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North America

2015 Largest Staffing Firms


in the United States
July 9, 2015
Timothy Landhuis, Research Manager
tlandhuis@staffingindustry.com

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2015 Largest Staffing Firms in the United States

Key Findings:
We estimate that 122 firms generated at least $100 million in U.S. staffing revenue in 2014. This represents the 20th annual
Added together, these firms generated $69.4 billion in U.S. staffing revenue in 2014, report on the largest U.S. staffing
representing 55.9% of the market, according to our estimates. The complete list of 122 firms firms produced by Staffing Industry
can be found starting on page five of this report. Analysts. All of the companies listed
were invited to provide their revenue
Please note that in this years report our revenue estimates reflect staffing revenue defined
numbers via online survey in
as revenue related to temporary staffing, direct hire, retained search, and temp-to-hire
February/March 2015. For firms that
conversion fees. In last years report, we also included revenue related to talent
did not participate in the survey,
engagement, which included MSP, RPO, PEO, and online staffing. We have limited our
revenue estimates were based on
revenue estimates to cover staffing revenue to allow for greater consistency and
company reports, company websites
comparability of figures across firms in this report. As a result of this change, revenue figures
and other sources. Our lists are of
in this report are not strictly comparable with figures in last years report.
strong interest to staffing buyers and
We have ranked companies by revenue, according to industry custom, but this ranking should we hope those listed will benefit from
not be taken to imply that a firm with a higher rank provides better service or more value to the increased buyer awareness. Firms
its shareholders. not on this list that feel they should
Staffing firms varied in degree of financial transparency, and even when forthcoming with have been included are encouraged
information, in some cases data provided was adjusted for the sake of consistency. Therefore, to contact Staffing Industry Analysts,
for all firms on this list, the revenue reported is estimated by Staffing Industry Analysts. as we will be releasing a followup
briefing for any late additions. Many
Overall, we believe that this list is accurate and can be used appropriately to get a big thanks to the staffing firms who
picture reading of the U.S. staffing industry landscape. However, as we are constantly offered their encouragement and
improving our methodology, and because we have narrowed our revenue estimates to reflect assistance in this year's report
staffing revenue as explained above, this years estimates are not comparable to those of process.
previous years. For that reason, we also did not display prior year revenue estimates in this
report.

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About the 2015 Largest Staffing Firms in the United States report

Information provided: How does SIA define staffing revenue?


Companies were ranked by their estimated 2014 U.S. We define staffing revenue as revenue generated from
staffing revenue. Franchise revenue was accounted for on a the provision of temporary workers to business clients, as
gross basis (full revenue of franchises as opposed to well as place & search revenue from direct hire/
franchise fees.) Our revenue estimates for each staffing firm permanent placement, retained search, and temp-to-hire
include the full-year revenue (pro forma revenue) of any conversions fees.
acquired staffing firms for acquisitions completed during The scope of this list is different from last years list of
2014, in order to provide a better proxy for annual revenue largest U.S. staffing firms in that our revenue estimates
size and market share moving forward. reflect staffing revenue while last years revenue
The list also provides our estimate of each companys estimates reflected staffing and talent engagement
market share of the U.S. staffing industry. Market share was revenue. As a result of the differences in scope, revenue
calculated by dividing a companys listed revenue by our estimates in this years report are not comparable with last
2014 industry estimate of $124.1 billion that we published years estimates. As an example, revenue estimates in this
in our U.S. Staffing Industry Forecast April 2015 Update years report may be lower than revenue figures in last
report. years list because talent engagement revenue is not
included, even while staffing revenue may have increased in
Our estimate of the two segments in which a company
2014 versus 2013.
generated the most revenue are also provided. For
companies that reported all of their revenue in only one
segment, we only listed that one. Noteworthy items excluded:
Any business in which a company/contingent worker is
paid a flat fee to complete a project, and the fee is not
based on hours or days worked or number of workers. In
other words, we exclude Statement-of-Work (SOW) and
other solutions business.
Any outsourcing arrangement in which the company is
paid on an hourly basis but the assignment is indefinite.

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Data sources and observations regarding the largest staffing firms in the U.S.

Data sources
While all revenue estimates in this report are made by Staffing Industry Analysts, it may be helpful to the reader to
understand some additional detail on the information sources and process we used to form our estimates. Roughly three
fourths of the 122 companies reported their 2014 staffing revenue amount to us by one of the following ways: completing
our survey form (a majority of the firms), through public financial reports, or by confirming to us that our revenue estimate
was reasonably accurate. Revenue amounts provided to us (including on survey forms) were checked for consistency with
other sources of information before becoming the basis of our estimates. The remaining one fourth of companies declined
to share their revenue information (often as a matter of policy), however each company received our revenue estimate
that we produced based on publicly available informationin advance of this reports publication and had the opportunity
to provide us with feedback, as an additional check on the reasonableness of our estimate.

Observations
Seventeen firms each generated more than $1 billion in U.S. staffing revenue in 2014. Taken together, these 17 firms
accounted for $45.1 billion, or 36.4% of the market.
64 firms (or roughly half of the firms in this report) generated between $100 million and $200 million in staffing revenue.
Taken together, these 64 firms generated $9.3 billion, or 7.5% of the market.
Regarding the skill segment in which each firm generated the largest portion of their temporary staffing revenue, the
industrial skill segment was the most common among firms on the list (38 firms), followed by IT (35 firms), and engineering
(10 firms). Given their significant market sizes, it is notable that the office/clerical and finance/accounting skill segments
were the largest revenue segment for a relatively small number of firms: 6 firms and 2 firms, respectively. None of the 122
firms had the legal skill segment as their first or second largest revenue segment.
Thirteen firms appear on this years report that did not appear in last years report. The firms are (in alphabetical order):
Aya Healthcare, BHI Energy|Staffing Solutions, Cornerstone Staffing Solutions, Creative Circle, Favorite Healthcare Staffing,
Medix, Mindlance, Paramount Staffing, Penmac Staffing Services, Source4Teachers, Talascend, The Reserves Network, and
Willis Group.

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2015 Largest Staffing Firms in the United States


Ranked by estimated 2014 U.S. staffing revenue
2014 U.S. Staffing Market
Rank Company Largest segment(s)
Revenue ($million) Share
1 Allegis Group 8,287 6.7% IT, Industrial
2 Adecco 4,500 3.6% Industrial, Office/clerical
3 Randstad Holding 4,405 3.5% Industrial, Office/clerical
4 ManpowerGroup 3,816 3.1% Industrial, IT
5 Kelly Services 3,288 2.6% Industrial, Office/clerical
6 Robert Half International 3,114 2.5% Finance/accounting, Office/clerical
7 Express Employment Professionals 2,714 2.2% Industrial, Office/clerical
8 TrueBlue 1 2,300 1.9% Industrial
9 Select (New Koosharem Corporation) 2 2,053 1.7% Industrial, Office/clerical
10 Recruit 3 1,950 1.6% Industrial, Office/clerical
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11 On Assignment 1,758 1.4% IT, Clinical/scientific
12 Volt Information Sciences 1,370 1.1% IT, Engineering
13 Kforce 1,274 1.0% IT, Finance/accounting
14 Insight Global 1,221 1.0% IT
15 AMN Healthcare Services 1,036 0.8% Travel nurse, Locum tenens
16 Act-1 Group 1,035 0.8% Office/clerical, IT
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17 EmployBridge 1,027 0.8% Industrial
18 CHG Healthcare Services 936 0.8% Locum tenens, Travel nurse
19 Elwood Staffing 890 0.7% Industrial, Office/clerical
20 CDI Corporation6 782 0.6% Engineering, IT

1. Includes revenue from acquisition of Seaton Corporation (2Q14)


2. Does not include revenue from EmployBridge, acquired 1Q15
3. Does not include revenue from Atterro Human Capital Group, acquired 2Q15
4. Includes revenue from physician staffing division, sold to Envision Healthcare in 1Q15. Does not include revenue from acquisition of Creative Circle (2Q15).
5. Acquired by Select (New Koosharem Corporation) in 1Q15
6. Includes $276 million of direct hire revenue from Management Recruiters International (MRI) franchises
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2015 Largest Staffing Firms in the United States


Ranked by estimated 2014 U.S. staffing revenue
2014 U.S. Staffing Market
Rank Company Largest segment(s)
Revenue ($million) Share

21 Cross Country Healthcare 7 716 0.6% Travel nurse, Per diem nurse
22 Jackson Healthcare 554 0.4% Locum tenens, Allied healthcare
23 ACS Group (American CyberSystems) 509 0.4% IT, Engineering
23 System One 509 0.4% Engineering, Clinical/scientific
25 Collabera 454 0.4% IT
26 Nesco Resource 451 0.4% Industrial, Engineering
27 Yoh 439 0.4% IT, Engineering
28 RGP (Resources Connection) 400 0.3% Finance/accounting, IT
29 Belcan8 388 0.3% Engineering, Industrial
30 Integrity Staffing Solutions 387 0.3% Industrial, Finance/accounting
31 Rose International 370 0.3% IT, Office/clerical
32 PDS Tech 342 0.3% Engineering, Industrial
33 Maxim Healthcare Services 341 0.3% Per diem nurse, Travel nurse
34 Artech Information Systems 331 0.3% IT
35 The Judge Group 323 0.3% IT, Allied healthcare
36 Superior Group 311 0.3% Engineering, IT
37 Digital Intelligence Systems (DISYS) 299 0.2% IT, Finance/accounting
38 Peoplelink Staffing (Groupe CRIT) 296 0.2% Industrial, IT
39 Labor Finders 291 0.2% Industrial
40 Korn/Ferry International 290 0.2% Retained search
41 CoWorx Staffing Services 285 0.2% Industrial, Office/clerical
41 Roth Staffing Companies 285 0.2% Office/clerical, Industrial

7. Includes revenue from acquisition of Medical Staffing Network (2Q14)


8. Engineering, clinical/scientific, and IT staffing divisions sold to AE Industrial Partners, while industrial staffing unit operates as independent company
BelFlex, according to 2Q15 agreement. Estimate includes revenue for divisions being divested.

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2015 Largest Staffing Firms in the United States


Ranked by estimated 2014 U.S. staffing revenue
2014 U.S. Staffing Market
Rank Company Largest segment(s)
Revenue ($million) Share
43 MAU Workforce Solutions 277 0.2% Industrial
44 Beacon Hill Staffing Group 276 0.2% IT, Legal
45 Acro Service Corporation 261 0.2% IT, Engineering
46 Parallon Workforce Management Solutions (HCA) 258 0.2% Per diem nurse, Travel nurse
47 Snelling Staffing Services 250 0.2% Industrial, Office/clerical
48 The Onin Group 248 0.2% Industrial
49 Heidrick & Struggles International 245 0.2% Retained search
50 C&A Industries 242 0.2% Allied healthcare, Travel nurse
51 Signature Consultants 232 0.2% IT
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52 Creative Circle 225 0.2% Marketing/creative
53 Addison Group 222 0.2% IT, Finance/accounting
54 Veritude 220 0.2% IT, Other professional
55 Atterro Human Capital Group10 218 0.2% Industrial, Office/clerical
55 Supplemental Health Care 218 0.2% Allied healthcare, Travel nurse
57 Trillium Staffing 217 0.2% Industrial, Office/clerical
58 Strategic Staffing Solutions 211 0.2% IT
59 Global Employment Solutions 200 0.2% IT, Other professional
59 Spencer Stuart 200 0.2% Retained search
59 Swift Worldwide Resources 200 0.2% Engineering
62 BHI Energy|Staffing Solutions 198 0.2% Engineering, Industrial
63 CTG (Computer Task Group) 195 0.2% IT
64 Johnson Service Group 193 0.2% Engineering, Industrial

9. Acquired by On Assignment in 2Q15


10. Acquired by Recruit (Advantage Resourcing) in 2Q15

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2015 Largest Staffing Firms in the United States


Ranked by estimated 2014 U.S. staffing revenue
2014 U.S. Staffing Market
Rank Company Largest segment(s)
Revenue ($million) Share
65 Pinnacle Technical Resources 192 0.2% IT, Office/clerical
66 Automation Personnel Services 180 0.1% Industrial
67 Egon Zehnder 175 0.1% Retained search
67 Russell Reynolds Associates 175 0.1% Retained search
67 TRC Staffing Services 175 0.1% Industrial, Office/clerical
70 Genesis10 174 0.1% IT
71 BG Staffing 173 0.1% Industrial, IT
71 Eliassen Group 173 0.1% IT
71 PESG (Professional Educational Services Group) 173 0.1% Education
74 Mitchell Martin 171 0.1% IT, Allied healthcare
75 TransForce 170 0.1% Industrial
76 PrideStaff 169 0.1% Office/clerical, Industrial
76 Pyramid Consulting 169 0.1% IT
78 QPS Employment Group 168 0.1% Industrial
79 Solomon Page Group 167 0.1% Clinical/scientific, Finance/accounting
80 Barrett Business Services 166 0.1% Industrial, Office/clerical
81 @WORK GROUP 165 0.1% Industrial, Office/clerical
82 Matrix Resources 164 0.1% IT
83 Nelson Family of Companies 163 0.1% Office/clerical, Industrial
84 Aquent 160 0.1% Marketing/creative
85 TekPartners/MedPartners 153 0.1% Allied healthcare, IT
86 VisionIT 152 0.1% IT

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2015 Largest Staffing Firms in the United States


Ranked by estimated 2014 U.S. staffing revenue
2014 U.S. Staffing Market
Rank Company Largest segment(s)
Revenue ($million) Share
87 inVentiv Health 150 0.1% Clinical/scientific
87 Open Systems Technologies 150 0.1% IT
89 Trustaff 147 0.1% Travel nurse, Allied healthcare
90 CorTech 145 0.1% Industrial, IT
90 The Bartech Group 145 0.1% Office/clerical, Engineering
92 Eastridge Workforce Solutions 139 0.1% Industrial, Office/clerical
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93 Accountable Healthcare Staffing 137 0.1% Per diem nurse, Travel nurse
94 Medical Solutions 133 0.1% Travel nurse
95 Kimco Staffing Services 130 0.1% Industrial, Office/clerical
95 The Sedona Group 130 0.1% Industrial, Office/clerical
97 ettain group 129 0.1% IT
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98 Healthcare Staffing Services 128 0.1% Travel nurse
99 Aya Healthcare 125 0.1% Travel nurse
100 Princeton Information 123 0.1% IT
101 ICONMA 122 0.1% IT, Other Professional
102 CORESTAFF (Impellam Group) 121 0.1% Industrial, Office/clerical
103 Effex Management Solutions 120 0.1% Industrial
103 Malone Workforce Solutions (Management Registry) 120 0.1% Industrial
103 SNI Companies 120 0.1% Office/clerical, Finance/accounting
103 The Reserves Network 120 0.1% Industrial, Engineering
107 InGenesis 118 0.1% Per diem nurse, Locum tenens
108 Mastech Holdings 114 0.1% IT

11. Includes revenue from multiple acquisitions in 2014


12. Does business as Fastaff and U.S. Nursing

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2015 Largest Staffing Firms in the United States

Ranked by estimated 2014 U.S. staffing revenue


2014 U.S. Staffing Market
Rank Company Largest segment(s)
Revenue ($million) Share

108 TRS Staffing Solutions 114 0.1% Engineering, Office/clerical


110 Penmac Staffing Services 111 0.1% Industrial, Office/clerical
111 DOCS Global (ICON plc) 110 0.1% Clinical/scientific
111 Headway Workforce Solutions 110 0.1% Clinical/scientific, Office/clerical
113 Tekmark Global Solutions 109 0.1% IT
114 Paramount Staffing 106 0.1% Industrial
114 Talascend 106 0.1% Engineering, Industrial
116 Medix 105 0.1% Allied healthcare, IT
117 Mindlance 103 0.1% IT, Clinical/scientific
118 24 Seven 102 0.1% Marketing/creative
118 Favorite Healthcare Staffing 102 0.1% Per diem nurse, Travel nurse
120 Cornerstone Staffing Solutions 100 0.1% Industrial, Office/clerical
120 Source4Teachers 100 0.1% Education
120 Willis Group 100 0.1% IT, Finance/accounting
Total 69,404 55.9%

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