The Adecco Group

Name

The Adecco Group

Legal name

Adecco Group AG

Website

https://adeccogroup.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Temporary Staffing: Core staffing business providing flexible workforce solutions across all sectors, operating through 3,500 branches globally. Generates recurring revenue through temporary worker placements with clients across manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, technology, and other industries.
2. Permanent Placement: Direct hire recruitment services placing candidates in permanent positions across all sectors. Revenue generated through placement fees typically calculated as a percentage of annual salary.
3. Outsourcing & Managed Services: Business process outsourcing solutions including workforce management, RPO, and managed services for enterprise clients. Supports digital transformation through Akkodis digital engineering services.
4. Skilling, Training & Development: Talent development services including coaching, leadership development, career transition, and tailored upskilling/reskilling programs. Supports over 850,000 individuals annually through LHH brand.
5. Digital Engineering & Technology Consulting: Akkodis brand provides tech and engineering expertise, digital transformation consulting, R&D outsourcing, and IT solutions. Represents higher-margin services within the portfolio.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Adecco Group is a global talent and technology advisory company that provides workforce solutions, digital engineering consulting, and talent development services through three core brands: Adecco (temporary staffing, permanent placement, and outsourcing), Akkodis (tech and engineering expertise plus talent management), and LHH (coaching, leadership development, career transition, and reskilling). The company supports over 100,000 clients worldwide, placing roughly 2 million associates on assignment daily and serving more than 850,000 individuals annually through its development programs.

Product overview

The Adecco Group operates as a unified talent and technology advisory ecosystem with three market-leading global brands—Adecco (workforce solutions), Akkodis (digital engineering), and LHH (talent development)—supported by strategic platforms including Pontoon (workforce management), the Innovation Foundation (social innovation), and r.Potential (Salesforce joint venture). The portfolio delivers end-to-end workforce solutions across four core areas: workforce strategy definition, talent attraction/hiring/deployment, skilling/development/transition, and business transformation/digital engineering. AI capabilities are delivered through an integrated recruitment platform powered by Salesforce Agentforce 360, deploying autonomous agents across seven stages of the recruitment lifecycle. The ecosystem approach enables cross-brand collaboration, with Adecco's staffing scale combined with Akkodis's technical expertise and LHH's talent development capabilities, all unified under shared technology infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• r.Potential: AI talent platform joint venture with Salesforce for autonomous hiring agents
• Innovation Foundation
• Redeployment Agent

Products and services

• Adecco The Adecco brand offers temporary staffing, permanent placement, and outsourcing services across all sectors, connecting organizations with flexible and permanent workforce solutions.
• Akkodis Akkodis provides global tech and engineering expertise, digital transformation consulting, R&D outsourcing, IT solutions, and talent management services to enable clients to advance digital transformation.
• LHH LHH helps individuals and organizations navigate workforce change through coaching, leadership development, career transition, outplacement, and tailored upskilling and reskilling programs, supporting over 850,000 individuals annually.
• Pontoon Pontoon is a global workforce solutions business helping organizations stay agile by scaling and managing talent programs that adapt to changing needs, including MSP, RPO, and workforce management services.
• r.Potential r.Potential is a joint venture with Salesforce that delivers AI-powered talent solutions, enabling autonomous hiring agents and responsible deployment of AI and digital workers across organizations.
• LHH HR & Talent Advisory Practice Integrated advisory practice that helps organizations optimize people strategies and workforce transformation through leadership, talent and culture, organizational transformation, and workforce strategy services.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% reduction in recruitment time-to-deliver
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability11 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered supporting, core and strategic.

• BullhornsupportingTechnology or Integration · 23 June 2026AI recruitment integration partnership. Bullhorn data showing 11-25% improvements across sourcing speed, candidate response, and placement margins for agencies deploying agentic AI. UK pilots demonstrated measurable gains with Adecco's Agentforce implementation.
• Orbio AIsupportingTechnology or Integration · 10 June 2026AI HR system partnership for enterprise and large workforce solutions in Latin America. Supports Adecco's AI recruitment expansion in the region following successful one-year experimentation phase.
• SalesforcecoreTechnology or Integration · 12 March 2026Multi-year unlimited license agreement through 2027 for Agentforce 360 platform deployment across Adecco, LHH, and Akkodis business units. Enables AI-powered recruitment automation for approximately 27,000 recruiters with unified candidate profiles from 30+ Salesforce instances. Early UK pilots showed 15% time savings with plans to expand to France and nearshore/offshore hubs in India, Poland, Mexico, and Morocco.
• ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers' Association)strategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 January 2026Joint workforce skills report for Europe's automotive industry addressing transition to electric and digital vehicles. Landmark analysis highlighting significant regional disparities, workforce shortages, and operational challenges. Advocating for proactive workforce planning and regional cooperation to ensure competitiveness by 2035.
• MicrosoftcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 October 2025Free global AI learning program launched to equip jobseekers with AI and digital skills. Initially launched in Switzerland with plans to expand internationally, targeting underserved communities and linking skills training to employment opportunities. Combines Microsoft's technology platform with Adecco Group's labor market expertise.
• Microsoft ClaritysupportingTechnology or Integration · 17 October 2025Website analytics partnership capturing behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market products and services. Part of digital experience optimization.
• r.PotentialcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 March 2025Joint venture with Salesforce to build AI agents for workforce integration and digital workers. Platform enables organizations to introduce AI and digital workers responsibly. Part of broader Salesforce AgentExchange ecosystem targeting enterprise automation.
• Microsoft AzuresupportingTechnology or Integration · 1 March 2025Cloud hosting services with primary data center in Amsterdam and secondary in Dublin, Ireland. Supports Adecco Group's digital infrastructure and AI platform deployment.
• Salesforce.com EMEAsupportingTechnology or Integration · 1 March 2025CRM and sales/marketing management with hosting center in Frankfurt and backup in Paris. Enables customer relationship management across Adecco Group's global operations.
• Harvey AIstrategicTechnology or Integration · 8 August 2024Strategic partnership integrating generative AI into legal services in Switzerland. First in-house legal team in Switzerland to deploy such AI tools, enhancing productivity, quality, and speed in legal research, document analysis, and compliance tasks. Part of broader AI transformation strategy.
• Plan International MexicosupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2021Working group partner for Youth@Risk social innovation project targeting young mothers aged 16-24 in Mexico City. Collaboration on research and solution design for empowering underserved youth with employment pathways.
• YouthBuild MéxicosupportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2021Primary implementation partner for Youth@Risk project scaling solutions across 19 Mexican cities. Operates 35+ local community partners for training and employability services. Lead for scaling sustainable social impact initiatives without ongoing Innovation Foundation investment.
• SkillLabsupportingTechnology or Integration · 1 June 2021AI-driven tech solution partner for Youth@Risk project. Technology translates lived experience into skills and competencies, generates CVs, and helps individuals reflect on suitable career paths. Adapted for young mothers' specific needs in Mexico pilot.

Scale indicators19 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Randstad: Dutch-based global staffing leader operating in 39 countries with comparable temporary staffing, permanent placement, and digital/Sourceright RPO services; direct competitor in Europe and a comparable large-cap staffing peer.
• Persol Holdings: Japan-listed staffing and HR services group (parent of Persol Tempstaff); a direct competitor in Japanese staffing services and a fellow defendant in the current Japan JFTC antitrust investigation alongside Adecco.
• Hays: UK-listed specialist recruitment firm placing professionals across 33 countries with focus on tech, construction, life sciences, and finance; comparable to Adecco's professional and technical segment, particularly Akkodis-adjacent tech and engineering placements.
• Kelly Services: US-listed staffing company with temporary staffing, permanent placement, and specialty outsourcing across science, engineering, and education; overlaps with Adecco across general staffing and engineering verticals.
• Robert Half: US-listed specialized staffing and consulting firm focused on finance, accounting, technology, and administrative placements; competes with Adecco in professional permanent placement and contract staffing across North America and Europe.
• ManpowerGroup: Direct global staffing peer headquartered in the US with operations in 70+ countries; competes head-to-head with Adecco in temporary staffing, permanent placement, and RPO, and is also implicated in the Japan JFTC antitrust probe alongside Adecco.
• PageGroup: UK-listed specialist recruitment group operating Michael Page (qualified professionals) and Page Personnel (support roles) across 36 countries; comparable in permanent placement focus and professional/technical candidate base to Adecco's mid-market and professional segments.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with executive search, professional search, and talent consulting; comparable to Adecco's LHH brand for executive search, outplacement, and talent development services.
• Recruit Holdings: Japan-based global staffing and HR technology group (owner of Indeed and Glassdoor); competes directly with Adecco in Japan staffing and increasingly globally through Indeed's AI-driven matching platform, making it both a direct and emerging AI peer.

Broad incumbents

• Cognizant: Global IT services and consulting giant; competes with Adecco's Akkodis digital engineering business in IT staffing, consulting, and digital transformation services, though Cognizant operates at materially larger scale as a full-service IT services incumbent.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A6 records

Investments2 records

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