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Kelly Services, Inc.

IndustrialsBusiness Services & Software
Ticker KELYATROY, MIFiscal year ends JanuaryBook value per share $27.93Diluted shares 35.1M

Kelly Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: KELYA, KELYB) is a global specialty talent solutions company that connects employers with workers through temporary and permanent staffing, outcome-based services, and workforce management. Its three reportable segments are Enterprise Talent Management, which serves light industrial,… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Sep 27, 2026, Kelly Services, Inc. reported revenue of $4.06B, down 7.7% from a year earlier, and a net loss of $125.00M. Its operating margin was 0.3%, and operations used $2.10M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $4.25B, down 1.9% from fiscal 2024, and a net loss of $254.10M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 01-03Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-27
Sales & profitability
$4.25BFY2025
−1.9% year over year
Last 12 mo $4.06B
-1.64%FY2025
−1.3 percentage points
Last 12 mo 0.27%
$-254.10MFY2025
−42250.0% year over year
Last 12 mo $-125.00M
-26.02%FY2025
−37.6 percentage points
Last 12 mo -12.75%
Cash & financing
$122.60MFY2025
+355.8% year over year
Last 12 mo $-2.10M
$114.10MFY2025
+622.2% year over year
Last 12 mo $-8.10M
0.10FY2025
Was 0.19× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 0.12
35.1MFY2025
−1.1% year over year
Last 12 mo 35.1M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Kelly Services, Inc. does

In the company’s own words

Kelly Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: KELYA, KELYB) is a global specialty talent solutions company that connects employers with workers through temporary and permanent staffing, outcome-based services, and workforce management. Its three reportable segments are Enterprise Talent Management, which serves light industrial, contact center, office and clerical needs and provides global managed service provider, recruitment process outsourcing and payroll process outsourcing services; Science, Engineering & Technology, which supplies talent in science, clinical research, engineering, technology and telecommunications; and Education, which provides staffing, therapy talent, permanent placement and executive search to U.S. schools and education organizations. Customers range from local and mid-sized businesses to Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and educational institutions. The company operates across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific, and placed approximately 375,000 workers with customers in 2025. Its brands include KellyConnect, RocketPower, Sevenstep, MRP, Softworld, CTC and Teachers On Call. Founded in 1946, Kelly sold its European staffing operations in 2024 and integrated its Professional & Industrial and Outsourcing & Consulting businesses in 2025. Its website is www.kellyservices.com.

Company details
Sector
Industrials
Industry (SIC)
Business Services & Software
Headquarters
TROY, MI
Fiscal year end
January
CIK
55135
SIC
7363

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2011–2025 · USD
$-835.78M$909.26M$2.65B$4.40B$6.14B201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The 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.

Ownership

Who owns Kelly Services, Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

176
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$122.44M
held by funds, at market
33.6%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Kelly Services, Inc.’s weight in each

Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small Company ETF
FNDA · SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST
—of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF
AVUV · American Century ETF Trust
—of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.01%of fund net assets
Palm Valley Capital Fund
PVCMX · Series Portfolios Trust
2.27%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

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”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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