United Outsource Partners, Inc.

United Outsource Partners, Inc. (UOP) is a Texas-based PEO brokerage that has been helping small and mid-sized U.S. businesses select Professional Employer Organizations since 1999. The firm was founded by Brian Wilson and Stacey Jackson, both former employees of the country’s largest PEO, who saw an opportunity to apply the independent insurance broker model — where one agent represents multiple carriers — to the fragmented PEO market.

Today, with more than 900 PEOs operating across the United States, business owners face a tough job: shopping for back-office HR support typically means months of sales calls and unfamiliar terminology. UOP exists to compress that timeline. Acting strictly on the client’s behalf, the firm pre-screens its network of PEO partners and presents a short, fit-for-purpose list of options with clear service and financial comparisons.

The brokerage is best known for placing companies that other brokers struggle to serve — particularly small businesses in industries with high workers’ compensation experience modification ratings (EMR), as well as those in roofing, staffing, transportation, construction, and maritime work.

UOP’s relationships with PEOs span more than two decades, and the firm prides itself on retaining many of its original clients. The business is run from Richmond, Texas, in the Greater Houston area.

UOP doesn’t deliver outsourced HR services directly — it places clients with the PEO that does. The brokerage’s value lies in narrowing the field.

Instead of cold-calling dozens of PEOs and comparing apples-to-oranges quotes, clients work with a single point of contact who already understands their industry, payroll structure, and risk profile, and who has long-standing relationships with the PEOs most likely to underwrite them at a competitive rate.

Once a placement is made, the chosen PEO becomes the co-employer for the client’s workforce, handling payroll, taxes, benefits, workers’ compensation, and HR compliance. UOP stays involved over the life of the relationship — helping with renewals, escalations, and re-shopping the placement if the client’s business changes.

UOP’s featured services include the following:

PEO Placement & Matching

• PEO needs assessment
• PEO shortlisting from a network of 900+ providers
• Side-by-side service and pricing comparisons
• Contract negotiation support
• Implementation and onboarding coordination

Specialty Risk Placement

• High-EMR workers’ compensation coverage
• Roofing industry placements
• Staffing and temporary labor
• USL&H (Longshore and Harbor Workers’) coverage
• Transportation and trucking
• Construction trades

Ongoing Account Management

• Renewal review and re-shopping
• Service escalation support
• Industry benchmarking
• Compliance updates

United Outsource Partners’ pricing

UOP is free to the client. The brokerage is compensated by the PEO it places the client with — in the same way an independent insurance agent is paid by the carrier.

There are no retainers, no consulting fees, and no markups passed back to the client. Interested companies can request a consultation directly through the UOP website to begin the discovery process.

In a market where many PEO brokers act as high-volume lead funnels, UOP has built its reputation on the opposite discipline: fewer relationships, deeper ones.

The firm represents a select group of PEOs rather than every provider on the market. This means the brokers know each partner’s underwriting appetite, service quality, and pricing levers in detail, and can route a client to the best-fit PEO faster than a broker who is shopping the open market from scratch.

UOP is also one of the few brokers that actively serves high-risk industries. Roofing contractors, transportation operators, and staffing companies with elevated workers’ compensation EMRs often get turned away by mainstream PEOs and brokers alike. UOP has spent two decades cultivating relationships with PEOs willing to underwrite these placements, making it a go-to resource for businesses that have been declined elsewhere.

Finally, the firm’s independent-agent posture is genuine. UOP doesn’t carry sales quotas from any single PEO, so there’s no incentive to push a client toward a particular provider. The recommendation is built on fit, not on backend incentives.

Brian Wilson (Co-Founder)

Brian Wilson is co-founder of United Outsource Partners. Before launching the firm in 1999, Brian worked at the largest PEO in the United States, where he gained an inside view of how the industry sells, services, and prices its programs. He brought that experience into UOP, where he has spent more than 25 years matching clients with PEOs and managing long-term placements. 

Stacey Jackson (Co-Founder)

Stacey Jackson co-founded United Outsource Partners alongside Brian Wilson in 1999. Like Brian, Stacey came up through the nation’s largest PEO before pivoting to the brokerage side of the industry. Her focus areas include specialty risk placements and long-term client relationships, and she has been with UOP since day one. 

UOP highlights client retention as its strongest indicator of service quality. The firm reports that many of the small and mid-sized businesses it placed in its earliest years remain clients today — a noteworthy figure given that the average PEO client tenure is generally measured in just a few years.

The brokerage positions itself as the alternative to dealing directly with multiple PEO sales representatives, and reviews and testimonials emphasize the time saved during the shopping process and the brokerage’s responsiveness on renewals and service issues.

United Outsource Partners, Inc.’s main headquarters is located in:

11406 Lago Verde Drive, Richmond, TX 77406, United States

Further, you may virtually reach out the company through the following contact information:

Website https://www.unitedoutsource.com

LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/company/united-outsource-partners-inc-

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In addition, you may email them at info@unitedoutsource.com or call +1 281-578-9411.