SAP and SmartRecruiters announced that SAP has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SmartRecruiters, a leading provider of talent acquisition (TA) software. This acquisition will integrate SmartRecruiters’ expertise in high-volume recruiting and AI-enabled candidate engagement into the SAP SuccessFactors human capital management (HCM) suite.
The acquisition is designed to strengthen SAP’s all-in-one HCM suite, providing customers with more powerful tools to attract and retain talent. SmartRecruiters’ user-friendly interfaces and seamless workflows are expected to complement SAP’s HR tools, improving decision-making and reducing time-to-hire. The combined platforms will leverage embedded analytics and AI-driven recommendations to provide insights into talent pools and hiring bottlenecks.
The integration will offer customers enhanced recruiting and hiring capabilities, including more efficient applicant tracking and candidate screening. Data-driven hiring and recruitment analytics will flow directly into SAP’s HCM tools, creating a single system of record for seamless operations. For the foreseeable future, the SmartRecruiters portfolio will remain available as a standalone solution.
SmartRecruiters’ Software-as-a-Service solutions are used by over 4,000 organizations worldwide to manage end-to-end hiring workflows.
The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, subject to customary closing conditions and receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Advisor: J.P. Morgan served as the exclusive financial advisor to SmartRecruiters.
KEY QUOTES:
“Hiring the right people is not just an HR priority – it’s a business priority. With this planned acquisition, we will help our customers attract and hire the best talent so they can advance their talent acquisition agendas with speed and agility, while lowering their total cost of ownership. Customers will be able to manage the entire candidate lifecycle — from sourcing and interviewing to onboarding and beyond — all in a single system to streamline the experience for recruiters, hiring managers, and, in particular, candidates.”
Muhammad Alam, member of the Executive Board of SAP SE, SAP Product & Engineering
“SmartRecruiters’ mission has always been to make hiring easy. Joining forces with SAP presents a tremendous opportunity for enterprises worldwide to benefit from our industry leading approach to talent acquisition. I couldn’t be more excited for the opportunity this planned acquisition presents for our customers, partners and employees as we build the future of hiring together.”
SmartRecruiters CEO, Rebecca Carr
