Kelly Services Inc. KELYA

What this company does

Kelly provides temporary and permanent staffing services, outcome-based solutions, recruitment process outsourcing, managed service provider programs and payroll process outsourcing. It operates in three specialized business units, which are also its reportable segments. As of December 28, 2025, the company employed approximately 3,600 full-time staff members in the United States and an additional 1,300 in its international locations. In 2025, together with its supplier partners, Kelly placed approximately 375,000 workers with customers around the globe. Its Enterprise Talent Management segment delivers temporary staffing, outcome-based and permanent placement services focused on light industrial, contact center and office and clerical specialties in North America. Its Science, Engineering & Technology segment provides specialized skills to a variety of industries through temporary staffing, outcome-based and permanent placement services, focused predominantly in North America. Its Education segment delivers education and therapy services talent through temporary staffing, permanent placement and executive search services to Pre-K-12 school districts and education organizations across the United States. The company traces its founding to 1946, when William Russell Kelly established Kelly.

Written from the business description in KELLY SERVICES INC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 12 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.