Fed Group

What Fed Group does

Fed Group is a privately-held French multi-specialist recruitment firm founded in 2001 and headquartered in Paris. The group operates 12 sector-specialized recruitment cabinets—Fed Business, Fed Construction, Fed Engineering, Fed Finance, Fed Human, Fed IT, Fed Legal, Fed Medical, Fed Office, Fed Supply, Fed Inside (RPO), and Fed Transition (interim management)—plus a dedicated geographic brand, Fed Africa, serving Africa and the Middle East. Each cabinet concentrates on a single professional vertical and is staffed by sector-expert consultants. The firm serves a base of more than 3,500 employer clients across France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Portugal, and Côte d'Ivoire, executes over 3,000 successful placements annually, and reports a 99% client and candidate satisfaction rate in 2024.

The technology stack is anchored by a Salesforce-built recruitment CRM and the HRFlow AI matching engine, which automatically proposes ranked candidate-to-position matches when job requisitions or CVs enter the system—supporting the firm's stated 72-hour turnaround on first candidate shortlists. A complementary self-service platform, MyFedBox, serves temporary workers with contracts, payslips, time-tracking, and advance-payment requests, while the firm uses AssessFirst psychometric assessments as part of its own internal hiring process. The proprietary database exceeds 1.5 million candidate profiles and 300,000 qualified company contacts are accessible to consultants.

Fed Group's revenue model spans five streams: success-only placement fees for permanent and fixed-term hires (CDI/CDD); margin on billed wages for interim/temporary staffing under its ETT license; managed-service fees from Fed Inside's embedded RPO model; placement fees for interim executive managers via Fed Transition; and recurring commissions from an affiliated network of independent recruiters operating under the Fed brand. Distribution is sales-led via direct consultant outreach to hiring companies, supplemented by a content-marketing engine (salary benchmark studies, the "One Job Countless Stories" podcast, active TikTok and YouTube channels, and the La FED Letter newsletter) aimed primarily at candidate engagement.

Name

Fed Group

Legal name

Fed Group

Website

https://fed-group.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Fed Group is a French multi-specialist recruitment firm operating 12 sector-specific cabinets—Fed Business, Fed IT, Fed Finance, Fed Medical, Fed Engineering, and others—delivering permanent placement, interim staffing, RPO, and interim management to 3,500+ employer clients across France and five international markets.

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)

Keywords

• Specialized recruitment services
• Temporary staffing services
• Permanent placement staffing
• Recruitment process outsourcing
• Executive interim management

Headquarters

HQ city

PARIS

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Permanent placement fees (recrutement): Fed Group charges employers a success fee upon the successful placement of a permanent candidate (CDI or CDD). The company explicitly states it operates on a 'no placement, no fee' (honoraires uniquement en cas de succès) basis.
2. Interim/temporary staffing (intérim): Fed Group acts as an Entreprise de Travail Temporaire (ETT), employing temporary workers and placing them with client companies. Revenue is generated through markup on worker wages billed to client companies.
3. Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) — Fed Inside: Fed Inside provides dedicated recruiters (Insiders) embedded within client HR teams for ongoing or project-based recruitment needs, generating recurring service fees.
4. Transition management (management de transition) — Fed Transition: Fed Transition places interim managers with organizations facing crisis, restructuring, or transformation situations, generating fees for each interim placement.
5. Independent recruiter network commission: Fed Group operates a network of independent recruitment consultants who pay a monthly commission on invoices collected from their own clients, providing a recurring revenue stream.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Fed Group is a French multi-specialist recruitment firm providing permanent placement (CDI/CDD), temporary staffing (intérim), recruitment process outsourcing (RPO via Fed Inside), and interim management (Fed Transition) through 12 sector-specialized cabinets covering business, construction, engineering, finance, HR, IT, legal, medical, office, supply chain, and other professional verticals. The firm operates a 1.5M+ candidate database matched using Salesforce CRM and HRFlow AI algorithms, with first shortlists typically delivered within 72 hours under a no-placement-no-fee pricing model.

Product overview

Fed Group operates as a multi-specialist recruitment group offering a portfolio of 13 specialized sub-brands plus internal platforms. The core offering includes permanent recruitment (CDI), temporary staffing (intérim), and outsourced recruitment services (RPO), plus interim management. The 13 specialized brands—Fed Business, Fed Construction, Fed Engineering, Fed Finance, Fed Human, Fed IT, Fed Legal, Fed Medical, Fed Office, Fed Supply, Fed Inside (RPO), Fed Transition (interim management), and Fed Africa—each focus on distinct professional sectors. An internal platform, MyFedBox, supports temporary workers with administrative tasks. The group leverages Salesforce CRM and HRFlow technology for candidate matching across a database exceeding 1.5 million candidate profiles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fed Business
• Fed Construction
• Fed Engineering
• Fed Finance
• Fed Human
• Fed IT
• Fed Legal
• Fed Medical
• Fed Office
• Fed Supply
• Fed Inside (RPO)
• Fed Transition
• Fed Africa
• Temporary Staffing (Intérim)
• Independent Recruiter Network
• MyFedBox Temporary Worker Portal

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% client and candidate satisfaction rate reported in 2024
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SalesforcecoreTechnology or IntegrationFed Group's recruitment CRM is built on Salesforce's platform, leveraging its global CRM infrastructure and powerful matching algorithm for candidate sourcing and placement workflow management.
• HRFlowcoreTechnology or IntegrationFed Group integrates HRFlow's AI technology into its recruitment workflow. HRFlow's algorithms automatically match open job requisitions with candidate profiles in the database, enhancing speed and accuracy of candidate shortlisting.
• FASTT (Fonds d'Action Sociale du Travail Temporaire)minorOthersFASTT is a national organization supporting temporary workers in France, providing benefits such as childcare assistance, vehicle rental/repair, housing support, credit/financing, and health insurance. Fed Group's interim workers have access to FASTT services.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Expectra: French specialist interim and permanent recruitment firm (part of Randstad group) covering accounting/finance, IT, medical, and technical roles — directly comparable to Fed Group's interim and perm business.
• Hays: UK-listed specialist recruitment firm with deep vertical expertise (accounting/finance, IT, construction, life sciences, etc.) and a strong French presence — comparable to Fed Group in multi-sector specialization and perm-fee revenue model.
• PageGroup (Michael Page): Global multi-specialist recruitment firm operating through branded Page divisions (Michael Page, Page Personnel, Page Executive, Page Outsourcing) covering perm, temp, and RPO across sectors — the closest international analogue to Fed Group's specialist-cabinet model.
• Walters People: French specialist recruitment firm (part of Robert Walters group) focused on accounting, finance, and interim management — directly competes with Fed Finance and Fed Transition in the French market.
• Robert Half: Specialist staffing firm focused on finance/accounting, technology, and office support roles with both perm and temp services — a direct competitor to Fed Finance, Fed IT, and Fed Office.
• Spring Professional (Spring France): French specialist recruitment brand of the Adecco Group covering IT, engineering, sales/marketing, and finance — directly comparable to multiple Fed Group cabinets.

Broad incumbents

• Randstad: Global staffing leader operating specialist brands (Expectra, Randstad Search, etc.) in France alongside generalist staffing — broad incumbent with directly comparable specialist recruitment subsidiaries.
• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing and workforce solutions provider with a strong French presence (Manpower France), covering both generalist staffing and specialist recruitment — broad incumbent competing across multiple Fed Group cabinets.
• Kelly Services: Global staffing provider with specialist divisions in science, IT, finance, and engineering — comparable to Fed Group on the specialist-recruitment value proposition while operating at significantly larger scale.
• Adecco: Global staffing leader offering generalist workforce solutions, MSP, and RPO through multiple brands — overlaps with Fed Group across interim staffing, RPO, and specialist recruitment (via Spring Professional).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC4e96kKf6r7yW2fAVdh5s5g
• TikToktiktok.com/@fed.group
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/group-fed

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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