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Kelly Services

Troy, Michigan, United States

Global workforce solutions and staffing company helping organizations find and manage the people they need through staffing, recruitment, and workforce outsourcing/managed services.

Focus Areas
Staffing & Recruiting, Education Staffing (substitute teacher placement, K-12 staffing), RPO & MSP

Tracked deals

4

4 tracked deals across 2017-2024.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

4 buyout

Kelly Services Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 3 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 3 years for Kelly Services. 1 2017 2 2020 1 2024

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    Kelly Services, Inc.
    Target
    Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC
    Seller
    Littlejohn & Co., LLC
    Industry
    Staffing & HR
    Type
    Buyout

    Kelly Services (Nasdaq: KELYA, KELYB) has completed the acquisition of Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC (MRP) from private equity firm Littlejohn & Co. for $425 million in cash plus up to $60 million of potential earnout. The deal expands Kelly's technology staffing, RPO/MSP, telecommunications, and government IT capabilities and is expected to accelerate revenue growth and EBITDA margin expansion.

  • Buyer
    KellyServices USA, LLC (Kelly Services)
    Target
    Greenwood/Asher & Associates, Inc.
    Seller
    Jan Greenwood, Betty Asher, Greenwood/Asher & Associates, Inc.
    Industry
    Staffing & HR
    Type
    Buyout

    KellyServices USA, LLC (Kelly Services) acquired Greenwood/Asher & Associates, Inc., a higher education executive search and consulting firm headquartered in Miramar Beach, Florida. Hyde Park Capital served as exclusive investment banker to Greenwood/Asher in the sale, which expands Kelly's education offerings into the higher education market.

  • Buyer
    Kelly Services
    Target
    Insight Workforce Solutions
    Industry
    Education
    Type
    Buyout

    Kelly Services (through its Kelly Education division) acquired Insight Workforce Solutions, an education staffing company headquartered in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The acquisition, terms undisclosed, will merge Insight with Kelly Education to expand Kelly's K-12 education staffing footprint and capabilities across several states.

  • Buyer
    Kelly Services
    Target
    Teachers On Call, Inc.
    Industry
    Staffing & HR
    Type
    Buyout

    Kelly Services has acquired Teachers On Call, a Bloomington, Minnesota-based provider of substitute teacher and early childhood staffing services. The acquisition (terms undisclosed) expands Kelly's K‑12 education staffing footprint and Teachers On Call will continue to operate under its own brand with existing staff.

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