Growing

What Growing does

Growing S.A. is a Chilean human resources services and business process outsourcing company founded in 1999 and headquartered in Las Condes, Santiago. The company delivers an integrated portfolio of HR and operational services including comprehensive process outsourcing, temporary staffing (via its wholly-owned subsidiary EST GROW TEMPO LTDA., operating under Chile's Law 20.123 since 2009), private security services (Grow Security, authorized by Carabineros de Chile since 2002), industrial cleaning (Grow Clean, since 2002), recruitment and selection using a proprietary methodology, HR consulting, and logistics workforce management. It employs approximately 1,200 professionals and operates throughout Chile, serving enterprise and government clients across retail, logistics, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, banking, aviation, manufacturing, and public-sector verticals.

The company's core differentiation rests on a proprietary selection methodology that integrates psychometric studies, internal experience, and evaluation instruments to predict candidate job performance across intellectual, emotional, motivational, and interpersonal dimensions, validated through thousands of applicants evaluated. Growing is ISO 9001 certified (verified by SGS since July 2022) and positions itself as a strategic outsourcing partner via direct enterprise field sales, establishing long-term alliances with clients and assuming comprehensive management of their processes. The company maintains strategic partnerships with Mutual de Seguridad (ACHS) for risk prevention and Caja de Compensación Los Andes for employee benefits, embedding it within the Chilean labor-compliance infrastructure.

The revenue model combines managed services (outsourcing, security, cleaning) with professional services (recruitment, HR consulting, temporary staffing). Pricing is not publicly disclosed; contracts are customized per client and tend toward long-duration strategic alliances rather than transactional engagements. The company is family-controlled with no institutional investors; Carlos Barahona serves as General Manager and Miguel Angel Barahona as Commercial Manager, reflecting concentrated ownership and management.

Name

Growing

Legal name

GROWING S.A.

Website

https://growing.cl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Growing is a Chilean HR services and business process outsourcing firm providing outsourcing, temporary staffing, private security, industrial cleaning, recruitment, and HR consulting to enterprise and government clients across Chile.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Outsourcing and Workforce Solutions

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Talent Management & Leadership Advisory (Succession, Performance, Culture) (BPACAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Sector, Education & Nonprofit Leadership Search (BPACAAAI)

Keywords

• HR outsourcing services
• Temporary staffing services
• Industrial cleaning services
• Private security services
• Recruitment consulting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Las Condes

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

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. Outsourcing Services: Comprehensive management of processes through effective work teams, selected under quality standards with professional management focused on generating value for clients, enabling them to focus on their core business, saving costs and flexibilizing structure.
2. Temporary Staffing Services (Servicios Transitorios): Through subsidiary EST GROW TEMPO LTDA, providing operational, administrative, technical and professional workers for temporary or occasional work for up to 180 days, under Chile's Law 20.123.
3. Recruitment and Selection Services: Recruitment and selection of personnel based on proprietary methodology, delivering highly technified selection processes with excellent results in short periods of time.
4. HR Consulting Services: Specialized consulting services including staff selection, psycholaboral evaluation, performance evaluation, career development plans, workplace climate management, and labor relations management.
5. Security Services (Grow Security): Uniformed security guards selected considering competencies according to predefined profiles and trained according to legal regulations for private security activity.
6. Industrial Cleaning Services (Grow Clean): Comprehensive cleaning solutions for offices, retail, productive industry, logistics operation centers, service companies and public and private institutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Growing provides comprehensive HR outsourcing, temporary staffing, private security, and industrial cleaning services to enterprise and government clients across Chile. Through its proprietary selection methodology and dedicated sub-brands (Grow Tempo, GROW SECURITY, GROW CLEAN), it assumes full operational management of work teams in retail, logistics, industrial, and public sector settings, enabling clients to focus on their core business while outsourcing workforce-dependent processes.

Product overview

Growing is a comprehensive HR services company operating as a unified platform offering multiple interconnected services. The core offering includes Outsourcing (full-process management), supported by specialized divisions: Grow Tempo for temporary staffing, GROW SECURITY for private security, and GROW CLEAN for industrial cleaning. Additional services encompass Recruitment & Selection, HR Consulting, and Logistics & Supply Chain management. All services are delivered with ISO 9001 quality certification and share common HR management best practices across the portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GROW CLEAN: Industrial cleaning and janitorial services division established in 2002, providing comprehensive cleaning solutions for offices, retail, industrial, logistics centers, and public institutions.
• GROW SECURITY
• Grow Tempo

Products and services

• Outsourcing Comprehensive outsourcing service that assumes integral management of business processes through effective work teams selected under quality standards, focusing on value generation for clients across retail, logistics, distribution, merchandising, industrial production, and public sector.
• Grow Tempo (Servicios Transitorios) Temporary staffing services provided through subsidiary EST GROW TEMPO LTDA., offering operative, administrative, technical and professional workers for transient or occasional labor for up to 180 days.
• GROW SECURITY (Seguridad) Private security division providing uniformed security guards selected according to predefined competencies and trained per legal regulations, serving retail, industrial production, distribution centers, and public institutions since 2002.
• GROW CLEAN (Aseo Industrial) Industrial cleaning division established in 2002, providing integral cleaning solutions for offices, retail, productive industry, logistics operation centers, and public and private institutions.
• Reclutamiento y Selección de Personal (Recruitment and Selection) Recruitment and selection service using a proprietary methodology integrating various studies, experiences and evaluation instruments to predict future job performance and behaviors.
• Consultoría en RRHH (HR Consulting) Human resources consulting services provided by a multidisciplinary team of professionals specialized in people and organization management, including staff selection, psycholaboral evaluation, performance evaluation, career development plans, and labor climate management.
• Logística (Logistics Workforce Services) Logistics and supply chain services with over 20 years of experience selecting and training efficient logistics work teams for major national and international companies, serving industries including health, food, apparel, technology, and transport.
• Gestión de Equipos de Trabajo (Team Selection, Training, and Management) Selection, training and management of effective work teams focused on productivity, achievement and integration with client objectives and culture.

Quantifiable outcome

• Thousands of applicants evaluated annually using proprietary methodology
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers23 records

Segments6 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

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Mutual de Seguridad (ACHS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrowing works jointly with Mutual de Seguridad on annual workplace risk prevention plans, regular working meetings between executive management and middle management with Mutual representatives to establish safety conditions and preventive management facilities. Adherence to Law 16.774 and its Regulatory Decrees.
• Caja de Compensación Los AndescoreOthersA Benefits Manager is responsible for permanent communication with workers to inform them and facilitate access to the company's benefits network, including Los Andes Compensation Fund to which the company is affiliated, and any other permanent or sporadic benefits they can access.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half: Global staffing and consulting firm specializing in finance, accounting, technology and administrative placements. Overlaps with Growing's HR consulting and selection services for professional roles.

Direct peers

• Randstad: World's second-largest staffing firm operating in Chile and across Latin America. Directly competes with Growing in temporary staffing, recruitment and HR outsourcing for enterprise clients.
• Adecco Group: Global staffing and HR services group with Chilean operations. Competes head-to-head with Growing in temporary staffing (servicios transitorios) and recruitment/selection services.
• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing and workforce-solutions leader with direct operations in Chile. Closest direct competitor across temporary staffing, permanent placement and outsourcing — the same core offering as Growing.
• Mandomedio: Chilean-headquartered HR consulting and executive search firm. Directly comparable to Growing's Consultoría en RRHH and recruitment/selection offerings in the Chilean mid-market and enterprise segment.
• PageGroup: Global recruitment firm (Michael Page, Page Personnel) operating in Chile. Directly comparable to Growing's Reclutamiento y Selección service line for professional and mid-level roles.
• Hays: International recruitment and workforce-solutions firm with presence in Chile. Comparable to Growing in professional recruitment and selection, particularly for technical and mid-to-senior roles.

Emerging players

• Indeed: Global online job search and hiring platform. While not a traditional staffing firm, Indeed disrupts the recruitment funnel and pricing power of staffing agencies like Growing, particularly in volume hiring.

Regional players

• Computrabajo: Major Latin American job board network used by Growing itself for posting roles. Represents the digital recruitment channel competing with traditional staffing agencies like Growing.
• Laborum.com: Leading Chilean job platform and recruitment services provider. Adjacent competitor for entry-level and mid-market recruitment volume; based in Chile with regional LatAm presence.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grupogrowing

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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