Staffing and recruiting industry sales in the U.S. 2002-2022

In 2022, staffing and recruiting industry sales in the United States grew significantly to reach approximately 186 billion U.S. dollars. This was an increase of roughly 18 billion U.S. dollars when compared to the previous year. In 2020, the largest staffing and recruitment firm worldwide was Randstad, with more than 20 billion U.S. dollars in revenue.

The staffing and recruiting industry in the United States

Over the last several years, the staffing and recruiting industry in the United States has experienced components of growth and evolution driven by various factors, including changes in the labor market, technological advancements, and shifts in workforce demographics. This has led to an increasing market size in the industry, with the largest share of staffing and recruiting industry sales coming from temporary and contract work.

Leading players

The leading staffing and recruitment firms have consistently generated revenues of billions of U.S. dollars annually. Randstad, one of the global leaders, generated a revenue worldwide of roughly 27.8 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. The Adecco Group, a competitor of Randstad, had a revenue of approximately 3 billion U.S. dollars in the Americas region alone in the same year.