Company Index Stats

How many Human Resources companies are there?

There are 1,500,630 Human Resources companies in the DiscoLike index as of October 2026.

Companies can carry several industry labels, so counts overlap.

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Human Resources covers the firms companies hire to find, pay and manage people: HR consultancies, staffing agencies, executive search, payroll and PEOs.

Where it meets Accounting

HR consulting and payroll firms often carry both labels: 8% of Accounting companies also carry Human Resources, because small practices routinely handle books and payroll together.

Business sales dominate this group
69% sell to businesses (B2B), against 33% index-wide; business-facing companies will dominate the selection.
Human Resources is frequently additional
435,175 companies carry Human Resources as an additional label; the group includes firms classified under another main industry.
HR consulting exceeds staffing
HR Consulting has 510,512 companies versus 270,945 Staffing Agency. Sub-industry counts can overlap.

1,065,455 carry Human Resources as their main industry; 435,175 carry it as an additional label.

By Country

Top 30 countries for Human Resources

1United States414,040
2United Kingdom120,615
3Germany112,071
4India67,689
5Netherlands65,818
6Japan60,145
7France53,977
8Canada46,682
9Australia41,351
10Brazil36,068
11Spain27,208
12Switzerland24,523
13Italy20,436
14Poland17,865
15Russia17,657
16South Africa16,368
17Belgium14,945
18Sweden14,140
19Mexico13,760
20Austria12,401
21China11,844
22United Arab Emirates10,781
23Denmark9,519
24Indonesia9,387
25Singapore8,797
26Czechia8,045
27Türkiye7,631
28Argentina6,693
29New Zealand6,605
30Norway6,176
All 146 countries with Human Resources companies

By Company Size

Employee-size distribution

1-10 employees267,200
11-50 employees66,302
51-200 employees16,407
201-500 employees2,597
501-1000 employees507
1001-5000 employees376

By Sub-Industry

Top sub-industries

These 5 sub-industries account for 65% of the 1,500,630 Human Resources companies by label rather than by distinct company. Sub-categories can span adjacent industries, and a company carrying several labels is counted under each.

1HR Consulting510,512
2Staffing Agency270,945
3Executive Search103,906
4PEO and Payroll62,343
5Benefits Broker28,991

By Region

Regional rollups for Human Resources

European Union

401,907

DACH

148,995

Nordics

35,962

Benelux

82,046

GCC

18,232

ASEAN

38,052

ANZ

47,956

Map

Where Human Resources companies are

Most Human Resources companies are concentrated in United States, United Kingdom, Germany.

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Methodology

Aggregate counts from the DiscoLike index of 80M+ companies. Companies without a resolvable location are counted under 'unknown', and cells below the minimum count threshold are folded into an 'other' bucket. Industry and business-type categories overlap: a company carrying several labels is counted in each.

Updated monthly. Current snapshot: October 2026. See the full Company Index Stats.

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