What EURES does

EURES (EURopean Employment Services) is a public European Union employment services network created by Regulation (EU) 2016/589 and managed by the European Labour Authority (ELA), a European Union body headquartered in Bratislava, Slovakia. It operates across 31 participating countries — EU member states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland — through National Coordination Offices, designated Public Employment Services, and partner organizations. Its purpose is to facilitate cross-border labor mobility by connecting job seekers with employers and providing standardized information about living and working conditions across Europe.

The core product is the EURES Portal, a multilingual digital platform available in 24 EU official languages plus Icelandic and Norwegian. It enables job seekers to search vacancies, build Europass CVs, save searches, and chat with EURES advisers, while employers can post vacancies and search CV databases. Adjacent products include the EURES Targeted Mobility Scheme (mobility support funding), Cross-Border Regions services, European Job Days recruitment events (virtual and in-person), the EU Talent Pool Pilot for Ukrainian refugees, and an internal EURES Extranet for network staff. Technical implementation follows Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1257 standards for matching job vacancies with applications and CVs, and data handling is governed by Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.

EURES is a free public service with no commercial revenue model; it is funded by EU budget allocations managed by ELA and by national governments. Its go-to-market is community-led, relying on national Public Employment Services as trusted intermediaries and on European Job Days events for direct engagement. Customer segments are two-sided and horizontal — job seekers (individuals seeking cross-border employment, including displaced persons) and employers (organizations recruiting across Europe) — with national PES institutions as an operational back-office segment.

Name

EURES

Legal name

European Labour Authority (ELA)

Website

https://eures.europa.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

EURES is the EU's public cross-border employment services network, operated by the European Labour Authority across 31 countries. It runs a multilingual job-matching portal, Europass CV tool, mobility schemes, and recruitment events as a free service to job seekers and employers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bratislava

HQ country

Slovakia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Service Funding: EURES operates as a free public service funded by the European Union and national governments. There is no commercial revenue model as EURES is established under Regulation (EU) 2016/589 to facilitate worker mobility across Europe without charge to users.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

EURES operates a free public digital portal and cooperation network that matches job vacancies with job seekers and CVs across 31 European countries. The service is delivered through standardized matching formats (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1257), Europass CV tools, EURES Targeted Mobility Scheme recruitment support, and European Job Days events, with EURES advisers providing personalized guidance to users.

Product overview

EURES (EURopean Employment Services) is an EU-wide employment services network managed by the European Labour Authority (ELA). The platform operates as a unified portal with integrated modules for job matching (EURES Portal, Job Search, CV Search), employment support services (Targeted Mobility Scheme, Cross-Border Regions, Chat with Advisers, Helpdesk), information resources (Living and Working Conditions, Portal Statistics), and user management tools (My EURES, Europass CV, Newsletter). Additional specialized offerings include the European Job Days event platform and the EU Talent Pool Pilot for Ukrainian refugees. The network coordinates across 31 participating countries through National Coordination Offices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EURES Targeted Mobility Scheme (TMS): A scheme under EURES that supports targeted mobility across Europe
• European Job Days

Products and services

• EURES Portal The main online platform enabling job seekers to search for jobs across 31 European countries and employers to find candidates, with job vacancy listings, CV databases, and standardized matching functionality.
• EURES Targeted Mobility Scheme (TMS) Mobility support program that provides funding and assistance to job seekers and employers for cross-border recruitment, helping cover costs of interviews, relocation, language training, and integration.
• European Job Days Platform

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• European Labour Authority (ELA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerELA manages the European Coordination Bureau (ECO) for EURES. The Information and EURES Unit within ELA is the Data Controller for EURES portal operations. ELA was established under Regulation (EU) 2019/1149 to support cross-border labor mobility.
• National Coordination Offices (NCOs) - 31 countriescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEach participating country (31 total including EU member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) designates a National Coordination Office responsible for coordinating the national network of EURES members and partners. NCOs are typically linked to public employment services or ministries of labor.
• Public Employment Services (PES)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic employment services play a specific role as EURES members, participating and providing services similar to other members. They provide the full range of EURES services to job seekers and employers.
• EURES PartnersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOther employment services and organizations that provide services to job seekers and employers can participate as EURES partners with a more limited service offering compared to full members, depending on the size of the organization or the nature of other services they normally provide.
• European Commission - Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and InclusioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe European Commission DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion provides policy oversight and support for EURES under the EURES Regulation (EU) 2016/589.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn: Global professional networking platform with a dominant jobs marketplace and active recruitment products. Directly competes with EURES for cross-border job matching and employer-candidate engagement, but operates as a broad commercial platform rather than a public-sector employment network.
• Indeed: Largest global job search engine aggregating listings from multiple sources and offering employer-sponsored postings. Comparable as a primary destination for job seekers and employers across Europe, although it is a commercial aggregator rather than a regulated employment network.
• Glassdoor: Global job search and company review platform with a meaningful European user base. Comparable as a destination where job seekers combine job search with labor-market transparency, but commercial and review-driven rather than a public employment network.

Regional players

• France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi): France's national public employment agency and an EURES member. Comparable as a public employment services provider offering job matching, advisory, and benefits at country scale, but without EURES' cross-border mandate.
• Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) / Arbeitsagentur: Germany's national public employment service, which is itself an EURES member. Comparable as a public-sector employment services provider at a country level, but operates primarily within Germany rather than across borders.

Direct peers

• StepStone: Leading European-focused job board operating across multiple EU countries (Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, and others). Most directly comparable as a regional, multi-country employment marketplace serving European job seekers and employers with localized content.
• Eurojobs.com: Job board focused specifically on employment opportunities across European countries. Comparable as a niche cross-European job-matching site, though commercial and narrower in service scope than EURES' full public-service offering.

Emerging players

• JobTeaser: European recruitment platform focused on young professionals and graduate hiring across multiple EU countries. Comparable as a cross-European employment marketplace with a defined niche, though narrower in scope than EURES' full-service network.
• Welcome to the Jungle: European job and employer-content platform operating across France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the UK. Comparable as a multi-country European employment content and job-matching destination with a younger, brand-driven audience.

Others

• EURES-adjacent Public Employment Services network: The collective of 31 National Coordination Offices and member-state PES that constitute the EURES network itself. Listed as a peer reference to flag that EURES' closest operational equivalents are its own member PES, which deliver comparable employment services at country level.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EURESjob
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/EURESjob
• Facebookfacebook.com/EURESjobs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eures
• Instagraminstagram.com/euresjobs

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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