Adecco

The Adecco Group AG
Company typeAktiengesellschaft
SIXADEN
SMI MID component
IndustryProfessional services
PredecessorsEcco
Adia Interim
Founded1 January 1997; 27 years ago (1 January 1997)
HeadquartersZürich, 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)
ServicesEmployment agencies, recruitment, human resource consulting and outsourcing
RevenueIncrease 20.949 billion (2021)[1]
Increase €780 million (2021)[1]
Increase €586 million (2021)[1]
Total assetsIncrease €11.865 billion (2021)[1]
Total equityIncrease €3.800 billion (2021)[1]
Number of employees
32,000 (FTE 2021)[1]
115,000 (2021)[1]
Websiteadeccogroup.com

The Adecco Group is a SwissFrench[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.

The Adecco Group global headquarters in Zürich is located in Bellerivestrasse since 2017
The Adecco Group global headquarters in Zürich is located in Bellerivestrasse since 2017.

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 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]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Annual Report 2021" (PDF). The Adecco Group. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Upcoming Adia, Ecco merger to create a personnel giant - Silicon Valley Business Journal". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Archived from the original on 12 December 2005. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Randstad and Adecco Rank First and Second on SIA'S 2019 Largest Global Staffing Firms List". staffingindustry.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  4. ^ "The world's 500 largest companies. 2019 Report". Fortune.com.
  5. ^ "Akkodis.com". Akkodis.com. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Adecco Group Website - Our Solutions". The Adecco Group. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  7. ^ "The Adecco Group – find out more about the industry leader in Human Resources solutions at a glance". Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.