Staffing Agencies · Mississippi

Cold email software for staffing agencies in Mississippi

Acqro helps staffing and temporary help agencies in Mississippi reach new clients with cold email written from research on each company. Below: verified data on the Mississippi market and a playbook for outreach that gets replies.

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How many staffing agencies are in Mississippi?

Direct answer

Mississippi had 260 establishments in NAICS 561320, temporary help services, in 2023, ranking 35th among the 50 states and DC. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Acqro gives staffing and temporary help agencies AI cold email that researches each prospect before writing, with verification and deliverability safeguards built in.

Verified data

Staffing agencies in Mississippi by the numbers

Establishments
260−5.1% vs 2022Census CBP 2023, NAICS 561320
Paid employees
24,278Census CBP 2023
Average annual pay
$29,710Census CBP 2023
Rank among states
35thof 51By establishments, CBP 2023
Share of US total
0.7%Census CBP 2023

Census does not publish a separate category for staffing and temporary help agencies; these figures use NAICS 561320, Temporary Help Services, the closest official industry. The count moved −5.1% between 2022 and 2023 in Mississippi, against −2.8% nationally, so the field is not growing faster than the national market. Average annual pay in the industry is $29,710, below the $47,550 average across all Mississippi industries, a useful proxy for how specialised and senior the workforce is.

The industry is concentrated in Hinds County, DeSoto County and Lee County, which together hold 27.7% of the state's establishments. For a firm selling into the same market, that concentration also shows where buyers already have the most vendors to choose from, and where a researched, specific first email matters most.

Where staffing agencies are based in Mississippi

Counties ranked by number of establishments.

NAICS 561320, Temporary Help Services. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. — = not published.
CountyEstablishmentsShare of stateEmployees
Hinds County259.6%998
DeSoto County249.2%1,955
Lee County238.8%2,239
Harrison County228.5%1,283
Rankin County207.7%
Madison County186.9%1,232
Jackson County135.0%908
Forrest County103.8%622

Who staffing agencies in Mississippi sell to

Common buyer industries for staffing and temporary help agencies, with the number of Mississippi establishments in each and how many have 10 to 249 employees.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. The choice of buyer industries is Acqro's editorial guidance; the counts are Census figures. — = not published.
Buyer industryEstablishments10–249 employeesEmployees
Manufacturing1,981961146,261
Warehousing and Storage21610514,689
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals9757,093
Business Support Services143372,166
Outreach playbook

How staffing agencies should run cold email in Mississippi

Staffing and temporary help agencies sell temporary, contract and temp-to-hire workers to employers facing hiring spikes or hard-to-fill roles. These are the contacts, triggers and messages that make a first email relevant rather than generic.

Who to email

  • HR director or talent acquisition lead
  • Plant or operations manager
  • Hiring managers for high-volume roles
  • Owner at smaller employers

Signals worth researching

  • A cluster of open job posts for the same role
  • Facility openings or expansion announcements
  • Seasonal demand patterns in the prospect's industry
  • Roles that have been reposted for weeks, suggesting difficulty filling them

What to say

  • Reference the exact roles they are struggling to fill
  • Speak to time-to-fill and shift coverage rather than your candidate database size
  • Offer a shortlist for one specific role as the call to action

What to avoid

  • Mass emails to every HR contact at an account
  • Claims about candidate pools you cannot verify
Questions

Cold email for staffing agencies in Mississippi, answered

How many staffing agencies are there in Mississippi?

Mississippi had 260 establishments in NAICS 561320 (Temporary Help Services) in 2023, employing 24,278 people. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023.

Where are most staffing agencies in Mississippi located?

By number of establishments in 2023, the leading counties were Hinds County (25), DeSoto County (24) and Lee County (23). Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023.

What is the best signal for staffing agency cold outreach?

Open job posts are the strongest public signal. Several postings for the same role, or roles reposted over weeks, suggest a hiring problem that a staffing partner can solve. Referencing the specific roles makes the email immediately relevant.

Should staffing agencies email HR or hiring managers?

Both can work, but hiring managers for high-volume or hard-to-fill roles often feel the pain most directly. HR and talent acquisition leads control vendor lists, so many agencies start with the hiring manager and bring HR in once there is a specific need.

Is cold email legal in the United States?

Yes. The federal CAN-SPAM Act permits commercial email to business contacts without prior consent, provided the message identifies the sender accurately, uses a truthful subject line, includes a valid physical postal address and a working opt-out, and honours opt-out requests promptly. CAN-SPAM applies in every state and preempts most state commercial email laws, except provisions aimed at falsity or deception. This is general information, not legal advice.

Sources and methodology

Every figure on this page comes from a federal statistical release and is shown with its source and reference year. Figures the agencies withhold or publish with high noise are left out rather than estimated. Page updated September 17, 2026.

  • U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022: establishments, paid employment for the pay period including March 12, annual payroll, and establishments by employment size. Industries use NAICS 2017 codes.
  • Industry definition: NAICS 561320, Temporary Help Services, used as the closest official category for staffing and temporary help agencies.

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