In the world

The history of Manpower starts in 1948. The company was founded in Milwaukee (Wisconsin, USA) and soon began a rapid business expansion throughout the United States. In 1956 the Canadian office was opened and in the same year the first European office in the UK began its operation.

With nearly 2,200 offices in 82 countries worldwide, we leverage of world of work expertise to create the work models, design the people practises and access the talent sources its clients need for the future.

As the world’s workforce expert, we connect more than 600,000 people to meaningful work every day, and provide recruitment and workforce solutions for more than 400,000 clients around the world.

Recent Honors:
• In 2018, Manpower was named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere— the only company in the industry to be named to the list for nine consecutive years
• Also named one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune magazine for the 16th consecutive year in 2018
• Ranked 146th in the U.S Fortune 500
• Ranked 1,238th on the 2017 Forbes Global 2000 ranking of the largest public companies in the world
• Is included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and the FTSE4Good Index Series, both for the ninth consecutive year
• Ranked the world’s largest recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) provider by NelsonHall for the sixth consecutive year, and ranked as a seven-time leader in RPO in the Everest Group PEAK Matrix
• A Strategic Partner of the World Economic Forum for the past 14 years
• Earned Gold Star CSR rating, the highest score on EcoVadis’s environmental, social and ethical supplier performance assessment, since 2012

What does that mean for your business? It means that no matter if your needs are local, national or global; we combine unparalleled workforce reach with on-the-ground understanding of local cultures, employment laws and candidate markets.

Take a look at our global website for more information about our operations around the world, or use the links on the left to find out about our history, investor relations, or vision and values.