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Paychex, Inc.
Company type Public
Industry
Founded1971;53 years ago (1971)
Founder B. Thomas Golisano
Headquarters Rochester, New York, U.S.
Area served
  • United States
  • Brazil
  • Denmark
  • Germany
  • Norway
  • Sweden
Key people
ServicesPayroll and HR services
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$5.278 billion (2024)
Increase2.svg US$2.174 billion (2024)
Increase2.svg US$1.690 billion (2024)
Total assets Decrease2.svg US$10.38 billion (2024)
Total equity Increase2.svg US$3.801 billion (2024)
Number of employees
c. 16,500 (2024)
Website paychex.com
Footnotes /references
[1]

Paychex, Inc. is an American company that provides human resources, payroll, and employee benefits outsourcing services for small- to medium-sized businesses. [1] Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Rochester, New York, the company has more than 100 offices serving approximately 740,000 payroll clients in the U.S. and Europe. [1] Paychex is ranked 681st on the Fortune 500 list of largest corporations by revenue. [2]

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History

Paychex was founded in 1971 by Tom Golisano, who started the company with only $3,000. [3] [4]

The operation grew to include 18 franchises and partnerships, which were eventually consolidated into one private company in 1979. In 1983, the company became a public company via an initial public offering. [5] [6]

Acquisitions

CompanyYearPriceRef(s)
Pay-Fone1995Undisclosed
Payday1995Undisclosed
Olsen Computer Systems, Inc.1996Undisclosed [7]
National Business Solutions1996$142.5 million [8]
Advantage Payroll Services, Inc.2002$240 million [9]
InterPay Inc.2003$155 million [10]
Time In A Box product from Stromberg2003Undisclosed [11]
Stromberg2004Undisclosed [12]
Hawthorne Benefit Technologies2007Undisclosed [13]
SurePayroll, Inc.2010$115 million [14]
ePlan Services, Inc.2011Undisclosed [15]
Icon Time Systems2012Undisclosed [16]
ExpenseWire2012Undisclosed [17]
myStaffingPro2013Undisclosed [18]
NETtime solutions2014Undisclosed [19]
Advance Partners2015Undisclosed [20]
Human Resources Outsourcing, Inc.2017Undisclosed [21]
Lessor Group2018Undisclosed [22]
Oasis2018$1.2 billion [23] [24] [25] [26]

Small Business Employment Watch

Paychex and IHS Markit launched a Small Business Jobs Index in 2014 that measures the health of businesses employing 50 people or less. [27] Today, the Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch shares small business jobs data going back to 2005 and wage data from 2011 to present.[ citation needed ] [28] The Employment Watch is frequently used by financial experts, analysts, and journalists assessing the economic outlook. [29] Paychex CEO Martin Mucci regularly appears in the media to provide analysis of Small Business Employment Watch data, as well as insight into what the health of Paychex as a company says about the health of small business and the economy in general. [30]

Awards and honors

Chief executives

NameTenure
Tom Golisano 1979 – October 2004
Jonathan J. JudgeOctober 2004 – July 2010
Martin MucciOctober 2010 – October 2022
John GibsonOctober 2022 − present [37]

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