Employee Central
Core HR: the employee record, org structure, positions and global HR processes. Typically owned by: HRIS Director, Head of HR Operations.
SAP SuccessFactors install base
Find companies using SAP SuccessFactors and connect with HR, talent, payroll and HR technology decision-makers.
The BizzContacts SAP SuccessFactors Customers List includes company information, the SuccessFactors modules an organisation uses where that is documented, and business contact details for the professionals who own them. Target CHROs, VPs of HR, HRIS and HR Technology Directors, talent and learning leaders, and payroll directors.
Build your list by module, industry, country, company size and job title. Target organisations using Employee Central, Employee Central Payroll, Recruiting, Learning, Performance and Goals and the rest of the HXM suite.
BizzContacts currently identifies 13K+ companies using SAP SuccessFactors and 44K+ relevant HR contacts.
Source: BizzContacts technology research dataset, October 2026. Built from public technology usage signals.
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What a SuccessFactors record joins together
The organisation, the HXM modules it runs, the HR professional who owns them and the contact information to reach them.
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An illustrative record, not a real organisation or person. Module detail, payroll system, implementation status and partner are included where they are publicly documented.
SAP SuccessFactors is SAP’s cloud HR suite. Organisations use it for the employee record, payroll, recruiting, onboarding, learning, performance, compensation and workforce analytics. It is bought by HR rather than by the ERP team, and most deployments start with Employee Central and add modules over time, so the same account is often a repeat buyer.
Each organisation below is named in an SAP-published story, shown with the status that story actually supports and a link to read it. A sample of what is publicly documented, not the full delivered file.
| Company | Status | Evidence | SuccessFactors modules | Industry | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Honda | Live | SAP News Center, 2024 | SuccessFactors HCM | Automotive | United States |
| BT Group | Migrated | SAP News Center, 2024 | Employee Central Payroll | Telecommunications | United Kingdom |
| L'Oréal | Using | SAP News Center, 2024 | SuccessFactors Learning | Consumer goods | France |
| Eurobank | Using | SAP News Center, 2024 | SuccessFactors HCM, Time Tracking | Banking | Greece |
| SAP | Using | SAP News Center, 2024 | SuccessFactors HCM suite | Software | Germany |
| ATS | Implemented | SAP News Center, 2023 | SuccessFactors HXM Suite | Industrial automation | Canada |
| Eastman | Using | SAP News Center, 2024 | People Analytics | Chemicals | United States |
| Woodbridge | Using | SAP News Center, 2023 | Employee Central | Manufacturing | Canada |
The BizzContacts October 2026 technology research dataset identifies 13K+ companies associated with SAP SuccessFactors usage, with around 44K+ HR contacts available at them. That is a BizzContacts research dataset, not SAP’s customer count.
SAP publishes a figure for the core HR module rather than the suite: more than 6,000 organizations had chosen SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central as of December 2023, with HR processes supported across over 200 countries and territories. That is a published floor for one module, not a ceiling for the suite, which is why our figure for the whole of SuccessFactors sits above it.
The first two figures are ours: 13,647 companies and 44,715 contacts in the October 2026 research dataset. The second two are SAP’s own and describe Employee Central specifically. The geography and headcount splits further down are directional: they divide that same research universe along a published shape rather than counting rows, which is why every breakdown adds back up to the universe exactly. See the same universe figures for every technology we track.
SuccessFactors is a suite, and the owner changes by module: Recruiting sits with talent acquisition, Learning with L&D, Employee Central Payroll with payroll. Where an organisation’s modules are publicly documented, you can build a list around one of them.
Core HR: the employee record, org structure, positions and global HR processes. Typically owned by: HRIS Director, Head of HR Operations.
Payroll run on top of core HR. Licensed and implemented separately from Employee Central. Typically owned by: Payroll Director.
Requisitions, careers site, candidate pipeline and offers. Typically owned by: Talent Acquisition Director.
Pre-boarding paperwork and the first-90-days experience, tied to Recruiting. Typically owned by: Head of Onboarding, HR Operations.
Course catalogue, assignments, compliance training and certification tracking. Typically owned by: Learning and Development Director.
Goal setting, continuous feedback, reviews and calibration. Typically owned by: Talent Management Director.
Salary planning, bonus and equity cycles, pay-range governance. Typically owned by: Compensation and Benefits Director.
Talent pools, successor nomination and development plans for critical roles. Typically owned by: VP Talent.
Time recording, absence and leave rules by country. Typically owned by: Workforce Management Director.
Workforce reporting and planning across the suite. Typically owned by: HR Analytics Lead, HRIS.
SAP publishes no per-module customer counts other than Employee Central, so none are shown. Employee Central Payroll is licensed and implemented separately from Employee Central, so an organisation running core HR here may still run payroll elsewhere.
What a delivered SuccessFactors customer list looks like. Each row is one organisation joined to one named HR contact.
| Company | Industry | Country | Employees | SuccessFactors modules | Contact | Job title | Business email | Direct phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairline Manufacturing Group | Manufacturing | United States | 10,000+ | Employee Central, Recruiting | Dana Reinhardt | HRIS Director | d••••@fairline••••.com | +1 (313) •••-2284 |
| Northgate Health Partners | Healthcare | United States | 10,000+ | Employee Central, Learning | Marcus Ellery | Chief Human Resources Officer | m••••@northgate••••.org | +1 (216) •••-7731 |
| Brightmoor Financial | Financial services | United Kingdom | 5,000 - 9,999 | Performance and Goals, Compensation | Saira Mahmood | VP Human Resources | s••••@brightmoor••••.co.uk | +44 20 •••• 6612 |
| Kestrel Retail Group | Retail | Germany | 10,000+ | Recruiting, Onboarding, Time Tracking | Jonas Keller | Talent Acquisition Director | j••••@kestrel••••.de | +49 89 •••• 3408 |
| Avanport Logistics | Transport and logistics | Netherlands | 2,000 - 9,999 | Employee Central Payroll | Ineke Visser | Payroll Director | i••••@avanport••••.nl | +31 20 ••• 5519 |
| Calder Energy | Energy and utilities | Australia | 5,000 - 9,999 | Learning, Succession and Development | Peter Nakamura | Learning and Development Director | p••••@calder••••.com.au | +61 8 •••• 4127 |
Four groups per record. SuccessFactors detail such as the modules, the payroll system, implementation status and partner is included where it is publicly documented, so not every record carries every field.
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Data quality
The standards every BizzContacts list is built and delivered to. These are the same figures published across the site, held in one place so no two pages can state different ones.
Delivered as CSV or Excel, typically within 24-48 hours. Every record is 100% opt-in, permission-based. Accuracy and deliverability are the standards we publish and build to, not an audited measurement of a file you have not specified yet; the refresh cycle and delivery window are policies we run. Figures for your own segment come back with your sample.
Choose the modules, industry, location, company size and HR roles you want to target. Filters combine, and the count comes back with the sample.
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+1 (313) •••-2284Nothing on this page counts your segment in real time. Send the module, industry and seniority you need, and the exact figure arrives with the sample.
Where the 13K+ organisations in the research universe are based. Treat every number in this section as a directional split of that universe rather than a row count.
Estimated organisations using SAP SuccessFactors across the markets the research covers, ranked. The United States is the largest at roughly 45.1% of the universe.
Added up from the countries above instead of modelled on their own, which keeps the two views consistent with each other.
An estimated 6,150 organisations in the research universe are in the United States. No per-state counts are published: the research model resolves to a national figure and does not go to state level. These are the states worth targeting, and a US list can be filtered by any of them.
SuccessFactors concentrates in large employers, which follows from what the suite does: an organisation needs enough headcount to justify a dedicated HR platform. Organisations of 10,000 or more account for an estimated 51%.
| Employee range | Estimated share | Estimated companies |
|---|---|---|
| 100 - 499 employees | 4% | ~546 |
| 500 - 1,999 employees | 16% | ~2,184 |
| 2,000 - 9,999 employees | 29% | ~3,958 |
| 10,000 - 49,999 employees | 31% | ~4,231 |
| 50,000+ employees | 20% | ~2,729 |
Directional estimates based on the BizzContacts SuccessFactors research universe and observed market distribution. Counts are rounded and may change as technology signals are refreshed. No per-industry counts are published: the previous research carried per-industry deployment figures normalised to a company total that was itself wrong, so they were not carried over.
Industry is a targeting filter here, not a statistic. What changes between industries is which modules matter: shift-based employers lean on Time Tracking, regulated ones on Learning and certification, high-turnover ones on Recruiting.
Shift-based workforces, plant-level time and absence, high-volume hourly hiring.
Regulated roles, certification tracking, structured compensation cycles.
Credentialing, shift scheduling and continuous compliance training.
Fast hiring cycles, equity-heavy compensation, global entity sprawl.
High turnover, seasonal recruiting, large frontline populations.
Skills tracking, utilisation and partner-track succession.
Safety certification, contractor workforces, union agreements.
Grade structures, collective agreements, long tenure.
SuccessFactors is bought by HR, and the owner changes by module. Around 44K+ HR contacts are available across the research universe. No role distribution is published, because the dataset does not measure one.
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Payroll and workforce3
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We publish no count per job title, because no such count is measured. In practice most HR campaigns address two or three of these groups at once: an HRIS owner to judge the technical fit, a CHRO or VP HR to release the budget.
Workday is the comparison a SuccessFactors buyer actually makes. SAP HCM on-premise is the system they are usually leaving, which is why a migration cohort and a greenfield cohort behave differently in outbound.
| Platform | Primary focus | Typical environment |
|---|---|---|
| SAP SuccessFactors | Cloud HXM suite tied to the SAP estate | SAP-centric enterprises moving off SAP HCM |
| Workday HCM | Cloud HCM and financials on one data model | Enterprises wanting HR and finance from one vendor |
| Oracle Fusion HCM | Cloud HCM inside the Oracle application suite | Oracle-centric enterprises |
| SAP HCM (on-premise) | The previous-generation SAP HR system | Companies yet to move to the cloud suite |
| ADP | Payroll and HR services, often alongside a separate HCM | Payroll-led buyers and mid-market |
| UKG | Workforce management strength, HCM breadth | Shift-heavy and hourly workforces |
SuccessFactors and SAP S/4HANA are different systems for different jobs: SuccessFactors runs HR, S/4HANA runs finance and operations. Many organisations use both and integrate them, so an account can appear on this list and on our SAP S/4HANA customers list for different reasons and with different contacts.
Five steps, and then what sits behind them. HR evidence ranges from an SAP case study to a job advert, so each source is graded rather than pooled.
01Research
We look for public signals that an organisation uses, is implementing or is moving to SAP SuccessFactors.
02Research
We confirm the employer identity, which matters more in HR than elsewhere: a group, its operating subsidiaries and an acquired brand may run separate HR instances.
03Research
Where available we identify the modules in use, whether payroll runs on Employee Central Payroll, the implementation partner and the status.
04Matching
Ownership splits by module here: talent, payroll and core HR rarely answer to the same person, so we map each module to the professional accountable for it.
05Before delivery
HR leadership turns over quickly, so every contact detail is re-checked at the point the file is built rather than when the record was first found.
06 The sources behind those steps
An SAP-published HR story usually names the modules and the go-live, which is the only source that settles both at once. Every organisation named on this page rests on one.
An HR transformation is announced far more often than a procurement one, because it affects every employee. Annual reports and HR-strategy releases frequently name the platform.
HR leaders present their own programmes at SuccessConnect and HR technology conferences, often with the module roadmap and the phase they are in.
A careers site served by SuccessFactors Recruiting is visible from outside and easy to confirm. It establishes Recruiting, and tells you nothing about core HR or payroll.
HR systems roles tend to name the module in the advert, which makes them a sharper signal than most job postings. They still show hiring intent, not a live deployment.
SuccessFactors consultants and HRIS staff list module certifications publicly. Useful for narrowing which modules an organisation touches, not for proving the suite is live.
A careers site running on SuccessFactors Recruiting is a strong public signal, but it establishes one module rather than the suite, and a job posting asking for SuccessFactors experience establishes less again. No organisation is marked Live, Using or Implemented on that basis alone. Every organisation named on this page rests on an SAP-published story.
The same install-base data supports different briefs, depending on what you sell around HR.
Reach organisations using SuccessFactors that may need capability the suite does not cover.
Find companies implementing, expanding or migrating SuccessFactors modules.
Target the teams joining SuccessFactors to payroll, finance, ITSM and identity systems.
Find organisations using SuccessFactors for core HR but payroll somewhere else.
Reach talent acquisition and L&D owners alongside or instead of the native modules.
Find organisations likely to be hiring SuccessFactors and HRIS professionals.
Four things joined in one record. Separately they are available elsewhere; joined together, they are a target account list.
See which SuccessFactors modules an organisation is associated with, where that is publicly documented.
Filter by employee size as well as industry and location, which matters more here than on most lists: headcount is what drives an HR platform decision.
Reach CHROs, HRIS and HR technology owners, talent, payroll and learning leaders, not just the CIO.
Reach the named HR owner directly rather than a shared HR inbox, with the contact details checked before the file goes out.
Tell us the SuccessFactors modules, industries, locations, company sizes and HR roles you want to reach. We build the list around your requirements and send a sample first.
The other SAP products with their own customer lists, and the HCM platforms SAP SuccessFactors is most often evaluated against.