House of HR, the Belgium-based HR services firm, continues its acquisition spree with four new acquisitions across France, Germany and the Netherlands.

The group has acquired French company StaffMe, which is active in the digital staffing market, and the German company LD Personalvermittlung, a provider in health care staffing solutions with a focus on doctors. Furthermore, House of HR subsidiary House of Covebo has acquired FID and Bis People, two acquisitions in the temporary employment space that aim to further amplify its position in The Netherlands.

With these acquisitions House of HR realises, in total, 13 acquisitions so far in 2022, including most recently Sira Consulting and Vijverberg Interim Juristen via its Cohedron subsidiary.

The acquisition of the French digital matching platform StaffMe, founded in 2016, will strengthen House of HR’s position in France and in the French digital staffing market, the group stated. StaffMe focuses on connecting students and young entrepreneurs with companies to provide temporary services on a freelance basis. StaffMe is a well-known provider for student jobs in France.

The StaffMe digital matching platform is part of the StaffMe group, which will also become part of House of HR. The founders of StaffMe, Amaury d'Everlange (co-founder & CEO) and Jean-Baptiste Achard (co-founder & General Director), intend to continue to work with the group and continue to grow StaffMe together with House of HR.

By welcoming StaffMe in its portfolio, House of HR is creating a strategic alliance with its own subsidiary company NowJobs, the digital platform specialised in flexible jobs which was founded in 2017 and launched in France in 2021.

Rika Coppens, CEO of House of HR, said, “We are pleased to welcome StaffMe in the House of HR family. Thanks to this acquisition, we strengthen our position in digital staffing in France. A collaboration with our very own NowJobs can only anchor our position further: the NowJobs database in France consists of almost 28, 000 flexible workers, and the European database counts almost 430, 000 people. Together with StaffMe, we are excited for what the future holds.”

House of HR’s acquisition of the German company LD Personalvermittlung GmbH, founded in 2017, is House of HR’s second acquisition in the German healthcare staffing solutions space, focusing on placement of doctors in hospitals. House of HR’s first acquisition in the German healthcare space was in 2021, with the acquisition of the German company avanti.

D Personalvermittlung GmbH is a specialised staffing agency solely focusing on physicians. Their services cover the placement of physicians to clinics to ensure care coverage and absorb peak workloads at clinics, currently with a strong focus on the southern part of Germany. 

CEO Stephan Meyer will continue to help the company grow under the wings of House of HR and in close collaboration with Matthias Hiepko, CEO of avanti.

Coppens said, “Thanks to the acquisition of LD Personalvermittlung , we are broadening our specialisation in the Healthcare domain in Germany but also in Europe. We are therefore very happy to welcome them into our portfolio. Together with LD Personalvermittlung’s management, we are eager to develop the company even further in the coming years”.

House of Covebo, which Is one of the biggest subsidiary companies of House of HR, has acquired 100% of the shares of Bis People.

Bis People, a specialist in the temporary employment of personnel in the construction and engineering sectors, was founded by Rutger Hoogwijk in 2007. It will operate from 1 January 2023 under the name of Effect Personnel Services.

Furthermore, House of Covebo acquired Netherlands-based Bis People. Bis People specialises in flexible employment, secondment of skilled workers, mediating self-employed workers and recruiting UTA (Executive, Technical and Administrative) personnel for residential building construction, non-residential building construction and infrastructure operations in The Netherlands.

"The acquisition of both FID and Bis People allows House of Covebo to grow market share in our current industry segments and enter new and growing business segments, such as waste processing and recycling.  With our already existing business segments in construction and New Energy and our expertise in Foreign Recruitment, we are convinced that together with the existing management we can further gain expertise in the Dutch market", CEO of House of Covebo, Henk Buitink said.

The combined revenue of the four acquisitions in 2021 was approximately €43 million.