What Sunbelt Staffing does

Sunbelt Staffing is a privately held, US-focused healthcare and education staffing intermediary headquartered in Oldsmar, Florida, operating continuously for over three decades. The company places nurses, allied health professionals, therapists, and K-12 special education staff into travel and contract assignments at healthcare facilities and school districts across 40+ states. Its service model is organized into four vertical pillars: Schools (special education teachers, school psychologists, speech-language pathologists, behavior specialists, school nurses), Nursing (ICU, ER, Cath Lab, Med-Surg, OR, Telemetry, travel nursing), Allied Health (radiologic technologists, surgical techs, respiratory therapists, MRI/CT techs), and Therapy (PT, OT, SLP, and assistants).

The business runs on a traditional recruiter-assisted staffing model rather than a proprietary software platform. Candidates engage through a website job board organized by specialty and geography, a Quick Apply candidate portal, and dedicated specialty-specific recruiter support. Employer clients (hospitals, health systems, and K-12 school districts) request professionals through an employer portal and direct sales outreach. Sunbelt is Joint Commission certified and E-Verify enrolled, satisfying the compliance baseline required by healthcare procurement teams and government education clients.

Revenue is generated through two streams: contract placement fees on temporary and travel assignments (professional services), and markups on professional wages plus housing and travel stipends for travel assignments (managed services). Compensation ranges disclosed in job listings span roughly $22-$50/hour across allied and nursing roles, with benefits packages including health insurance, 401(k) matching, weekly pay, and relocation assistance. The company is privately held with no parent organization, no disclosed funding, and no M&A activity in the source materials.

Name

Sunbelt Staffing

Legal name

Sunbelt Staffing, LLC

Website

https://sunbeltstaffing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Sunbelt Staffing is a privately held US healthcare and education staffing firm headquartered in Oldsmar, Florida, placing nurses, allied health professionals, therapists, and K-12 special education staff into travel and contract roles across 40+ states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing Services

NAICS

Employment Services (5613)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing (BPACADAJ)

Keywords

• Healthcare staffing services
• Travel nursing jobs
• Allied health staffing
• School staffing services
• Therapy staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Oldsmar

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Temporary/Contract Staffing Placement: Places healthcare, therapy, and education professionals on contract assignments at healthcare facilities and school districts. Revenue generated through staffing fees charged to employer clients for contract placements.
2. Travel Healthcare Assignments: Provides travel nursing, therapy, and allied health professionals to facilities across the United States. Revenue derived from markups on professional wages plus housing and travel stipends for travel assignments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sunbelt Staffing is a healthcare, therapy, and education staffing agency that places nurses, allied health professionals, therapists, and K-12 special education staff into temporary, contract, per diem, and travel assignments at healthcare facilities and school districts across the United States. Revenue is generated through bill-rate markups and placement fees charged to employer clients for each filled assignment, with candidates receiving W-2 wages, benefits, and (for travel roles) housing and travel stipends. The company operates across four specialty verticals—Schools, Nursing, Allied Health, and Therapy—supported by dedicated recruiter teams.

Product overview

Sunbelt Staffing is a staffing services platform operating as a single unified service offering across four core verticals: Schools (education professionals), Nursing (healthcare nurses), Allied Health (imaging, respiratory, surgical technicians), and Therapy (OT, PT, SLP). The platform connects healthcare facilities and schools with qualified professionals through job boards, Quick Apply candidate portals, and employer Request Professionals services. Additional offerings include the SLP Clinical Fellowship Year Program and travel staffing assignments with tax-advantaged benefits. The service model is not a modular software platform but rather a portfolio of staffing services organized by specialty.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Schools Staffing Services Connects K-12 public and private schools and school districts with credentialed education professionals for special education, school psychology, SLP, behavior analysis (BCBA/ABA/RBT), school nursing, counseling, social work, and related roles on contract and travel bases.
• Nursing Staffing Services Provides healthcare facilities with registered nurses (RN), LPN/LVN, CNAs, and travel nurses across specialties including ER, ICU, OR, Cath Lab, CVOR, EP Lab, Interventional Radiology, Med-Surg, Telemetry, Psych, Long-Term Care, and Home Health.
• Allied Health Staffing Services Places allied health professionals such as CT and MRI technologists, radiology technologists, sonographers, echo techs, EP and Cath Lab techs, interventional radiology techs, vascular techs, radiation therapists and dosimetrists, medical physicists, surgical technologists, sterile processing technicians, respiratory therapists, and medical technologists/technicians in healthcare facilities.
• Therapy Staffing Services Offers staffing solutions for occupational therapists (OT), certified occupational therapy assistants (COTA), physical therapists (PT), physical therapist assistants (PTA), speech-language pathologists (SLP), and speech-language pathology assistants (SLPA) across clinical, school, and home health settings.
• Travel Staffing Assignments Travel assignments for nurses, allied health professionals, and therapists offering premium compensation, tax-advantaged housing and meals/incidentals stipends, travel assistance, and relocation support for placements across the United States.
• SLP Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY) Program Program supporting newly graduated speech-language pathologists during their required Clinical Fellowship Year, providing mentorship, guidance, and school-based placement opportunities to help them complete CFY requirements and begin clinical practice.
• Quick Apply Candidate Portal Self-serve online portal allowing healthcare, therapy, and education candidates to submit a single resume and indicate interest in job opportunities across the Schools, Nursing, Allied Health, and Therapy verticals, with subsequent recruiter follow-up.
• Request Professionals (Employer Services) Employer-facing service enabling healthcare facilities, school districts, and therapy providers to submit staffing requests for credentialed nurses, therapists, allied health, and education professionals, supported by dedicated account management and recruiter matching.

Quantifiable outcome

• Dedicated recruiter support for each professional throughout assignment lifecycle
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 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

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The Joint CommissioncoreOthersSunbelt Staffing is a member of The Joint Commission, which provides healthcare staffing certification and validates quality standards in staffing services. This certification is important for healthcare facilities that require Joint Commission accredited staffing partners.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Supplemental Health Care: Mid-sized private healthcare staffing firm placing nurses, allied, and therapy professionals. Directly comparable to Sunbelt in scale, vertical mix, and travel/per-diem placement model.
• Aya Healthcare: Major travel nursing and allied health staffing firm with a tech-enabled platform. Closely comparable to Sunbelt in travel nursing and therapy offerings, and increasingly competitive on candidate experience and digital sourcing.
• Medical Solutions: Leading travel nursing staffing company with similar travel assignment model and benefits package structure (housing, stipends, insurance). Closely comparable to Sunbelt's travel nursing line of business.
• Soliant Health: Specialty staffing firm focused heavily on schools and therapy (OT, PT, SLP, special education). Closely comparable to Sunbelt's Schools and Therapy verticals, with overlapping candidate pools and school district clients.
• Aureus Medical Group: Allied health and travel healthcare staffing company with similar scale and service mix. Directly comparable to Sunbelt's Allied Health and Therapy verticals, particularly imaging and respiratory.
• The Stepping Stones Group: Specialty provider of therapy and behavioral health staffing to K-12 schools, including SLPs, OTs, and school psychologists. Directly comparable to Sunbelt's Schools and Therapy verticals.
• Focus Staff: Travel nursing and allied health staffing firm with comparable travel assignment benefits and national reach. Closely comparable to Sunbelt's travel nursing business model.

Broad incumbents

• Cross Country Healthcare: Public healthcare staffing firm with nursing, allied, and physician placement across travel and permanent roles. Comparable to Sunbelt across multiple verticals with broader scale and corporate staffing programs.
• AMN Healthcare: Largest publicly traded U.S. healthcare staffing company, placing nurses, allied health professionals, and physicians. Direct overlap with Sunbelt's Nursing and Allied Health verticals, with additional scale and MSP/RPO contract capability.

Emerging players

• Vivian Health: Tech-enabled marketplace for travel healthcare staffing with transparent pay and direct application. Emerging competitor to Sunbelt's recruiter-led model, particularly among digitally native candidates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sunbeltstaffing
• Facebookfacebook.com/sunbeltstaffing
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sunbelt-staffing

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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