Company History

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.