Fourth Enterprises Strengths, Domain Expertise, and Key Differentiators
Fourth provides end-to-end technology and services for the restaurant and hospitality industries. Their procurement, inventory, and workforce management solutions, coupled with the industry’s most complete data and analytics suite, give operators the actionable insights they need to control costs, scale profitability, improve employee engagement, and maintain compliance.
Fourth Enterprises Recent Developments
In May 2023, the Fourth announced a partnership with Automated Analytics, a UK-based. This partnership aims to provide swift recruitment solutions to US clients through the implementation of AI-powered programmatic bidding. Integrating programmatic bidding helps increase the quality of applicants, reduces costs, and accelerates talent sourcing.
Fourth Enterprises Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) Activities
In October 2021, Fourth acquired Snagajob’s purpose-built, applicant tracking (ATS) and onboarding solutions for hourly-waged employees—PeopleMatter and Hiring Manager— in an agreement backed by Marlin Equity Partners. The acquisition further amplifies the company's end-to-end solution for restaurant, hospitality, and retail businesses spanning applicant tracking, onboarding, training, scheduling, time & attendance, performance management, advanced forecasting & analytics, and payroll.
In July 2019 HotSchedules and Fourth merged in an agreement backed by Marlin Equity Partners and Insight Partners. Together, the merged company now represents the world's largest and only provider of end-to-end restaurant and hospitality management solutions for customers across the globe and of all sizes from a single location or franchisee restaurant to a global restaurant or hotel chain. The combined companies complete a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution suite including scheduling, time & attendance, applicant tracking, training, inventory management/procurement, HR/benefits, and payroll services.
Fourth Enterprises Customers in ARTW Customer Database
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Fourth Enterprises Overview
Ownership: - Marlin Equity Partners
Number of Employees: 860
Functional Market: Absence and Leave Management, Workforce Analytics, Scheduling, Time and Attendance, Core HR, Payroll, Benefits Administration, Onboarding, Candidate Relationship Management, Applicant Tracking Systems, Performance Management, Learning and Development,
Key Verticals: Leisure and Recreation, Hospitality, Retail,
Fourth Enterprises Key Cloud and HCM Applications
Fourth Software Solutions Hospitality,
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** All revenue figures are estimates based on public records, Cloud and Non-Cloud business models in Apps Run The World's vendor database, and annual survey results including vendor feedback.
Fourth Enterprises Revenue Breakdown by Type:
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Fourth Enterprises Direct vs Indirect sales
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Fourth Enterprises Customers - Breakdown by Geo, Size, Vertical and Product
List of Verified Fourth Enterprises Customers
No. of Fourth Enterprises Customers: 15000
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No. of Fourth Enterprises Cloud HCM Customers: x
No. of Fourth Enterprises Cloud HCM Subscribers: 2500000
Fourth is trusted by over 15,000 customers across 100,000 sites globally with 2.5 million users including many global brands and a wide range of SMEs and independent operators. Fourth's software powers some of the biggest names in hotels and hospitality. Among the Fourth customers are Fullers, Gaucho, Hilton, Krispy Crème, Leon, Café Nero, Soho House, Subway, Strada, Wagamama Stonegate, and many others.
Fourth Enterprises Market Opportunities, M&A and Geo Expansions
Fourth Enterprises, the parent company of HotSchedules and Fourth appointed Paige Newcombe as Chief Operating Officer, and Scott Morgan, Ed.D, as Chief Revenue Officer. As COO, Ms. Newcombe will be responsible for the Company’s global operations, and as CRO, Dr. Morgan will head global commercial performance and corporate growth.
In August 2018, Fourth has acquired digital people solutions company Octane, to help its customers save time and money spent on recruitment and onboarding. This deal will bring together the leading digital experts in the recruitment field, alongside Fourth's workforce management gurus, to help the industry tackle the challenge of finding and recruiting quality talent quickly and efficiently.
Fourth Enterprises Risks and Challenges
The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 had a profound effect on businesses, particularly within the leisure and hospitality sector. This could affect the growth of Fourth.
Fourth Enterprises Ecosystem, Partners, Resellers and SI
In 2023, Fourth announced a partnership with Pendella, a technology company on a mission to take the bias out of life insurance. The collaboration will provide individual life insurance offerings to Fourth’s human resources (HR) and payroll customers.
Fourth has technology and industry partners in its ecosystem. Among their technology partners are Oracle, Ceridian, ADP, Barmetrix, Basics, Agilisys, Bleep, Bavel, Fintech, Foodies, InfoGenesis, Microsoft Dynamics, and many others. Among their industry partners are HFTP, htng, BDO, Barclays, National Restaurant Association, TDn2K, and others.
Fourth Enterprises Cloud Platform (PaaS) and Infrastructure (IaaS) Details
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Research Methodology
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Vendor shares and market forecast results are based on a combination of existing databases as well as demand side and supply side research conducted throughout the year with validation from vendors, customers, channel partners and documentations such as earnings releases and 10Q and 10K filings, vertical industry studies, regional and country-level statistics from public and private institutions(i.e. colleges, universities, government agencies and trade associations).
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