persona service GmbH Schweiz

What persona service GmbH Schweiz does

persona service GmbH Schweiz is a Swiss staffing and recruitment company operating as the Swiss subsidiary of the German persona service AG & Co. KG group. Founded in Switzerland in 2001, the company provides temporary staffing (Personalverleih/Temporärarbeit), permanent placement (Feststellenvermittlung), pay-rolling, HR outsourcing, and strategic HR consulting across four verticals: Industry & Technology, Business/Office & Management, IT, and Healthcare. It maintains branch offices in Basel and Zürich, targeting both B2B clients needing workforce flexibility and D2C job seekers via personal consultations and a dedicated student/graduate placement program.

The company's technology stack centers on a job board platform (jobbase.io) for candidate-vacancy matching and internal candidate management tools for rapid competency-job-profile matching. Supporting services include CV-check, a talent pool database for ongoing candidate engagement, and a dedicated student jobs portal. The company maintains a social presence on LinkedIn, XING, and Kununu (employer review platform), and uses Google Analytics 4 for web analytics. All employer administrative obligations—including payroll, social contributions, and compliance—are handled in-house, which is sold as a value proposition to client companies.

The business model is transaction-fee based: temporary staffing generates revenue through bill-rate markups on leased workers (where persona service is the legal employer), permanent placement through one-time placement fees, and pay-rolling/HR outsourcing through professional service fees. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated per engagement. The company holds the swissstaffing quality certification and was awarded "Beste Personaldienstleister Schweiz 2024" for the sixth consecutive year. It operates as part of a parent group with 200+ branches across Germany, Spain, and Switzerland and 50+ years of combined international experience.

Name

persona service GmbH Schweiz

Legal name

persona service GmbH Schweiz

Website

https://persona.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

persona service GmbH Schweiz is a Swiss staffing and recruitment subsidiary of Germany's persona service AG & Co. KG, providing temporary staffing, permanent placement, pay-rolling, and HR outsourcing across Industry, Business, IT, and Healthcare verticals through branches in Basel and Zürich.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing and Recruitment Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320), Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Office Administrative Services (5611)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Clerical & Customer Support Temp Staffing (BPACACAC)

Keywords

• Temporary staffing services
• Permanent placement recruitment
• HR outsourcing
• Payrolling services
• Workforce solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Basel

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Personalverleih (Temporary Staffing): Lease of temporary workers to client companies. Persona service acts as the employer and 'loans' workers to companies, handling all administrative employer obligations.
2. Feststellenvermittlung (Permanent Placement): Recruitment and placement of permanent staff for client companies, matching candidates with long-term employment positions.
3. Pay-Rolling: Administrative services where persona service takes over all employer administration tasks including payroll, social contributions, and compliance.
4. Strategische Personalkonzepte: Strategic workforce consulting and development of concepts for efficient deployment of temporary personnel.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Persona service GmbH Schweiz is a Swiss staffing and recruitment agency that supplies companies with temporary and permanent personnel across four sectors (Industry, Business, IT, and Healthcare). Its services include temporary worker leasing, permanent placement of specialists and executives, pay-rolling/HR outsourcing where the firm assumes all employer administrative and legal obligations, and the design of strategic HR concepts for efficient temporary workforce deployment.

Product overview

persona service GmbH Schweiz operates as a staffing and recruitment services company with a modular portfolio centered on four core service pillars: Temporärarbeit (Temporary Staffing), Feststellenvermittlung (Permanent Placement), Strategische Personalkonzepte (Strategic HR Concepts), and Pay-Rolling/HR Outsourcing. The temporary staffing service encompasses both Office & Management and Industry & Technics business divisions, while permanent placement leverages candidate management tools and recruitment expertise. Supporting these core offerings are the Jobbörse job board platform, Studentenjobs for young talent placement, CV-Check resume services, and the Talentpool for ongoing candidate engagement. All services span four industry sectors: Industry, Business, IT, and Healthcare.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Temporärarbeit (Temporary Staffing) Leasing of temporary workers to client companies, with persona service acting as the legal employer and handling all administrative employer obligations. Covers the Office & Management and Industry & Technics sectors.
• Feststellenvermittlung (Permanent Placement) Recruitment and placement of permanent staff for client companies, matching selected specialists and executives to long-term positions through candidate management tools and competency matching.
• Strategische Personalkonzepte (Strategic HR Concepts) Strategic workforce consulting service that develops tailored HR concepts in close collaboration with client companies to enable efficient deployment of temporary personnel.
• Pay-Rolling Administrative service in which persona service assumes full employer obligations and payroll administration for temporary workers placed at client companies, including payroll, social contributions, and compliance.
• HR-Outsourcing Outsourcing of HR tasks and functions to persona service, which assumes administrative responsibilities and legal obligations on behalf of client companies.
• Studentenjobs (Student Jobs) Specialized placement service for students, university graduates, and vocational school graduates offering vacation jobs, working student positions, and entry-level full-time employment with flexible scheduling.
• Jobbörse (Job Board) Online job portal at persona-ch.jobbase.io that lists current vacancies across all sectors and regions and allows candidates to apply and companies to post positions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Sixth consecutive award as Beste Personaldienstleister Schweiz 2024

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• swissstaffingminorOthersIndustry association membership providing quality certification. swissstaffing sets quality standards higher than legal requirements, ensuring ethical business practices and professional branch standards for member staffing agencies.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Randstad Switzerland: One of the world's largest staffing companies, with a deep Swiss branch network offering temporary and permanent staffing plus HR services across the same Industry, Office, IT, and Healthcare verticals.
• Robert Half Switzerland: Specialized staffing firm focusing on finance, accounting, technology, and office support roles. Overlaps directly with persona service's Office & Management and IT business units in the Swiss market.
• Adecco Group: Global staffing leader headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. Offers temporary staffing, permanent placement, and career transition services across the same verticals persona service targets, with substantially larger Swiss branch coverage.
• Kelly Services Switzerland: Global staffing provider with Swiss operations offering temporary staffing, permanent placement, and outsourcing solutions across office, industrial, and professional segments.
• Michael Page Switzerland: Specialist recruitment company focusing on permanent placement of mid-to-senior professionals. Directly competes with persona service's Feststellenvermittlung (Professional Search) offering.
• Hays Switzerland: Specialist recruitment firm focused on professional and skilled trades, including IT, construction, and life sciences. Competes with persona service in permanent placement and qualified temporary staffing.
• ManpowerGroup Switzerland: Major global staffing firm operating across Switzerland with temporary staffing, permanent placement, and workforce solutions. Directly competes with persona service in clerical, industrial, and professional placements.

Emerging players

• Coople: Digital-first staffing platform operating in Switzerland that matches flexible workers to temporary shifts via an app. Represents the emerging digital staffing model competing with traditional branch-based agencies like persona service.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/persona-service-schweiz

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 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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