Manpower U.S. Recognized as a Star Performer and Leader in Three Everest Group U.S. Contingent Talent and Strategic Solutions PEAK Matrix Assessments 2026

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Manpower has been named a Star Performer and Leader across three Everest Group U.S. Contingent Talent and Strategic Solutions PEAK Matrix® assessments for 2026. The Star Performer distinction is awarded to organizations demonstrating the most significant year-over-year improvements in market success and capability advancement. Together, these recognitions demonstrate market leadership, ongoing innovation and a continued commitment to delivering workforce solutions that help clients meet evolving talent needs.

Manpower earned Leader and Star Performer designations in three assessment categories:

• Industrial
  
  
• Engineering
  
  
• Business & Professional

The assessments recognized Manpower for its specialized talent expertise, workforce solutions innovation and strategic investments in technology and managed services. Everest Group also highlighted the company's growing strengths in workforce transformation, skills development and talent delivery across high-demand sectors.

"Manpower has further strengthened its position on Everest Group's U.S. Industrial Contingent Talent and Strategic Solutions PEAK Matrix® assessment 2026, emerging as a Leader and Star Performer due to its significant market impact and capability expansion," said Priyanka Mitra, Vice President of Everest Group.

Everest Group cited continued expansion of onsite and outsourced workforce solutions, investments in AI-powered workforce intelligence and a commitment to skills development as key factors contributing to the recognition.

"Being recognized as a Star Performer across three Everest Group PEAK Matrix® assessments demonstrates the breadth of our workforce solutions portfolio," Rajesh Namboothiry, Senior Vice President of Manpower North America, said. "Organizations need a workforce that can evolve and adapt to new and unexpected challenges. This recognition reflects our ability to help organizations successfully meet those challenges with specialized talent expertise, skills development and workforce solutions designed for what's next."

Everest Group's PEAK Matrix® assessment is an annual evaluation of contingent staffing providers' market success and delivery capability. It considers factors including market adoption, value delivered, breadth of services, innovation and investments, delivery footprint and overall strategy. Based on this evaluation, providers are positioned as Leaders, Major Contenders, or Aspirants.

ABOUT MANPOWER

Manpower^® is a global leader in contingent staffing and permanent resourcing, providing companies with strategic and operational flexibility and creating talent at scale. Our talent agents and specialized recruiters leverage data-driven insights to assess, guide and place people into meaningful, sustainable employment, and our PowerSuite^® tech platform enables assessment and matching to predict performance potential. Our Manpower MyPath^® skilling program provides rapid skills development at scale with on-the-job training, market-based certifications, and coaching for roles in growth sectors. In this constantly shifting world, our flexible workforce solutions provide companies with the business agility needed to succeed. Manpower is part of the ManpowerGroup^® (NYSE: MAN) family of brands, which also includes Experis and Talent Solutions.

For more information about Manpower, visit www.manpower.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

ABOUT MANPOWERGROUP

ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, and Talent Solutions – creates substantially more value for candidates and clients across more than 70 countries and territories and has done so for more than 75 years. We are recognized consistently as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality, and Disability, and in 2026 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 17th time; all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.

For more information, visit www.manpowergroup.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook.

SOURCE ManpowerGroup