Respecting People. Impacting Business.
Express Employment Professionals is proud to continue our 25-year legacy of helping businesses and job seekers succeed. We’ve grown to over 600 offices in four countries, while still maintaining local ownership for each office and providing quality service to each of our clients.
And we’re not afraid of change. With a new business name that better reflects our service offerings, we’re looking forward to the next 25 years of respecting people and impacting business.
Timeline
| 2008 |
Celebrating 25 years of success with a new name – Express Employment Professionals. |
| 2007 |
Reached nearly $2 billion in sales; 600th office awarded. |
| 2006 |
Reached $1.8 billion in sales; 85 franchises awarded. |
| 2005 |
Reached $1.55 billion in sales; awarded 62 franchises. |
| 2004 |
Reached $1.3 billion in sales. |
| 2003 |
Reached $1 billion in sales with offices in the United States, Canada, South Africa, and Australia. |
| 2001 |
Reached $781 million in sales. |
| 1997 |
Reached $698.6 million in sales. |
| 1995 |
Operated nearly 200 franchises and reached $531.8 million in sales. |
| 1993 |
Express Personnel Services reached $324.2 million in sales. |
| 1991 |
Reached $197.2 million in sales. |
| 1990 |
Founders Bob Funk and Bill Stoller purchased partner James Gray’s shares of the company. |
| 1989 |
Reached $155 million in sales. |
| 1987 |
Reached $82 million in sales. |
| 1985 |
Express began franchising and reached $18.4 million in sales. |
| 1983 |
Bob Funk, Bill Stoller, and James Gray established Express after Acme Personnel, a staffing firm where the founders previously worked, dissolved. Express generated gross revenues of $2.1 million that first year despite the struggling economy. |