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As of 4 November 2026, 5,924 recruitment staffing hr companies are based in France; 475 are hiring right now and Paris has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 5,924
- Hiring now
- 475 · 197 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Generalist recruitment agencies · 2,137
- Top city
- Paris · 790
- Parent market
- Business & finance services · 149,544
Recruitment staffing HR in France, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Generalist recruitment agencies | 2,137 | 36% |
| HR outsourcing & consulting | 1,152 | 19% |
| Temporary staffing labour hire | 1,057 | 18% |
| Executive search firms | 1,010 | 17% |
| Other recruitment staffing HR | 808 | 14% |
| Hr & people consulting | 463 | 8% |
| Employer of record peo providers | 391 | 7% |
| International labour recruitment | 328 | 6% |
| It & tech recruitment | 320 | 5% |
| Finance & legal recruitment | 238 | 4% |
| Engineering & technical recruitment | 213 | 4% |
| Healthcare staffing agencies | 201 | 3% |
| Payroll outsourcing bureau | 162 | 3% |
| Commercial & sales recruitment | 150 | 3% |
| Interim management providers | 79 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 2,972 · 103 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,575 · 154 |
| 11-50 employees | 904 · 116 |
| 51-200 employees | 305 · 60 |
| 201-500 employees | 107 · 25 |
| 501-1000 employees | 32 · 11 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 23 · 5 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 5 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Paris | 790 | 13% |
| Roubaix | 142 | 2% |
| Lyon | 131 | 2% |
| Paris 09 | 109 | 2% |
| Paris 17 | 105 | 2% |
| Nantes | 71 | 1% |
| Toulouse | 68 | 1% |
| Neuilly-sur-Seine | 55 | 1% |
| Paris 15 | 54 | 1% |
| Paris 12 | 53 | 1% |
| Boulogne-Billancourt | 46 | 1% |
| Bordeaux | 45 | 1% |
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The stack of recruitment staffing hr in France
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Other segments of business & finance services in France
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5,924 recruitment staffing hr companies are based in France; 475 are hiring right now and Paris has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/business_finance_services/france/recruitment_staffing_hr)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Recruitment staffing HR in France: questions
How many recruitment staffing hr companies are there in France?
5,924 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Business & finance services → Recruitment staffing HR → leaf niches such as generalist recruitment agencies, hr outsourcing & consulting, temporary staffing labour hire. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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