The following is a list of gig economy companies. The list includes only companies that have been noted by sources as being former or current gig economy companies.
Background The Congressional Research Service defines the "gig economy" as: the collection of markets that match providers to consumers on a gig (or job) basis in support of on-demand commerce. In the basic model, gig workers enter into formal agreements with on-demand companies to provide services to company's clients. Prospective clients request services through an Internet-based technological platform or smartphone application that allows them to search for providers or to specify jobs. Providers (gig workers) engaged by the on-demand company provide the requested service and are compensated for the jobs.
In 2019, Queensland University of Technology published a report stating 7% of Australians participate in the gig economy. 10% of the American workforce participated in the gig economy in 2018. According to a 2019 Bank of Canada report, 18% of Canadians worked in the gig economy for non-recreational reasons. Around 2018, 15% of China's workforce, representing over 110 million people, was involved in the gig economy. In 2019, the World Bank estimated that globally, fewer than 0.5% of people in the "active labor force" take part in the gig economy.
List of gig economy companies Accommodation Company Based in DescriptionAirbnbUnited StatesAn online home rental serviceCouchSurfingUnited StatesAn online home rental serviceFlipKeyUnited StatesAn online home rental marketplacePeerspaceUnited StatesAn online hourly venue rental serviceOnefinestayUnited KingdomAn online rental serviceVrbo/HomeAwayUnited StatesAn online home rental service. In July 2020, HomeAway was merged with Vrbo.XiaozhuChinaAn online short-term home and apartment rental platform
Caregiving Company Based in DescriptionCare.comUnited StatesAn online platform for hiring caregiversSittercity.comUnited StatesAn online platform for hiring caregiversSootheUnited StatesAn online massage service providerUrbanSitterUnited StatesAn online babysitter company
Delivery + Company Based in DescriptionAmazon FlexUnited StatesAn online delivery serviceCargomaticUnited StatesAn online delivery platform that connects drivers with customersCitySprintUnited KingdomA courier serviceDelivUnited StatesAn online delivery serviceDPDgroupFranceAn online parcel delivery serviceDunzoIndiaAn online delivery serviceeCourierUnited KingdomA courier serviceekartIndiaA courier serviceGoPuffUnited StatesA convenience store delivery serviceHermes GroupGermanyAn online delivery companyLalamoveHong KongAn online delivery serviceRappiColombiaAn online delivery serviceRoadieUnited StatesOnline deliveryShiptUnited StatesAn online delivery serviceShypUnited StatesWas a courier service company. Now dissolved.UK MailUnited KingdomAn online parcel delivery serviceYodelUnited KingdomAn online parcel delivery service
Grocery Company Based in DescriptionFarmdropUnited KingdomAn online grocer with food sourced from local farmersBigBasketIndiaAn online grocery delivery serviceBlinkitIndiaAn online grocery delivery serviceThe Food AssemblyFranceAn online farmers' markethonestbeeSingaporeWas an online grocery and food delivery service. Now dissolved.InstacartUnited StatesAn Internet-based grocery delivery serviceZeptoIndiaAn online grocery delivery service
Food Company Based in DescriptionDeliverooUnited KingdomAn online food delivery companyDoorDashUnited StatesOnline food deliveryDelivery HeroGermanyOnline food deliveryDrizlyUnited StatesAn alcohol delivery serviceEatStreetUnited StatesAn online food ordering serviceEle.meChinaAn online food delivery serviceFavor DeliveryUnited StatesAn online food delivery serviceFoodoraGermanyAn online food delivery serviceFoodpandaGermanyAn online food delivery platformGlovoSpainAn online food delivery serviceGrubhubUnited StatesOnline food deliveryiFoodBrazilAn online food delivery serviceJust EatUnited KingdomOnline takeaway food deliveryJust Eat TakeawayNetherlandsOnline food deliveryMenulogAustraliaOnline food deliveryMuncheryUnited StatesWas an online food delivery serviceOrderUpUnited StatesWas an online food delivery service PedidosYa Uruguay An online food delivery and quick-commerce platformPostmatesUnited StatesDelivers restaurant-prepared meals and other goodsSeamlessUnited StatesAn online food delivery service. Now a subsidiary of GrubhubSkipTheDishesCanadaAn online restaurant ordering and food delivery companySwiggyIndiaAn online food delivery platformUber EatsUnited StatesAn online food delivery platformWoltFinlandOnline food deliveryZomatoIndiaAn online food delivery platform
Education Company Based in DescriptionitalkiUnited StatesAn online language learning platformVIPKidChinaAn online platform for Chinese students to receive lessons from fluent English-speaking teachers
Knowledge Work (Freelancing platforms) Company Based in Description Appen Australia A data-annotation and artificial-intelligence training-data platform using online crowdworkFiverrIsraelAn online freelancing platformAirtaskerAustraliaAn online marketplace for outsourcing tasksAmazon Mechanical TurkUnited StatesAn online crowdsourcing website for performing tasksTolokaUnited StatesAn online crowdsourcing website for performing tasksFigure Eight Inc.United StatesAn online work platform to complete tasksFreelancer.comAustraliaAn online freelancing platformUpworkUnited StatesAn online freelancing platformUsemePolandAn online freelancing platform for project settlements, contracts, and invoicingPeoplePerHourUnited KingdomAn online freelancing platform Scale AI United States An artificial-intelligence data-annotation company whose Remotasks and Outlier platforms use gig workersToptalUnited StatesAn online freelancing platformHello AlfredUnited StatesAn online platform for completing tasksInnoCentiveUnited StatesAn online platform where problem solvers can receive monetary rewards from organizations
Business and technical services Company Based in DescriptionFiverrIsraelAn online freelancing platformAndelaUnited StatesAn online platform for training software programmers in Africa and connecting them with clientsCatalantUnited StatesA matchmaking platform for office work. Was formerly known as HourlyNerdExpert360AustraliaAn online platform for matching independent business consultants with clients Field AgentUnited StatesA platform for retailers to request in-store information from usersField NationUnited StatesAn online marketplace that matches IT and other freelancers with corporate clientsGigsterUnited StatesAn online platform to complete software projectsLiveopsUnited StatesAn online platform offering call center servicesKaggleUnited StatesAn online platform for data science competitionsManaged by QUnited StatesAn online office management platform companyPeoplePerHourUnited KingdomAn online freelancing platformShiftgigUnited StatesAn online staffing firmToptalUnited StatesAn online freelancing platformUpworkUnited StatesAn online freelancing platformWorkMarketUnited StatesOnline platform for businesses to contract technical contracting
Creative services Company Based in DescriptionFiverrIsraelAn online marketplace for freelance services99designsAustraliaAn online platform to connect graphic designers and clientsCrowdspringUnited StatesAn online platform for creative servicesTongalUnited StatesAn online platform that connects businesses in need of creative work with writers and directors
Home services Company Based in DescriptionAskforTaskCanadaAn online marketplace where people can outsource their daily tasksBellhopsUnited StatesAn online moving serviceGreenPalUnited StatesAn online landscaping network companyHandyUnited StatesAn online home services companyHelplingUnited KingdomAn online platform for cleaning servicesHomeAdvisorUnited StatesAn online platform that connects homeowners to contractorsHomejoyUnited StatesWas an online maid company. Now closedPimlico PlumbersUnited KingdomA plumbing firmPorchUnited StatesAn online platform that connects homeowners to home improvement contractorsRover.comUnited StatesAn online dog-walking serviceSudShareUnited StatesAn online laundry serviceTaskRabbitUnited StatesAn on-demand freelance labor serviceThumbtackUnited StatesAn online platform that connects people to professionalsWagUnited StatesAn online dog-walking serviceYourMechanicUnited StatesAn online platform that connects car owners with mechanicsUrban CompanyIndiaAn online home services company
Health services Company Based in DescriptionNomad HealthUnited StatesAn online platform that joins freelance physicians and nurses with hospitalsPagerUnited StatesAn online platform that connects healthcare providers and patientsTalkspaceUnited StatesAn online platform to connect to therapistsChunyuChinaAn online platform for medical information
Legal services Company Based in DescriptionLegalZoomUnited StatesAn online platform that connects consumers with lawyersRocket LawyerUnited StatesUnited KingdomAn online platform that connects consumers with lawyersUpCounselUnited StatesAn online marketplace for legal services
Retail Company Based in DescriptionCarousellSingaporeAn online marketplace for selling goodsEtsyUnited StatesAn online marketplace for handmade goodsLazada GroupSingaporeAn online marketplace for selling goodsMeituan-DianpingChinaAn online food delivery, consumer products and retail service
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