Medical call

What Medical call does

Appel Médical (legal entity: Select TT, SAS) is France's leading recruitment and temporary staffing agency specializing in the medical, paramedical, and pharmaceutical sectors, operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Randstad Group. Founded in the early 1970s and headquartered in Saint-Denis, France, the company self-describes as the N°1 in French medical, paramedical, and pharmaceutical recruitment and temporary work for over 50 years. It operates through a network of 150+ physical agencies across France organized by specialty, complemented by digital channels including an online job portal (6,898+ active listings), the Appli Appel Médical mobile application, the Espace Intérimaire online portal, the CV Match service, and the Soigner sa Carrière content blog. Sub-brands include Appel Médical Search (dedicated executive search for physicians, surgeons, and healthcare directors), Staffelio Access (digital staffing solution), and YouPlan Santé (digital replacement management platform). Business model centers on transaction-fee revenue from three placement streams: temporary staffing (intérim), permanent placement (CDI/CDD), and vacation coverage. Indicative hourly rates for temps range from approximately €12 to €25 depending on role and experience; pricing is otherwise not publicly disclosed.

Customer base spans nine healthcare verticals (hospitals and clinics, elderly care/EHPAD, pharmacy, rehabilitation, early childhood/daycare, social and disability, surgical theater/Bloc, occupational health, and physician/executive search), with over 11,000 active clients and candidate flow of approximately 86,000 interim/vacation placements and 5,000 permanent placements in 2025. The go-to-market motion is sales-led through recruitment consultants in physical agencies, supplemented by self-service digital tools for candidates and clients. Technology infrastructure is relatively conventional, utilizing Google Analytics and Matomo for web analytics with no public API, SDK, or AI/ML capabilities disclosed. Leadership includes Benoit Labrousse as Directeur de Publication and legal representative of the operating entity.

Name

Medical call

Legal name

Select TT, Société par Actions Simplifiée

Website

https://appelmedical.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing Services

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing (BPACADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Healthcare Clinical Direct Hire (Nursing/Allied/Physicians) (BPACAFAH)

Keywords

• Healthcare staffing services
• Medical recruitment agency
• Temporary healthcare staffing
• Pharmaceutical recruitment
• Paramedical placement services

Headquarters

HQ city

Gironde

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 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 Staffing (Intérim): Placement of temporary healthcare workers (intérimaires) in healthcare facilities. The company acts as an employment agency, charging healthcare facilities for the provision of temporary staff.
2. Permanent Placement (Recrutement CDI/CDD): Recruitment services for permanent positions (CDI/CDD) in healthcare sector. The company places candidates in permanent roles at healthcare facilities.
3. Vacation Placement: Short-term vacation coverage placements for healthcare professionals.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Appel Médical is the leading French recruitment and temporary staffing company specialized in medical, paramedical, and pharmaceutical sectors. It places healthcare professionals (nurses, aides-soignants, pharmacists, physicians, surgeons, and support staff) in temporary (intérim), permanent (CDI/CDD), and vacation roles at hospitals, clinics, EHPAD, pharmacies, and other healthcare establishments through a network of 150+ physical agencies across France. The company supports clients through digital tools including a mobile app, online portal, and CV matching service.

Product overview

Appel Médical operates as a comprehensive healthcare recruitment and temporary staffing platform, consisting of the core Appel Médical brand (N°1 in French medical, paramedical, and pharmaceutical recruitment since over 50 years), the Appel Médical Search sub-brand for physician and director recruitment, a mobile app for temps to manage their assignments and access job offers, an online portal for contract and payslip management, a CV matching service, and a career-focused blog content platform. The company connects healthcare professionals (nurses, caregivers, pharmacists, physicians, etc.) with healthcare establishments through temporary work (intérim), permanent placement (CDI), fixed-term contracts (CDD), and vacation work across France through its network of over 150 agencies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Appel Médical Search: Executive search and recruitment division dedicated to physicians, surgeons, and healthcare facility directors
• Staffelio Access
• YouPlan Santé

Products and services

• Appel Médical Staffing Services Core staffing and temporary work service placing medical, paramedical, and pharmaceutical professionals (nurses, aides-soignants, pharmacists, support staff) in temporary (intérim), permanent (CDI/CDD), and vacation positions at healthcare establishments across France through 150+ specialized agencies.
• Appel Médical Search Executive search and recruitment division dedicated to physicians, surgeons, and healthcare facility directors, performing over 300 recruitments per year of doctors, surgeons, directors, and Codir members for healthcare establishments.
• Appli Appel Médical (Mobile Application) Mobile application allowing temporary healthcare workers to manage their next mission including planning and access to job offers corresponding to their profile.
• Espace Intérimaire (Online Portal) Online portal allowing interim workers to receive contracts and payslips, view current missions, and edit administrative documents.
• CV Match Job matching service connecting candidates and job offers based on CV submission, allowing candidates to find job offers that match their profile.
• Staffelio Access Digital staffing solution offered by Appel Médical to healthcare establishments to support their staffing management needs.
• YouPlan Santé Digital platform facilitating replacement management for healthcare facilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 86,000 candidates placed in interim and vacation positions in 2025
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Synergie: Major French staffing group (publicly listed) with dedicated healthcare and pharmaceutical divisions that place temporary and permanent healthcare workers in similar facilities to Appel Médical.
• CRIT: French-listed staffing company with a recognised healthcare division (CRIT Santé); competes with Appel Médical in hospital, elderly care and pharmacy staffing across France.
• Adecco Medical: Healthcare-dedicated staffing brand of Adecco Group in France; directly competes with Appel Médical across interim, permanent, and executive placement of medical, paramedical and pharmaceutical professionals.

Broad incumbents

• LHH: Career-transition, reskilling and workforce-solutions business under Adecco Group; competes with Randstad-adjacent services (and indirectly with Appel Médical) for healthcare-employer HR contracts and talent development programmes.
• Kelly Services: Global staffing provider with a French operating presence and a dedicated healthcare/scientific business that competes for interim and permanent placement of healthcare workers and scientific staff.
• Manpower France: French arm of global staffing group ManpowerGroup with a healthcare/pôle santé offering; competes with Appel Médical for hospital, EHPAD and pharmacy placements as part of a broader multi-sector portfolio.
• Michael Page: Executive-recruitment firm (part of PageGroup) with a French healthcare practice placing directors, médecins and senior managers — directly comparable to Appel Médical's Search division.
• PageGroup: UK-listed parent of Michael Page, Page Personnel and Page Executive; its healthcare-and-life-sciences practices compete with Appel Médical Search for high-end medical and healthcare-executive roles in France.
• Robert Walters: Global recruitment firm with a French healthcare and life-sciences practice placing managerial and specialist medical roles — comparable to Appel Médical Search's permanent placement franchise.
• Hays: Global recruitment specialist with a substantial France healthcare and life-sciences practice; overlaps with Appel Médical on permanent and executive placement of medical professionals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/appel_medical
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCK6SNdiehfPHVbisLm3xXxA
• Facebookfacebook.com/appelmedical
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/l'appel-m-dical

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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