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Top 25 HR software companies for startups worldwide

Name: HR software companies for startups worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 15,660 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 15,660 HR software companies for startups worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 339,219 professional contacts across them, including 100,934 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.

This list covers HR software companies for startups worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 28, 2026. Country and city lists for HR software companies for startups follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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339,219Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest HR software companies for startups worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 15,660 HR software companies for startups worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to HR software companies for startups: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	ADP	Indirect evidence	Roseland, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	10001+	84,166 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Designing better ways to work through cutting-edge products, premium services and exceptional experiences that enable people to reach their full potential.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2	SAGE	Indirect evidence	Newcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	10001+	13,063 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Sage, we knock down barriers with information, insights, and tools to help your business flow.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	Paycom	Strong evidence	Oklahoma City, OK, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	5,001-10,000	7,002 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Paycom (NYSE:PAYC) automates the entire employee life cycle in a truly single HR and payroll software.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4	Paylocity	Strong evidence	Schaumburg, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	5,001-10,000	6,153 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Paylocity (NASDAQ: PCTY) is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR, payroll and spend management software solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5	Dayforce	Indirect evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	5,001-10,000	5,902 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Dayforce is as a global leader in HCM technology focused on improving work for thousands of customers and millions of employees around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	Insperity	Indirect evidence	Kingwood, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	4,761 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since 1986, Insperity’s mission has been to help businesses succeed so communities prosper.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	Trinet	Partial evidence	Dublin, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	4,056 contacts →
	Partial evidence “TriNet (NYSE: TNET) provides small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) with full-service HR solutions tailored by industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8	GUSTO	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,543 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Gusto has been growing the small business economy for 15+ years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	NGA Human Resources, An Alight Company	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,734 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Alight \| NGA Human Resources our mission is to make HR work better.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	Paycor	Partial evidence	Cincinnati, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,615 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Paycor’s HR, payroll, and talent platform connects leaders to people, data, and expertise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	BUK	Partial evidence	Miguel Hidalgo, MexicoHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,057 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Un software de recursos humanos para atender todas las necesidades de tus colaboradores.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	Factorial	Indirect evidence	Barcelona, SpainHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	2,043 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The AI platform for managing teams where people and agents work as one.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	SAP Successfactors	Indirect evidence	South San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,948 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SAP SuccessFactors is SAP’s cloud human capital management (HCM) suite built for Autonomous HCM-powered by AI and guided by people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	Bamboohr	Indirect evidence	Draper, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,812 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For 16 years, BambooHR has embarked on a mission to help organizations and their employees build better workplaces and achieve their unique missions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	Ciel HR	Partial evidence	Bengaluru, IndiaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	1,809 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CIEL HR is the only company in India which provides a comprehensive suite of technology-driven human resources solutions across the entire human resource chain and impacts every…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	Personio	Partial evidence	Munich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,786 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2015 and built in Europe, Personio is the Intelligent HR Platform championing every side of HR's evolution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	Peoplestrong	Indirect evidence	Gurgaon, IndiaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,702 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PeopleStrong is Asia’s leading, and the most comprehensive Human Capital Management SaaS platform.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	HIBOB	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,669 contacts →
	Partial evidence “HiBob is on a mission to transform how organizations operate in the modern world of work with its HR platform,"Bob." Leading the way for the future workplace, Bob offers…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	Avature	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,535 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Pioneer of CRM technology for recruiting, Avature is a highly configurable enterprise SaaS platform for talent acquisition and talent management that drives innovation in the HCM…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	Darwinbox	Partial evidence	San Mateo, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,504 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Darwinbox is a new-age, agile HCM Suite that enables enterprises and growing businesses to automate their day-to-day HR processes, deliver actionable insights and build better…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	FLASH	Indirect evidence	São Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	1,485 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sabe aquele trabalho que dá trabalho?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	Acerta	Partial evidence	BelgiumHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,479 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Acerta specializes in offering advice on all HR-related matters concerning Payroll, Social Security Statute, Legal advice and Talent Management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	Zellis	Indirect evidence	Bristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,465 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Zellis helps organisations unlock better outcomes by creating exceptional experiences for their people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	SSS	Partial evidence	Littleton, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	n/a	1,376 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Employee Based Systems (EBS) is a innovative HRMS software development, implementation training, support, and services company specializing in helping companies improve…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	Sequoia	Indirect evidence	San Mateo, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,262 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sequoia is the strategic partner helping investor-backed companies of all sizes achieve their business goals through smarter people spend.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: HR software companies for startups. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names HR software companies for startups.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of HR software companies for startups, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name HR software companies for startups. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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HR software companies for startups worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

29.8%Verified-email coverage

21.7Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

2.2%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

9,917

11-50

3,949

51-200

1,146

201-500

315

501-1,000

133

1,001-5,000

128

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among HR software companies for startups, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage: Every country. Country and city lists for HR software companies for startups are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “HR software companies for startups”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names HR software companies for startups), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among HR software companies for startups, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 100,934 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 28, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

HR software companies for startups by location

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Every HR software companies for startups list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names HR software companies for startups, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many HR software companies for startups are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 15,660 HR software companies for startups worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

ADP, headquartered in Roseland, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most HR software companies for startups?

The United States leads with 2,984 companies, followed by India (2,916) and the United Kingdom (971). Every HR software companies for startups list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most HR software companies for startups?

London leads with 347 headquartered companies, followed by Mumbai (271) and Bangalore (234).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 28, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.