5 Star Staffing

Name

5 Star Staffing

Legal name

5 Star Staffing

Website

https://staff5star.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Staffing Services

NAICS

Food Service Contractors (722310), Caterers (722320)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Event Culinary Staffing & Back-of-House Services (Chefs, Servers, Bartenders) (THAHAKAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Onsite Operations & Event Staffing Management (THAHACAL)

Keywords

• Event staffing services
• Bartending staffing
• Hospitality staffing
• Corporate event staffing
• Private event staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbus

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Event Staffing Services: 5 Star Staffing provides event-based staffing services including bartending, serving, setup, and cleanup for various events. The company charges for staffing services as outlined in client proposals. Their model is transaction-based, with pricing requested via email quote system.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

5 Star Staffing provides event staffing services including bartending, serving, setup, and cleanup for government (Columbus Recreation & Parks), corporate, and private events in Central Ohio. The company recruits and places insured, safe-service certified bartenders, servers, back-of-house staff, and chefs/cooks to support event-based and ongoing staffing needs.

Product overview

5 Star Staffing is a local, woman-owned small business celebrating 34 years of operation, providing event staffing services as a single unified offering rather than a modular platform. The company's product portfolio includes Columbus Rec. & Parks Bartender Staffing (inscribed, safe-service certified bartenders for public events), Private Event Support (full-service setup, service, and cleanup for private functions), and Corporate Staffing (on-site support for corporate events and ongoing needs). The company also recruits for four event personnel roles: Event Server, Event Bartender, Back of House, and Chef/Cook. All services are focused on delivering professional event staff for hospitality and food service operations in Central Ohio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Columbus Rec. & Parks Bartender Staffing

Quantifiable outcome

• Recommended 2-hour setup and 1-hour cleanup window to ensure successful celebrations

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Various Central Ohio Rental CompaniesminorOthers5 Star Staffing has worked with various rental companies in Central Ohio to assist clients with sourcing additional event rental items once staffing has been confirmed. This partnership provides clients with a more comprehensive event planning solution by connecting them with rental providers.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• At Work Personnel: Ohio-based staffing agency providing temporary and event staffing across multiple verticals. Directly comparable as a regional staffing provider serving Central Ohio clients with similar light-industrial and event staffing services.
• Hire Dynamics: Regional staffing firm headquartered in the Southeast/Midwest with light-industrial, hospitality, and event-adjacent staffing services. Comparable as a regional, relationship-driven staffing provider operating in similar metro markets.
• Marquee Event Staffing: National event staffing agency providing bartenders, servers, and brand ambassadors for corporate and private events. Comparable as a direct peer offering the same core event personnel services to similar client types.

Broad incumbents

• Adecco: Global generalist staffing and workforce-solutions firm that includes hospitality and event staffing among its broad portfolio. Comparable as a much larger incumbent competing for the same corporate and institutional event staffing RFPs.
• Robert Half: Large staffing and consulting firm with hospitality and event support placements through its office/support divisions. Comparable as a broad incumbent with overlapping service offerings in the staffing market.
• Express Employment Professionals: Large franchised staffing network serving small and mid-sized businesses across the U.S., including hospitality and event roles. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the same staffing category but operating at much greater scale.
• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing and workforce-solutions company with hospitality and event placement capabilities. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing in the same overall staffing market.
• Randstad: Global staffing firm with hospitality, events, and customer-service staffing offerings. Comparable as a large incumbent in the staffing industry that overlaps with 5 Star's service lines.

Emerging players

• Gigpro: Digital marketplace connecting hospitality venues and event organizers with on-demand servers, bartenders, and back-of-house staff. Comparable as an emerging player focused specifically on the same hospitality/event staffing niche 5 Star serves.
• Qwick: Hospitality staffing platform matching certified servers, bartenders, and BOH staff with events and venues on demand. Comparable as an emerging tech-enabled player in the same event/hospitality staffing category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/5starstaffing
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/5-star-staffing

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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