Head Uitzendbureau

What Head Uitzendbureau does

Head Staffing BV (Head Uitzendbureau) is a Dutch private employment agency founded in 2008 that specializes exclusively in flexible staffing for the food-producing industry in the Netherlands. The company places operators, production workers, mixers, maintenance technicians, and logistics staff at cheese factories, meat processing plants, tapas producers, industrial bakeries, and nutritional bar manufacturers. Named enterprise clients include Royal A-ware, What's Cooking, Bouter Group, and EMPWR, with the company serving 100+ clients across the sector.

Name

Head Uitzendbureau

Legal name

Head Staffing BV

Website

https://headstaffing.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Head Staffing BV is a Dutch private employment agency founded in 2008 that places flex workers (operators, production workers, mixers, logistics staff) exclusively at Dutch food production companies, operating an inhouse embedded coordinator model and managing 1,000+ active flex workers across 100+ enterprise clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Staffing Services (Food Industry)

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Manufacturing & Production Line Staffing (BPACAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Warehousing, Distribution & Material Handling Staffing (BPACAEAD), Transportation (Drivers/Fleet) Staffing (BPACAEAE)

Keywords

• Food industry staffing
• Temporary employment services
• Flex worker placement
• Production worker recruitment
• In-house staffing solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Enschede

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Temporary Staffing / Payroll Services: Head Staffing places flex workers (temporary staff) at food production companies and handles payroll, compliance, and worker administration. Revenue is generated through margins on worker wages billed to client companies. Workers receive permanent contracts (Fase C) from Head Staffing itself, making Head Staffing the employer of record while the client uses the workers.
2. Permanent Placement / Recruitment Projects: Head Staffing conducts project-based recruitment assignments for clients, sourcing and screening candidates for specific roles (e.g., operators, production workers). These are typically fixed-scope recruitment engagements.
3. Training & Development Services: The company offers internal training for operators, forklift/EPT certifications, language training (English), and operator development programs. These training services support worker placement and retention.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Head Staffing is a Dutch staffing agency that places temporary and permanent workers (operators, production workers, mixers, maintenance technicians, logistic drivers) into food-producing companies, primarily in cheese, tapas, meat, protein bar, and bakery segments. It operates an in-house model with dedicated coordinators on client sites, recruits internationally, offers permanent Fase C contracts from day one, and bundles housing, transport, and training into the placement service.

Product overview

Head Staffing operates as a unified staffing platform specializing in the Dutch food-producing industry, combining core recruitment and placement services with integrated support modules. The core Head Staffing service provides flexible staffing solutions, while Head Professionals extends into permanent executive placement. Supporting modules include Training & Development (operator training, certifications, language courses), Housing Services, Transportation Services, Logistic Driver Certifications, and a Career App for scheduling and communication. This platform-plus-modules architecture enables the company to offer comprehensive workforce solutions from recruitment through long-term employment support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Head Staffing Flexible Staffing Solutions Provides flexible personnel solutions for the Dutch food-producing industry, placing temporary and permanent production workers, operators, mixers, maintenance technicians, and logistic drivers at client sites, with dedicated in-house coordinators, account managers, onboarding, and payroll handled by Head Staffing as employer of record.
• Head Professionals Permanent Placement Permanent placement services for mid-to-high segment positions within the food industry, placing MBO+ level candidates directly into permanent roles at food production companies.
• Recruitment Projects (Wervingsprojecten) Project-based recruitment campaigns for clients, including social media-driven sourcing and screening for specific roles such as operators and production workers, with weekly progress reporting.
• Training and Development Programs Internal training programs including operator training, forklift certification, EPT certification, reach truck certification, and language training, plus the 'Uitzendheld' (Staffing Hero) e-learning program for compliance and regulations.
• Logistic Driver Certifications Training programs for forklift, reach truck, and EPT (Electric Pallet Truck) operator certifications for logistics roles in the Dutch food industry.
• Housing Services for Flex Workers Provides furnished housing meeting Dutch SNF standards for international flex workers, plus interest-free loans up to €1,250 for housing deposits with €250 of that forgiven after six months of employment.
• Transportation Services for Flex Workers Provides bicycles for employees within 10 km of the workplace, electric vehicles for longer distances, and travel allowances, with the company fleet being 70% electric and fully electric as of 2023.
• Head Staffing Careers Portal Self-service multilingual job portal where candidates can browse and apply for vacancies across food industry segments (cheese, tapas, meat, protein bars), functions (operator, production worker, maintenance technician), and locations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,000 active flex workers placed across 100+ food production companies
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 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

One partnership is on record.

• Travel (Clean Advantage Program)minorOthersHead Staffing participates in Travel's Clean Advantage program, investing in certified CO2 compensation projects to offset the carbon emissions of their vehicle fleet. This partnership supports Head Staffing's sustainability credentials and environmental commitments.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Tempo-Team: Major Dutch generalist staffing brand (part of Randstad Group) offering temporary and permanent placement across multiple industries including food production. Overlaps Head's core service lines but at significantly larger scale and broader vertical coverage.
• Randstad Nederland: Largest staffing firm in the Netherlands with a dedicated food/production vertical and HR solutions portfolio. Competes with Head on enterprise food production accounts and offers broader workforce solutions including MSP and RPO.
• ManpowerGroup Nederland: Large global staffing group with Dutch operations serving industrial and production clients. Overlaps Head in temporary production staffing and offers broader workforce solutions including talent assessment and career development.
• Timing Uitzendbureau: Dutch staffing and recruitment firm with strong regional presence in production, logistics, and technical roles. Overlaps Head in temporary production worker placement but operates across multiple industries rather than specializing exclusively in food.
• Adecco Nederland: Global staffing leader with substantial Dutch operations across industrial, logistics, and food sectors. Competes on price/scale and provides both temporary staffing and permanent placement across the same enterprise buyer base Head targets.
• Olympia Uitzendbureau: Established Dutch staffing agency with national coverage across industrial, production, and administrative placements. Provides direct hire, temporary staffing, and on-site management services comparable to Head's inhouse coordinator model.

Direct peers

• VNOM: Dutch technical staffing and recruitment firm with strong presence in industrial and production environments. Comparable to Head in its focus on blue-collar technical placements and permanent/direct-hire recruitment projects in production settings.
• Otto Work Force: Dutch-headquartered staffing agency specializing in international worker placement across production and logistics in the Netherlands and Western Europe. Closely comparable to Head Staffing in its international worker integration model, housing support, and production-line focus, though broader across logistics verticals.
• Yource: Dutch staffing provider focused on production, logistics, and food industry placements. Directly comparable in vertical specialization and deployment of flex workers with on-site coordination at enterprise clients.
• Covalent: Dutch staffing and recruitment firm serving technical and production-oriented industries. Comparable in offering temporary staffing with on-site coordination capabilities for industrial clients, though broader in vertical focus than Head.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/headstaffing
• LinkedInnl.linkedin.com/company/headstaffing
• Instagraminstagram.com/head.staffing?igsh=dXpqaW5mMDFsdmo3
• TikToktiktok.com/discover/Head-staffing

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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