Derec

Name

Derec

Website

https://derec.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Halfweg

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Core offering

Derec operates a digital staffing platform that connects professionals working in education, social services, and healthcare with job opportunities. The offering combines job matching with career support services aimed at both individual professionals seeking roles and organizations seeking qualified candidates in these three sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Derec Job Matching Platform A digital platform that connects professionals in education, social services, and healthcare with job opportunities. It is used by both employers seeking qualified candidates and individual professionals seeking roles in these three sectors.
• Career Support Services Career support services offered alongside the job matching platform to professionals in education, social services, and healthcare sectors, providing guidance and resources to assist with career development and job placement.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Olympia: Dutch-focused staffing and HR services provider; comparable mid-sized domestic competitor serving similar local employer segments.
• Brunel: Dutch-origin specialist staffing and consulting firm; comparable in size and origin, with overlap in placing professionals into public-sector and care-adjacent roles.
• Tempo-Team: Major Dutch generalist staffing firm; competes head-to-head with Derec for the same pool of Dutch candidates and employer clients across healthcare, education, and social services.
• Yacht: Randstad-owned Dutch specialist staffing brand focused on professional and public-sector roles; the closest direct peer given Derec's mission-driven vertical focus in the Netherlands.
• ASA: Dutch staffing network with strong regional and sector coverage including care and education; comparable as a domestic Dutch peer competing for the same verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Randstad: Dutch-headquartered global staffing leader; directly comparable as a large incumbent operating in the same Dutch labor market and across the same healthcare, education, and public-sector verticals Derec serves.
• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing firm with a sizable Netherlands presence; relevant as a broad incumbent competing for the same employer relationships Derec targets.
• Michael Page: Global professional recruitment firm active in the Netherlands; relevant as a peer in candidate placement plus career-support services for educated professionals.
• Hays: Global specialist recruiter with a Dutch office; comparable in offering structured placement and career-support services to professional candidates.
• Adecco: Global staffing incumbent with significant Dutch operations across care, education, and public services; comparable as an overlapping broad-line competitor to Derec's vertical focus.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/derec.nl
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/derec

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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