Gulf Jobs

What Gulf Jobs does

Gulf Jobs is a private, Kuwait-based online job portal founded in 2018 that operates a two-sided marketplace connecting employers and job seekers across all six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries — UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain. The platform targets both individual professionals seeking employment (with 200K+ active CVs spanning 25+ nationalities) and employers/recruiters (with 48K-50K+ registered employers and approximately 825 active job listings), and operates on a fully self-serve, product-led growth model with no physical offices or channel partners.

The platform's core product is a free job posting service for employers and free CV upload for candidates, layered with three monetization mechanisms: (1) Featured Profiles for job seekers at $30 (1 month), $50 (2 months), and $65 (3 months), which include AI-powered job matching and automated application submission; (2) CV Database Access subscriptions for employers to search and download from the 200K+ resume pool with filtering by skills, location, and experience; and (3) employer CV access on flexible annual plans. The technology stack centers on an AI-driven matching engine that screens listings against candidate profiles and auto-submits applications, supplemented by a content module (Career Tips blog) and active social channels across LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram for organic top-of-funnel acquisition.

The business model is a classic freemium two-sided marketplace: employers post jobs free and candidates upload CVs free, while revenue is generated from low-ticket consumer subscriptions (featured profiles) and B2B subscriptions (CV database access). The company is bootstrapped with no disclosed funding, no parent company, 1-10 employees, and no M&A activity. Distribution is primarily SEO-led, targeting high-intent Gulf job search keywords. Customer concentration is structurally low given the long-tail SMB employer base and distributed consumer revenue, though overall revenue scale is constrained by the small headcount and absence of enterprise anchor contracts.

Name

Gulf Jobs

Legal name

Gulf Jobs

Website

https://gulfjobs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gulf Jobs is a self-serve online job portal connecting employers and job seekers across the six GCC countries, monetizing through premium featured-profile subscriptions and employer CV database access on top of free job postings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Job Portal / Recruitment Platform

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Remote & Global/Multilingual Direct Hire (BPACAFAO)

Keywords

• Online job portal
• Recruitment platform
• CV database access
• Gulf region hiring
• Job matching service

Headquarters

HQ city

Kuwait

HQ country

Kuwait

HQ region

Middle East

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Featured Profile Subscriptions (Job Seekers): Job seekers pay for featured profile placement to gain maximum visibility to employers. Tiered pricing: 1 month for $30, 2 months for $50, 3 months for $65. Featured profiles are prominently displayed and employers can access full CV without additional fees.
2. CV Database Access Subscriptions (Employers): Employers pay to access and search the CV database of 200K+ active job seekers, filter by skills/location/experience, and download CVs. Subscription plans available with flexible duration options.
3. Free Job Posting (Employers): Free job posting service for employers with no credit card required and no contracts, generating employer leads and driving job seeker engagement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Gulf Jobs operates a free, web-based two-sided job marketplace (gulfjobs.com) covering UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain. Employers post vacancies for free with no contracts or hidden fees, and job seekers upload CVs and apply at no cost, while the platform monetizes through paid Featured Profile subscriptions for candidates and paid CV Database Access subscriptions for employers and recruiters. An AI-powered matching engine automatically submits applications on behalf of candidates to relevant openings.

Product overview

GulfJobs is a job portal platform serving the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region with a primary website accessible at gulfjobs.com. The core offering consists of the main GulfJobs Job Portal, which provides free job posting services for employers and job search functionality for candidates. Supporting products include CV Database Access for employer recruitment, Featured Profiles (a premium add-on for job seekers with AI-powered job matching), and a Blog/Career Tips content section. The platform covers UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain with over 200K active CVs and 50K+ employers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GulfJobs Job Portal Core online job portal platform connecting employers and job seekers across UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain, providing job posting, CV database access, and AI-based candidate matching for the GCC labor market.
• Job Posting Service Free job posting service for employers to publish vacancies targeting Gulf-region job seekers, with no contracts or hidden fees and no credit card required.
• CV Database Access Searchable subscription-based database of 200K+ active CVs from job seekers across the Gulf region, with filtering by profession, nationality, location, skills, and experience, allowing employers to find and download candidate resumes.
• Featured Profiles Premium paid subscription for job seekers that places their profile prominently on the platform, provides AI-driven matching, and includes automatic job application submission on the candidate's behalf to save time. Available in 1-month ($30), 2-month ($50), and 3-month ($65) tiers.
• Job Seeker Services Free registration and self-serve services for individual job seekers including profile creation, CV upload, job search across all six GCC countries, and access to job alerts.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3 Days Average Time to Hire for employers using the platform

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn: Global professional network with broad recruiter and job products used heavily in the Gulf for professional hiring. Adjacent rather than identical—Gulf Jobs competes more for blue/grey-collar and mid-market hiring, but LinkedIn overlaps significantly at the professional end.
• Indeed: Global search-driven job board with significant Gulf traffic and employer adoption. Competes for ad-driven traffic and CV search attention, though it lacks Gulf-specific localization that Gulf Jobs emphasizes.
• Monster Gulf: Global legacy job board with Gulf-localized operations. Competes for employer hiring spend across the same six GCC countries but typically targets professional roles rather than Gulf Jobs' broader funnel.
• Dubizzle (OLX Gulf jobs): Major Gulf classifieds platform with a job listings vertical. Competes for the same SMB and blue-collar hiring audience via free listings, with broader classifieds reach but narrower job functionality.
• Hays (Gulf operations): Global recruitment firm with substantial Gulf practice covering professional and executive hiring. Differs in business model (agency fees vs. self-serve portal) but targets the same Gulf employer budget pool.

Direct peers

• GulfTalent: Gulf-specialist recruitment platform with job listings and CV search concentrated on the same six GCC markets. Highly comparable in mission, audience, and freemium-plus-subscription model.
• Bayt.com: Largest dedicated job portal serving the Middle East and North Africa, with the deepest employer and candidate base across all six GCC countries. Directly comparable to Gulf Jobs in product scope (job postings, CV database, featured profiles) and Gulf-only geographic focus.
• Laimoon: UAE-founded jobs and courses platform targeting the Gulf employment market. Comparable in offering job listings, CV search, and education/training content to Gulf region job seekers and employers.
• NaukriGulf: Regional arm of India's Naukri focused exclusively on Gulf job listings, with similar free posting, CV search, and candidate nationality targeting. Competes head-to-head for South Asian candidates seeking Gulf employment.

Regional players

• Akhtaboot: Jordan-headquartered job board with strong MENA presence including Gulf country coverage. Similar two-sided recruitment marketplace model; comparable in scale and freemium monetization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GulfJobsCom
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC268wMtPDqUYhs41r3SrLew
• Facebookfacebook.com/gulfjobscom
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gulfjobscom
• Instagraminstagram.com/gulfjobsofficial

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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