Hr Recruitment & Interim Ag

Name

Hr Recruitment & Interim Ag

Legal name

HR Recruitment & Interim AG

Website

https://www.hr-recruitment.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

HR Recruitment & Interim AG is a Hamburg-based, HR-exclusive recruitment and interim management firm placing senior HR professionals into permanent and freelance roles across German enterprises, with 8,000+ permanent candidates and 2,000+ interim managers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Recruitment Services

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Interim Executive & Fractional Leadership Placement (BPACAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

HR Strategy & Operating Model Design (BPACAJAA)

Keywords

• HR executive search
• HR interim management
• Permanent placement
• Headhunting services
• HR consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. HR Permanent Placement (Festanstellung): Executive search and placement of HR professionals into permanent positions at client companies. The company acts as a headhunter for HR positions across Germany, drawing from a pool of more than 8,000 HR professionals.
2. HR Interim Management: Placement of freelance/interim HR managers for temporary mandates. Interim managers are self-employed professionals engaged on daily rates (Tagessätze), typically around 1% of the gross annual target salary of the equivalent permanent position. The company earns a commission, typically 25-35% of the daily rate.
3. EU Pay Transparency Compliance Consulting: Specialized interim management services focused on implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, placing compensation & benefits experts with clients needing to comply by June 2026.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

HR Recruitment & Interim AG is a Hamburg-based consulting firm exclusively specialized in placing HR professionals. It recruits HR specialists and leaders for permanent roles (Festanstellung) and provides interim HR managers for temporary mandates, drawing on a pool of more than 8,000 HR professionals for permanent placements and over 2,000 freelance HR interim managers.

Product overview

HR Recruitment & Interim AG is a German HR-focused recruitment and staffing firm offering two complementary core services: (1) HR Festanstellung — executive search and permanent placement for HR leadership and specialist roles, drawing on a network of over 8,000 HR professionals and delivering placements typically within 2–3 weeks; and (2) HR Interim Management — temporary staffing of freelance HR managers from a pool exceeding 2,000 candidates, deployable within 48 hours. Supporting these core offerings are candidate career advisory services (Karriereberatung), a specialized practice addressing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, and an online registration platform for interim managers. The company operates exclusively in the German HR market, serving SMEs, large corporations, and international groups.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HR Festanstellung (Permanent Placement)
• HR Interim Management
• HR Karriereberatung (Career Advisory for Candidates)

Quantifiable outcome

• Candidate presentations typically within 2-3 weeks after order placement (for permanent placements)
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers11 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

Integration1 record

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Meffert Software GmbH & Co. KGcoreTechnology or IntegrationMeffert provides the company's recruitment software platform (branchenspezifische Lösung), installed on HR Recruitment & Interim AG's own server. Used for centralized management of all applicant information in an applicant database. A data processing agreement (Vertrag zur Auftragsverarbeitung) ensures Meffert processes user data only within EU data protection standards.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kienbaum Consultants International GmbH: Kienbaum is a leading German HR consulting and interim management firm with deep HR leadership placement, HR transformation, and executive search practices. Directly comparable as a Germany-based HR-specialist with permanent placement, interim management, and HR advisory offerings targeting the same enterprise HR buyer.
• Hays Deutschland GmbH: Hays is a major UK-listed recruitment and workforce solutions firm with a substantial German HR interim and permanent placement practice. Comparable as a multi-sector recruiter with strong HR and interim management offerings in Germany, competing for similar interim HR mandates.
• GULP Information Services GmbH (part of Randstad): GULP is a leading German platform for placing freelance professionals, including interim managers, into project-based mandates. Comparable as a Germany-based freelance/interim placement service with overlapping HR interim mandate capabilities and similar commission-based economics.

Broad incumbents

• PageGroup (Michael Page & Page Personnel): PageGroup operates Michael Page and Page Personnel in Germany with permanent placement across professional disciplines including HR. Comparable as a broad international recruiter with a German HR practice, competing for HR specialist and management placements.
• DIS AG (part of Adecco Group): DIS AG is one of Germany's largest staffing and recruitment providers, with permanent placement and interim/HV solutions across multiple functions including HR. Comparable as a broad incumbent in German recruitment with an HR specialty, though not exclusively focused on HR.
• Robert Walters Deutschland: Robert Walters is an international specialist recruiter with a German operation placing HR, finance, and technology professionals. Comparable as a broad incumbent in German HR and HR management permanent and interim placements.
• Robert Half Deutschland: Robert Half is a global staffing and recruitment firm with a significant German HR, finance, and office support practice. Comparable as a broad incumbent with HR specialization competing for HR specialist and HR management interim placements in Germany.
• Egon Zehnder International GmbH: Egon Zehnder is a global executive search firm with deep HR practice and a strong German office. Comparable as a broad incumbent for senior HR (CHRO, HR Director) executive search mandates, competing for the same enterprise HR leadership placement work.
• Heidrick & Struggles Deutschland: Heidrick & Struggles is a global executive search firm with a dedicated HR Officer Practice. Comparable as a broad incumbent placing senior HR leaders (CHROs, HR Directors) at large enterprises, directly competing for HR Director and Head of HR mandates.

Others

• AIMP (Arbeitskreis Interim Management Provider): AIMP is the German industry association of interim management providers; the company explicitly references the AIMP provider survey for industry day-rate benchmarks. AIMP member firms represent direct competitors in the German HR interim market, making the association a relevant proxy for the competitive set.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fr-recruitment-gmbh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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