Maine Staffing Group

What Maine Staffing Group does

Maine Staffing Group, operating as Project Staffing, is a private staffing and recruiting company founded in 1994 and headquartered in Brunswick, Maine. The firm provides temporary staffing, temp-to-hire, direct-hire recruiting, and customized workforce solutions to small and mid-sized employers across northern New England (Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont), with stated specialty verticals in light industrial, manufacturing, medical, and general staffing. Customer engagement is relationship-based and consultative, supported by a website request form and a self-serve job board at jobs.projectstaffingllc.com.

The underlying technology stack is intentionally lean: the firm operates on the third-party Avionte/MyAvionte applicant tracking and front-office platform (with employee/employer login at mainestaff.myavionte.com) and does not disclose any proprietary AI/ML, data assets, or differentiated matching algorithms. A related sub-brand, Project Flagging, is maintained at projectflagging.com, indicating an adjacent service line outside the core staffing offering.

The business model combines three revenue streams: (1) temporary staffing services billed at an hourly markup on placed workers (with payroll, benefits administration, and workers' compensation handled in-house), (2) temp-to-hire conversion fees when a trial placement transitions to permanent employment, and (3) direct-hire placement fees, typically structured as a percentage of the placed candidate's first-year salary. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, and the firm reports 1-10 employees with no public funding, M&A, or ownership disclosures.

Name

Maine Staffing Group

Legal name

Project Staffing, LLC

Website

https://mainestaff.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Maine Staffing Group (DBA Project Staffing) is a Brunswick, Maine-based staffing agency founded in 1994 that provides temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct-hire workforce solutions to small and mid-sized employers across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, with specialty practices in light industrial, manufacturing, medical, and general staffing.

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)

Keywords

• Temporary staffing services
• Temp-to-hire recruiting
• Direct hire placement
• Light industrial staffing
• Manufacturing workforce solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Brunswick

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, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Temporary Staffing Services: Placement of temporary workers with employers; company handles payroll, benefits administration, and workers' compensation. Revenue earned through hourly markup/rate differential on temporary workers supplied to client companies.
2. Direct Hire Placement: Vetted candidate placement for permanent positions. One-time contingency or retained search fee upon successful placement, typically calculated as a percentage of the placed candidate's first-year salary.
3. Temp-to-Hire: Trial period arrangement where employer evaluates a temporary worker before making a permanent hire commitment. Transition to direct hire typically triggers a conversion fee.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Maine Staffing Group (operating as Project Staffing) is a regional staffing agency that supplies temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire workers to employers across northern New England. The firm recruits, vets, and places candidates in light industrial, manufacturing, medical, and general clerical roles, while handling payroll, benefits, and workers' compensation for placed temporary workers.

Product overview

Project Staffing offers a unified staffing service platform organized around four core service lines—Temporary Staffing, Temp-to-Hire, Direct Hire Recruiting, and Customized Solutions—supplemented by four specialty vertical practices (Light Industrial, Manufacturing, Medical, and General Staffing). These services are delivered through a combination of relationship-based recruitment and a self-service job search portal (jobs.projectstaffingllc.com), and are anchored by a proprietary applicant tracking system (MyAvionte). Serving Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont for more than 30 years, the company focuses on accurate candidate-employer matching across light industrial, manufacturing, medical, and general workforce needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Project Flagging: A related brand/division mentioned on the company website.

Products and services

• Temporary Staffing
• Temp-to-Hire
• Direct Hire Recruiting
• Customized Workforce Solutions
• Light Industrial Staffing
• Manufacturing Staffing
• Medical Staffing
• General Staffing
• Job Search Platform

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• HW Staffing Solutions: Regional staffing firm headquartered in the Northeast U.S. with a generalist/temp-to-hire model similar to Project Staffing, competing for the same SMB and mid-market employer accounts in light industrial, manufacturing, and clerical roles.
• Express Employment Professionals: Franchised generalist staffing agency placing temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct-hire workers across light industrial, office, and professional roles — directly comparable business model and customer segment to Project Staffing.
• PeopleReady (TrueBlue): Specializes in light-industrial and skilled trades temporary staffing with a branch-based local presence, overlapping with Project Staffing's light industrial and manufacturing verticals and temp-driven revenue mix.
• Snelling Staffing Services: Franchised regional generalist staffing firm offering temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire placements across clerical, light industrial, and professional roles — closely mirrors Project Staffing's service mix.
• AtWork Group: Regional generalist staffing franchise serving light industrial, administrative, and professional placements via a branch network — comparable customer profile and service offering to Project Staffing.
• Labor Finders International: Light-industrial and general labor temporary staffing franchise with branch-based regional coverage, directly comparable to Project Staffing's blue-collar temp staffing focus.

Broad incumbents

• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing leader offering temporary, permanent, and managed services across all major verticals — broader portfolio than Project Staffing but competes for the same employer customers in northern New England.
• Adecco Group: One of the world's largest staffing firms with broad temp and perm placement services including light industrial and office — overlaps with Project Staffing's core verticals but operates at vastly greater scale and geographic scope.
• Robert Half International: Major staffing firm placing temporary and permanent office, finance, and administrative talent — competes with Project Staffing's general staffing vertical from a much larger platform with proprietary matching technology.
• Kelly Services: Large diversified staffing provider with temp, temp-to-hire, and direct placement across industrial, office, and professional segments — competes with Project Staffing in light industrial and general staffing categories.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mestaffinggroup
• Facebookfacebook.com/MaineStaffing
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/menhstaffinggroup

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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