What Solano Group does

Solano Group is a Polish employment agency and HR services provider founded in 1996 and headquartered in Góra Kalwaria, Poland. It operates 13 branches across Poland and specializes in staffing for the food processing industry, with a particular focus on meat and fish production. The company deploys more than 3,500 workers, 98% of whom are foreign nationals sourced through a recruitment network spanning 15 countries, supported by owned accommodation infrastructure of more than 4,000 beds.

The company's offering is structured around four service lines: production outsourcing, temporary employment, employee recruitment, and work legalisation delivered in partnership with JUSTAY. Operational performance metrics disclosed include worker turnover below 12-15%, attendance above 97%, and average employee tenure of more than 27 months, with the company claiming more than 30,000 placements across its history. The bundle of recruitment, deployment, housing, and immigration-compliance services is sold primarily to Polish production enterprises in the food sector.

Solano is privately held by the Sobczak family, making it a closely-held operator with no public funding or valuation data. Revenue mechanics follow a standard Polish staffing model — a bill-rate spread over deployed worker wages — supplemented by accommodation and legalisation fees. The business is asset-heavier than a pure-play staffing agency due to the owned housing estate, which functions as both a cost-control lever and a stickiness mechanism with foreign worker supply.

Name

Solano Group

Legal name

AP Solano Sobczak sp. k.

Website

https://apsolano.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Solano Group is a Polish employment agency founded in 1996 that deploys 3,500+ foreign workers across 13 branches to Polish food-processing companies, bundling recruitment, temporary employment, accommodation, and work-legalisation services into a vertically integrated staffing platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Góra Kalwaria

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Temporary Employment Services: As a temporary employment agency for foreigners, Solano recruits candidates and handles all employer obligations including payroll, social security contributions, and HR administration. They provide workers to client companies for specific periods.
2. Production Outsourcing: Full or partial transfer of production processes from client facilities. The company takes responsibility for staffing, supervision, quality, productivity, and management of production teams.
3. Employee Recruitment: Recruitment services for foreign workers from Eastern Europe and Asia, including candidate selection and placement.
4. Work Legalisation Services: Legalisation of stay and work permits for foreigners in Poland, handled through partner JUSTAY. Includes permit acquisition and documentation processing.
5. HR and Tax Administration: Payroll processing, social security calculations, vacation and sick leave management, tax settlements, and HR documentation for foreign employees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Solano Group is a Polish employment agency and HR services provider founded in 1996 that recruits foreign workers from Eastern Europe and Asia for Polish production companies. The company specializes in temporary staffing, production outsourcing (taking over full or partial manufacturing processes), employee recruitment, and work/residence legalisation through its partner JUSTAY. Services are delivered through 13 branches across Poland and target primarily the food industry, particularly meat and fish processing.

Product overview

Solano Group is a nationwide Polish HR services company with over 27 years of experience, operating as a staffing and production outsourcing provider. The company offers four interconnected core services: (1) Production Outsourcing (Outsourcing produkcyjny) for taking over manufacturing processes, (2) Temporary Employment Agency (Agencja pracy tymczasowej) for temporary staffing, (3) Employee Recruitment (Rekrutacja pracowników) for sourcing foreign workers, and (4) Work and Residence Legalisation (JUSTAY) for immigration paperwork. Services are delivered through 13 branches across Poland, employing over 3,500 staff recruited from 15 countries, with accommodation facilities for workers. The company specializes in food industry production support while also serving other manufacturing sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• JUSTAY: A partner brand specializing in work permit and residence legalization services for foreigners in Poland.

Products and services

• Temporary Employment Agency (Agencja pracy tymczasowej) Temporary staffing service that recruits foreign workers from Eastern Europe and Asia and assigns them to client companies for specific periods. Solano assumes all employer obligations including payroll, social security contributions, and HR administration for placed workers.
• Production Outsourcing (Outsourcing produkcyjny) Service that takes over complete or partial primary or secondary production processes at client facilities. Includes full supervision, team management, product responsibility, training, qualification improvement, and productivity increase. Specializes in food industry, particularly meat and fish processing.
• Employee Recruitment (Rekrutacja pracowników) Recruitment service for foreign workers from countries including Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Nepal, India, and others. Includes candidate selection based on specific client requirements and full support in legalizing stay and work in Poland.
• Work and Residence Legalisation (JUSTAY) Work and residence permit legalisation service for foreigners in Poland, delivered through partner JUSTAY. Covers obtaining work permits, residence permits (3 months to 3 years), and verification of residence documents. JUSTAY manages all contacts with relevant authorities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Team turnover below 15%
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 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.

• JUSTAYcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJUSTAY is a strategic partner for work and residence legalisation services. They handle the complete legalisation process for foreign workers, including obtaining work permits, residence permits, visas, and citizenship documentation. JUSTAY manages all contacts with relevant authorities and provides individual offers, courses, and training related to legalisation procedures.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing and workforce solutions firm with strong presence in Poland covering temporary staffing, recruitment process outsourcing, and talent reskilling. Overlaps with Solano on the Polish production-staffing market.
• Adecco: Global staffing leader with a sizable Polish operation across temporary staffing, permanent placement, and outsourcing. A broad incumbent competitor rather than a niche specialist, but active in the same production/manufacturing customer base as Solano.
• Randstad: Global HR services leader with established Polish temporary-staffing and outsourcing operations. Competes with Solano for enterprise production clients, though from a much broader portfolio and global footprint.

Direct peers

• OTTO Work Force: Czech-headquartered staffing specialist focused on recruiting foreign workers (notably from Eastern Europe and Asia) for employers in Central Europe. Closest analog to Solano in terms of cross-border labor sourcing model and CEE production-industry focus.
• Work Service (Gremi Personal): One of Poland's largest domestic staffing and HR outsourcing groups (including the Gremi Personal brand). Direct competitor in the Polish temporary-employment and outsourcing market across production/manufacturing.
• Gi Group: Italian-origin global staffing and HR services group with a large Polish operation providing temporary work, outsourcing, and recruitment. Competes with Solano for Polish production clients, including in the food/manufacturing verticals.
• Trenkwalder: Austrian/Central European staffing and workforce solutions provider active across CEE, including Poland. Directly comparable to Solano in providing temporary staffing and outsourced production workforce to manufacturing and industrial clients.

Emerging players

• Grafton Recruitment: Polish-focused recruitment and staffing firm with multinational heritage, active in temporary and permanent placement across industrial and production roles. Comparable but generally focused on white-collar and professional placement, with less emphasis on foreign-worker mass sourcing than Solano.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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