SCORE Personal

What SCORE Personal does

SCORE Personal e.K. is a German healthcare recruitment agency headquartered in Fulda, Germany, founded approximately in 2011 by Alexander Bier as a sole proprietorship (eingetragener Kaufmann). The firm operates with a lean team of 6 employees and specializes exclusively in permanent placement (Direktvermittlung) of nursing professionals and, more recently, healthcare executives and managers, serving healthcare facilities across Germany through a network of more than 1,100 facilities and over 2,000 client companies. SCORE Personal positions itself as a specialist for the German nursing shortage, with cumulative claims of 15,800+ nursing candidates presented, 5,400+ executive/manager placements, and 28,000 applicants processed over a 10-year window.

The company's core product is a permanent-placement recruiting service delivered through a multi-channel sourcing stack: social media recruiting, active sourcing, and programmatic advertising on the acquisition side, combined with a corporate website, a blog, and a WhatsApp Business channel for direct candidate and client interaction. There is no proprietary platform; candidate and client workflow is run on the third-party hr4you applicant tracking system, and the firm has not disclosed any in-house AI/ML capability. All differentiation rests on human sourcing, niche healthcare specialization, and accumulated relationships rather than technology.

SCORE Personal's business model is purely success-based and contingent: the client pays a placement fee equal to two months of the placed candidate's gross salary, with no retainer, exclusivity fee, or subscription component. This fee structure aligns revenue directly to closed hires and concentrates pricing power in the upper end of the placement mix (executives and senior nurses). The firm is Germany-only in geographic scope, has not raised external capital, has no disclosed M&A activity, and operates as a small, founder-led proprietorship whose growth has been entirely organic.

Name

SCORE Personal

Legal name

SCORE Personal e.K.

Website

https://score-personal.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SCORE Personal is a German healthcare recruitment agency that places nursing professionals and healthcare executives into permanent roles at hospitals and care facilities across Germany on a success-based fee equal to two months' gross salary per hire.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing Services

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical Direct Hire (Nursing/Allied/Physicians) (BPACAFAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Private-Duty Caregiver Staffing Agencies (HSABAMAB), General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

Keywords

• Healthcare staffing
• Nursing recruitment
• Permanent placement
• Medical personnel consulting
• Healthcare talent acquisition

Headquarters

HQ city

Fulda

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Placement Fees: SCORE Personal charges a success-based recruitment fee for each successful placement of a nursing professional or healthcare worker. The fee is calculated as two months' gross salary of the placed candidate, split into two installments: the first upon contract signing and the second as a 'loyalty' rate after the candidate has remained employed for a defined period. No fees are charged if no successful placement occurs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SCORE Personal operates as a Personalberatung (recruitment consultancy) specialized exclusively in the German healthcare sector. It identifies, pre-qualifies, and matches nursing professionals (Pflegefachkräfte), care workers, and healthcare managers with hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation clinics, and ambulatory care services for permanent (Direktvermittlung) placements only, charging a success-based fee equal to two months' gross salary of the placed candidate, payable in two installments.

Product overview

SCORE Personal is a specialized healthcare recruitment agency operating in Germany, offering a unified permanent placement (Direktvermittlung) service for nursing and care facilities. The core product is the Personalvermittlung Pflege, which provides end-to-end recruitment — from candidate sourcing and pre-qualification through to placement — exclusively for permanent employment contracts (no temporary staffing). This core service is powered by multiple integrated recruiting channels: Social Media Recruiting, Active Sourcing, and Programmatic Advertising, which together maximize reach across the German healthcare job market. For job seekers, SCORE offers a proactive application pathway (Initiativbewerbung) and manages the full application process on their behalf. Supporting the service is an educational blog covering topics relevant to nursing professionals. The company charges a two-installment success fee (two months' gross salary of the placed candidate), with the second 'loyalty' installment contingent on the candidate remaining with the employer.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personalvermittlung Pflege End-to-end direct permanent placement (Direktvermittlung) recruitment service exclusively for nursing and care facilities in Germany. Covers briefing, candidate search across multiple channels, pre-screening of hard and soft skills, presentation of shortlisted candidates, interview coordination, document preparation, and final placement of examined nurses, care assistants, and healthcare management staff into permanent employment contracts.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 15,800 nursing professionals successfully placed in the past year
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Scale indicators8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Persona Service: One of Germany's largest staffing and HR services providers, with significant presence in healthcare/care staffing including direct placement - directly comparable given SCORE's German healthcare placement focus, though Persona Service also operates large temp-staffing lines.
• Randstad Deutschland: Subsidiary of global staffing leader Randstad; operates dedicated healthcare (Medizin & Pflege) vertical in Germany combining temp and permanent placement - overlaps with SCORE in serving hospitals and nursing facilities.
• PageGroup (Michael Page): International professional recruitment group (Michael Page, Page Personnel) with dedicated healthcare and life-sciences practices in Germany; directly comparable for the executive/management placement portion of SCORE's business.
• DIS AG: Major German HR services and recruitment firm providing both temporary and permanent placement across multiple industries including healthcare; comparable as a broad German staffing incumbent with overlapping healthcare direct-hire capability.
• ManpowerGroup Germany: German arm of global staffing major; offers dedicated healthcare & nursing (Pflege) placement solutions competing for the same hospital and care home clientele as SCORE Personal.
• Adecco Germany (Adecco Personaldienstleistungen): German arm of global staffing group Adecco with significant healthcare recruitment offerings including permanent placement; comparable as a broad incumbent competing for the same healthcare facility clients.
• Robert Half: International staffing firm with German operations covering professional and managerial roles; relevant overlap for SCORE's executive/management placement (5,400+ placements/year claimed) segment.
• HAYS: International recruitment specialist with strong German operations focusing on permanent and contract placement of skilled professionals, including healthcare and life sciences roles - overlaps with SCORE's management/executive placement.

Direct peers

• Hofmann Personal: German HR services firm with healthcare/care staffing focus and direct placement capability for medical and nursing professionals; comparable in size and service scope to SCORE as a domestic specialist.

Emerging players

• Medwing: European tech-enabled healthcare staffing platform active in Germany; represents the digital marketplace model that could erode traditional recruiter-led placement - directly comparable vertical, different distribution model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/score-personal

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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