Mayank Malik · 9/9/2026
Linx provides Employer of Record (EOR), recruitment, and global payroll services, so several of these signals bear on our own business. Where a conclusion could cut against our commercial interest — the growth of owned Global Capability Centres as an alternative to renting employment through an EOR, for example — we've left it in rather than soften it. Findings and Early Signals are defined below and should be weighted accordingly.
Most workforce reports tell you what the labour market did last month. This one is about the decisions underneath it: where to build, what to own, how much risk to carry, and how sure the evidence actually is. Each signal below is marked as a Finding (a pattern we see clearly) or an Early Signal (suggestive, not yet conclusive).
$5.97B → ~$10.45B by 2035. Size of the global Employer of Record market
3, not 30. The typical size of a first market team, based on a small sample of recent engagements
43% of leaders named compliance their top concern, at a single Linx executive session
2,117 GCCs, 2.36M professionals employed across India's Global Capability Centres
43%, AI use in HR, up from 26% a year earlier
A Finding reflects a pattern seen across five or more independent engagements, or one supported by strong public data. An Early Signal is a suggestive observation, often from a single session or a small sample, shared because it is worth watching. All figures are directional and rounded.
The figures below draw on two kinds of evidence: Linx's own engagement and session data, and external public data. Each source is listed so a reader can verify it independently.