SAP has entered into an agreement to acquire SmartRecruiters, a leading talent acquisition software provider. The planned acquisition will strengthen SAP’s all-in-one human capital management (HCM) suite, providing customers with the tools they need to attract and retain top talent in an increasingly competitive landscape.
SmartRecruiters brings deep expertise in high-volume recruiting, recruitment automation, and AI-enabled candidate experience and engagement. Its powerful, user-friendly interfaces and seamless workflows will complement SAP’s robust HR tools, improving decision-making, reducing time-to-hire, and providing a better experience for candidates.
The acquisition will enable customers to manage the entire candidate lifecycle – from sourcing and interviewing to onboarding and beyond – in a single system. Embedded analytics and AI-driven recommendations from both companies will provide rich insights into talent pools, hiring bottlenecks, and workforce planning.
SmartRecruiters’ Software-as-a-Service solutions and platform enable over 4,000 organizations globally to efficiently manage their hiring workflows end-to-end. The company’s mission is to make hiring easy, and the planned acquisition presents a tremendous opportunity for enterprises worldwide to benefit from its industry-leading approach to talent acquisition.
The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. J.P. Morgan served as exclusive financial advisor to SmartRecruiters.
Source: https://news.sap.com/2025/08/sap-to-acquire-smartrecruiters