CareFlex

What CareFlex does

CareFlex Personaldienstleistungen gGmbH is a non-profit (gemeinnützig) staffing company founded in 2004 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, with a second office in Kiel. It is a subsidiary of the Evangelische Stiftung Alsterdorf, a Protestant charitable organization with approximately 7,600 employees across more than 180 locations in Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, and Niedersachsen. CareFlex supplies qualified temporary and permanent personnel — nurses, care workers, pedagogical staff, and executives — to over 500 social facilities across North Germany, operating under a permanent Arbeitnehmerüberlassung license and the ecclesiastical Kirchlicher Tarifvertrag Diakonie (KTD) tariff framework.

The company delivers its services through three lines: Arbeitnehmerüberlassung (temporary staffing billed on an hourly usage basis), Personalberatung (executive search charging a 21% placement fee on the candidate's gross annual income, operating since 2013), and TalentCare (an employee benefits and development program covering equal-pay policy, HVV-ProfiTicket, occupational pension, training, and health management). Its core technology is a standard HR/staffing platform supporting dispatch, payroll, and compliance; no proprietary AI, SaaS, or app products are disclosed.

CareFlex reaches customers via direct field sales from Hamburg and Kiel, inside-sales handling inbound facility requests, and an employer-brand presence across LinkedIn, XING, Kununu, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and the wer-t.de testimonial platform. The 2024 conversion to gemeinnützig status structurally differentiates the firm from commercial staffing competitors and locks it into the Alsterdorf network's mission and labor-cost model.

Name

CareFlex

Legal name

CareFlex Personaldienstleistungen gGmbH

Website

https://careflex.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

CareFlex Personaldienstleistungen gGmbH is a non-profit Hamburg-based staffing company that places nurses, care workers, pedagogues, and executives in over 500 social facilities across North Germany via temporary staffing and executive search.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare & Social-Sector Staffing Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty Caregiver Placement (Dementia, Parkinson’s, Post-Op) (HSABAMAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Caregiver Support, Coaching & Training (HLADALAG)

Keywords

• Temporary staffing services
• Social sector recruitment
• Executive search
• Healthcare staffing
• Personnel consultancy

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Arbeitnehmerüberlassung (Temporary Staffing): CareFlex provides temporary staffing services to social care facilities, placing workers in nursing, pedagogy, healthcare, and disability assistance sectors. Workers are employed by CareFlex and dispatched to client facilities for short-term or long-term assignments. Revenue is generated through hourly billing rates charged to client facilities.
2. Personalberatung (Executive Search): Executive search and placement services for social sector organizations seeking to fill permanent positions with specialized and leadership personnel. The placement fee is 21% of the candidate's gross annual income including all salary components, Christmas bonuses, vacation pay, and other special compensation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

CareFlex is a non-profit staffing services provider that places qualified nursing, pedagogical, healthcare, and disability-assistance personnel in social care facilities across North Germany. Its core offering combines temporary workforce leasing (Arbeitnehmerüberlassung) for short- and long-term assignments with executive search (Personalberatung) for permanent specialist and leadership placements. CareFlex-employed workers are dispatched to over 500 social facilities in Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, and Niedersachsen.

Product overview

CareFlex operates as a nonprofit staffing company offering three integrated service areas: Arbeitnehmerüberlassung (temporary staffing), Personalberatung (executive recruitment), and the TalentCare employee development program. The temporary staffing service supplies qualified workers to over 500 social facilities across Northern Germany, while the recruitment service focuses on placing specialists and leaders in social care organizations. TalentCare serves as a value-add module providing benefits, professional development, and employee support across both service lines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TalentCare: Employee development program offering professional and personal development benefits including equal pay policy, HVV-ProfiTicket (Hamburg public transport subsidy), travel expense allowance, company pension scheme, training programs, life and social counseling, and occupational health management.

Products and services

• Arbeitnehmerüberlassung (Temporary Staffing) Temporary workforce leasing service providing short-term and long-term staffing solutions in nursing, assistance, pedagogy, and healthcare sectors. CareFlex supplies carefully vetted and qualified temporary workers employed by CareFlex to over 500 social facilities in North Germany; revenue is generated through hourly billing rates charged to client facilities.
• Personalberatung (Executive Recruitment) Executive search and permanent placement service for specialist and leadership positions in social-sector organizations. Uses empathy, industry knowledge, networking, and digital recruitment expertise to match candidates with healthcare and social-sector employers; placement fee is 21% of the candidate's gross annual income including Christmas bonuses, vacation pay, and other compensation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 92.8% employee satisfaction rate based on anonymous survey conducted by University of Hamburg
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Evangelische Stiftung AlsterdorfcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2004CareFlex is a non-profit company within the Evangelische Stiftung Alsterdorf network, a modern diaconal service organization with approximately 7,600 employees operating over 180 locations in Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, and Niedersachsen. The foundation provides assistance, residential, and educational services for people with disabilities, as well as medical, psychiatric, and therapeutic treatments, senior care, and childcare.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Tempton: German multi-sector staffing company with explicit focus on nursing, medical, and social-services placements, operating nationwide. Comparable in service mix and customer base (social facilities), with broader geographic reach than CareFlex.
• DIS AG: Major German staffing and recruitment company with healthcare and social-sector verticals. Comparable B2B staffing model and target customer base, with significantly broader geographic footprint.
• Doctari: Germany-based staffing specialist focused on medical doctors and healthcare professionals, serving hospitals and care facilities. Adjacent peer in healthcare staffing with overlapping buyer personas.
• Promedis24: German specialist staffing provider for medical, nursing, and care professionals, serving hospitals, nursing homes, and social institutions across Germany. Directly comparable customer segments and staffing model.
• pluss Personalmanagement: German staffing group with dedicated verticals in care, social services, education, and healthcare — directly overlapping CareFlex's core segments of nursing, pedagogy, and disability-care staffing. Closest functional peer in the German market.
• Unique Personalservice: German staffing company providing temporary and permanent placements across commercial and care segments. Comparable B2B staffing model with overlap in healthcare and social-sector customer base.

Emerging players

• Pflegix: Digital marketplace and care-services platform connecting care institutions with self-employed care professionals. Emerging digital alternative to traditional staffing agencies, partially overlapping CareFlex's buyer and candidate base.

Broad incumbents

• Adecco Germany: Global staffing leader's German subsidiary offering general and healthcare staffing at national scale. Operates broadly across multiple sectors; relevant as a large incumbent competing for the same social-facility buyers.
• Randstad Germany: Large German operation of global staffing group Randstad, with dedicated healthcare and social-services verticals. Competes for the same customer base as a broader, more diversified incumbent.
• ManpowerGroup Germany: German arm of ManpowerGroup, providing staffing across healthcare, social services, and other sectors. Broad incumbent competing for social-facility contracts with national scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xxing.com/pages/careflex
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/WirsindCareFlex
• Facebookfacebook.com/WirsindCareFlex
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/careflex-personaldienstleistungen-gmbh
• Instagraminstagram.com/wir_sind_careflex
• TikToktiktok.com/@_careflex_

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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