Sumo Medical Staffing

What Sumo Medical Staffing does

Sumo Medical Staffing is a privately held U.S. healthcare staffing agency founded in 2006 and headquartered in Draper, Utah. The firm recruits physicians (MDs and DOs) and advanced practice providers (nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and CRNAs) for both locum tenens temporary assignments and permanent placements across all 50 states. Its customer base is two-sided: healthcare facilities (hospitals, outpatient clinics, urgent care centers, and other provider organizations) seeking staffing coverage, and individual clinicians seeking career opportunities with administrative support.

The company's core platform is a web-based criteria-based job search portal at sumostaffing.com that allows candidates to filter open positions by profession, medical specialty, U.S. state, and city. Supporting the portal is a full-service recruiter model that handles contracts, multi-state credentialing and licensing, payment processing, housing, and transportation for placed providers. The firm has been a member of the National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations (NALTO) since 2015 and markets this credential as a trust signal. Marketing channels include organic SEO through the website and a blog featuring locum tenens salary guides, plus phone-based direct outreach via dedicated lines for physicians and advanced practitioners.

Sumo generates revenue on a transaction-fee basis: the agency earns placement fees on each locum tenens assignment and permanent hire it closes between a healthcare provider and a facility. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is described as 'competitive market rate,' with compensation varying by specialty, location, and assignment type. The firm operates as an independent, privately held business with no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, venture capital, or private equity ownership.

Name

Sumo Medical Staffing

Legal name

Sumo Medical Staffing

Website

https://sumostaffing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sumo Medical Staffing is a U.S. healthcare staffing agency that places physicians and advanced practice providers (NPs, PAs, CRNAs) in locum tenens and permanent roles at hospitals and clinics across all 50 states, operating a web-based job search portal backed by full-service credentialing and licensing support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing (BPACADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

National Generalist Staffing Firms (BPACACAI)

Keywords

• Medical staffing services
• Locum tenens placement
• Physician recruitment
• Permanent healthcare placement
• Advanced practice staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Draper

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Staffing Placement Services: The company earns revenue by placing physicians and advanced practice providers (nurse practitioners, physician assistants, CRNAs) in locum tenens temporary positions and permanent roles at healthcare facilities. The staffing agency matches qualified candidates with facility needs and provides ongoing support throughout the placement.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sumo Medical Staffing is a healthcare staffing agency that recruits and places physicians and advanced practice providers (NPs, PAs, CRNAs) in locum tenens temporary assignments and permanent positions at U.S. healthcare facilities. The firm matches candidates using a criteria-based system across more than 80 medical specialties and all 50 states, and provides end-to-end support including contracts, credentialing, licensing, payment processing, and travel/housing coordination.

Product overview

SUMO Medical Staffing operates as a physician and advanced practitioner recruitment platform offering two primary service lines: Locum Tenens Staffing Services for temporary/travel healthcare staffing assignments, and Permanent Placement Services for direct-hire recruitment. The company provides an online job search platform (sumostaffing.com) that functions as a criteria-based matching system enabling candidates to search positions across over 80 medical specialties in all 50 U.S. states. Supporting services include career resources, resume assistance, credentialing support, and licensing assistance. The platform serves both healthcare facilities seeking staffing and physicians/advanced practice providers (NPs, PAs, CRNAs) seeking career opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Locum Tenens Staffing Services Temporary staffing service that places physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and CRNAs in short-term locum tenens assignments at hospitals and outpatient facilities across specialties including psychiatry, anesthesiology, critical care, pediatrics, internal medicine, hospitalist, family medicine, and ER/urgent care. Includes contract, credentialing, licensing, payment, housing, and transportation support for the duration of the assignment.
• Permanent Placement Services Direct-hire recruitment service connecting healthcare facilities with physicians and advanced practice providers seeking long-term permanent positions. The agency handles candidate sourcing, matching, contracts, credentialing, licensing, and onboarding support to facilitate permanent placements.
• Online Job Search Platform Web-based job search and matching platform at sumostaffing.com where healthcare providers can search and apply for locum tenens and permanent positions, filterable by profession (Physician or Advanced Practice Provider), specialty, secondary specialty, state, and city across all 50 U.S. states.

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

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• NALTO (National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations)coreOthers · 1 January 2015SUMO Medical Staffing has been a member of NALTO (The National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations) since 2015. NALTO is a professional association for locum tenens organizations that sets industry standards and best practices. The company references NALTO membership as a way for candidates to verify agency credibility before choosing a staffing partner.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Aya Healthcare: Large healthcare staffing firm with a fast-growing locum tenens division alongside its dominant travel nursing business. Competes with SUMO for physician and APP placements, especially in hard-to-fill specialties.
• CompHealth: A leading locum tenens and permanent placement firm for physicians and advanced practice providers across nearly all specialties nationwide. Direct competitor to SUMO's core offering with a larger network and longer brand history.
• All Star Healthcare Solutions: Locum tenens and permanent placement firm for physicians and APPs across a broad specialty mix and nationwide geography. Closely comparable mid-sized peer to SUMO.
• Weatherby Healthcare: Locum tenens staffing firm placing physicians across a wide range of specialties at hospitals and clinics nationwide. Closely mirrors SUMO's locum tenens service line and target customer base.
• Hayes Locums: Boutique locum tenens firm placing physicians and advanced practitioners across multiple specialties nationwide. Highly comparable to SUMO in scale, service mix, and target customer profile.
• LocumTenens.com: Specialized physician and APP locum tenens agency operating a job-search marketplace and credentialing service comparable to SUMO's platform. Operates as a direct peer in the same niche and distribution model.

Broad incumbents

• AMN Healthcare: Public, large-scale healthcare staffing and workforce solutions provider spanning locum tenens, travel nursing, and permanent placement. Overlaps with SUMO on physician locum tenens and permanent physician search.
• Jackson Healthcare: Private healthcare staffing holding company with multiple physician, APP, and allied staffing brands. Overlaps with SUMO in physician and APP locum/permanent placement through its subsidiaries.
• CHG Healthcare: One of the largest U.S. healthcare staffing companies, with flagship locum tenens brands (CompHealth, Weatherby) plus permanent and allied staffing. Directly comparable to SUMO on locum tenens placement but at materially greater scale.

Regional players

• Kforce Inc. U.S. staffing firm with a healthcare-focused division placing physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals. Adjacent competitor overlapping with SUMO in healthcare staffing while also operating in IT and finance staffing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sumostaffing
• Facebookfacebook.com/sumostaffing
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sumo-medical-staffing

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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