3P

What 3P does

3P (legal name 3P Agenzia per il lavoro) is a privately held, family-owned staffing and labor services company headquartered in Bioggio, Canton Ticino, Switzerland, founded in 2012 and operated by the Pagani family. The company runs two integrated divisions. 3P clc provides temporary staffing (prestito di personale) and permanent placement (collocamento fisso) services to businesses across the food, commercial, construction, and industrial sectors in Ticino. 3P Industria operates three internal laboratories (Bioggio, Mendrisio, Quartino, totaling over 1,600 sqm) that perform outsourced assembly, mounting, finishing, quality control, sorting, welding, labeling, and packaging of small items for client companies. A third offering, Spazio Aziende, bundles administrative services such as payroll processing, electronic time tracking, parking management, and payrolling for client firms.

The distinguishing feature of the business model is that deployed workers are 3P's own permanent employees — not contracted temporaries — paid throughout their tenure and rotated into the internal laboratories during gaps between client assignments. Workers are vetted through paid trial periods inside the laboratories before client deployment, and the company advertises 20–30 minute response times with 24/7 availability. Revenue is generated through hourly bill rates on temporary assignments (professional services model), success fees on permanent placements (transaction-fee model), contract work performed in the 3P Industria laboratories, and fees for payroll and administrative services. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is overwhelmingly direct, with word-of-mouth referrals between clients cited as the primary acquisition channel; supporting touchpoints include a job portal, LinkedIn, Facebook, and an email newsletter.

The company reports 450+ permanent employees (with some tenures exceeding 15 years), 50–60 workers active daily across the three laboratories under six quality control supervisors, 500,000+ hours worked annually, 80–100 candidates hired directly by client companies each year, and approximately 3,000 new candidate applications received monthly. There is no technology platform, no API, no AI/ML capability, and no external funding; ownership remains entirely within the Pagani family. Geographic scope is restricted to Canton Ticino.

Name

3P

Legal name

3P

Website

https://3pclc.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

3P is a family-owned Ticino, Switzerland staffing agency that employs 450+ permanent workers and lends them to local businesses across food, commercial, construction, and industrial sectors, supplementing placements with internal contract-manufacturing laboratories and payroll administration services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (56132), Professional Employer Organizations (561330)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Generalist Staffing Agencies (BPACACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Contractor of Record (COR) / Global Contractor Management (BPACAHAE), Professional Employer Organization (PEO) / Co-Employment Services (BPACAHAB), Manufacturing & Production Line Staffing (BPACAEAC)

Keywords

• Temporary staffing services
• Permanent placement services
• Workforce management
• Outsourced manufacturing
• Payroll administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Bioggio

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Temporary Staffing (Prestito di personale): Loan of trained employees to client companies for temporary work assignments. 3P acts as the employer, sending its permanent employees on missions to client sites. Revenue generated through hourly rates or project fees for the duration of the assignment. After 3 months of consecutive work, clients can hire employees directly without additional commission.
2. Permanent Placement (Collocamento Fisso): Permanent recruitment and placement of candidates with client companies. 3P charges a fee only after successful placement of a candidate. The company leverages its database of tens of thousands of applications and approximately 3,000 new monthly applications to match candidates with client needs.
3. Internal Laboratory Services (3P Industria): Outsourced manufacturing and assembly services performed in 3P's own laboratories. Services include quality control, assembly, mounting, finishing, sorting, welding, labeling, packaging of small items. Clients outsource production functions when facing workload peaks.
4. Payroll Administration (Buste paga): Administrative services for client companies including payroll processing, work permits, insurance, social security contributions, and AVS reporting for their employees.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

3P operates two complementary divisions serving businesses in Canton Ticino: 3P clc delivers temporary staffing (prestito di personale), permanent placement (collocamento fisso), and payroll administration, while 3P Industria runs internal laboratories that perform outsourced production, assembly, and packaging work for industrial clients. Together the two divisions provide regional employers with integrated workforce and contract-manufacturing support from more than 450 permanent staff.

Product overview

3P is a dual-entity staffing and labor services company operating in Ticino, Switzerland. The company operates through two distinct divisions: 3P clc (staffing agency) and 3P Industria (internal manufacturing laboratories). 3P clc provides two core services - Collocamento e Prestito di personale (temporary staffing) and Collocamento Fisso (permanent placement), while 3P Industria operates internal labs offering outsourced assembly, quality control, and manual labor services. The Spazio Aziende module complements these by offering payroll administration and time tracking services. What distinguishes 3P is its integrated model where temporary workers are actual employees who undergo probation periods in the company's own laboratories before being assigned to clients, ensuring quality and reliability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Temporary Staffing Through the 3P clc division, the company supplies temporary workers (prestito di personale) to businesses in Canton Ticino across industrial, food/agriculture, commercial/retail, and construction sectors.
• Permanent Placement Through 3P clc, the company recruits and places candidates into permanent roles (collocamento fisso) with client companies in Canton Ticino.
• Internal Laboratory Manufacturing Services Through the 3P Industria division, 3P operates internal laboratories that perform outsourced production, assembly, and packaging work for industrial clients in Ticino.
• Payroll Administration Through 3P clc, the company administers payroll processing for clients using its temporary staffing services.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30-minute response time for urgent staffing needs
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 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

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Randstad Switzerland: Randstad is a global staffing leader with direct operations across Switzerland including Ticino. It offers generalist and specialist staffing, permanent placement, and HR solutions, competing head-to-head with 3P for the same multi-sector client base in the same regional market.
• Robert Half: Robert Half is a global staffing and consulting firm with operations in Switzerland, focused on professional and administrative placement. It competes with 3P's permanent placement (Collocamento Fisso) service for office, commercial, and mid-market clients.
• Adecco Group: Adecco is the world's largest staffing company and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. It operates across all sectors (industrial, construction, commercial) in Ticino and offers temp staffing, permanent placement, and workforce solutions — making it the most direct broad-market incumbent competing against 3P.
• Kelly Services: Kelly Services is a global generalist staffing firm with Swiss operations. It serves industrial, commercial, and professional clients with temp and perm staffing solutions, competing against 3P for the same multi-sector Ticino client base.
• Manpower Switzerland: Manpower operates as a generalist staffing firm across Switzerland serving industrial, commercial, and construction clients. Like 3P, it provides temporary and permanent placement services to Ticino businesses, and is one of the closest large-scale direct competitors in the local market.

Direct peers

• Gi Group: Gi Group is a major Italian-headquartered staffing firm with strong presence in Switzerland and Ticino. It offers temp staffing, permanent placement, and outsourced production services through dedicated divisions — making its integrated staffing-plus-manufacturing model highly comparable to 3P's dual 3P clc / 3P Industria structure.
• Proman Group: Proman is a French-headquartered generalist staffing firm with operations in Switzerland and across Europe. It offers temporary staffing, permanent placement, and on-site workforce management for industrial and construction clients — directly comparable to 3P's multi-sector offering.
• Hays Switzerland: Hays is a global specialist staffing firm operating in Switzerland, focused on permanent and contract placement for skilled professionals across industrial, construction, and commercial sectors. It overlaps with 3P's permanent placement service for higher-skilled Ticino roles.

Emerging players

• Jobandtalent: Jobandtalent is a digital staffing marketplace that connects temporary workers with employers via a mobile-first platform. While it does not yet have a heavy Ticino presence, it represents the emerging tech-enabled category that threatens 3P's relationship-driven, non-platform GTM model.

Regional players

• Interiman Group: Interiman is a Swiss staffing group operating across the Romandie and Ticino regions. It specializes in temporary, try-and-hire, and permanent placement for industrial and technical roles, serving an overlapping SMB customer base to 3P within Swiss regional markets.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/agenziadilavoro
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/3p-risorse-umane

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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