Employment, Staffing, Recruitment, Temporary Help Trade Associations

ABU – Algemene Bond Uitzendondernemingen

Netherlands’ leading employers’ organization for temporary staffing and payroll firms; advocates, sets standards (including CLA audits), and supports compliance and best practice. More than 500 members; 515 as of Jan. 1, 2024.

https://www.abu.nl/ Membership: 515

ACSESS – Association of Canadian Search, Employment and Staffing Services

Canada’s national voice for recruiting, employment and staffing services; delivers advocacy, compliance guidance, CPC certification, and market data. Includes 400 corporate members representing 1,500+ branch offices across Canada.

https://acsess.org/ Membership: 400

AAPPR – Association for Advancing Physician and Provider Recruitment

North America’s in‑house physician and provider recruitment association; provides benchmarking, education, certification and SIGs for hospital/health‑system recruiters. Close to 2,500 members.

https://aappr.org/ Membership: 2,500

AESC – Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants

Global association setting quality standards for executive search and leadership consulting; convenes research, ethics, client advisory programs and events. Represents 16,000+ professionals in 1,200+ offices, 70+ countries.

https://www.aesc.org/ Membership: 16,000

American Staffing Association (ASA)

The primary U.S. trade association for staffing, recruiting, and workforce solutions; provides advocacy, research, legal resources, certification, and major industry events. Nearly 1,250 staffing companies were ASA members by end of 2025.

https://americanstaffing.net/ Membership: 1,250

APSCo – Association of Professional Staffing Companies

Professional staffing companies’ association with an international footprint; offers policy voice, standards, networking, and sector‑specific programs. Supports almost 1,500 member companies worldwide.

https://www.apsco.org/ Membership: 1,500

Indian Staffing Federation (ISF)

India’s apex body for formal staffing/flexi staffing firms; leads policy advocacy, market reporting and ethics across 65+ industries and 25k+ pincodes. 135+ member companies and ~1.8–1.85M formal flexi workers represented.

https://indianstaffingfederation.org/ Membership: 135

JASSA – Japan Staffing Services Association

Japan’s national association of licensed temporary work agencies; promotes compliance, training, and worker career development via seminars and regional councils. 809 member companies (as of Apr. 1, 2024).

https://www.jassa.or.jp/english/ Membership: 809

NALTO – National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations

U.S. association for locum tenens staffing organizations; advances standards of practice, ethics, credentialing norms and advocacy for temporary clinicians. 143 active and affiliate agency members (plus vendor members listed separately).

https://www.nalto.org/ Membership: 143

NAPS – National Association of Personnel Services

U.S. association for direct‑hire/search and staffing professionals; known for its CPSR/CPC certification, education, and national conference. Network of 1,500+ member locations.

https://www.naps360.org/ Membership: 1,500

NBBU – Nederlandse Bond van Bemiddelings- en Uitzendondernemingen

Dutch employers’ organization for staffing/placement (peer to ABU) with emphasis on SMEs; provides collective agreements, tools, and compliance support. More than 1,000 member companies.

https://www.nbbu.nl/ Membership: 1,000

NPAworldwide Recruitment Network

Member‑owned global recruiting cooperative enabling cross‑border split placements and shared business; provides a private marketplace, benchmarking and events. 550+ member offices across six continents.

https://npaworldwide.com/ Membership: 550

New Jersey Staffing Alliance (NJSA)

State‑level staffing association and ASA affiliate; offers advocacy in Trenton, education, and networking for firms serving New Jersey and the region. Membership includes 150+ staffing firms and industry partners.

https://www.njsa.com/ Membership: 150

Prism’emploi (France)

France’s national organization for recruitment and temporary work firms; provides legal, social, and economic analysis and represents the sector to government. Represents 600+ companies/groups.

https://www.prismemploi.eu/ Membership: 600

REC – Recruitment & Employment Confederation

UK’s professional body for recruitment businesses and individual recruiters; delivers legal support, standards/compliance, training, and influential advocacy. Represents more than 3,300 recruitment businesses and 10,500 individual recruiters.

https://www.rec.uk.com/ Membership: 3,300

RCSA – Recruitment, Consulting & Staffing Association (ANZ)

Peak body for recruitment, staffing and workforce solutions across Australia & New Zealand; provides codes/discipline, advocacy, L&D, awards and networking. Represents 1,000+ corporate and individual members.

https://www.rcsa.com.au/ Membership: 1,000

TAtech – The Association for Talent Acquisition Solutions

Global trade association for talent acquisition technology and job boards; advances standards, research, events and a buyers’ guide for TA solutions. 350+ organizational members worldwide.

https://tatech.org/ Membership: 350

TEAM Network (The Employment Agents Movement)

UK network of independent recruitment agencies focused on collaboration (split‑fee deals), L&D and supplier discounts; 100+ annual events and 700+ locations represented. 500+ member businesses.

https://www.theteamnetwork.co.uk/ Membership: 500

TechServe Alliance – IT & Engineering Staffing Association

U.S. trade association dedicated to IT & engineering staffing and solutions firms; provides benchmarking, compliance help, peer forums and the Executive Summit. Represents hundreds of firms (approximated here as ~300 member companies).

https://techservealliance.org/ Membership: 300

World Employment Confederation (WEC)

Global federation for the private employment services industry; unites national staffing federations and corporate members, provides research, advocacy (incl. WEC‑Europe), and global forums. Around 62 organizational members (≈50 national federations + 12 corporate members).

https://wecglobal.org/ Membership: 62