Captiva - Recruitment, HR en arbeidsbemiddeling professionals

What Captiva - Recruitment, HR en arbeidsbemiddeling professionals does

Captiva B.V. is a privately held Dutch boutique recruitment firm headquartered in Bilthoven, Netherlands, founded in January 2006 by Jacqueline van Tilburg and Tanja Spiegel. The company specializes exclusively in four functional verticals — HR, Recruitment, Sales, and Management — serving employer clients ("opdrachtgevers") across the Netherlands with three integrated service lines: Werving & Selectie (permanent placement on a transaction-fee basis), Detachering (contract staffing where Captiva-employed professionals work on-site at clients for a margin on hourly/daily rates), and Interim Management (placement of senior interim professionals for change, reorganization, or coverage engagements). Captiva employs an estimated 9-11 people (founding partners, consultants, an office manager, and interim recruiters), operating as a founder-led, sales-driven boutique with no external funding or parent company.

The firm's candidate-facing technology is built on OTYS Recruiting Technology, which powers the mijn.captiva.nl portal for CV parsing, profile management, vacancy matching, and application processing; Salesforce is used internally by sales managers for tracking commercial activities, and Wonderkind supports advertising and analytics. Commercial distribution is direct-to-employer and direct-to-candidate via the portal, supplemented by a job-alert email subscription system, organic LinkedIn outreach (including personal outreach by the Managing Partners), and content marketing through a blog and the VSO Talk podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Approximately 25% of placements come from the firm's existing candidate network. Named enterprise and mid-market clients include EW Facility Services (3,000+ employees), Arbo Unie (2,000+), Ballast Nedam, Grafton Recruitment, IMPROVEN, and various bureau and consulting firms. The operating model is relationship-driven and human-capital intensive, with no disclosed AI/ML capability, no proprietary technology platform, and no international expansion — the company is exclusively Netherlands-focused.

Revenue is not publicly disclosed. Based on headcount scaling, the multi-stream service mix (placement + interim/detachering margin), and visible throughput (37 open vacancies and ~4,512 candidate phone interactions in 2026), the company likely operates in a low single-digit million euro revenue range, though this estimate carries low confidence. Strategically, Captiva is in a sustained steady-state: 20 years of compounded niche reputation, ongoing founder involvement, modest capability investments (Salesforce, podcast, content), and no signals of M&A, expansion outside the Netherlands, or external capital events.

Name

Captiva - Recruitment, HR en arbeidsbemiddeling professionals

Legal name

Captiva B.V.

Website

https://captiva.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Captiva is a Dutch boutique recruitment firm founded in 2006, specializing in permanent placement, contracting, and interim management for HR, Recruitment, Sales, and Management roles across the Netherlands, serving enterprise and mid-market employers via a founder-led, relationship-driven model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment and Staffing Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Temporary Help Services (561320)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sales, Marketing & Customer Success Direct Hire (BPACAFAD), Recruiting Administration Outsourcing (Recruitment Support, Scheduling, Onboarding Ops) (BPACAKAG)

Keywords

• Permanent placement services
• Interim management solutions
• HR recruitment specialist
• Contract staffing services
• Executive search services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bilthoven

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Werving & Selectie (Permanent Placement): Captiva conducts full-cycle permanent placement for HR, Recruitment, Sales and Management roles. They handle the entire hiring process — from job profiling and candidate sourcing through to placement and onboarding follow-up — earning a placement fee from the client employer upon successful hire.
2. Detachering (Detachment / Contracting): Captiva provides professionals on a temporary/detached basis. Professionals remain employed by Captiva while working on-site at the client for a pre-agreed period. Ideal for leave, projects, or temporary understaffing. Captiva earns a margin on the professional's hourly/daily rate.
3. Interim Management: Captiva places experienced Interim Consultants and Managers for strategic or specialist projects including reorganizations, change management, or temporary senior-level replacement. Fees are earned on the interim professional's engagement.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Captiva is a Dutch boutique recruitment agency that places HR, Recruitment, Sales, and Management professionals through three core services: Werving & Selectie (full-cycle permanent placement), Detachering (contract staffing where Captiva employs the professional on-site at the client), and Interim Management (placement of senior interim consultants for reorganizations, change management, and senior-level temporary replacements). The firm operates its own candidate portal powered by OTYS for applications, CV parsing, and matching, and supplements this with a Job Alert email subscription system and the VSO Talk podcast.

Product overview

Captiva operates as a specialized recruitment bureau offering three interconnected core services: Werving & Selectie (permanent placement), Detachering (contract staffing), and Interim Management. The firm also provides a candidate-facing Job Alert notification service and produces content through its VSO Talk podcast. Captiva focuses exclusively on HR, Recruitment, Sales, and Management roles across the Netherlands. The company was founded in January 2006 in Bilthoven and serves as the exclusive staffing partner for its clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Werving & Selectie Full-cycle recruitment service for filling permanent positions in HR, Recruitment, Sales, and Management. Captiva manages the entire hiring process from crafting job profiles, sourcing and screening candidates, conducting interviews, presenting shortlisted candidates, and guiding through placement and onboarding. The firm earns a placement fee from the client employer upon successful hire.
• Detachering Flexible staffing solution where professionals remain employed by Captiva while working on-site at client organizations for pre-agreed periods. Ideal for leave coverage, projects, or temporary understaffing. Captiva earns a margin on the professional's hourly or daily rate.
• Interim Management Placement of experienced interim consultants and managers for strategic or specialized assignments including reorganizations, change management, and senior-level temporary replacements. Fees are earned on the interim professional's engagement.
• Job Alert Email notification service allowing candidates to subscribe to job alerts filtered by job group (e.g., Account Manager, Recruiter, Sales Manager, HR) and frequency (daily, weekly, monthly). Helps candidates discover new matching vacancies automatically.
• VSO Talk Podcast Podcast series hosted by Captiva consultants discussing HR and employment law topics, including the VSO (vaststellingsovereenkomst / settlement agreement) series with external legal experts. Positions Captiva as a thought leader in HR and employment law.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25% of placements come from previously known candidates or referral network
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• OTYS Recruiting TechnologycoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2026Captiva uses OTYS Recruiting Technology as its candidate relationship management (CRM) and recruitment management platform. The mijn.captiva.nl candidate portal is powered by OTYS, enabling CV parsing, candidate profile management, vacancy matching, and application processing. OTYS is the operational backbone of Captiva's candidate-facing technology.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Michael Page Netherlands: Michael Page is a specialized professional recruitment firm operating in the Netherlands across HR, Sales, Procurement and Management disciplines. Closely comparable specialist-permanent-placement model to Captiva, with a similar focus on mid-to-senior professional roles.
• Grafton Recruitment Netherlands: Grafton Recruitment is an international recruitment firm with Dutch operations covering HR, Sales, Office and Technical roles across permanent and temporary placement. Comparable multi-modal recruitment model and is also a known Captiva client, making it both a peer and ecosystem participant.
• Hays Netherlands: Hays is a global specialized recruitment firm with a strong Netherlands presence covering HR, Sales, Finance, and Management roles across permanent, contract and interim modalities. Direct overlap with Captiva's three service lines and target verticals, though at far greater scale.
• Robert Half Netherlands: Robert Half specializes in finance, accounting, HR and administrative recruitment with permanent and interim placement in the Netherlands. Comparable specialist boutique-style approach for HR/recruitment leadership placements, with a stronger finance vertical.
• BMC: BMC is a Dutch consultancy and HR-services firm with a strong HR advisory, interim management and recruitment practice serving public and semi-public organizations. Directly comparable for HR-focused interim management and recruitment assignments in the Dutch market.
• Page Personnel: Page Personnel operates in the Netherlands as a specialist recruitment firm for support-function, sales and junior-to-mid management roles, often via temporary and permanent placement. Comparable targeted mid-market recruitment positioning, though broader than Captiva's HR/Recruitment focus.
• Walters People: Walters People is a Dutch-French specialized recruitment boutique focused on finance, HR, sales and office-support roles, with both permanent placement and interim/contracting services. Highly comparable boutique specialist positioning and three-service-line model.
• Yacht (Randstad): Yacht is the Dutch specialist brand of Randstad focused on higher-skilled professionals including HR, IT, finance and management, with permanent, contract and interim modalities. Directly competes for the same interim management and high-end HR placements Captiva pursues.

Others

• OTYS Recruiting Technology: OTYS is Captiva's underlying recruitment technology/ATS vendor powering the candidate portal. While not a competitor, it is an ecosystem participant — understanding OTYS helps frame Captiva's candidate-facing technology capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• Randstad: Randstad is the largest staffing firm in the Netherlands and operates across all of Captiva's verticals (HR, Sales, Management) plus much broader categories. Overlaps as a broad incumbent in the same market rather than as a direct specialist competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/captiva.nl
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/captiva-werving-en-selectie
• Instagraminstagram.com/captiva_recruitment

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

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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