About Us

Paychex was founded in 1971 by Thomas Golisano with just $3,000 and a good idea – to make payroll outsourcing easy and affordable for small businesses.

As the needs of our clients changed, we evolved into an all-in-one solution that focuses on almost every major backend component to running a business.

Paychex gradually became the number one payroll provider for small/medium businesses with over 760,000 clients. We are also the number one HR outsourcing company in the U.S. and number one 401k record keeper.