Companies Using Personio

We detect Personio on 2,330 domains, including TU Dresden, Hu Berlin, Workable Technology Limited. A detection means the technology is present on that domain, which for large organisations is often a single storefront or subdomain rather than a company-wide deployment. Among domains we matched to a company with a resolved industry, the most common is IT Services and IT Consulting (8.93%).

Our crawl detects Personio on 2,330 domains, of which 1,777 match a company record. That is a floor rather than a customer count: we detect Personio mainly through job-listing pages, so a customer running HR and payroll without publishing vacancies is invisible to us. Personio's own reported customer numbers are higher for exactly that reason.

Personio holds 3.78% of the HR & Recruitment category, ranking #6. This is a share of the domains we detect running a platform in this category — not a share of all websites, and not a share of spending — so it is not directly comparable to figures published on other denominators.

That depends on jurisdiction, which is the deciding factor in HR software. For German-speaking Europe the realistic comparison is local incumbents and DATEV-based payroll setups rather than the international platforms above Personio in our category ranking — Rippling (78.3% US), BambooHR and Paylocity (US payroll-first) and Teamtailor (47.7% Nordic) rarely appear in the same shortlist. Our switching data found no corridor between Personio and any of them that beats the base rate.

Germany dominates with 1,356 matched companies, 76.3% of the base and the highest single-country concentration in our recent refresh work. Switzerland (59) and Austria (50) bring the DACH region to 82.4%. Everything else is early-stage: the United States (56), United Kingdom (39), Spain (36), Netherlands (32) and Ireland (16).

The most common company size is 11-50 employees, representing 39.07% of the Personio domains we could match to a company record and size — a subset of 1,777 matched companies, not of all 2,330 detected domains. This is followed by 51-200 employees (26.97%) and 1-10 employees (24.38%).

Among the Personio domains we could match to a company with a known founding date, most were founded in the 2020s (22.97%), followed by the 2010s (36.78%). That matched subset is drawn from 1,777 companies and is not representative of all 2,330 detected domains. This suggests Personio is most popular among relatively young companies.

The ideal Personio customer is: Company Size: 11-200 employees (61% of customers), particularly 50-200 employee range, Industry: Tech-adjacent sectors (IT Services, Software Development, Advertising) but genuinely horizontal across verticals, Location: Germany-dominant (82% of users), with limited presence in Austria, Switzerland, UK, and US, Company Age: Founded 2010-2020 (60% of customers), businesses scaling into structured HR operations, Budget: SME HR budgets ($5-14 per employee per month based on public pricing estimates) — based on our analysis of 1,777 enriched companies at TechnologyChecker.io.

Our August 2026 crawl detects Personio on 2,330 active domains, of which 1,777 match a company record. The base is German mid-market: 76.3% of matched companies are in Germany, and the size distribution peaks at 11-50 employees (39.07%) followed by 51-200 (26.97%). By industry, IT Services (8.93%) and Software Development (7.11%) lead, with business consulting, advertising and the construction and real-estate Mittelstand behind them.

Yes, personio serves over 15,000 customers (per 2026 vendor data) and maintains a $8.5 billion valuation from its 2022 funding round. The platform is purpose-built for European GDPR compliance and German labor law. Our analysis shows strong security hygiene among customers (99% use SSL, 94% have SPF records) and verified case studies from brands like LUSH, Polaroid, and About You.

Overwhelmingly in German-speaking Europe. Germany accounts for 1,356 of the 1,777 companies we can match (76.3%), with Switzerland (59) and Austria (50) bringing DACH to 82.4%. Expansion markets — the United States (56), United Kingdom (39), Spain (36) and Netherlands (32) — remain small. Personio's product encodes German and Austrian labour law, which is both why it won the DACH mid-market and why it travels slowly.

Personio is an all-in-one HR platform covering recruiting (ATS), core HR (HRIS), payroll, and performance management. This broad scope differentiates it from specialized tools like Greenhouse (ATS-only) or BambooHR (HRIS-only). However, migration data shows some customers eventually shift to best-of-breed solutions like Greenhouse for recruiting as they scale, suggesting the all-in-one approach has trade-offs.

Personio pricing starts at $5-14 per employee per month based on public estimates, with custom quotes required. The pricing model includes a base Core package plus optional apps for payroll, recruiting, and performance management. A one-time setup fee applies based on company size. Volume discounts are available for larger teams. Contact Personio directly for accurate pricing tailored to your employee count and features.

Yes. Our August 2026 crawl detects it on 2,330 active domains, ranking #6 of 77 in the HR & Recruitment category at 3.78% share, and #1 within German-speaking Europe by a wide margin. Churn reads 9.9%, though that largely reflects job-listing pages appearing and disappearing with hiring activity rather than customers leaving.

By detected footprint it is mid-sized within its category — 2,330 domains against Rippling's 7,983 and BambooHR's 5,633 — but those comparisons cross national markets that barely overlap. Within Germany, where 76.3% of its base sits, Personio is the clear category leader. Its customers are themselves mid-market: 39.07% have 11-50 employees and 26.97% have 51-200.

Yes, personio achieved unicorn status (valuation over $1 billion) and was last valued at $8.5 billion in its 2022 Series E funding round. The company is described as one of Europe's fastest-growing HR technology companies and the most valuable privately held HR software vendor in the EMEA region. It has raised over $700 million in total funding since its 2015 founding.

Personio is used for recruiting (applicant tracking, job postings, candidate management), core HR (employee database, time tracking, absence management), payroll processing, and performance management. The platform centralizes data to reduce manual HR tasks, with customers like Deliciously Ella reporting 15 minutes saved per HR task and Polaroid reducing Excel reliance by 75%. It's purpose-built for European compliance, particularly German labor law.