The Adecco Group
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The Adecco Group is a Swiss–French[2] company based in Zürich, Switzerland. It is the world's second largest human resources provider and temporary staffing firm.[3] It is a Fortune Global 500 company[4] and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Company type | Aktiengesellschaft |
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SIX: ADEN SMI MID component | |
Industry | Professional services |
Predecessors | Ecco Adia Interim |
Founded | 1 January 1997; 27 years ago (1 January 1997) |
Headquarters | Zürich, Switzerland |
Number of locations | 5,200 branches in over 60 countries and territories |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Jean-Christophe Deslarzes (Chairman) Denis Machuel (CEO) |
Services | Employment agencies, recruitment, human resource consulting and outsourcing |
Revenue | €20.949 billion (2021)[1] |
€780 million (2021)[1] | |
€586 million (2021)[1] | |
Total assets | €11.865 billion (2021)[1] |
Total equity | €3.800 billion (2021)[1] |
Number of employees | 32,000 (FTE 2021)[1] 115,000 (2021)[1] |
Website | adeccogroup |
Services offered by the group include temporary staffing, permanent job placement, career transition, and talent development in the office, industrial, technical, financial, and legal sectors, as well as business process outsourcing and consulting. As of 2021[update] the company had placed 115,000 workers in full time employment and had 500,000 workers in temporary roles daily.[1] It operates three global business units: Adecco, Akkodis,[5] and LHH. Its operating brands include Badenoch & Clark, DIS AG, General Assembly, Innovation Foundation, Lee Hecht Harrison, Modis, Pontoon, Spring Professional, and Yoss.[6][7]
The company was formed on 1 January 1997 by the merger of the French company Ecco, founded in Lyon in 1957, and the Swiss company Adia Interim, founded in Lausanne in 1957 as Adia.[8]