staffing management at client locations.
4. International Recruiting: Sourcing qualified workers from EU and third countries for Austrian and international companies, including visa support, language training, and integration services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

TRANSFER Personalmanagement is an Austrian staffing and recruitment firm that places temporary and permanent workers with client companies across Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. Its core services include temporary labor leasing (Zeitarbeit), direct permanent placement (Personalvermittlung), fixed-price payroll services, on-site management, master vendoring across multiple staffing suppliers, qualification management, international recruiting from EU and third countries, and specialized elevator installation staffing. The firm also offers PERSONAL-Expert, a proprietary HR administration software used internally for real-time workforce management and scheduling.

Product overview

TRANSFER Personalmanagement is a staffing and recruitment company operating a multi-service portfolio focused on workforce solutions. The core offering includes temporary staffing (Zeitarbeit), direct recruitment (Personalvermittlung), and payroll processing services. Supporting these are specialized modules including on-site management, master vendor services for managing multiple staffing suppliers, qualification management for workforce training, and international recruiting for EU and third-country workers. The company also offers PERSONAL-Expert Software as its proprietary HR administration tool for real-time personnel management. Services are delivered through a network of over 300 personnel managers across offices in Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, and Czech Republic, with access to over 2,000 company contacts throughout Europe.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PERSONAL-Expert: Administrative software for efficient personnel management.

Products and services

• Zeitarbeit (Staff Leasing)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 30,000 positions filled per year
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

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

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Bundesbeschaffung GmbHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTRANSFER is registered as a partner of Bundesbeschaffung GmbH, the Austrian public procurement body, enabling the company to provide staffing and personnel services to government and public sector entities through the official procurement channel.

Scale indicators7 records

Direct peers

• DIS AG: German HR services provider offering temporary staffing, permanent placement, and on-site management — operates with similar multi-branch DACH model and comparable service breadth to TRANSFER.
• I.K. Hofmann: German staffing firm with strong Austrian presence providing temporary staffing, permanent placement, and international recruiting — directly comparable in size, service portfolio, and DACH/CESEE focus.
• Trenkwalder & Partner: Austrian-headquartered staffing and HR services group offering temporary work (Zeitarbeit), permanent placement, and on-site management across CEE — the closest direct mid-market peer to TRANSFER by geography and service mix.
• TimePartner: German staffing and HR services firm specializing in temporary work (Zeitarbeit) and workforce solutions for industrial and commercial clients — comparable in size and service offering to TRANSFER.
• persona service: German-based general staffing provider with regional branch networks across DACH, focused on temporary staffing and on-site management — directly comparable in business model and target SME/industrial customer base.
• Gi Group Austria: Italian-headquartered global staffing firm with strong Central European presence offering temporary work, permanent placement, and on-site management — comparable mid-to-large European staffing peer.

Broad incumbents

• Adecco Group Austria: Global staffing leader operating in Austria offering temporary staffing, permanent placement, and workforce solutions — competes directly with TRANSFER while serving a much broader international portfolio.
• ManpowerGroup Austria: Global staffing and workforce solutions provider with Austrian operations offering temporary staffing, recruitment, and career development — directly competes with TRANSFER in the Austrian industrial staffing market.
• Randstad Austria: Global HR services major with Austrian operations across temporary staffing, perm placement, and MSP — competes with TRANSFER for enterprise and industrial clients but with significantly larger scale.

Emerging players

• Hays Austria: UK-based specialist recruiter with Austrian operations focused on professional and skilled trades staffing — overlaps with TRANSFER's recruitment services but in a more specialized segment.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/transferAT
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@transferpersonalmanagement2747?
• Facebookfacebook.com/Transfer.Personalmanagement
• Instagraminstagram.com/transfer_personalmanagement
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/transfersk

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 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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