Personnel Placements

What Personnel Placements does

Personnel Placements, LLC (d/b/a PPL Staffing) is a privately held, full-service staffing agency founded in 1992 and headquartered in Jackson, Tennessee. The company recruits, screens, trains, and places workers for employers across Tennessee and Kentucky, spanning temporary, temp-to-permanent, direct hire, and professional placement engagements, with an additional outsourcing product line that covers payroll, HR administration, EEOC compliance, benefits, and worker's compensation. Customers range from Fortune 500 manufacturers (NSK, Precision Coils, BPI Packaging) to small local businesses, with industry mix skewed toward light industrial, manufacturing, warehousing, and clerical/administrative roles.

PPL's operational platform combines an online application portal powered by Avionte, electronic employee files, custom video orientations, and personality/cognitive assessments for candidate matching, supported by state-of-the-art in-house training facilities in Jackson and Dyersburg that provide hands-on preparation in assembly, welding, measurement, warehouse operations, and forklift operation. On-site managers are embedded at major client facilities to manage day-to-day workforce operations, screening, and compliance. The company runs 8 branch offices (7 in Tennessee plus Bowling Green, Kentucky) and sources candidates through job boards (Indeed, Career Builder), social media, community events, college visits, job fairs, and an active referral network.

The business model is transaction-fee and managed-services hybrid: employers are charged per-placement or ongoing staffing fees for recruiting and screening, while outsourcing clients pay for full back-office workforce management, including payroll pass-through. Services are free for job seekers, who submit a single application that PPL matches across multiple openings. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and the company has no outside institutional investors, no parent company, and no public funding history.

Name

Personnel Placements

Legal name

Personnel Placements, LLC

Website

https://pplstaffing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Personnel Placements is a privately held, full-service Tennessee- and Kentucky-based staffing agency founded in 1992, providing temporary, temp-to-permanent, direct hire, and managed HR/payroll outsourcing services to manufacturing, light-industrial, and clerical employers from 8 branch offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320), Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Professional Employer Organizations (561330)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Generalist Staffing Agencies (BPACACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Clerical & Customer Support Temp Staffing (BPACACAC), General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA), Construction & General Labor Staffing (BPACAEAA), Workforce Management & Scheduling Outsourcing (Non-payroll) (BPACAKAJ)

Keywords

• Staffing services
• Temporary employment
• Direct hire placement
• HR outsourcing
• Recruiting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Jackson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Employer Staffing Fees: PPL charges employers for recruiting, screening, and placing workers in temporary, temp-to-permanent, and direct hire positions. Revenue is generated on a per-placement or ongoing staffing fee basis. Services include payroll management, HR outsourcing, EEOC compliance, and training services.
2. Payroll Management Services: PPL manages payroll for placed employees, offering outsourced HR and payroll services to client companies as part of their outsourcing value proposition.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Personnel Placements is a regional staffing agency that recruits, screens, trains, and places workers for employer clients across Tennessee and Kentucky. Core offerings include temporary, temp-to-permanent, and direct hire placement spanning clerical, light industrial, warehouse, administrative, skilled manufacturing, and professional roles, complemented by HR outsourcing, payroll management, and pre-employment training services.

Product overview

Personnel Placements (PPL) operates as a full-service staffing agency offering a unified suite of employment solutions. The core offerings include temporary, temporary-to-permanent, and direct hire placement services spanning clerical, light industrial, warehouse, administrative, and professional positions. The company differentiates through integrated technology services (online applications, assessments, electronic files), comprehensive recruiting and screening capabilities (drug testing, background checks, reference verification), and in-house training facilities. PPL serves both Fortune 500 companies and local small businesses across Tennessee and Kentucky.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Temporary and Part-Time Staffing
• Temp-to-Permanent Placement
• Direct Hire and Professional Placement
• Clerical and Administrative Staffing
• HR Outsourcing Services
• Recruiting and Screening Services
• Pre-Placement Training Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 7,000 placements per year in Tennessee
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half International: Major staffing and consulting firm with placement services in administrative, office, and professional roles — overlaps with PPL's clerical and professional placement offering.
• Kelly Services: Established U.S. staffing firm offering temporary, direct hire, and outsourcing across industrial, clerical, and professional segments — directly comparable services to PPL across similar employer types.
• Adecco: Global staffing leader offering temporary staffing, permanent placement, and workforce solutions across industrial, clerical, and professional segments — competes with PPL for the same Tennessee/Kentucky manufacturing clients.
• Randstad: Global staffing and HR services leader with staffing, permanent placement, and managed service programs across industrial and administrative categories — competes for the same enterprise accounts as PPL.
• ManpowerGroup: World's largest staffing firm providing temporary, permanent, and recruitment process outsourcing across industrial and administrative categories — competes for the same employer base in the U.S. South.

Regional players

• Cornerstone Staffing Solutions: Mid-South based staffing firm providing light industrial, clerical, and professional placements with operations overlapping PPL's Tennessee and neighboring markets — similar regional generalist profile.
• Elite Staffing: Regional staffing provider focused on light industrial, warehouse, and manufacturing placements in the Mid-South and Midwest — directly comparable target customers and service model to PPL.

Direct peers

• Spherion Staffing: National generalist staffing firm providing temporary, temp-to-permanent and direct hire services across light industrial, administrative, and professional roles — directly comparable offering and target customer to PPL.
• Express Employment Professionals: Oklahoma-based generalist staffing franchise with similar mix of temp, temp-to-perm, direct hire and HR outsourcing across clerical, industrial, and professional placements — the closest direct competitor to PPL in model and customer base.
• Automation Personnel Services: Regional generalist staffing firm specializing in light industrial, manufacturing, and warehouse placements across the U.S. Southeast — closely comparable in client verticals and service mix to PPL.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pplstaffing
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/personnel-placements-llc?trk=top_nav_home
• Xx.com/pplstaffing

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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