HireQuest, Inc.
HireQuest, Inc. (Nasdaq: HQI) operates as a nationwide franchisor of temporary staffing and permanent placement services, generating revenue primarily through royalty fees from franchisee operations. The company maintains its website at www.hirequest.com and serves as a holding company for multiple wholly-owned… From the company’s description.
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What HireQuest, Inc. does
In the company’s own words
HireQuest, Inc. (Nasdaq: HQI) operates as a nationwide franchisor of temporary staffing and permanent placement services, generating revenue primarily through royalty fees from franchisee operations. The company maintains its website at www.hirequest.com and serves as a holding company for multiple wholly-owned subsidiaries that employ temporary workers and provide back-office support to its franchise network.
The company operates under several differentiated brand names including HireQuest Direct, which focuses on daily-work and light industrial positions; Snelling, which emphasizes longer-term staffing placements; DriverQuest, specializing in commercial and non-CDL drivers; HireQuest Health, serving healthcare and dental sectors; and executive recruitment brands including Northbound Executive Search, Management Recruiters International, and Sales Consultants. System-wide sales across all franchisee and company-operated offices reached $500.2 million in 2025, with the company generating $30.6 million in revenue from royalties, license fees, and interest charges.
As of December 31, 2025, HireQuest operated 413 franchisee-owned offices and one company-owned office across 43 states, the District of Columbia, and 14 countries outside the United States. The company employed approximately 75,000 temporary employees and contracted with 85 independent contractors, generating approximately 1.1 million paychecks annually. Its corporate headquarters employed 88 full-time employees providing back-office support including financing, insurance, accounting, operations, national sales, information technology, legal, and human resources services.
HireQuest's competitive advantages center on its franchise model, which emphasizes local ownership and responsiveness, direct dispatch capabilities from office locations, and proprietary tools and processes. The company owns key trademarks and operates proprietary software called HQ WebConnect for dispatch, payroll, invoicing, and accounts receivable management. Recent strategic initiatives included the December 2023 acquisition of TEC Staffing Services locations in Arkansas and the December 2024 acquisition of Ready Temporary Services in Denver, followed by a January 2026 divestiture of MRINetwork operations to external partners while retaining a 40 percent ownership stake.
Company details
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Business Services & Software
- Headquarters
- GOOSE CREEK, SC
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 1140102
- SIC
- 7363
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2014–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns HireQuest, Inc. — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · HireQuest, Inc.’s weight in each
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Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
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Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
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