What EPOS Personaldienstleistungen does

EPOS Personaldienstleistungen GmbH is a privately held, owner-managed German staffing and personnel services company headquartered in Düsseldorf and operating 16 branch offices across 11 German cities. The firm places temporary workers (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung) and recruits permanent candidates (Personalvermittlung), and additionally offers interim management, project management, direct executive search, outplacement, and the EPOSplus outsourcing service for switchboard and facility management. The core client base consists of mid-sized and large German enterprises across multiple sectors; disclosed end clients include the European Central Bank, ThyssenKrupp, Toshiba, Vallourec, Pierburg, Moog, Technip, CMS Hasche Sigle, DC Aviation, Epson, Südwestbank, Humboldt Universität and SWMH.

The company delivers its services through four vertical specializations — EPOS Office & Finance, EPOS Industrial, EPOS Medical, and EPOS IT Experts (Frankfurt) — supplemented by EPOSplus for functional-area outsourcing. EPOS owns a proprietary database-driven candidate-to-job Matching System used across its branches, and routes candidate applications through the europersonal.com job portal and its own website. The firm holds the indefinite Arbeitnehmerüberlassung permit from the Agentur für Arbeit Düsseldorf, is a member of iGZ and GVP industry associations, and operates a €500 employee referral program plus an integrityline whistleblower portal.

Revenue is generated on a transaction basis: temporary placements are billed hourly against actual hours worked (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung), while permanent placements, direct search, and outplacement trigger success- or service-based fees. Project management and EPOSplus contracts are structured as managed services. Distribution is run through direct branch sales and on-site HR advisors placed at high-volume client sites. The company is led by Managing Partners Karl-Heinz Küster and Elke Lohrum, with Alexander Lampe as additional Managing Director and Jochen Duda as Head of HR Germany / Deputy Managing Director.

Name

EPOS Personaldienstleistungen

Legal name

EPOS Personaldienstleistungen GmbH

Website

https://epos-services.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

EPOS Personaldienstleistungen is an owner-managed Düsseldorf-based German staffing and recruitment firm operating 16 branches across 11 cities, providing temporary staffing, permanent placement, interim management, project management, and outsourcing across Office & Finance, Industrial, Medical, and IT verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing and Recruitment Services

NAICS

Professional Employer Organizations (56133), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Agent of Record (AOR) for Staffing & Payrolling (BPACAHAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Agent of Record (AOR) / Contractor Engagement Services (BPACAGAB)

Keywords

• Temporary staffing services
• Permanent personnel placement
• Interim management services
• Medical staffing recruitment
• Industrial workforce solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Düsseldorf

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Temporary Staff Provision (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung): EPOS supplies clients with employees for limited periods. Employees are employed by EPOS under regular contracts with all usual benefits. Clients are billed only for actual hours worked. EPOS handles all employer responsibilities including payroll, social contributions, and HR management.
2. Personnel Placement (Personalvermittlung): EPOS searches for and recruits candidates for permanent positions on behalf of clients, typically for specialists and executives. The service includes advertising, candidate screening, initial interviews, reference checks, and potential analysis. EPOS is paid a fee upon successful placement.
3. Interim Management: EPOS provides freelance managers and experienced specialists for limited periods to fill top positions or oversee special projects. EPOS receives a fee for matching and placing interim managers with client companies.
4. Project Management: EPOS takes full responsibility for complete project areas, processes, or functions. EPOS provides employees, manages them, coordinates working hours, performs quality control, and handles payroll including all usual benefits. Clients pay for the complete service package.
5. EPOSplus (Outsourcing Services): EPOSplus provides complete outsourcing of functional areas such as telephone switchboard and facility management. EPOS provides staff and manages all organizational, operational, and administrative tasks. Clients pay a comprehensive service fee.
6. Direct Search (Headhunting): EPOS conducts executive search and headhunting to identify and recruit top executives and highly qualified specialists for clients. The company receives a fee paid by the commissioning company upon successful placement.
7. Outplacement: EPOS provides career advisory services to employees being made redundant. Services include individual profile analysis, training needs assessment, career planning, and application strategy development. The client company pays for these services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

EPOS Personaldienstleistungen is a German staffing and recruitment agency supplying companies with temporary and permanent workforce solutions. It places employees on a contract-for-services basis, recruits permanent specialists and executives through direct placement and executive search, provides interim managers and project teams, and offers operational outsourcing through its EPOSplus brand covering switchboard and facility management. Services are delivered across four vertical specializations: Office & Finance, Industrial, Medical, and IT.

Product overview

EPOS Personaldienstleistungen is a German staffing and personnel services company offering a comprehensive portfolio of workforce solutions. The core offering consists of temporary staff provision (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung), permanent personnel placement (Personalvermittlung), interim management, project management, and outplacement services. These services are delivered through four industry specializations: EPOS Office & Finance (commercial/financial roles), EPOS Industrial (technical/trades roles), EPOS Medical (healthcare roles), and EPOS IT Experts (IT roles). The company also offers EPOSplus as an add-on operational outsourcing service covering telephone switchboard and facility management. All services are supported by the proprietary EPOS Matching System for candidate-job matching. With 16 offices across 11 German locations, EPOS operates as an owner-managed company backed by over 20 years of market experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EPOS Office & Finance: Personnel services for commercial/clerical sector including accounts receivable/payable, financial accounting, payroll, controlling, administration, reception, procurement, sales, customer service, marketing, human resources, banking, insurance, real estate, tax and legal assistance.
• EPOS Industrial
• EPOS Medical
• EPOSplus
• EPOS IT Experts

Products and services

• Arbeitnehmerüberlassung (Temporary Staff Provision)

Quantifiable outcome

• More than half of EPOS temporary employees receive a permanent job offer from a client within the first few months of employment.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Interessenverband Deutscher Zeitarbeitsunternehmen (iGZ)minorOthersEPOS is a member of iGZ, an association representing the interests of German temporary employment agencies. Membership confirms EPOS operates under iGZ collective wage agreements, providing employees with guaranteed minimum wages and industry-standard benefits. This membership serves as a quality credential for EPOS in the German staffing market.
• Gesamtverband der Personaldienstleister e.V. (GVP)minorOthersEPOS is a member of GVP, the Federal Association of Personnel Services in Germany. GVP membership demonstrates adherence to quality and professional standards in the German staffing and recruitment industry.
• EPOS IT Experts (Frankfurt am Main)minorOthersEPOS IT Experts is a separate brand/entity focused on IT staffing and recruitment services, operated from Frankfurt am Main. It operates as a distinct entity from the main EPOS network, serving as a specialized channel for IT sector staffing.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Randstad Germany: One of the world's largest staffing firms with a broad German branch network and full-service temp, perm and HR solutions portfolio — competes with EPOS across all four verticals with significantly greater scale.
• ManpowerGroup Germany: Global staffing and workforce solutions leader with extensive German branch coverage across industrial, office, professional and contact-center verticals — broad incumbent rival to EPOS in temp staffing.
• Robert Half Germany: Global specialist in finance/accounting, IT, legal, and administrative staffing with operations in Germany — directly comparable to EPOS's Office & Finance and IT verticals at the professional placement tier.
• Adecco Germany: Global staffing leader with comprehensive German operations across Office, Industrial, Medical and IT — broader incumbent competing against EPOS for the same enterprise and Mittelstand clients.

Regional players

• Persona Service AG: Germany-listed staffing firm focused on industrial and commercial temporary staffing with a broad branch network — competing for the same Mittelstand and production-sector clients as EPOS Industrial and EPOS Office & Finance.

Direct peers

• Hays plc: London-listed specialist staffing firm with a substantial German business focused on professional placement, workforce solutions and contracting — directly comparable on target customer (skilled professionals/Mittelstand) and on the professional/IT vertical.
• GULP (Randstad): Germany's leading IT freelance and contractor placement platform, owned by Randstad — directly comparable to EPOS IT Experts and a direct competitor for IT staffing mandates from the same enterprise clients.
• PageGroup: Global professional recruitment firm (Michael Page, Page Personnel) with strong German operations across office, finance, IT and medical/healthcare — overlapping with EPOS in both temp and perm placement across multiple verticals.
• Amadeus FiRe AG: Frankfurt-listed German staffing specialist focused on permanent placement and temporary staffing in accounting, finance, IT, and engineering — directly overlapping with EPOS's Office & Finance and IT Experts verticals and competing for the same Mittelstand buyer.
• DIS AG (Adecco): Germany's leading specialist in commercial staffing (Office & Finance), now owned by Adecco — a head-to-head competitor in the same vertical and geography as EPOS, serving many of the same blue-chip and Mittelstand clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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