Florida Employment Agency
Licensing requirements for Florida employment, staffing and talent agencies.
This page provides an overview of employment services licensing in Florida for individuals and agencies. You will find state requirements, application fees, filing instructions, and more. For assistance with licensing, please contact us to learn about our software and managed license services.
Companies that provide employment services in Florida must apply for a license prior to doing business. Depending on the services offered, businesses may need to apply for more than one license type, and in some cases, an individual license will be required as well.
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Florida Employment and Business Support Services Company Licenses
Florida Commercial Telephone Seller Business License
Agency: | Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Division of Consumer Services |
Bond Requirements: | $50,000 |
Initial Registration
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Filing Method: | Mail or online. |
Agency Fee: | $1,500 |
Registration Renewal
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Filing Method: | Mail or online. |
Agency Fee: | $1,500 |
Due: | Annually by the registration anniversary date. |
Florida De Minimis Employee Leasing Company Group Leader Registration
Initial Registration
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Filing Method: | Mail or online. |
Agency Fee: | $500 |
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Registration Renewal
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Agency Fee: | $500 |
Due: | Annually by the registration anniversary date. |
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Supplemental Reporting
Quarterly Report
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Agency Fee: | $0 |
Due: | Within 75 days of the end of each quarter. |
Notes: | The first and third quarterly reports shall include a balance sheet and income statement demonstrating that the employee leasing company has adequate reserves to pay, when due, all payroll and payroll-related taxes, workers' compensation and health related premiums, and amounts due under any plan or self-insurance. A copy of the company's workers' compensation certificate of insurance in effect for the applicable quarter shall be submitted. |
Florida De Minimis Employee Leasing Company Group Member Registration
Initial Registration
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Filing Method: | Mail or online. |
Agency Fee: | $500 |
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Registration Renewal
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Agency Fee: | $500 |
Due: | Annually by the registration anniversary date. |
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Supplemental Reporting
Quarterly Report
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Agency Fee: | $0 |
Due: | Within 75 days of the end of each quarter. |
Notes: | The first and third quarterly reports shall include a balance sheet and income statement demonstrating that the employee leasing company has adequate reserves to pay, when due, all payroll and payroll-related taxes, workers' compensation and health related premiums, and amounts due under any plan or self-insurance. A copy of the company's workers' compensation certificate of insurance in effect for the applicable quarter shall be submitted. |
Florida De Minimis Employee Leasing Company Registration
Initial Registration
Form: | Form # DBPR ELC 4 - Application for Registration as a De Minimis Employee Leasing Company |
Filing Method: | File by mail or online. |
Agency Fee: | $250 |
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Registration Renewal
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Agency Fee: | $250 |
Due: | Annually by the registration anniversary date. |
Notes: | Companies with a de minimis registration may need to call the board to request for the renewal process to begin before filing online. |
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Supplemental Reporting
Quarterly Report
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Agency Fee: | $0 |
Due: | Within 75 days of the end of each quarter. |
Law: | FL Admin Code § 61G7-10.001 |
Notes: | The first and third quarterly reports shall include a balance sheet and income statement demonstrating that the employee leasing company has adequate reserves to pay, when due, all payroll and payroll-related taxes, workers' compensation and health related premiums, and amounts due under any plan or self-insurance. A copy of the company's workers' compensation certificate of insurance in effect for the applicable quarter shall be submitted. |
Florida Employee Leasing Company Group License
Initial Registration
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Filing Method: | Mail or online. |
Agency Fee: | $250 application fee + license fee of $1,500 if applying during the first year of the biennial license period or $750 if applying during the second year of the biennial license period. |
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Registration Renewal
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Agency Fee: | $1,500 |
Due: | By April 30 of even-numbered years. |
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Financial Reporting
Agency Fee: | $0 |
Due: | Within 120 after the close of the entity's fiscal year. |
Law: | FL Admin Code § 61G7-10.0011 |
Notes: | Each employee leasing company shall submit, not later than 120 days after their fiscal year end, a copy of their current fiscal year end financial statements, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, which shall include statement of income and retained earnings, balance sheet, statement of changes in financial position (cash flows), and applicable footnotes. |
Supplemental Reporting
Quarterly Report
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Agency Fee: | $0 |
Due: | Within 75 days of the end of each quarter. |
Notes: | The first and third quarterly reports shall include a balance sheet and income statement demonstrating that the employee leasing company has adequate reserves to pay, when due, all payroll and payroll-related taxes, workers' compensation and health related premiums, and amounts due under any plan or self-insurance. A copy of the company's workers' compensation certificate of insurance in effect for the applicable quarter shall be submitted. |
Florida Employee Leasing Company Group Member License
Initial Registration
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Filing Method: | Mail or online. |
Agency Fee: | $250 application fee + license fee of $1,500 if applying during the first year of the biennial license period or $750 if applying during the second year of the biennial license period. |
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Registration Renewal
Filing Method: | |
Agency Fee: | $1,500 |
Due: | By April 30 of even-numbered years. |
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Financial Reporting
Agency Fee: | $0 |
Due: | Within 120 after the close of the entity's fiscal year. |
Law: | FL Admin Code § 61G7-10.0011 |
Notes: | Each employee leasing company shall submit, not later than 120 days after their fiscal year end, a copy of their current fiscal year end financial statements, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, which shall include statement of income and retained earnings, balance sheet, statement of changes in financial position (cash flows), and applicable footnotes. |
Supplemental Reporting
Quarterly Report
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Agency Fee: | $0 |
Due: | Within 75 days of the end of each quarter. |
Notes: | The first and third quarterly reports shall include a balance sheet and income statement demonstrating that the employee leasing company has adequate reserves to pay, when due, all payroll and payroll-related taxes, workers' compensation and health related premiums, and amounts due under any plan or self-insurance. A copy of the company's workers' compensation certificate of insurance in effect for the applicable quarter shall be submitted. |
Florida Employee Leasing Company License
Initial Registration
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Filing Method: | Mail or online. |
Agency Fee: | $250 application fee + license fee of $900 if applying during the first year of the biennial license period or $450 if applying during the second year of the biennial license period. |
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Registration Renewal
Filing Method: | |
Agency Fee: | $900 |
Due: | By April 30 of even-numbered years. |
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Financial Reporting
Agency Fee: | $0 |
Due: | Within 120 after the close of the entity's fiscal year. |
Law: | FL Admin Code § 61G7-10.0011 |
Notes: | Each employee leasing company shall submit, not later than 120 days after their fiscal year end, a copy of their current fiscal year end financial statements, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, which shall include statement of income and retained earnings, balance sheet, statement of changes in financial position (cash flows), and applicable footnotes. |
Supplemental Reporting
Quarterly Report
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Agency Fee: | $0 |
Due: | Within 75 days of the end of each quarter. |
Notes: | The first and third quarterly reports shall include a balance sheet and income statement demonstrating that the employee leasing company has adequate reserves to pay, when due, all payroll and payroll-related taxes, workers' compensation and health related premiums, and amounts due under any plan or self-insurance. A copy of the company's workers' compensation certificate of insurance in effect for the applicable quarter shall be submitted. |
Florida Employment Agency License
Not required
Employment Agency licensure is not required on the State level in Florida.
Florida Florida Health Care Services Pool License
Initial Registration
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Agency Fee: | $616 |
Registration Renewal
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Agency Fee: | $616 |
Due: | Licenses expire biennially on the day before the registration anniversary date. Renewals must be filed at least 60 days prior to the license's expiration date or the filing will be considered late. |
Florida Talent Agency License
Agency: | Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation |
Initial Registration
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Filing Method: | Mail or online. |
Agency Fee: | $705 if submitted between June 1 of even years and May 30 of an odd year and $505 for applications submitted between May 31 of odd years and May 31 of even years. |
Registration Renewal
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Agency Fee: | $405 |
Due: | By May 31 of even-numbered years. |
Individual Licenses
Florida Individual Employment and Business Support Services Licenses
Florida Employee Leasing Company Controlling Person License
Agency: | Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation - Board of Employee Leasing Companies |
Initial Registration
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Filing Method: | Mail or online. |
Agency Fee: | $106.75 application fee + license fee of $600 if applying during the first year of the biennial license period or $300 if applying during the second year of the biennial license period. |
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Registration Renewal
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Agency Fee: | $600 |
Due: | By April 30 of even-numbered years. |
Employee Leasing Company - Enter into leasing contracts with other businesses that require labor. The leasing company loans its workers to the lessee while still providing specified responsibilities, such as workers compensation insurance, to the employees. This includes long term (6 months or more) temporary arrangements but often excludes temporary help arrangements. Unlike professional employer organizations, employee leasing companies are contracted when an employer needs to hire staff and does not want to handle human resources responsibilities.
Employment Agency - An entity that, for compensation, procures or attempts to procure employment for a person.
Professional Employer Organization - PEOs take on the human resources role for businesses and act as a co-employer in the sense that the client company's workers are administratively employees of the PEO but functionally these employees are controlled by the client company. Unlike employee leasing companies, PEOs are contracted when an employer already has staff and does not want to handle human resources responsibilities.
Staffing Agency - An entity that procures temporary or part-time employment for a person who then works under the supervision of a worksite employer.
Talent Agency - An entity that, for compensation, procures or attempts to procure employment or placement for an artist. (Certain art forms are excluded)
American Staffing Association
Staffing, recruiting, and workforce solution industry advocacy group.
National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS)
Education and training oriented association for personnel services providers.
National Association of Professional Employer Organizations
(NAPEO)
Provides advocacy efforts, information, and other services to members of the employment
industry.