Timecraft

What Timecraft does

Timecraft is a private, for-profit German provider of temporary employment services headquartered in Nuremberg, founded in 1991, with 11-50 employees according to firmographic data. The company operates from the domain timecraft.de and is described functionally as a temporary employment services provider; the input data does not disclose additional product, service-line, or vertical specialization details specific to Timecraft beyond its core temp-employment positioning.

The bulk of the operational, financial, and corporate data supplied in the input package (80+ branch network across Germany, named enterprise customers such as DHL Delivery Leipzig, Mondi Innocat, Henglein, Garant Spedition, ACU Pharma, WKV Kunststoffverarbeitung, and IMB GmbH; revenue streams covering Arbeitnehmerüberlassung, Personalvermittlung, Master Management, On-Site Management, and Temp-to-Perm; Karlsruhe headquarters; legal entity ACTIEF Personalmanagement GmbH; multi-channel GTM including WhatsApp applications) pertains to ACTIEF Personalmanagement, not to Timecraft. Investors should treat any operational inference as carrying that caveat; the two entities are not the same scale or structure based on available data.

For Timecraft specifically, the business model is implied to be standard German temporary staffing under the AÜG framework: revenue generated through bill-rate spread on dispatched temporary workers, with possible direct-placement fees on permanent hires. Go-to-market is implicitly local/regional given the single Nuremberg domicile and 11-50 headcount, serving SMB and mid-market employers in the Franconia/Nuremberg metropolitan area. There is no disclosed pricing, no public customer list, no technology stack beyond a basic website, and no documented AI or digital-matching capability.

Name

Timecraft

Legal name

ACTIEF Personalmanagement GmbH

Website

http://www.timecraft.de/

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Timecraft is a private German temporary employment services provider based in Nuremberg, founded in 1991, with 11-50 employees serving employers in the local Franconia market through traditional Arbeitnehmerüberlassung.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nuremberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices73 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Arbeitnehmerüberlassung (Temporary Staffing): ACTIEF provides temporary workers to companies, handling the employment relationship and payroll while assigning workers to client companies. This generates revenue through margin on worker wages.
2. Personalvermittlung (Direct Recruitment): Direct placement of candidates into permanent positions with client companies, generating fee revenue upon successful placement.
3. Master Management: Managed services for larger staffing needs, providing comprehensive workforce management solutions.
4. On-Site Management: On-site management services where ACTIEF staff are placed at client locations to manage temporary workforce operations.
5. Temp to Perm: Transitions temporary workers into permanent positions with client companies, with potential for placement fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Timecraft is a provider of temporary employment services in Germany, supplying temporary workers (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung), permanent placements (Personalvermittlung), Master Management, On-Site Management, and Temp-to-Perm services. It serves industrial-technical sectors (industry, trades, warehouse, logistics) and commercial-administrative sectors (assistance, finance, IT, management), delivering workforce solutions to client companies through a localized branch-based operating model.

Product overview

ACTIEF Personalmanagement is a staffing and recruitment services company offering a unified portfolio of personnel solutions. The core offering encompasses temporary staffing (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung), permanent recruitment placement (Personalvermittlung), Master Management, On-Site Management, and Temp-to-Perm placement services. The company serves both job seekers and corporate clients across Germany, operating from over 80 branch locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ACTIEF People: Employee testimonials and stories program featuring current ACTIEF employees sharing their work experiences

Products and services

• Arbeitnehmerüberlassung (Temporary Staffing) Temporary staffing service in which Timecraft (and related ACTIEF Group entities) employ workers and assign them to client companies, handling the employment relationship and payroll while billing clients a margin on worker wages. Used by industrial, manufacturing, warehouse, logistics, and administrative organizations needing flexible workforce capacity.
• Personalvermittlung (Direct Recruitment) Direct placement service that recruits candidates and places them into permanent positions with client companies, generating fee revenue upon successful placement. Used by companies across industrial-technical and office/administrative sectors that need to hire permanent staff.
• Master Management Managed staffing service for larger workforce needs, providing comprehensive workforce management solutions across client sites. Used by enterprises with high-volume or multi-site temporary staffing requirements.
• On-Site Management On-site staffing management service where ACTIEF Group staff are embedded at client locations to manage temporary workforce operations. Used by clients needing day-to-day oversight of a contingent workforce on their premises.
• Temp to Perm Transition service that moves temporary workers into permanent positions with client companies, with potential placement fees on successful conversion. Used by employers that want to evaluate workers on a temporary basis before offering permanent employment.

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Randstad Deutschland: German subsidiary of global staffing leader Randstad; offers temporary staffing, permanent placement, and on-site managed services across industrial and office segments — directly comparable service portfolio to Timecraft/ACTIEF.
• Adecco Germany: German operations of Adecco Group providing temporary staffing, recruitment, and workforce solutions across industrial-technical and office categories, mirroring ACTIEF's dual-segment approach.
• ManpowerGroup Deutschland: German arm of global staffing firm ManpowerGroup offering temporary staffing, permanent placement, and career transition services in the same industrial-technical and office verticals.
• DIS AG: Germany-based staffing company providing temporary staffing and direct placement across technical, commercial, and IT roles — a direct domestic competitor with similar service-line breadth.
• Persona Service: German staffing firm operating a multi-branch network providing temporary staffing and direct recruitment for industrial, logistics, and office roles — comparable business model and customer profile.
• Hays Deutschland: German subsidiary of Hays plc focused on professional and IT staffing, including temporary contracting and direct placement — comparable in recruitment services and enterprise customer orientation.

Emerging players

• GULP (part of Randstad): German platform specializing in IT and engineering freelance/temp placement; overlaps with ACTIEF's IT & Engineering OFFICE segment but focuses on project-based contracting rather than full-service staffing.
• Akkodis (Akkodis Germany): Engineering and IT staffing/services provider active in Germany; intersects with ACTIEF's IT & Engineering OFFICE segment and provides managed workforce services to industrial customers.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half Deutschland: German branch of global professional staffing firm specializing in finance, accounting, IT, and office roles — broader international footprint but overlapping service positioning in commercial-office segments.
• PageGroup Germany: German operations of PageGroup providing professional recruitment and temporary staffing across office disciplines — comparable in OFFICE segment focus but narrower on industrial-technical.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCe8UDY4EIwkvhh5dWTOy9LQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/actiefpersonalmanagement
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/actief-personalmanagement-gmbh
• Instagraminstagram.com/actiefpersonalmanagement

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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