The most visible employer of record services in Netherlands, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from Netherlands in Dutch and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

Leader

Remote

51Heralded Score, range 29–72

Most cited source

belastingdienst.nl

13citations

From Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

Rippling

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Gemini, not on Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Brands

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Search Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
– Breedj Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #16
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1% 0% First reading
– G-P US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 12#9
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  • : Unranked
2% 1% First reading
– INS Global CN Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #16
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– Justworks US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #16
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– Omnipresent GB Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #16
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Ontop CO Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #16
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– Plane US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #16
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  • : Unranked
1% 1% None First reading
– Playroll ZA Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #16
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Remote People Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #16
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  • : Unranked
1% 1% None First reading
– RemotePass AE Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #16
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  • : Unranked
1% 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 and Search give each brand’s score and rank on that side alone. 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
1 belastingdienst.nl Regulator 11.7% 3 of 4 10 Not read
2 europa.eu Regulator 6.7% 1 of 4 9 Not read
3 business.gov.nl Regulator 13.3% 3 of 4 5 Not read
4 parakar.eu Consultancy 13.3% 2 of 4 3 Not read
5 youtube.com Social 8.3% 3 of 4 7 Not read
6 dupple.com Media 6.7% 3 of 4 2 9
7 reddit.com Community 10.0% 3 of 4 5 3
8 euremotejobs.com Directory 8.3% 3 of 4 2 Not read
9 peoplemanagingpeople.com Media 6.7% 3 of 4 5 Not read
10 zipconomy.nl Media 8.3% 3 of 4 1 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Wat zijn de beste employer-of-recorddiensten om internationaal personeel aan te nemen? Dutch Deel and Remote, tied
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 Deel, Remote and Rippling, tied
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
Employer of record versus freelancers inhuren voor remote teams Dutch No brand recommended
Alternatieven voor het oprichten van een dochteronderneming om internationaal personeel aan te nemen Dutch No brand recommended
Alternatieven voor internationale werknemers als freelancer betalen Dutch Oyster, Papaya Global and Remote, tied
Ik run een softwarebedrijf met 30 medewerkers en wil twee engineers in een ander land aannemen. Welke dienst kan ik daarvoor het beste gebruiken? Dutch Deel and Remote, tied
Ik geef leiding aan HR bij een bedrijf met medewerkers op afstand in meerdere landen en heb contracten en salarisadministratie nodig die aan de lokale wetgeving voldoen. Dutch Papaya Global and Rippling, tied

Each engine's top three

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.

How the leaderboards are measured