Paychex, Inc.
TypePublic company
Industry
Founded1971; 52 years ago (1971)
FounderB. Thomas Golisano
HeadquartersRochester, New York, U.S.
Area served
  • United States
  • Brazil
  • Denmark
  • Germany
  • Norway
  • Sweden
Key people
  • B. Thomas Golisano (chairman)
  • Martin Mucci (president & CEO)
  • Efrain Rivera (senior VP & CFO)
ServicesPayroll and HR services
RevenueIncrease US$4.61 billion (2022)
Increase US$1.84 billion (2022)
Increase US$1.39 billion (2022)
Total assetsIncrease US$9.64 billion (2022)
Total equityIncrease US$3.09 billion (2022)
Number of employees
c. 16,000 (2022)
Websitepaychex.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

Paychex, Inc. is an American provider of human resource, payroll, and benefits outsourcing services for small- to medium-sized businesses.[2][3] With headquarters in Rochester, New York, the company has more than 100 offices serving approximately 670,000 payroll clients in the U.S. and Europe.[4] In 2019, Paychex ranked in position 700 on the Fortune 500 list of largest corporations by revenue,[5] and the company's revenue for fiscal year 2020 is projected to exceed $4.1 billion.[6]

History

Paychex was founded in 1971 by Tom Golisano, who started the company with only $3,000.[7][8]

The operation grew to include 18 franchises and partnerships, which were eventually consolidated into one private company in 1979. Paychex held an initial public offering in 1983 and began trading on the NASDAQ (PAYX).[9][10] In the first quarter of fiscal year 2020, the company repurchased $171.9 million of its own stock and currently has a market capitalization of $30.155 billion.[11][12]

Acquisitions

Company Year Price
Pay-Fone 1995 Undisclosed
Payday 1995 Undisclosed
Olsen Computer Systems, Inc.[13] 1996 Undisclosed
National Business Solutions[14] 1996 $142.5m
Advantage Payroll Services, Inc.[15] 2002 $240m
InterPay Inc.[16] 2003 $155m
Time In A Box product from Stromberg[17] 2003 Undisclosed
Stromberg[18] 2004 Undisclosed
Hawthorne Benefit Technologies, Inc[19] 2007 Undisclosed
SurePayroll, Inc.[20] 2010 $115m
ePlan Services, Inc.[21] 2011 Undisclosed
Icon Time Systems[22] 2012 Undisclosed
ExpenseWire[citation needed] 2012 Undisclosed
myStaffingPro[citation needed] 2013 Undisclosed
NETtime solutions[23] 2014 Undisclosed
Advance Partners[24] 2015 Undisclosed
Human Resources Outsourcing, Inc.[25] 2017 Undisclosed
Lessor Group[26] 2018 Undisclosed
Oasis[27] 2018 $1.2b

Recent acquisitions

In December 2018, Paychex closed on its acquisition of Oasis Outsourcing Acquisition Corporation for $1.2 billion.[28][29] At the time of the Oasis acquisition, Paychex had 650,000 payroll clients and 14,500 employees. Oasis, a professional employer organization (PEO) brought 8,400 PEO clients, 1,100 employees, and an annual revenue that exceeded $9 billion in 2017.[30] Following the acquisition of Oasis, Paychex provides HR outsourcing services to 1.4 million worksite employees.[31]

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.[32] 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][33] The Employment Watch is frequently used by financial experts, analysts, and journalists assessing the economic outlook.[34] 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.[35]

Awards and honors

Chief executives
Name Tenure
Tom Golisano 1979 – October 2004
Jonathan J. Judge October 2004 – July 2010
Martin Mucci October 2010 – October 2022
John Gibson October 2022 − Present[42]

References

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  14. ^ "Company News;paychex Plans to Buy National Business Solutions". The New York Times. June 26, 1996. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
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  19. ^ "Paychex announces acquisition of BeneTrac". Reuters. September 13, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  20. ^ Yue, Lorene (December 13, 2010). "SurePayroll bought by rival Paychex for $115M". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  21. ^ Team, Trefis. "Paychex Gains From EPlan Deal, But Stock Still Too Rich". Forbes. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  22. ^ Dougherty, Nate (January 9, 2012). "Paychex acquires Icon Time Systems". Rochester Business Journal. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  23. ^ Team, Trefis. "Paychex Expands Its Software-As-A-Service Based Solutions By Acquiring Nettime". Forbes. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
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  25. ^ "Paychex acquires HR Outsourcing, Inc". RochesterFirst. August 21, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  26. ^ Fanelli, Gino (March 1, 2018). "Paychex acquires Lessor Group". Rochester Business Journal. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  27. ^ "Paychex Acquires Oasis Outsourcing for $1.2 Billion". The Wall Street Journal. December 21, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  28. ^ Prang, Allison (November 26, 2018). "Paychex to Buy Human-Resources Firm Oasis for $1.2 Billion". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
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  31. ^ Zacks, Publisher. "Paychex (PAYX) Completes Oasis Outsourcing Acquisition". www.nasdaq.com. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  32. ^ Karol, Gabrielle (January 9, 2016). "Paychex, IHS Launch Small Business Jobs Index". FOXBusiness. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  33. ^ "Small Business Employment Watch provided by Paychex | IHS Markit". www.paychex.com. Retrieved September 5, 2020.[self-published source]
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  40. ^ "Top Workplaces | The Democrat and Chronicle". Top Workplaces. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
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  42. ^ "Paychex Names John Gibson As New CEO; Martin Mucci To Remain As Chairman". Nasdaq. Retrieved June 23, 2023.

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