Logistics, delivery and passenger-transport businesses constantly need vetted, licensed drivers — and hate the risk of hiring the wrong one. A driver placement agency supplies drivers they can trust.
Why it works here
Driver turnover is high and the cost of a bad hire — accidents, theft, licence fraud — is severe, so businesses will pay a placement fee for properly vetted candidates.
The step-by-step
1. Register the business and open a business bank account.
2. Understand the labour and placement compliance that applies, and decide whether you place permanently, on contract, or supply temporary staff.
3. Build a rigorous vetting process — license verification, PrDP checks, driving record, background and reference checks.
4. Build a pipeline of vetted drivers and a pipeline of client businesses that need them.
5. Set pricing — a placement fee for permanent hires, or a margin on hourly/daily rates for temporary supply.
6. Place your first drivers well, since your reputation lives or dies on the quality of who you send.
Roughly what it costs to start
Startup is low — this is a people-and-process business, so the main costs are vetting, marketing and admin systems.
The honest hard part
One bad placement — an unlicensed or dishonest driver — can end a client relationship and damage your reputation, so vetting can never be rushed.
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