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Who is PeopleIN?
PeopleIN is a private equity firm based in Australia.
Firm facts
PeopleIN
- Type
- private equity firm
- Headquarters
- Brisbane, Australia
- Website
- peoplein.com.au
Industries
Last verified 2026-09-26
How they work
PeopleIN is a Brisbane-headquartered listed workforce-services group operating across Australia and New Zealand. Its businesses provide specialised recruitment, labour hire, workforce administration, technology consulting and field services. After selling Techforce, First Choice Care and Edmen in December 2025, it focused acquisition capital on engineering, trades and labour, defence and international staffing, and completed the Infrawork acquisition in February 2026.
PeopleIN combines specialist operating brands with common support systems and uses acquisitions to build scale in priority workforce markets. Its published strategy targets acquisitions that add earnings and improve operating efficiency, with capital redirected toward engineering, trades and labour, defence and international staffing after the December 2025 disposals. It completed the Infrawork acquisition in February 2026. A standard seller timetable and universal target-size thresholds are not published.
- Capital model
- ASX-listed operating group using corporate capital, including capital released by divestments, for strategic acquisitions.
- Geography
- The operating group spans Australia and New Zealand, with international recruitment capabilities. The Infrawork acquisition adds a New Zealand infrastructure-workforce platform.
- Majority or minority
- Historical structures include full ownership, majority stakes and a joint venture. The public material does not impose one ownership percentage on all future transactions.
- Ownership
- An operating group of specialist businesses supported by shared processes and systems; the FY25 report records both wholly owned and majority-owned companies.
- Platform or bolt-on
- Complementary staffing businesses and international workforce platforms that add scale and can use the group’s support infrastructure.
- Sector focus
- Staffing and workforce services, with stated acquisition priorities in engineering, trades and labour, defence and federal government, Pacific labour-mobility growth and international staffing platforms.
Their portfolio
Showing 12 of 12 known holdings — coverage is still partial.
Company
Sector
What they do
- SectorProfessional & business servicesWhat they doAWX provides labour hire and recruitment across metropolitan, regional and remote Australia. It supplies workers to sectors including construction, mining, food processing, manufacturing and landscaping.
- SectorEducationWhat they doExpect a Star supplies temporary and permanent early-childhood educators to childcare and early-learning services. It helps education providers fill staffing gaps and recruit qualified teams.
- SectorProfessional & business servicesWhat they doHalcyon Knights provides executive and IT recruitment for employers across Australia. It helps organisations hire technology specialists and senior leaders through dedicated recruitment teams.
- SectorConstruction & infrastructureWhat they doInfrawork provides contract skilled labour and immigration services to New Zealand’s infrastructure and industrial sectors. PeopleIN completed the acquisition of Infrawork Holdings in February 2026, extending the group’s workforce capabilities across the Tasman.
- SectorProfessional & business servicesWhat they doMobilise supplies workforce, project and maintenance-management services for industrial sites. Its work includes facilities and asset management, mining and manufacturing maintenance, and shutdowns and turnarounds.
- SectorProfessional & business servicesWhat they doPartners On Country provides Indigenous-led recruitment, labour hire and workforce solutions. The joint venture between On Country Business and AWX connects First Nations people with employment, training and career pathways across multiple industries.
- SectorProfessional & business servicesWhat they doPerigon Group recruits finance, corporate-services and project professionals for employers. Its specialisms cover accounting and finance roles alongside the business functions needed to operate and change an organisation.
- SectorSoftware & IT servicesWhat they doProject Partners advises on technology strategy and delivers digital-transformation programs. Its consultants, project managers, business analysts and solution architects help clients implement technology and improve operating performance.
- SectorAgriculture & resourcesWhat they doRegional Workforce Management, formerly FIP Group, supplies recruitment, labour-hire and workforce-management services to regional employers. Its focus includes food processing, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, supported by domestic recruitment and the Pacific labour-mobility scheme.
- SectorAgriculture & resourcesWhat they doTimberwolf Planting supplies contract tree-planting crews and related watering and planting services. It works across forestry, revegetation, carbon-offset projects, mine rehabilitation and commercial landscaping.
- SectorProfessional & business servicesWhat they doTribe handles outsourced workforce administration, including payroll, onboarding, compliance and HR support. Employers choose their staff while Tribe manages the recurring employment and administration work.
- SectorConstruction & infrastructureWhat they doVision Surveys provides land surveying, town planning, civil design and spatial-data services. Its work covers cadastral and engineering surveys, mining, rail, renewable-energy and civil-infrastructure projects.
Exited holdings
Confirmed former portfolio companies, shown separately from current holdings.
Company
Sector
What they do
- SectorHealthcareWhat they doEdmen supplies support workers and managed workforce services to youth and disability-service organisations. PeopleIN completed its sale to Healthcare Australia alongside First Choice Care in December 2025. (exited)
- SectorHealthcareWhat they doFirst Choice Care supplies nurses and other healthcare staff to metropolitan and regional healthcare and aged-care services. PeopleIN completed the sale of this business to Healthcare Australia in December 2025. (exited)
- Techforce PersonnelSectorProfessional & business servicesWhat they doTechforce Personnel supplies recruitment, labour hire and workforce-management services to mining, construction, industrial maintenance, hospitality and other employers. PeopleIN completed the sale of its 79.3% interest in December 2025. (exited)
Sources
- peoplein.com.au · portfolio page
- peoplein.com.au · website
- irp.cdn-website.com · research
- investorpa.com · research
- investorpa.com · research
- company-announcements.afr.com · research
- peoplein.com.au · research
The truth, first.Data as at 2026-09-26