ADP (company) explained

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
Trade Name:ADP
Former Name:Automatic Payrolls, Inc.
Type:Public
Founded: (as Automatic Payrolls, Inc.)Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.
Founder:Henry Taub
Hq Location:Roseland, New Jersey, U.S.
Services:Human resource, payroll, tax and benefits administration tools
Revenue: (2024)
Operating Income: US$4.95 billion (2024)
Net Income: US$3.75 billion (2024)
Assets: US$54.4 billion (2024)
Equity: US$4.55 billion (2024)
Num Employees: (2024)
Footnotes:Financials .[1]

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) is an American provider of human resources management software and services, headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey.

History

In 1949, Henry Taub founded Automatic Payrolls, Inc. as a manual payroll processing business with his brother Joe Taub. Frank Lautenberg joined the brothers in the company's infancy. In 1957, Lautenberg, after successfully serving in sales and marketing, became a full-fledged partner with the two brothers. In 1961, the company changed its name to Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP), and began using punched card machines, check printing machines, and mainframe computers. ADP went public in 1961 with 300 clients, 125 employees, and revenues of approximately . The company established a subsidiary in the United Kingdom in 1965. In 1970, Lautenberg was noted as being the president of the company.[2] Also in 1970, the company's stock transitioned from trading on American Stock Exchange to trading on the New York Stock Exchange. It acquired the pioneering online computer services company Time Sharing Limited (TSL) in 1974 and Cyphernetics in 1975. Lautenberg continued in his roles as chairman and CEO until elected to the United States Senate from New Jersey in 1982.[3]

From 1985 onward, ADP's annual revenues exceeded the $1 billion mark, with paychecks processed for about 20% of the U.S. workforce. In the 1990s, ADP began acting as a professional employer organization (PEO). Around this time, the company acquired Autonom, a German company,[4] [5] and the payroll and human resource services company, GSI, headquartered in Paris.[6] In September 1998, ADP acquired UK-based Chessington Computer Centre that supplied administration services to the UK Government.[7]

Kerridge Computer Co. Ltd., a dealer management systems (DMS) provider to auto dealers, primarily in the UK, was acquired in 2006.[8] In 2007, the ADP Brokerage Service Group was spun off to form Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. In January 2017, ADP acquired The Marcus Buckingham Company (TMBC).[9]

In October 2017, ADP acquired Global Cash Card,[10] a digital payments facilitator.

In January 2018, ADP acquired WorkMarket, a New York City–based software platform company that helps businesses manage freelancers, contractors, and consultants.[11] [12] Later that same year, the company announced the acquisition of Celergo, a global payroll management service company.[13]

In 2020, ADP was ranked 227 on the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by revenue.[14] ADP has also been included on Fortune Magazine's "World's Most Admired Companies" List for 14 consecutive years[15] and has earned recognition from DiversityInc as one of the top companies for diversity and inclusion in the United States for 11 consecutive years.[16]

In 2023, ADP announced a further acquisition, for the company called Honu HR, Inc. DBA Sora (referred to as Sora).[17]

ADP has about 64,000 employees worldwide and its fiscal year 2024 revenues were $19 billion.

Divisions and spinoffs

Broadridge Financial Solutions

In 2007, the ADP Brokerage Service Group was spun off to form Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., removing about US$2 billion from ADP's total yearly revenue.[18] ADP distributed one share of Broadridge common stock for every four shares of ADP common stock held by shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 23, 2007.[19]

CDK Global, LLC

Formerly called ADP Dealer Services, CDK Global was formed October 1, 2014, and provides technology services to automotive dealerships, as well as vehicle manufacturers.[20] [21] [22] [23] In 2010, ADP acquired the automotive marketing company Cobalt.[24]

BZ Results, winner of AutoSuccess magazine's 2005 "Innovative Company of the Year" award,[25] was purchased by ADP in 2006.[26] At the time, BZ Results was valued at $125 million. On April 7, 2014, ADP laid off several Dealer Services associates in a reorganization and 3 days later announced plans to spin off the Dealer Services division as a standalone company.[27] On August 19, 2014, ADP Dealer Services announced that the name of the new company, post-spinoff, would be CDK Global (an acronym for Cobalt, Dealer Services, Kerridge).[28]

Both S&P and Moody's downgraded ADP to AA in April 2014, after the dealer services unit was spun off.[29]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: US SEC: Annual Form 10-K (2024), Automatic Data Processing, Inc.. August 7, 2024. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. August 9, 2024.
  2. News: Earnings Up 47% for Automatic Data. . October 28, 1970. The Bridgeport Post. 2018-04-07. Bridgeport, Connecticut. 62.
  3. News: Clymer . Adam . 2013-06-03 . Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey Senator in His 5th Term, Dies at 89 . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-06-06 . 0362-4331.
  4. News: Robert . Virginie . 31 August 1995 . GSI sur le point d'être rachetée par la société américaine ADP . GSI to be acquired by the American company ADP . . fr.
  5. Web site: Automatic Data Processing Inc . 21 September 1999 . Automatic Data Processing Inc: Form 10-K (Annual Report) Filed 9/21/1999 for period ending 6/30/1999 .
  6. ADP Signs Agreement to Acquire GSI. Arthur Schmidt & Associates. 2018-04-07. The Free Library.
  7. News: Ministers under fire over licence errors . https://web.archive.org/web/20130520082909/http://business.highbeam.com/411267/article-1G1-53747934/ministers-under-fire-over-licence-errors . dead. May 20, 2013 . Computer Weekly. February 4, 1999 .
  8. Web site: Paige. Michael. ADP buys UK's Kerridge for $300M. MarketWatch. 13 May 2018.
  9. Web site: ADP acquires Marcus Buckingham Company to expand talent portfolio. ADP. 17 January 2017.
  10. Web site: ADP acquires Global Cash Card. ADP. 5 October 2017.
  11. News: Deutscher . Maria . Payroll giant ADP acquires worker management startup WorkMarket . siliconANGLE . 2018-01-22 . 2018-01-23 .
  12. Web site: ADP acquires WorkMarket to further extend human capital management. ADP. 2018-01-22 .
  13. LLC . ADP . ADP Acquires Celergo, Strengthening Global Payroll Capabilities . 2023-09-21 . www.prnewswire.com . en.
  14. Web site: Automatic Data Processing 2020 Fortune 500. July 8, 2020. Fortune. en.
  15. Web site: ADP recognized on FORTUNE Magazine 2020 World's Most Admired Companies List for 14th consecutive year. Fortune. January 21, 2020 .
  16. Web site: DiversityInc's 2020 Top 50. May 6, 2020. June 25, 2020. August 16, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200816200617/https://www.diversityinc.com/the-2020-top-50-diversityinc/. dead.
  17. Web site: ADP Inc . 3 August 2023 . ADP Acquires Sora; Enhancing Seamless Integration Capabilities . 21 September 2023 . www.prnewswire.com . en.
  18. Web site: Automatic Data Processing March 2007 Current Report, Form 8-K . March 21, 2007 . EDGAR . December 26, 2012 .
  19. Web site: Automatic Data Processing April 2007 Current Report, Form 8-K . April 4, 2007 . EDGAR . December 26, 2012 .
  20. Web site: Oak. Sophie. 12 November 2020. A brief history of CDK Global. live. 6 May 2021. Automotive 30% Club. https://web.archive.org/web/20201113060804/https://www.automotive30club.co.uk/i4inetwork/a-brief-history-of-cdk-global . 2020-11-13 .
  21. Web site: 2022-04-07 . CDK Global to Be Acquired by Brookfield for $54.87 Per Share in Cash . 2023-09-21 . www.businesswire.com . en.
  22. Web site: CDK Global LLC - Company Profile and News . 2023-09-21 . Bloomberg.com . en.
  23. LLC . CDK Global . CDK Global Announces New DMS Enhancements Available through CDK IntelliDealer 3.0 . 2023-09-21 . www.prnewswire.com . en.
  24. Web site: ADP Completes Cobalt Acquisition -- Is It Nirvana? . Dealer . https://web.archive.org/web/20100820095659/http://www.dealer-magazine.com/dealer/blogs/the-dealer-scoop-with-cliff-banks/blog/adp-completes-cobalt-acquisition-is-it-nirvana/35303d4dfa.html . August 20, 2010.
  25. News: Luck . Patrick . December 2005 . AutoSuccess' Innovative Companies of the Year . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071130235113/http://www.autosuccess.biz/mag/Dec05.pdf . 2007-11-30 . 2024-06-29 . AutoSuccess . Systems Marketing, Inc. . 8-10.
  26. Web site: Cliff Banks . April 1, 2006 . ADP Bolsters Website Efforts By Buying BZ . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150930072107/http://wardsauto.com/news-amp-analysis/adp-bolsters-website-efforts-buying-bz . 2015-09-30 . 2006-12-26 . Ward's.
  27. Web site: ADP plans to spin off dealer-services business . MarketWatch.
  28. Web site: ADP Announces Post-Spin name of its Dealer Services Business. 2014-08-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20140821063050/http://www.cdkglobal.com/company/news/adp-announces-post-spin-name-its-dealer-services-business. 2014-08-21. dead.
  29. Web site: ADP Downgraded by Moody's, S&P After Spin-Off. 2014-04-10 .