Indeed, Inc.

Indeed, Inc. — Indeed, Inc. is the American operating subsidiary of Tokyo-based Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (TSE: 6098). Founded in November 2004, it was acquired by Recruit in October 2012 and operates as an independent subsidiary within Recruit's HR Technology segment. Indeed's principal offices are in Austin, Texas and Stamford, Connecticut, with operations in more than 60 countries. It is not separately publicly traded; Recruit holds 100% ownership. Recruit's HR Technology segment (Indeed plus Glassdoor, which was folded into Indeed in 2025) employed roughly 11,900 people as of March 31, 2025, and reported segment revenue of about ¥1.45 trillion (~$9.7 billion) for FY2026 ended March 2026. Indeed's own financials are not broken out.

Products / services. Indeed operates the world's largest job-listing search platform, aggregating job postings and connecting job seekers with employers. Offerings include free and paid ("Sponsored") job ads, the Indeed Hiring Platform and Smart Screening tools for employers, resume/profile and career-search tools for job seekers, and Indeed PLUS, a job-distribution network used in Japan. Revenue comes from employer job advertising on performance/subscription models. It is unambiguously an operating company, not a shell licensor.

Patent-litigation posture. One tracked case, and it is purely defensive: Indeed appears as defendant in 1 case and as plaintiff in 0. This is the classic profile of an operating company being attacked, not a patent assertor. The sole tracked suit was filed in the Western District of Texas (1:24-cv-01254), a venue that has drawn NPE filings alongside the Eastern District of Texas where Flexiworld has filed other actions.

Notable case / context. Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. v. Indeed, Inc. (W.D. Tex.) is the only tracked matter. Flexiworld is characterized as a non-practicing entity by Unified Patents, which in May 2025 filed an ex parte reexamination against Flexiworld's U.S. Patent RE48,066 — an internet-based transactional/data-mining patent asserted against Indeed. Stanford's NPE Litigation Database categorizes Flexiworld as a "failed startup" that now asserts patents it acquired or retained. No merits determination in the Indeed matter is reflected in the available sources.