Frankenheim

What Frankenheim does

Frankenheim Personalberatung GmbH is a privately held, Düsseldorf-based personnel consulting firm founded in 1996 that delivers recruitment and staffing services to small and medium-sized German companies, with a noted specialisation serving law firms and the legal profession. The legal entity is registered with Amtsgericht Düsseldorf under HRB 35490 as a private limited company (GmbH), operates from a single headquarters in Düsseldorf, and reports a headcount of 1–10 employees. The firm has been led since founding by Sibylle Frankenheim (Geschäftsführerin).

The company runs three primary service lines: (i) Personalvermittlung, a permanent-placement product priced as a success fee of 20–30% of the placed candidate's annual gross salary; (ii) Arbeitnehmerüberlassung, temporary-worker dispatch under an indefinite AÜG permit held since 2003, billed at individually agreed hourly rates with a maximum assignment duration of 18 months; and (iii) Recruiting-Beratung, a strategic consulting practice covering job-posting optimisation, employer positioning, social recruiting, and career-page development, sold through a free initial consultation and tailored engagements. Complementary offerings include a fixed-fee Karriereseiten-Check at €249 net, Onboarding- and Offboarding-Begleitung modules, and digital products — the 'Recruiting mit System' workbook (€27 net) and the 'Karriereseite Handbuch' — distributed through the Digistore24 marketplace.

Frankenheim's go-to-market is direct and consulting-led, with operations confined to Germany and the North Rhine-Westphalia region. Demand generation combines founder-driven content (an HR Lexikon and blog) with an organic social presence on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Xing. The firm reports cumulative scale signals of more than 5,000 interviews conducted and more than 500 companies served across its 25-plus-year history. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and the company has no funding rounds, subsidiaries, M&A activity, or stated international footprint.

Name

Frankenheim

Legal name

Frankenheim Personalberatung GmbH

Website

https://frankenheimpb.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Frankenheim Personalberatung GmbH is a privately held, Düsseldorf-based recruitment consulting firm founded in 1996 that delivers permanent placement, temporary staffing under an AÜG permit, and strategic recruiting consulting to German Mittelstand companies, with a specialisation in law firms and legal professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (56132), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Administrative, Clerical & Office Support Direct Hire (BPACAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

National Generalist Staffing Firms (BPACACAI), Agent of Record (AOR) / Contractor Engagement Services (BPACAGAB), Legal & Compliance Direct Hire (BPACAFAJ)

Keywords

• Recruitment consulting
• Permanent placement
• Temporary staffing
• Executive search
• Employer branding

Headquarters

HQ city

Düsseldorf

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Staff Leasing (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung): Temporary worker placement where Frankenheim provides employees to clients for commercial services. Billed hourly based on individually agreed rates. Subject to German Arbeitnehmerüberlassungsgesetz (AÜG) regulations with maximum assignment duration of 18 months.
2. Personnel Recruitment (Personalvermittlung): Fee-based recruitment service finding qualified professionals and executives for clients. Placement fee ranges from 20% to 30% of the candidate's annual gross salary, determined by job complexity, responsibility level, and hierarchy.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Frankenheim Personalberatung provides strategic recruitment consulting, permanent placement (Personalvermittlung), and temporary staffing (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung) for small and medium-sized German companies, with a specialization in legal professionals for law firms. The firm sells recurring recruitment services billed as success fees of 20-30% of annual gross salary or hourly rates, alongside paid digital products such as a 249 EUR Karriereseiten-Check audit and a 27 EUR workbook.

Product overview

Frankenheim Personalberatung is a recruitment consulting firm offering a comprehensive suite of HR services rather than a unified software platform. The core offering includes three main service lines: Arbeitnehmerüberlassung (temporary staffing), Personalvermittlung (permanent placement), and strategic Recruiting-Beratung. These are complemented by specialized modules such as Social Recruiting, Karriereseiten-Check consulting, and structured Onboarding/Offboarding support. The company also offers digital products including the 'Recruiting mit System' workbook and 'Karriereseite Handbuch' as downloadable guides. An extensive HR knowledge platform (Lexikon/Blog) provides articles on topics from Active Sourcing to artificial intelligence in HR.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Recruiting-Beratung (Recruitment Consulting)

Quantifiable outcome

• 120 applications within 30 days (case study result)
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• ManpowerGroup Germany: Global staffing leader with German operations spanning temporary work, permanent placement, and recruitment process outsourcing. Comparable Arbeitnehmerüberlassung capability and broader scale, though generally less Mittelstand-specialized.
• Hays Germany: UK-based global recruitment firm with significant German operations focused on permanent and contract placement across professional disciplines including legal, finance, and HR. Overlaps with Frankenheim in legal/finance verticals at a much larger scale.
• Robert Half Germany: Global staffing firm with strong finance, accounting, and legal placement presence in Germany. Comparable in target verticals and placement-fee model, though operating at national and international scale versus Frankenheim's regional Mittelstand focus.
• PageGroup (Michael Page) Germany: Global recruitment group with German offices focused on professional permanent and interim placement across multiple disciplines including legal and finance. Overlaps with Frankenheim in client type and fee model at significantly larger scale.

Emerging players

• Heyjobs: Berlin-based recruiting technology company providing automated candidate funnel tools for German employers, including SME segments. Overlaps with Frankenheim's Mittelstand target market on a technology-driven rather than consulting basis.
• Workwise: Tech-enabled German recruiting platform focused on SMB and Mittelstand hiring. Targets a similar client profile to Frankenheim via a self-service, software-driven funnel rather than consulting-led engagement.

Direct peers

• DIS AG: German-based staffing and direct-hire firm (part of the Adecco Group) with substantial Arbeitnehmerüberlassung and Personalvermittlung operations across commercial, industrial, and professional roles. Directly comparable dual-stream model to Frankenheim.
• Amadeus FiRe: Frankfurt-listed German recruitment firm specializing in finance, accounting, legal, tax, and IT placement and temporary staffing. Closely comparable to Frankenheim in target verticals (finance and law) and dual permanent/temporary placement model.
• Page Personnel (PageGroup junior brand): PageGroup's entry-level/specialist recruitment brand focused on administrative, clerical, and junior professional placement in Germany. Most directly comparable to Frankenheim's Mittelstand administrative and junior legal placement work.

Others

• Personio: Leading German HR software platform serving SMBs with HRIS, recruiting, and onboarding tools. Adjacent rather than directly competitive; enables in-house recruiting at Frankenheim's clients, but also signals the direction of Mittelstand HR digitization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/FrankenheimPersonalberatung
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/sibylle-frankenheim-9a47793b
• Instagraminstagram.com/frankenheimpersonal

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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