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Innovative Employee Solutions (IES) vs Mercans
Price, country coverage, owned entities, and provider model for Innovative Employee Solutions (IES) and Mercans, side by side and cited.
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160most countries
Innovative Employee Solutions (IES) (IES Employer of Record (global), IES Employer of Record (U.S.), IES Agent of Record)·Mercans (Mercans EOR, Mercans Contractor Management, Mercans Agent of Record, Mercans Global Payroll)
Brands
IES Employer of Record (global), IES Employer of Record (U.S.), IES Agent of Record
Mercans EOR, Mercans Contractor Management, Mercans Agent of Record, Mercans Global Payroll
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Provider model
Employs through its own entities in the UK, Canada, Ireland and Germany and through partners in the rest of its 150+ countries, for workers the client has already found.
Says it uses no local partners or aggregators for its EOR across 160+ countries (it publishes no entity count).
Availability
Released
1974
2000
Highlighted figures mark the lower fee, wider country coverage and wider owned-entity country coverage. Confirm availability, the local employment model and a country-specific quote before choosing.
The bottom line
What actually differs
- Mercans covers the most countries (160).
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