Labor Solutions

What Labor Solutions does

Labor Solutions, Inc. is a privately held, full-service staffing agency headquartered in Winter Haven, Florida, founded in 1997 and operating a six-branch network across Central Florida (Winter Haven, Arcadia, Bartow, Lake Wales, Plant City, Port Charlotte). The company provides temporary staffing, temp-to-perm placement, direct placement, and employee leasing to employers across five industry verticals — Administrative, Light Industrial, Construction, Maintenance, and Agriculture — with employer-facing sales conducted through the branch office network and candidate acquisition via the mycompas.net/lab portal and the third-party Avionte job board and ATS platform.

The business model is a markup-based staffing services model: Labor Solutions recruits, screens (drug tests, background checks, skills assessments), and places workers, then bills the client employer a markup on wages while retaining employer-side responsibilities including payroll processing, workers' compensation coverage, unemployment administration, and safety training. The employee leasing variant permanently assigns workers to Labor Solutions as the employer of record, generating a managed-service fee. Pricing is quote-based and negotiated per assignment rather than tiered, and revenue streams include temporary staffing (managed service), temp-to-perm and direct placement (transaction fees), and employee leasing (managed service).

The company is founder-owned and operated; ownership rests with Baxter Troutman (Owner & President, a former Florida State Legislator with citrus-industry roots), with Mirca Mercado (Vice President) and Dena Santiago-Crutchfield (Business & Operations Development Director) as the next-generation leadership team, both promoted from within in July 2015. There are no disclosed outside investors, no funding rounds, and no M&A activity since the April 2005 acquisition of Staffing 2000. The technology stack is a third-party Avionte platform with no disclosed proprietary AI/ML, and the company supplements its branch-driven GTM with content marketing, an e-newsletter, and active organic social channels (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Vimeo).

Name

Labor Solutions

Legal name

Labor Solutions, Inc.

Website

https://laborsolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Labor Solutions is a privately held Central Florida staffing agency founded in 1997, providing temporary, temp-to-perm, direct placement, and employee leasing services to employers across administrative, light industrial, construction, maintenance, and agriculture sectors through six branch offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (56132), Temporary Help Services (561320), Professional Employer Organizations (561330)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

High-Volume / High-Turnover Temp Staffing (BPACACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Temp-to-Hire Staffing (BPACACAG), Light Industrial & Warehouse Temp Staffing (BPACACAB), Construction & General Labor Staffing (BPACAEAA), Agriculture & Seasonal Field Labor Staffing (BPACAEAJ)

Keywords

• Temporary staffing services
• Temp-to-perm placement
• Direct placement recruiting
• Employee leasing services
• Workforce staffing solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Winter Haven

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Temporary Staffing Services: Labor Solutions provides temporary workers to employers and charges a markup on the worker's wages. The company handles all employer responsibilities including payroll processing, workers' compensation coverage, and unemployment administration. Revenue is generated as a percentage markup on billable hours worked by placed temporary employees.
2. Temp-to-Perm Placement: Companies can hire temporary workers with the option to convert them to permanent employees after a trial period. This generates placement fees when candidates transition to direct hire status with the employer client.
3. Direct Placement Services: Permanent placement of candidates directly with employers, typically involving recruitment, screening, and matching services. Fees are generally contingency-based, earned only upon successful placement.
4. Employee Leasing: Similar to temporary staffing but with permanency. Workers become leased employees of Labor Solutions rather than the client company, with Labor Solutions handling all HR administration, workers' compensation claims, and statutory requirements in exchange for a managed service fee.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Labor Solutions supplies temporary, temp-to-perm, direct hire, and on-site project staffing to Central Florida employers, complemented by employee leasing in which the agency becomes the employer of record. The firm also runs recruiting, screening, drug and background checks, safety training, payroll processing, and workers' compensation administration as part of its core staffing offering.

Product overview

Labor Solutions is a staffing services company that operates as a single unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core offering consists of Staffing Solutions (temporary workers, temp-to-perm, direct placement, and project-based staffing) paired with Employee Leasing services. Supporting services include Recruiting & Screening (24/7 recruiting, interviewing, background checks, drug screens, skills assessment), Safety Training & Programs (site inspections, safety equipment, training), Payroll & Administrative Services (payroll processing, workers' comp coverage, unemployment handling), and the Working Advantage Discount Program (employee discount benefits). The company serves employers across multiple industry verticals including Administrative, Light Industrial, Construction, Maintenance, and Agriculture sectors across Central Florida.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AtWork Group: Franchised staffing provider operating across administrative, industrial, and skilled trades verticals through local offices, with a similar multi-vertical, multi-branch commercial model.
• Express Employment Professionals: One of the largest U.S. staffing franchises, providing temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct placement across administrative, light industrial, commercial, and broader verticals via a decentralized branch model — the closest structural analog to Labor Solutions' regional, multi-vertical, branch-driven approach.
• Labor Finders: Specializes in light industrial, construction, and general labor staffing with same-day dispatch capability across the Southeast U.S. — directly comparable to Labor Solutions' light industrial and construction verticals and 24/7, same-day positioning.
• Cornerstone Staffing Solutions: Mid-sized regional staffing firm providing temporary, temp-to-hire, direct hire, and payroll services across administrative, light industrial, and skilled trades — comparable in size, structure, and service portfolio.
• PrideStaff: Mid-market staffing franchise operating across administrative, industrial, and skilled trades verticals through local branch offices. Closely mirrors Labor Solutions' multi-vertical, branch-based generalist model and target customer size.
• AppleOne Employment Services: Privately held generalist staffing firm offering temporary, temp-to-hire, direct placement, and payroll/HR services across administrative, industrial, and professional verticals through a U.S. branch network.
• Snelling Staffing Services: Franchised generalist staffing agency providing temporary, temp-to-perm, direct hire, and payroll/HR services through regional offices — directly comparable to Labor Solutions' service mix and branch-led delivery.

Broad incumbents

• PeopleReady (TrueBlue): TrueBlue subsidiary specializing in light industrial, construction, hospitality, and on-demand staffing with a national footprint and digital dispatch. Comparable to Labor Solutions' light industrial and construction verticals but at much larger scale.
• Aerotek: Subsidiary of Allegis Group placing skilled industrial, technical, and professional staff nationally. Overlaps with Labor Solutions' light industrial and skilled construction verticals but operates at significantly larger scale and broader scope.
• Robert Half International: Large publicly traded staffing firm with broad administrative, office, finance, and professional placement services. Overlaps with Labor Solutions' administrative and direct placement offerings but skews toward professional rather than industrial/light-industrial verticals.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/LaborSolutions1
• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?v=5RmIYBHv83Q
• Facebookfacebook.com/likelaborsolutions
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/labor-solutions-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 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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