Best Staffing Agencies in 2026

The Adecco Group is a Swiss workforce-solutions company that reports through three global business units: Adecco, Akkodis and LHH. It is led by chief executive Denis Machuel and issues its results from Zurich.

For 2025 the group reported sales of €23,082 million, against €23,138 million in 2024, and net income of €295 million. The company describes revenue growth of 1.3% year on year (on its adjusted basis), with the Adecco business unit up 2.5%, Akkodis down 4% and LHH flat; operating income rose 8% to €572 million and the EBITA margin excluding one-offs was 3.0%. Fourth-quarter revenue was €5,958 million. The company reported market-share gains for the year. Its three units give clients one group for several workforce services, while thin margins and the Akkodis decline show the pressure on the business.

Randstad N.V. is a Dutch workforce-solutions company with its registered office in Diemen, the Netherlands, led by chief executive Sander van 't Noordende. It employs about 38,000 people in 39 markets and in 2025 supported nearly 150,000 clients and more than 1.7 million workers ("talent").

Randstad reported revenue of €23,077 million for 2025, within a few million euros of Adecco's €23,082 million, together with operating profit of €512 million and a proposed dividend of €1.62 per share. Fourth-quarter revenue was €5,817 million, with organic growth of −2.1% and an underlying EBITA margin of 3.3%. The company is pursuing a "Partner for Talent" strategy and says its digital marketplaces generate about €4 billion of annualised revenue. In the United States, Staffing Industry Analysts estimated Randstad's 2025 US staffing revenue at US$4.12 billion, fourth among US staffing firms. Organic revenue was still declining at the end of 2025.

ManpowerGroup describes itself as "the leading global workforce solutions company" and operates in more than 70 countries and territories through three brands: Manpower, Experis and Talent Solutions. It cites more than 75 years of operation and is led by chair and chief executive Jonas Prising; its results are issued from Milwaukee.

Revenue for 2025 was US$17,957.1 million, up 0.6% as reported but down 2.1% in constant currency, and the company recorded a net loss of US$13.3 million against net earnings of US$145.1 million in 2024. In the United States, Staffing Industry Analysts estimated ManpowerGroup's 2025 US staffing revenue at US$3.00 billion, seventh among US staffing firms, which shows that most of its business is outside the United States. The group's breadth of countries is unmatched among firms in this list, a strength for multinational programmes, but it ended 2025 with a net loss.

Robert Half calls itself "the world's first and largest specialized talent solutions and business consulting firm", providing contract talent, permanent placement and executive search, and it is the parent of the consulting firm Protiviti. Its president and chief executive is M. Keith Waddell, and results are issued from Menlo Park, California.

Total service revenues in 2025 were US$5,378.5 million and net income US$133.0 million. Contract talent solutions contributed US$2,990.1 million, led by finance and accounting (US$2,207.2 million), administrative and customer support (US$642.9 million) and technology (US$625.2 million); permanent placement contributed US$439.5 million; and Protiviti US$1,948.9 million. Staffing Industry Analysts estimated Robert Half's 2025 US staffing revenue at US$2.62 billion. Finance and accounting is its largest contract practice, and ownership of Protiviti gives it a consulting arm alongside staffing.

Kelly Services was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Troy, Michigan; it connects about 375,000 people with work each year in fields including science, engineering, technology, education and finance. Its chief executive is Chris Layden. On 30 January 2026 Hunt Equity Opportunities, an indirect subsidiary of Hunt Companies, bought 3,039,940 Class B shares from Trust K, becoming the controlling stockholder with 92.2% of Kelly's voting Class B stock; Chris Hunt became chairman, and Kelly remained listed on Nasdaq.

Revenue for the 52 weeks to 28 December 2025 was US$4,250.9 million, down 1.9% from US$4,331.8 million, or 6.2% lower organically after excluding the MRP acquisition of May 2024. The business reports three segments: Enterprise Talent Management (US$2,005.5 million), Science, Engineering & Technology (US$1,240.4 million) and Education (US$1,010.7 million). Staffing Industry Analysts ranked Kelly sixth among US staffing firms with US$3.46 billion of 2025 US staffing revenue. Kelly's Education segment, worth about US$1 billion of revenue, is a distinctive niche; the change of control introduces uncertainty about future strategy.

ASGN Incorporated, which issues its results from Richmond, Virginia, provides IT services and solutions, including technology staffing, to commercial and government clients. In November 2025 it announced plans to rebrand as Everforth, a parent brand unifying six businesses: Apex Systems, Creative Circle, CyberCoders, ECS, GlideFast and TopBloc, with the transition scheduled for the first half of 2026. SEC filings now list the registrant as Everforth Inc. Its chief executive is Ted Hanson.

Revenue for 2025 was US$3,980.4 million, down from US$4,099.7 million; the Commercial segment contributed US$2,790.2 million and the Federal Government segment US$1,190.2 million. IT consulting accounted for 62% of revenue, and commercial new bookings were US$1.5 billion. The group's shift towards consulting and solutions reduces its reliance on time-and-materials staffing but means it competes with IT services firms as well as staffing agencies.

AMN Healthcare describes itself as "the leader and innovator in total talent solutions for healthcare organizations across the United States", offering staffing, leadership and search, vendor management systems and language services to hospitals, clinics, physician groups and other healthcare settings. It trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker AMN, is led by president and chief executive Cary Grace, and issues results from Dallas.

Revenue for 2025 was US$2,730.4 million, down 8% from US$2,983.8 million. Nurse and Allied Solutions contributed US$1,647.3 million (−9%), Physician and Leadership Solutions US$696.4 million (−4%) and Technology and Workforce Solutions US$386.7 million (−12%). For hospitals, AMN's advantage is the combination of staffing supply with technology for managing contingent labour; the downside in 2025 was continued contraction across all three segments.

TrueBlue, headquartered in Tacoma, Washington, calls itself "The People Company" and provides flexible staffing, workforce management and recruitment services through brands including PeopleReady, PeopleScout, Staff Management | SMX, Centerline, SIMOS and Healthcare Staffing Professionals. The company says it has connected more than 10 million people with work and served more than 3 million clients. Its president and chief executive is Taryn Owen, and its shares trade on the NYSE as TBI.

Revenue for the 52 weeks to 28 December 2025 was US$1,616.0 million, up 3% from US$1,567.4 million, making it one of the few companies in this list to grow in 2025. Its PeopleScout business is reported within the PeopleSolutions segment. The brand portfolio is oriented to flexible staffing and workforce management rather than professional or IT roles.

Kforce, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, is "a solutions firm specializing in technology, finance and accounting, and other professional staffing services". It is led by president and chief executive Joseph J. Liberatore.

Revenue in 2025 was US$1,329.0 million, down 5.4% from US$1,405.3 million (5.1% on a billing-day basis). Technology is the core of the business: in the fourth quarter of 2025 Technology revenue was US$306.3 million against US$25.7 million for Finance and Accounting, and over the year Technology flex revenue fell 4.7% while Finance and Accounting flex revenue fell 12.8%. Kforce's concentration on technology gives it depth in that market, but it does not serve industrial or healthcare roles.

Allegis Group is a privately held talent-solutions company whose history, it says, began "in a basement in 1983 with two cousins"; it describes itself as a network of specialised companies with more than 500 locations worldwide.

Because Allegis does not publish financial statements, the best available scale measure is the estimate compiled by Staffing Industry Analysts, which ranked Allegis Group first among US staffing firms in its June 2026 list, with US$9.11 billion of 2025 US staffing revenue. That figure covers US staffing only and excludes its international and non-staffing operations. Its scale makes it a frequent candidate for large enterprise programmes; the lack of audited public disclosure means clients rely on the company's own information for financial due diligence.

Insight Global is a privately held staffing and talent-services company with featured offices in cities including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York, San Francisco, Toronto and Vancouver, and operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, India and Colombia. It serves clients across industries and functions, including healthcare, engineering, financial services and IT, offering staffing, direct placement, executive search and recruitment process outsourcing alongside consulting, IT and engineering, transformation and AI services.

Staffing Industry Analysts ranked Insight Global third among US staffing firms in June 2026, with an estimated US$4.55 billion of 2025 US staffing revenue, ahead of the US operations of Randstad and Kelly. As a private company it does not publish audited results. Its breadth of services from contract staffing to RPO and consulting makes it a single-vendor option for many mid-sized and large US employers.

Express Employment Professionals operates a franchise-based staffing network with country sites for the United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, and describes itself as a leading staffing agency in the US and an Entrepreneur Franchise 500 company. Its healthcare division, Express Healthcare Staffing, serves the US and Canada.

Staffing Industry Analysts ranked Express fifth among US staffing firms in June 2026, with an estimated US$3.48 billion of 2025 US staffing revenue. The franchise model means local offices are independently owned and operated under the Express brand, which gives small and mid-sized employers a locally managed relationship but can produce variation in service between offices.