What Trans Gulf does

Trans Gulf operates a quote-based professional services revenue model, earning placement fees from foreign employers for each successful domestic worker hire. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, consistent with custom, relationship-driven B2B engagements. The go-to-market is sales-led, with direct employer engagement complemented by an online candidate directory that allows employers to shortlist candidates before screening and recruitment are completed by the in-house professional team. Marketing relies on the company website, social media presence across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Pinterest, and an email newsletter for both candidate sourcing and employer acquisition. The business is horizontally segmented by destination geography (Middle East, Asia-Pacific, Europe), with the Middle East as the primary segment.

Name

Trans Gulf

Legal name

Trans Gulf Colombo (Pvt) Ltd

Website

https://transgulf.lk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Trans Gulf Colombo (Pvt) Ltd is a Sri Lanka-based B2B domestic recruitment agency placing Sri Lankan household workers with employers across the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, and Cyprus, leveraging a computerized candidate database and a 30-year track record of over 100,000 placements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Colombo

HQ country

Sri Lanka

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Domestic Worker Recruitment Services: Trans Gulf earns revenue by recruiting and placing domestic workers with foreign employers. The company sources workers from Sri Lanka and places them in countries including Middle East (KSA, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain), Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, and Cyprus. The service includes screening, documentation processing (FBR), government training, and aftercare support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Trans Gulf Colombo (Pvt) Ltd is a Sri Lanka-based domestic recruitment agency that sources, screens, and places domestic workers (housemaids, nannies, babysitters, caregivers, house cooks, drivers, security guards) for foreign employers in the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, and Europe. The service includes candidate screening, documentation processing including Foreign Bureau of Recruitment (FBR) approval, government-mandated training, and post-placement aftercare support. The company also operates an online recruitment platform with a computerized candidate database for employer browsing and matching.

Product overview

Trans Gulf Colombo (Pvt) Ltd operates as a recruitment platform and service provider for domestic workers. The core product is its domestic recruitment service that places workers (housemaids, nannies, babysitters, caregivers, cooks) across Middle East countries (KSA, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain), Cyprus, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, and other regions. The company is part of the Trans Gulf Group network and complements its recruitment services with a job portal platform (transgulf.lk) featuring candidate search, filtering by country/experience/skills/languages, multilingual support, and candidate registration. A sister company, TGL Travels & Tours, provides travel solutions. The company has placed over 100,000 domestic workers during its 30+ years in business.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Domestic Worker Recruitment Services End-to-end domestic worker recruitment service sourcing, screening, documenting, and placing Sri Lankan domestic workers (housemaids, nannies, babysitters, caregivers, house cooks, drivers, security guards) for foreign employers in the Middle East (KSA, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain), Cyprus, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan. Includes FBR documentation, government-mandated training, and post-placement aftercare.
• Domestic Worker Category Placement Specialized placement services across distinct domestic worker categories including House Maids, Nannies, Baby Sitters, House Cooks, Care Givers, and Couple Recruitment teams. Targets employers with specific household staffing role requirements.
• Online Recruitment Job Portal Web-based recruitment platform at transgulf.lk enabling employers to search and filter candidates by country, designation, experience, religion, language, skills, and age range. Includes multilingual support (English, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese) and online candidate/employer registration with profile management.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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 and minor.

• Trans Gulf (Pvt) LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrans Gulf (Pvt) Ltd is the parent/associate company and leading recruitment consultancy from Colombo, Sri Lanka. The company has been sourcing foreign employees for more than 30 years for various industries including hospitality, FMCG, construction, industrial, automobile, transportation and shipping. It is the one and only award winner for the most outstanding performer in this discipline in Sri Lanka, recruiting from over 30 countries with a large talent pool.
• TGL Travels & Tours (Pvt) LtdminorOthersTGL Travels & Tours is Sri Lanka's premier destination management company offering full travel solutions for inbound and outbound tours. As an IATA accredited agent, it provides quality-driven, dynamic and customized travel and tour services, belonging to the TGL Group ecosystem.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Randstad: Global staffing and HR services firm with staffing, inhouse services and recruitment process outsourcing. Comparable to Trans Gulf as a broad employment-services player addressing cross-border hiring needs across regions Trans Gulf targets.
• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing and workforce-solutions company with permanent placement, temporary staffing and recruitment process outsourcing across all major verticals. Comparable to Trans Gulf as a broad incumbent in the same employment-services category, though operating at vastly greater scale and without a domestic-worker niche focus.
• Robert Half International: Global staffing firm specializing in finance, accounting, and administrative placements. While its vertical focus differs, it operates in the same employment-agency category and competes for the same employer recruitment budget as a broad-market peer.
• Hays plc: UK-listed specialist recruiter placing skilled professionals globally. Comparable to Trans Gulf as a broad incumbent with cross-border recruitment capabilities in EMEA and APAC — regions Trans Gulf also targets for non-domestic skilled categories.
• Adecco Group: One of the world's largest staffing firms, placing candidates in general labor, professional, and cross-border categories. Comparable to Trans Gulf as a broad employment-services incumbent with international placement capabilities overlapping the GCC and APAC corridors Trans Gulf serves.
• Recruit Holdings: Japan-headquartered HR conglomerate operating Indeed, Glassdoor and staffing brands (RGF Staffing). Comparable to Trans Gulf as a broad incumbent whose workforce-services arm places workers, including via international talent corridors toward Japan — a stated Trans Gulf destination market.

Regional players

• Bayt.com: Middle East-focused online recruitment platform hosting millions of candidate profiles across the GCC. Comparable to Trans Gulf as a regional recruitment-services provider active in the same GCC employer base, although focused on professional rather than domestic-worker categories.
• GulfTalent: Dubai-based online recruitment platform specializing in mid- to senior-level placements across the Middle East. Comparable to Trans Gulf as a regional recruitment-services peer serving GCC employers — Trans Gulf's primary end market.

Direct peers

• Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)-licensed recruitment agencies: The Philippines is the largest source of overseas domestic workers globally, and POEA-licensed agencies (e.g., major Filipino recruitment firms) compete directly with Sri Lankan agencies like Trans Gulf for Gulf-state and APAC household-staff placement contracts. Highly relevant as direct functional peers in cross-border domestic-worker recruitment.

Emerging players

• OLX / online classifieds job verticals: Operates online classifieds including domestic-worker and helper categories in multiple emerging markets. Comparable to Trans Gulf as an emerging digital-first recruitment channel that employers can substitute for traditional agency relationships, posing a structural threat to the traditional agency model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tgl742
• Facebookfacebook.com/TGLCOL
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/trans-gulf-pvt-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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