# RECRUIT HOLDINGS CO LTD

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## Overview

Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 1960. It operates digital marketplaces and staffing services that connect people with employment and other opportunities, as well as businesses with customers. Its mission is “Opportunities for Life. Faster, simpler and closer to you.” [1](https://recruit-holdings.com/en/about/profile/index.html)[2](https://recruit-holdings.com/en/about/vision-mission-values/)

The group’s main businesses are HR Technology, including Indeed and Glassdoor; temporary staffing; and Japan-focused marketing matching platforms and business-support software. It provides services in more than 60 countries and regions. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, Recruit reported revenue of ¥3,557.4 billion and had 49,195 employees. [3](https://recruit-holdings.com/en/about/group/)[4](https://recruit-holdings.com/en/about/business/)[5](https://recruit-holdings.com/files/ir/library/upload/Recruit_202503Q4_earnings_en.pdf)[6](https://recruit-holdings.com/en/ir/library/upload/report_202503Q4_ar_en.html)
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## Products & services

Recruit Holdings’ hiring products include Indeed, a job-search and recruiting platform, and Glassdoor, which provides job listings alongside employee reviews, salary information and employer profiles. Indeed offers employers sponsored job listings and hiring tools; its sponsorship options include greater search visibility, automated messages, advanced matching and location targeting. In Japan, Indeed PLUS distributes job postings across participating recruiting sites, while Rikunabi NEXT serves mid-career job seekers, Recruit Agent provides recruitment-agency services, and Townwork focuses on part-time and local jobs. [8](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134470125)[9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134470153)[10](https://www.glassdoor.com/)[11](https://jp.indeed.com/indeed-plus)[12](https://next.rikunabi.com/)[13](https://www.r-agent.com/)[14](https://townwork.net/)
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## Geographic presence

Recruit Holdings is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Its geographic footprint spans Japan, the United States, Europe, Australia and other markets. The company reports HR Technology revenue separately for Japan, the United States, and “Europe & Others,” a category that includes Canada. Its staffing revenue is grouped into Japan and a combined Europe, United States and Australia region.[27](https://recruit-holdings.com/en/about/profile/)[28](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134470410)[29](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134470562)[30](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15375203)

In the company’s FY2025 regional figures, HR Technology generated ¥801.6 billion in US revenue, ¥348.2 billion in Japan and ¥308.5 billion in Europe & Others. Staffing generated ¥846.8 billion in Japan and ¥856.5 billion in Europe, the United States and Australia—approximately half of staffing revenue in each reported region. These are segment-level figures, not a consolidated country-by-country sales breakdown.[31](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15375199)[30](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T15375203)
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## Business segments

Recruit Holdings reports three business segments: HR Technology, Staffing, and Marketing Matching Technologies (MMT). In the fiscal year ended March 2026, they accounted for approximately 39%, 46%, and 15% of consolidated revenue, respectively. These are approximate shares because segment revenue includes intersegment transactions. [32](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134470351)[33](https://recruit-holdings.com/en/ir/library/upload/Recruit_202603Q4_presentation_en.html)

HR Technology focuses on matching job seekers with employers through hiring platforms, including Indeed and Glassdoor. Staffing provides staffing services in Japan, Europe, the United States, and Australia. MMT focuses on matching consumers with businesses in Japan across areas including beauty, dining, travel, and housing, alongside software tools for businesses. [34](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134470102)[35](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134470254)[15](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134470470)[4](https://recruit-holdings.com/en/about/business/)

The segment boundaries changed in April 2025: Recruit transferred HR Solutions from the former Matching & Solutions segment to HR Technology and renamed the remaining segment MMT. Earlier segment figures therefore require adjustment before comparison with the current breakdown. [36](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P134470575)
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## Company history

Recruit was founded in Japan on March 31, 1960, by Hiromasa Ezoe. Its first publication provided university students with information about prospective employers, establishing the recruitment-advertising business from which the company grew. [27](https://recruit-holdings.com/en/about/profile/)[37](https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54419)[38](https://recruit-holdings.com/en/about/history/) It later expanded into other information services, including the travel magazine Jalan in 1990 and the local-information publication Hot Pepper in 2000. [39](https://www.recruit.co.jp/company/history/) The 1988 Recruit scandal was a major episode in its corporate history and prompted changes in its management. [40](https://recruit-holdings.com/en/about/material-foundation/background/)

In 2012, the company acquired the employment-search service Indeed and adopted the name Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. as it moved to a holding-company structure. [41](https://recruit-holdings.com/en/about/leadership/idekoba/)[42](https://recruit-holdings.com/en/ir/resources/faq/) It listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2014. [43](https://recruit-holdings.com/en/newsroom/20141016_15403/) International expansion continued with the 2016 acquisition of European staffing group USG People and a 2018 agreement to acquire employer-review platform Glassdoor. [44](https://recruit-holdings.com/en/newsroom/20160601_7771/)[45](https://recruit-holdings.com/en/newsroom/20180509_8170/)
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