October Outsource Report: 2,856 Jobs Worth $86M, 1,412 Inquiries, 230k Visitors

October outsourcing performance

Outsource Accelerator saw significant growth in outsourcing-related traffic and activity during the month of October. The website saw 229,669 unique visitors (up 21.42%) and 677,906 page views (up 17.36%) for the month.

The volume of inbound inquiries continues to increase as the site’s traffic grows stronger. October generated a total of 1,412 inbound inquiries, coming from 61 countries, representing 28 sectors. Of the 1,412 inquiries, there were 1,132 quotation requests representing an estimated 2,856* full-time staff with an outsourcing value of $85,680,000*. See all analysis in the Source Partner dashboard.

For the last 12 months, outsourcing quotation inquiries came to a total value of $781,020,000* requesting a total of 26,034* full-time roles.

*Conservative client value calculation: take the lowest end of their role request numbers, multiply by conservative top-line revenue of $1,250/role/month, multiplied by 24 months (conservative team lifetime value & duration)

Key metrics for October

Total outsourcing inquiry value – (12 mo.)

Total outsourcing inquiry value – (October 2022)

Notable inquiries

Outsource Accelerator generated over 45 inbound outsourcing inquiries for every day of the month in October. Of these 1,412 inquiries, there were 1,132 quotation requests. Here are six interesting examples:

Quality analysis

Outsource Accelerator analyses the data form all inquiries monitoring them for quality. The platform now assesses lead quality on a range of validation, quality and engagement metrics.

Source Partner v3.0 is now live!

The new Source Partner dashboard is now live!  The v3.0 release is a complete rebuild and offers unrivalled tools to help outsourcing firms attract new clients, and make more sales. It offers:

➤ Powerful business intelligence tools to identify outsourcing client prospects.
➤ Get introduced to hot inbound outsourcing inquiries.
➤ Powerful analytics and business intelligence tools to assist the sales process.

The most powerful outsourcing platform

The Source Partner platform is the world’s most powerful outsourcing marketing platform, business intelligence tool, and community. Join us in this journey. Early birds catch the worm!

We are about to offer a one-off launch deal to get you all onboarded.  Stay tuned for this.

List or claim your company page today – and get access to the SP dashboard. It’s free.

Outsourcing inquiry insights – October

The Source Partner dashboard provides live analysis and deep-dive insight into the traffic and inquiries coming through. Some insights from this month:

Number of roles initially required

Clients typically start with a smaller requirement and then grow the team once they settle the team

Size of clients’ company

The inbound inquiries come from companies of all sizes – from startups to multi-national enterprise

Location of clients’ company

The client inquiries come from across the globe – typically from the high-cost English-speaking nations

Clients’ company sector

The client companies cover almost every sector possible, and the roles they seek are also very varied

Introducing OA500: The Global Outsourcing Firm Index

Outsource Accelerator monitors the outsourcing industry and has developed a ranking system for all outsourcing firms globally. Our research team has spent the last 12 months collecting the necessary data (measuring over 20 publicly available metadata points), analyzing, and publishing the findings.

All firms within the OA directory shall be ranked in order – from #1 to #3,234 – based on the results of our analysis.  We are about to publish our findings, and would like to give you the opportunity to amend or verify the publicly available metrics that we have for your company.

Outsource Accelerator will be announcing the inaugural OA500 in January 2023. The OA500 is a prestigious index of the top 500 outsourcing firms globally. We expect this first, objective index of the top 500 outsourcing firms to become a vital metric for the industry moving forward.

To ensure the most accurate representation of each firm, we encourage all BPOs to claim – or list – their company page now. 

Stay tuned.  More details to follow…