Epic Staffing Group

What Epic Staffing Group does

Epic Staffing Group is a diversified national staffing platform focused on outsourced placement of clinicians and specialists across the U.S. healthcare and life sciences sectors. Founded around 2017 and headquartered in El Segundo, California (with a contact address in Seattle), the company operates through a portfolio of specialized subsidiaries including Orbis Clinical and PharmaLogics Recruiting (life sciences), Epic Travel Staffing (travel nursing and allied health), Epic Special Education Staffing (K-12 special education and school-based therapy), Epic International Staffing (international clinician placement), Epic Physician Staffing (locum tenens), Epic Diagnostics & Imaging Services (teleradiology and imaging), Epic Cardiovascular Services (cardiovascular, perfusion, ECMO), Epic Oncology Staffing, Epic Specialty Services (government and specialty clinical), and TherapyTravelers. Service offerings span departmental outsourcing, individual outsourcing, short-term backfill, and permanent placement across clinical research facilities, hospitals, and schools.

The company generates revenue through transaction-based placement fees across contract, temporary, permanent, Functional Service Provider (FSP), and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) engagements, with pricing quoted on a custom basis tied to role specialization, contract duration, and volume. Go-to-market is sales-led, with direct enterprise engagement of hospital systems, biopharmaceutical and biotech organizations, K-12 school districts, and government entities. Epic supports operations through a wholly-owned offshore shared services affiliate in Makati, Philippines (Epic Healthcare Staffing Shared Services, formerly Cirrus Global Services) handling finance, payroll, billing, credentialing, and recruitment assistance. Epic Staffing Group is privately held and has been owned by The Pritzker Organization (TPO) since June 2022, following prior ownership by Webster Capital; the company is recognized by Staffing Industry Analysts as among the Largest Healthcare Staffing Firms in the U.S. and has appeared on the Inc. 5000 list for three consecutive years with a reported 271% three-year revenue increase.

Name

Epic Staffing Group

Legal name

Epic Staffing Group, Inc.

Website

https://epicstaffinggroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Epic Staffing Group is a privately held, diversified U.S. healthcare and life sciences staffing platform serving hospitals, biopharmaceutical companies, and K-12 schools through specialized subsidiaries providing travel nursing, allied health, physician, life sciences, and special education staffing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare and Life Sciences Staffing Services

NAICS

Offices of All Other Health Practitioners (62139), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (621340), Offices of Other Health Practitioners (6213)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing (BPACADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Life Sciences & Biotech (R&D/Clinical) Staffing (BPACADAL), Healthcare Clinical Direct Hire (Nursing/Allied/Physicians) (BPACAFAH), Manufacturing, MSAT & Operations Staffing (API/Biologics/Cell & Gene) (HLAGAOAL), Commercial, Sales & Field Medical (MSL) Staffing FSP (HLAGAOAO)

Keywords

• Healthcare staffing services
• Travel nursing staffing
• Life sciences recruiting
• Locum tenens placement
• Allied health staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Temple City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Staffing and Placement Services: Revenue generated from placing healthcare and life sciences professionals in temporary, contract, and permanent positions. Services include travel nursing, allied health staffing, locum tenens, and permanent placement across healthcare settings including hospitals, schools, and clinical research facilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Epic Staffing Group is a diversified national provider of outsourced staffing services to the biopharmaceutical and healthcare industries, placing clinicians, allied health professionals, life sciences talent, school-based therapists, and interim leaders into temporary, contract, locum tenens, and permanent roles across hospitals, K-12 schools, clinical research facilities, and life sciences organizations. Service delivery spans Departmental Outsourcing, Individual Outsourcing, Short-Term Backfill, and Permanent Placement, executed through specialized sub-brands covering travel nursing, allied health, life sciences, special education, international, physician, diagnostics, cardiovascular, and oncology staffing.

Product overview

Epic Staffing Group operates as a diversified healthcare and life sciences staffing platform with a portfolio of specialized business units. The parent company serves as the umbrella organization, while subsidiary brands including Orbis Clinical (contract/FSP life sciences staffing), PharmaLogics Recruiting (direct hire life sciences staffing), Epic Specialty Services (cardiovascular, perfusion, teleradiology, diagnostics), Epic Travel Staffing (travel nursing/allied), Epic Special Education Staffing (K-12 special education), Epic International Staffing (global workforce solutions), Epic Physician Staffing (locum tenens), and Epic Diagnostics & Imaging Services (teleradiology) operate as distinct but interconnected verticals. Additional offerings include the Epic Engage mobile app and Epic Friends referral program. The company provides staffing across Clinical Research Facilities, Hospitals, and Schools through service models including Departmental Outsourcing, Individual Outsourcing, Short-Term Backfill, and Permanent Placement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Orbis Clinical Life sciences recruiting offering deep domain expertise in placing talent in complex and niche life sciences roles, delivered through contract staffing and Functional Service Provider (FSP) engagements for biopharmaceutical and biotech organizations.
• PharmaLogics Recruiting Life sciences direct hire recruitment company offering innovative pricing models including a Small Business Platform, RPO Services, and an Anti-Fee Model, with an average 50% cost savings per hire claimed and a 94% client retention rate.
• Epic Travel Staffing Healthcare travel staffing services providing travel nursing, travel allied health, and interim executive placement across U.S. healthcare facilities, formerly operating as Emerald Health Services.
• Epic Special Education Staffing Nationwide staffing and retention solutions tailored exclusively to K-12 Special Education programs, providing clinicians and educators for school-based support including special education teachers, therapists, and behavioral health providers.
• Epic International Staffing Connects U.S. healthcare facilities with internationally trained healthcare professionals, providing full-service global recruiting, licensing, immigration, and clinical integration support.
• Epic Physician Staffing Physician and locum tenens staffing services providing on-site locum tenens coverage, streamlined credentialing, and high-touch provider support for hospitals, formerly operating as SBG Healthcare.
• Epic Diagnostics & Imaging Services Radiology workforce solutions including teleradiology, clinical alignment, 24/7 subspecialty reads, and specialized support for imaging professionals, formerly operating as Chicago Telerad.
• Epic Cardiovascular Services Specialized staffing services for cardiovascular care, including cardiac and cancer treatment staffing solutions, perfusion, ECMO, and blood management services.
• Epic Oncology Staffing Oncology staffing services placing specialized oncology clinicians and allied health professionals into healthcare facilities.
• TherapyTravelers School-based therapy and travel nurse services for K-12 schools and healthcare facilities, supported by the TT Engage mobile app for candidates.
• Epic Specialty Services Highly specialized clinical acuity division focusing on cardiovascular, perfusion, blood management, ECMO, teleradiology, diagnostics, imaging, and government services staffing.

Quantifiable outcome

• 271% revenue increase over three years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Supplemental Health Care: National travel nursing, allied health, and per diem staffing provider; competes directly with Epic Travel Staffing for hospital and healthcare-system contracts across similar geographies.
• AMN Healthcare: Largest U.S. healthcare staffing firm; competes directly with Epic across travel nursing, locum tenens, allied health, and healthcare leadership, and is the dominant benchmark for the same SIA Largest Healthcare Staffing Firms list that ranks Epic.
• Aya Healthcare: Major travel nursing and allied staffing competitor, with a heavy direct-sales model and a technology-forward platform; Epic Travel Staffing competes head-to-head with Aya in the same hospital-system RFPs.
• Cross Country Healthcare: Public diversified healthcare staffing firm operating across travel nursing, locum tenens, allied health, and clinical research staffing — a near-direct analog to Epic's multi-vertical platform strategy.
• CHG Healthcare: Privately held, large-scale healthcare staffing firm operating across travel nursing, allied, and locum tenens; competes with Epic Travel Staffing and Epic Physician Staffing for the same hospital and clinic clients.
• Jackson Healthcare: Privately held, multi-specialty healthcare staffing platform with allied health, physician, and nursing lines; highly comparable to Epic in its roll-up of specialty staffing brands under a parent company.
• Triage Staffing: Mid-sized U.S. travel healthcare staffing firm focused on nursing, allied, and laboratory professionals; comparable scale and vertical mix to Epic Travel Staffing.
• Maxim Healthcare Staffing: Diversified healthcare staffing firm with strong home health, school-based, and travel nursing offerings; directly overlaps with Epic's special education, travel, and allied health lines.

Broad incumbents

• HealthTrust Workforce Solutions: HCA-owned healthcare staffing and workforce solutions arm serving a broad hospital base; an incumbent competitor to Epic in travel nursing, allied, and locum tenens, especially within large IDN systems.
• Aerotek / Allegis Group: Largest privately held staffing firm in the U.S. with extensive healthcare and life sciences staffing practice; broad incumbent that overlaps with Epic's life sciences and allied health lines at large enterprise accounts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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