Groupe Crit

What Groupe Crit does

Groupe Crit is a Paris-headquartered, publicly listed temporary staffing and recruitment company founded in 1962 and traded on Euronext Paris (CAC All-tradable, CAC Mid&Small, Gaïa Index). The company generates revenue primarily through placement fees and wage-margin spreads on temporary worker deployments across general staffing, engineering and maintenance, and airport assistance services. It serves 34,000 corporate client companies via an international network of approximately 800 agencies across 13 countries, supported by 11,000+ permanent employees, 32 airport assistance subsidiaries worldwide, and 25 engineering and maintenance locations in France.

The company's revenue model is a transaction-fee structure: pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, scaling with workforce volume deployed and contract terms negotiated per client and sector. Beyond temporary staffing (the core brand Crit Travail Temporaire), Groupe Crit holds the #1 position in airport assistance in France and operates in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Africa, while also providing engineering and maintenance staffing for major industrial projects. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales through the agency network, supplemented by corporate website and press relations.

International expansion has been driven by a combination of organic growth and acquisitions, including OK Job in Switzerland (December 2022, €105M target turnover), Cobalt Ground Solutions in the UK (2017), and earlier deals (Visiont, Peoplelink, Addenda, Euristt). The group also referenced an OPA (public tender offer) on Italian staffing firm Openjobmetis, signaling continued cross-border consolidation intent. FY2025 revenue stood at €3.372 billion, with Q1 2026 at €785.6M (+2.5%), reflecting a deceleration from the higher growth rates of 2023-2024 alongside notable net income compression.

Name

Groupe Crit

Legal name

Groupe Crit

Website

https://groupe-crit.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Temporary Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (56132)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Clerical & Customer Support Temp Staffing (BPACACAC)

Keywords

• Temporary staffing services
• Recruitment services
• Airport assistance operations
• Engineering and maintenance staffing
• Workforce management solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Temporary Staffing and Recruitment Services: Core revenue from temporary work (intérim) placement fees and margins on temporary worker wages. The company places workers across multiple sectors including general staffing, engineering, maintenance, and airport assistance. Revenue scales with workforce volume deployed.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Groupe Crit places temporary workers and recruits permanent staff for corporate clients across multiple sectors, with core brands including Crit Travail Temporaire. It also provides specialized airport ground assistance services (passenger services, ramp handling) — where it is the #1 operator in France — and engineering and maintenance staffing for large industrial projects through 25 locations in France.

Product overview

Groupe Crit is a staffing and recruitment company operating a multi-brand portfolio centered around its core temporary staffing brand Crit Travail Temporaire, supplemented by airport assistance services (where it holds the #1 market position in France) and engineering/maintenance services for industrial clients. The company operates internationally through a network of approximately 800 agencies and has expanded via acquisitions including Swiss firm OK Job. The group generates approximately €3.372 billion in annual revenue and serves over 34,000 corporate clients across 13 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Openjobmetis: Temporary staffing and recruitment services brand, referenced in OPA (public tender offer) communications.

Products and services

• Crit Travail Temporaire
• Airport Assistance Services
• Engineering and Maintenance Services
• OK Job (Swiss recruitment)

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• OK JobcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 December 2022Acquisition of Swiss recruitment firm OK Job to strengthen Groupe Crit's position in Switzerland. OK Job is forecast to post €105 million in turnover and will continue operations under founder Bernard Houche's leadership.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Randstad: Global #1 staffing company headquartered in the Netherlands. Operates large temporary-staffing and recruitment networks across Europe, directly competing with Groupe Crit in France and adjacent markets across the same customer base of corporate employers.
• Synergie: French-headquartered temporary staffing and recruitment group with a comparable European footprint, serving industrial, tertiary and healthcare clients — the closest direct French competitor to Groupe Crit's core intérim business.
• Adecco Group: Swiss-based global staffing leader with generalist temp staffing, professional placement and MSP/VMS solutions. Directly competes with Groupe Crit in French and European temporary staffing and is materially comparable on scale, mix and go-to-market.
• PageGroup: UK-listed recruitment group (Michael Page, Page Personnel) specializing in professional and administrative temporary/permanent placement. Page Personnel in particular overlaps with Groupe Crit's generalist staffing franchise and serves similar enterprise customers across Europe.
• Hays plc: UK-listed specialist recruitment company with a deep European footprint across professional, IT, engineering and construction disciplines. Directly comparable to Groupe Crit's recruitment and engineering staffing verticals and competing in many of the same countries.
• ManpowerGroup: US-listed global staffing firm (Manpower, Experis, Right Management) competing directly with Groupe Crit in temporary and permanent placement across Europe, including France, with overlapping enterprise customer base.
• Swissport International: Global #1 airport ground handling and cargo services company. Directly comparable to Groupe Crit's #1 French airport-assistance business, competing for the same airline customers and operating ramp/passenger-handling service contracts.
• Gi Group: Italy-headquartered multinational staffing firm with strong presence across France, UK and other European markets, offering temporary staffing, permanent placement and outplacement — competing head-to-head with Groupe Crit in several of the 13 countries it operates in.
• ALTEN: French-headquartered engineering and technology consulting firm focused on industrial, lifecycle and R&D projects — directly comparable to Groupe Crit's engineering & maintenance services vertical serving large industrial clients in France and internationally.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half International: US-listed global staffing and consulting firm (Protiviti). While more focused on finance/accounting/IT professional placement than French intérim, it competes for the same enterprise customers and professional contract staffing budgets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CritFrance
• Facebookfacebook.com/CritFrance
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/crit

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A6 records

Investments

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

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