Tracked deals
10
10 tracked deals across 2018-2026.
Staffing & HR Buyers & Acquisitions in Michigan
Buyer mix
Mixed buyer set
7 strategic · 3 pe
Top trend
Volume peaked in 2023
2 tracked deals announced in 2023.
Buyer Snapshot
Top Buyers
Illustrative buyers pulled from tracked transactions on this page. This table is capped and intentionally non-exhaustive.
| Buyer | # Deals | Focus | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| America's Back Office | 1 | Michigan-based professional employer organization (PEO) p... | Strategic |
| CapStone Holdings, Inc. | 1 | Family office-structured holding company providing strate... | Family Office |
| Epitec | 1 | Black-owned staffing and IT/government services firm expa... | Strategic |
| Iron Creek Partners LLC | 1 | Sector-focused private investment firm investing in softw... | PE |
| Main Street Capital Corporation | 1 | Publicly traded principal investment firm/BDC providing l... | PE |
| PRO Unlimited | 1 | Integrated workforce management (IWM) platform provider o... | Strategic |
| Public Pension Capital | 1 | New York-based private equity firm investing in Business ... | PE |
| Sena Info Technologies | 1 | IT consulting and staffing company providing technology s... | Strategic |
| Technosoft Corp. | 1 | Provider of IT digital transformation services and IT con... | Strategic |
| The Liberty Group | 1 | Provides specialty temporary staffing, executive search, ... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
Acquisition Volume in Staffing & HR in Michigan by Year
Last 7 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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- Buyer
- Epitec
- Target
- TalentBurst (IT and government services divisions)
- Seller
- TalentBurst
- Industry
- Staffing & HR
- Location
- Michigan, United States
- Type
- Divestiture
Epitec, a black-owned staffing and IT/government services company, acquired the information technology and government services divisions of TalentBurst. The deal closed on June 1 and the acquired businesses adopted the Epitec brand.
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- Buyer
- Sena Info Technologies
- Target
- Pathway Staffing
- Industry
- Staffing & HR
- Location
- Michigan, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Grand Rapids-based Sena Info Technologies made a strategic minority investment in Pathway Staffing, a purpose-driven talent acquisition start-up led by Shane Gianino. The partnership will leverage Sena Info's IT and staffing expertise to help Pathway Staffing scale its recruiting services, expand geographically across the Midwest and United States, and advance its community-focused hiring initiatives.
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- Buyer
- The Liberty Group
- Target
- Full House Marketing, Inc. (Michigan staffing division)
- Seller
- Full House Marketing, Inc.
- Industry
- Staffing & HR
- Location
- Michigan, United States
- Type
- Addon
The Liberty Group, a Halifax-backed provider of multifamily staffing solutions, has acquired the multifamily-focused temporary staffing and direct-hire placement services division of Full House Marketing, Inc. (Michigan). The deal (terms undisclosed) brings Full House Michigan’s staffing team and operations into Liberty’s brand to expand the buyer’s geographic footprint into Detroit and the broader Michigan market.
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January 18, 2023
- Buyer
- Public Pension Capital
- Target
- Edustaff, LLC
- Industry
- Staffing & HR
- Location
- Michigan, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Public Pension Capital (PPC) has made a strategic minority investment in Edustaff, a Grand Rapids-based provider of substitute, paraprofessional and support staffing services to K-12 school districts and community colleges. PPC's capital will support Edustaff's investments in service capabilities, sales and marketing, and technology to accelerate geographic expansion across the U.S.; Edustaff's management will remain in place.
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March 29, 2022
- Buyer
- PRO Unlimited
- Target
- Geometric Results, Inc. (GRI)
- Seller
- MSX International, Funds managed by Bain Capital Private Equity Europe
- Industry
- Staffing & HR
- Location
- Michigan, United States
- Type
- Buyout
PRO Unlimited, a global integrated workforce management platform, will acquire Geometric Results, Inc. (GRI), an independent Managed Services Provider currently owned by MSX International and funds managed by Bain Capital Private Equity Europe. The acquisition adds GRI's MSP capabilities, global presence (including the UK and India) and client relationships to PRO's IWM platform to expand services for Fortune 1000 and mid-market customers.
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December 3, 2021
- Buyer
- Iron Creek Partners LLC, Main Street Capital Corporation
- Target
- Credential Check Corporation
- Industry
- Staffing & HR
- Location
- Michigan, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Iron Creek Partners led an investment alongside Main Street Capital Corporation to provide growth capital to Credential Check Corporation, a Troy, Michigan–based provider of employment background screening and drug testing services. The transaction closed in August 2021; financial terms were not disclosed.
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March 11, 2021
- Buyer
- CapStone Holdings, Inc.
- Target
- The United Green
- Industry
- Staffing & HR
- Location
- Michigan, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
CapStone Holdings, a family-office structured investor, made a $2.0 million strategic investment in The United Green, a Michigan-based national staffing agency serving the legal cannabis and hemp industries. The capital will support United Green’s operational expansion into additional U.S. states as cultivation and retail activity scales, enabling more contract and direct-hire staffing across cultivation, processing, testing, transport and retail operations.
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January 14, 2019
- Buyer
- Trustpoint.One
- Target
- Kelly Legal Managed Services (KLMS)
- Seller
- Kelly Services, Inc.
- Industry
- Staffing & HR
- Location
- Michigan, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Trustpoint.One, an Atlanta-based eDiscovery and legal solutions provider, acquired Kelly Legal Managed Services (KLMS) from the Kelly Services family of businesses. The acquisition expands Trustpoint.One's legal staffing, managed review and legal solutions capabilities and broadens its footprint in the legal talent and managed services market.
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February 19, 2018
- Buyer
- Technosoft Corp.
- Target
- Rumba Solutions, LLC
- Industry
- Staffing & HR
- Location
- Michigan, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Technosoft Corp., a Southfield, Michigan-based IT digital transformation and staffing provider, has acquired Rumba Solutions, LLC, an IT services and staffing firm based in Farmington Hills, Michigan. The acquisition strengthens Technosoft’s ability to deliver in-demand IT skills (including Salesforce and data science) and brings Rumba’s employees and customer relationships into Technosoft’s enterprise delivery organization.
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February 6, 2018
- Buyer
- America's Back Office
- Target
- Employees Only, Inc.
- Seller
- Employees Only, Inc., Mario Apruzzese (CEO & Founder)
- Industry
- Staffing & HR
- Location
- Michigan, United States
- Type
- Buyout
America's Back Office (ABO), a Sterling Heights, Michigan-based professional employer organization, has acquired Employees Only, Inc., an HR outsourcing and PEO firm based in Rochester, Michigan. Brown Gibbons Lang & Company served as exclusive financial advisor to Employees Only; terms were not disclosed — the deal creates one of the largest PEOs based in Michigan through an in-market consolidation of capabilities and client bases.
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