What Performance Staffing Solutions, Inc. does

Performance Staffing Solutions, Inc. is a privately held, Certified Woman-Owned staffing and recruiting company founded in 2007 and headquartered in Charlotte, NC. The firm provides temporary, temp-to-hire (with a 480–720 hour evaluation period), and direct hire placement services to employers across North Carolina and South Carolina, spanning at least eight verticals: Distribution & Warehousing, Skilled Trades, Industrial & Manufacturing, Call Center & Customer Service, Office & Administrative, Accounting & Finance, Human Resources, and other industries. The company serves two primary segments — employers seeking workforce solutions and job seekers seeking employment — through a hybrid distribution model that combines four walk-in physical offices (South Charlotte, North Charlotte, Rock Hill SC, and Gastonia NC) with a Zenople-powered online application portal and an Employee Resources Portal for placed workers.

The company generates revenue by charging employers a markup on placed worker wages, which covers the worker's compensation plus administrative costs including payroll taxes, benefits, workers' compensation coverage, and compliance. Pricing, specific markup rates, and contract terms are not publicly disclosed and are negotiated directly with the sales team. Pre-employment screening is positioned as a speed differentiator: on-site drug screening yields immediate results and background checks are returned within 24 hours, with a 30-day guarantee offered on direct hire placements. Placed employees receive weekly pay, health and dental insurance, vacation pay, and retirement plans.

Operationally, the firm runs with 11–50 employees and is led by CEO and Co-Founder Jaime Daniell and President Kristen Little. There is no proprietary technology platform; the company operates as a traditional staffing agency with a tenured recruiter bench (70+ years combined experience) and no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, funding, parent company, or M&A activity. Its primary intangibles are a Certified Woman-Owned Business designation (held since 2007) and three Charlotte's Best Staffing Agency awards from The Charlotte Observer (2021, 2022, 2025). The firm has expanded its digital surface through the Zenople application portal and an Employee Resources Portal, but the underlying business model remains relationship-driven, regional, and relationship-mediated rather than platform-mediated.

Name

Performance Staffing Solutions, Inc.

Legal name

Performance Staffing Solutions

Website

https://performss.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Performance Staffing Solutions is a Certified Woman-Owned regional staffing agency founded in 2007 that provides temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire placement services to employers across North Carolina and South Carolina, serving industries including manufacturing, distribution, skilled trades, office, and customer service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Generalist Staffing Agencies (BPACACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Temp-to-Hire Staffing (BPACACAG), Construction & General Labor Staffing (BPACAEAA), Office & Administrative Temp Staffing (BPACACAA)

Keywords

• Temporary staffing services
• Temp-to-hire placement
• Direct hire recruiting
• Industrial staffing agency
• Workforce solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Employer Staffing Services: The company generates revenue by providing staffing and recruitment services to employers, charging a markup on employee wages. Services include sourcing, recruiting, screening, payroll management, compliance, and workers' compensation coverage. The staffing markup covers wages plus administrative costs including taxes, benefits, insurance, and operational support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Performance Staffing Solutions is a full-service staffing and recruiting agency that connects job seekers with employers through three core placement models: temporary staffing (short-term assignments with set end dates), temp-to-hire placement (workers start as temporary and convert to permanent after an evaluation period), and direct hire placement (candidates hired directly onto the client's payroll). The company serves employers across multiple industries in North Carolina and South Carolina, handling sourcing, screening, payroll, taxes, workers' compensation, and compliance administration as part of its service.

Product overview

Performance Staffing Solutions offers a unified full-service staffing platform with three core placement models (temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire), supplemented by employee self-service tools and pre-employment screening capabilities. Their services span multiple industries including Distribution & Warehousing, Skilled Trades, Industrial & Manufacturing, Call Center & Customer Service, Office & Administrative, Accounting & Finance, and Human Resources. The company operates four physical locations in the Carolinas and provides employees with weekly pay, health/dental insurance, vacation pay, and retirement plans.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Staffing & Recruiting Services Full-service staffing agency connecting job seekers with employers across multiple industries in North Carolina and South Carolina through temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire placement arrangements. Handles sourcing, screening, payroll, taxes, workers' compensation, and compliance administration.
• Temporary Staffing Short-term staffing assignments with set end dates for employers needing immediate workforce coverage across industries. Workers are employed by Performance Staffing Solutions and assigned to client worksites.
• Temp-to-Hire Placement Flexible staffing arrangement in which workers start as temporary employees and may transition to permanent roles with the client after an evaluation period of approximately 480-720 hours.
• Direct Hire Placement Permanent placement service in which candidates are hired directly onto the client's payroll from day one. Backed by a 30-day guarantee on direct hire placements.

Quantifiable outcome

• Placements often occur within days of application
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Spherion Staffing: Mid-sized generalist staffing franchise with multi-office footprint offering temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire placement. Comparable scale and full-service generalist positioning, often competing in similar secondary U.S. markets.
• Express Employment Professionals: Oklahoma-based franchised generalist staffing firm operating across multiple U.S. states with temp, temp-to-hire, and direct hire offerings. Closely mirrors Performance Staffing's multi-vertical generalist model with comparable local-office footprint and SMB employer focus.
• CornerStone Staffing: Mid-sized regional generalist staffing agency with multi-office presence and temp, temp-to-hire, and direct hire offerings. Closely analogous in scale, footprint strategy, and full-service positioning to Performance Staffing Solutions.

Emerging players

• PeopleReady: TrueBlue subsidiary focused on light industrial, construction, and general labor staffing with strong digital job-matching app (JobStack). Directly overlaps with Performance Staffing's distribution/warehouse/skilled trades verticals and competes for the same hourly worker pool.
• Insight Global: Large U.S. staffing firm with growing Charlotte presence spanning IT, professional, and light industrial verticals. Overlaps with Performance Staffing on generalist commercial placements while competing for the same skilled administrative and finance candidates.

Broad incumbents

• Kelly Services: Long-standing U.S. staffing firm with broad service lines including office, industrial, and professional staffing. Overlaps directly with Performance Staffing's generalist placement mix in the Charlotte metro and competes for the same employer RFPs.
• Randstad North America: Major global staffing provider with established Charlotte operations covering industrial, clerical, and professional placements. Competes head-to-head on multi-vertical employer contracts but operates at national scale with proprietary digital matching platforms.
• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing leader operating across industrial, office, and professional segments with active Charlotte presence. Competes on the same multi-vertical employer contracts as Performance Staffing but with national account leverage and proprietary assessment technology.
• Robert Half International: Large staffing firm specializing in office, administrative, accounting/finance, and professional placements. Directly overlaps with Performance Staffing's Office & Administrative and Accounting & Finance verticals and competes for the same Charlotte-area clerical and finance candidates.
• Adecco USA: One of the largest global staffing firms with significant Charlotte-area operations across industrial, office, and professional staffing. Competes with Performance Staffing for the same mid-market employer accounts but with vastly larger recruiter bench and enterprise-scale technology.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/charlotte_temps
• Facebookfacebook.com/performancestaffingsolutions
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/performss

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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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