Mergers & Acquisitions

Staffing Merger and Acquisition Annual Report 2016

January 27, 2017

  • North American M&A declined 25% from 2015
  • The 69 transactions announced in 2016 was in-line with volume in 2013 and 2014
  • IT and healthcare staffing firms most frequent targets

Staffing Mergers & Acquisitions Annual Report: 2015

January 25, 2016

  • North American M&A activity up 31% from 2014, but 27% below recent peak in 2007
  • IT and healthcare staffing firms most frequent targets

For the CFOs: The Role of Finance in Strategic Planning

December 5, 2013

  • Panel of CFOs discusses the role of finance in a staffing company
  • Panelists share which finance metrics they find the most useful
  • Spending priorities, M&A, and costs of Affordable Care Act implementation discussed

Analysts Forum: Manpower's acquisition of Comsys

February 25, 2010

The larger trend of staffing firms' interest in professional staffing
How the acquisition will affect competitors
How staffing buyers will be impacted by the deal
What about Tapfin?

Manpower to buy Comsys IT Partners

February 3, 2010

Manpower to pay $17.65 per share
Comsys is third-largest IT staffing firm
CEO says client overlap is minimal

Analysts Forum: Implications of Adecco's acquisition of MPS

October 28, 2009

What will the acquisition mean for the marketplace?
How will the firms integrate?
What about vendor neutrality?
Staffing Industry Analysts' executives and analysts discuss the implications of the buy

Adecco to buy MPS group

October 20, 2009

Deal valued at $1.3 billion
Adecco would get Beeline, one of the largest VMS/MSP operators
Adecco to strengthen its professional staffing offerings

A Historical Look at Staffing Mergers and Acquisitions

February 13, 2008

M&A activity rebounding from lows of 2001-2003
Factors that increased the intensity of deal-making in the late 1990s
How things are different now

Analysts International says 'no' to Select

February 11, 2008


Fourth quarter brings big deals

January 4, 2008