Leader
56Heralded Score, range 51–61
The most visible employer of record services in Europe, October 2026
Brands
Search is not measured for this board yet, so it ranks on AI answers.
| Rank | Brand | Rank change | Heralded Score All | AI | Score trend | Mentioned | Recommended | By engine | Mentioned by | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | New entry | 56 , range 51–61 | 56#1 | 56
| 65% | 22% | | First reading | |
| 2 | | New entry | 53 , range 49–59 | 53#2 | 53
| 60% | 22% | | First reading | |
| 3 | | New entry | 41 , range 38–44 | 41#3 | 41
| 42% | 11% | | First reading | |
| 4 | | New entry | 33 , range 31–36 | 33#4 | 33
| 25% | 9% | | First reading | |
| 5 | | New entry | 30 , range 18–33 | 30#5 | 30
| 17% | 8% | | First reading | |
| 6 | | New entry | 25 , range 14–32 | 25#6 | 25
| 16% | 7% | | First reading | |
| 7 | | New entry | 8 , range 6–13 | 8#7 | 8
| 12% | 0% | | First reading | |
| 8 | | New entry | 5 , range 4–7 | 5#8 | 5
| 7% | 0% | | First reading | |
| 9 | | New entry | 4 , range 3–7 | 4#9 | 4
| 5% | 1% | | First reading | |
| 10 | | New entry | 3 , range 2–5 | 3#10 | 3
| 4% | 0% | None | First reading |
“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. AI gives each brand’s score and rank from the engines’ answers; Search is not measured for this board yet. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.
Most cited sources
| Rank | Source | Type | Cited in | Engines | Pages cited | Brands its pages mention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | | Vendor site | 5.2% | 4 of 4 | 14 | 3 |
| 12 | | Regulator | 3.3% | 1 of 4 | 7 | Not read |
| 13 | | Vendor site | 3.8% | 2 of 4 | 10 | Not read |
| 14 | | Directory | 3.3% | 3 of 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 15 | | Consultancy | 3.1% | 3 of 4 | 10 | 5 |
| 16 | | Consultancy | 3.1% | 2 of 4 | 6 | Not read |
| 17 | | Regulator | 1.7% | 3 of 4 | 10 | Not read |
| 18 | | Directory | 3.1% | 4 of 4 | 3 | Not read |
| 19 | | Vendor site | 2.6% | 3 of 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 | | Consultancy | 3.1% | 3 of 4 | 5 | Not read |
Questions asked
| Question | Language | Most recommended |
|---|---|---|
| best employer of record services for startups | English | |
| hire employees abroad without a local entity | English | No brand recommended |
| how to hire remote employees in another country | English | |
| how to run international payroll for remote employees | English | |
| employer of record vs contractor for remote hires | English | No brand recommended |
| Wat zijn de beste employer-of-recorddiensten om internationaal personeel aan te nemen? | Dutch | |
| Werknemers in een ander land aannemen zonder lokale vestiging | Dutch | No brand recommended |
| Hoe kan een startup op een legale manier een developer in een ander land aannemen? | Dutch | |
| Hoe betaal ik werknemers in het buitenland en bied ik hun arbeidsvoorwaarden? | Dutch | No brand recommended |
| Employer of record versus een lokale vestiging oprichten voor internationale werving | Dutch | No brand recommended |
Each engine's top three
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Method
Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.
For the AI side, each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.