Founded in 1966 by Pierre Bellon in Marseilles, France, Sodexo is now the worldwide leader in Quality of Life services. For over 40 years, we have developed unique expertise, backed by nearly 419,000 employees in 80 countries across the globe.
In combining the diverse talents of our teams, Sodexo is the only company to integrate a complete offer of innovative services, based on over 100 professions. We develop, manage and deliver a unique array of On-site Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal and Home Services for all our clients to improve the Quality of Life.
Our experiences with our over 75 million customers each and every day enable us to develop Quality of Life services that reinforce the well-being of individuals, improving their effectiveness and helping companies and organisations to improve performance…every day.

At Sodexo, we believe that the best way to create real, lasting value is to make people the central focus of organisations and society as a whole. We view Quality of Life as a decisive yet largely unexplored factor governing individual and collective performance.
As such, Quality of Life is the common denominator of all our services – it is our differentiation. We are the only company in the world that offers integrated Quality of Life services to its clients through On-site Services, Benefits and Rewards Services and Personal and Home Services in 80 countries around the world.

Sodexo is the community of its clients, consumers, employees and shareholders. We recognise that the best way to respond to the expectations of all of our stakeholders is through steady growth. We also believe it is important that our work is meaningful to all who contribute to it and thus we remain faithful to our mission, our core values and the ethical principles that have guided us since 1966.

Our mission
Our values
Our ethical principles
Our history

Every day, our 419,000 employees across the world work together to:

Improve the Quality of Life of all those we serve. We strive to design On-site Services and Benefits and Rewards Services (formerly Motivation Solutions) that improve people’s wellbeing, process efficiency and infrastructure reliability and quality. We are also gradually introducing Personal & Home Services.
Contribute to the economic, social and environmental development of the cities, regions and countries where we operate. We demonstrate this commitment every day by employing tens of thousands of people locally at our sites worldwide and contributing to their fulfilment and career development.

We have also developed a blueprint for the Group’s sustainable development called the “Better Tomorrow Plan”. The plan, launched in 2009, is organised around 18 commitments that carry out on our sites, through our health and wellness and environmental protection offerings and in supporting local community development in our host countries. Read Less