27% ROI: Real Savings That Keep You in Business
The numbers tell the story. According to NAPEO research, businesses that use a PEO are:
- 50% less likely to go out of business,
- grow 7-9% faster than their peers,
- and experience 12% lower employee turnover
How? Through better benefits packages at Fortune 500 pricing, lower HR costs, streamlined workflows, and expert compliance support. PEOs deliver an average ROI of 27%—saving businesses around $450 per employee per year while reducing the operational risks that sink small companies.
Source: National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO), research by McBassi & Company, 2024
What PEO Consultants Helps You Access: The Complete HR Solution
When we match you with the right PEO, you gain access to enterprise-level HR infrastructure across every critical area of your business.
Here’s what that partnership delivers:
Employee Benefits: Fortune 500 Benefits at Small Business Prices
PEOs leverage their buying power to negotiate with top-tier benefit carriers—giving you access to Fortune 500-level benefits at rates you couldn’t get on your own. But cost savings is just the beginning. Your PEO handles all the administrative headaches: enrollments, claims processing, rate negotiations, and ongoing plan monitoring. You get enterprise-quality benefits without the enterprise-level HR burden, your employees get better coverage, and your team isn’t drowning in benefits administration while you save money.
PEOs can help you offer a comprehensive benefits package that attracts and retains talent including:
· Health insurance (HMO, PPO, high-deductible plans, and more)
· Dental and vision coverage
· 401(k) and retirement plans
· Life insurance
· Short-term and long-term disability
· Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
· Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
· Education and professional development benefits
· And more options tailored to your workforce
Compliance: Stay Compliant, Avoid Costly Fines
Employment law is a minefield—and it’s different in every state where you have employees. From OSHA regulations to city-specific minimum wage laws to new hiring restrictions (like California’s ban on asking about criminal history), there are thousands of compliance requirements that can hit you with serious fines if you get them wrong. Your PEO acts as your compliance safety net, monitoring regulatory changes, updating your policies and employee handbook, training your team on best practices, and adjusting your workflows to keep you out of legal trouble. Instead of trying to track every new law yourself, you get expert guidance that scales with your business—wherever your employees are located.
Workers Comp: Cut Workers’ Comp Costs While Reducing Risk
Most small businesses overpay for workers’ comp—often by a lot. Because insurers price plans based on your employee count, small companies get stuck with higher premiums that larger businesses avoid. A PEO changes that equation instantly. By pooling employees across dozens or hundreds of client companies, your PEO negotiates workers’ comp rates as if you were a Fortune 500 company. Beyond better pricing, they also handle the headaches: managing claims, implementing safety programs to reduce risk, and dealing with insurers on your behalf so you don’t have to.
Payroll: Error-Free Payroll That Saves Time and Money
Payroll eats up more time than it should. Between tracking hours, processing payments, managing deductions, handling W2s, and staying compliant with tax regulations, it’s detail-intensive work that pulls focus from running your business. That’s why a quarter of companies don’t even document their payroll policies—they’re just trying to keep up. Your PEO takes over the entire payroll function: processing paychecks, managing PTO, handling wage garnishments and deductions, maintaining records, and ensuring tax compliance. You get accurate, on-time payroll without the administrative burden, freeing your team to focus on growth instead of spreadsheets.
HR Administration: Full-Service HR Without Hiring an HR Department
HR touches everything—onboarding, handbooks, drug testing, leave requests, terminations, document management, and dozens of other tasks that keep your business running but don’t directly generate revenue. Your PEO handles all of it. They create and maintain your employee handbook, set up onboarding workflows, manage HR paperwork, process leave requests, and serve as the go-to resource for both leadership and employees when HR questions arise. Instead of juggling compliance documents and administrative tasks, you get a full-service HR department without hiring one.
Performance Management: Boost Performance and Cut Turnover by 15%
Most companies struggle with performance management—recent research shows only 2% of HR leaders believe their systems actually inspire employees to improve. Yet the impact of getting it right is huge: employees who receive regular feedback and recognition are nearly 15% less likely to leave, and 69% say they’d work harder if their efforts were better recognized. Your PEO helps you build what most companies can’t on their own: structured feedback systems, recognition programs, employee climate surveys, and compensation strategies that motivate your team. Instead of relying on annual reviews that nobody finds useful, you get ongoing performance support that keeps employees engaged and reduces turnover.
Reducing Liability: Lower Your Risk, Protect Your Business
Co-employment means shared responsibility—and that works in your favor. Your PEO handles high-risk areas like tax reporting, workers’ comp claims, and HR compliance, backed by dedicated experts who track every regulatory change so you don’t have to. When employment law shifts or a claim surfaces, you’ve got professionals managing it instead of scrambling to figure it out yourself. The result? Fewer compliance headaches, lower liability exposure, and more time focused on your actual business instead of HR landmines
Recruiting: Attract Top Talent with Competitive Benefits and Smarter Hiring
According to LinkedIn research, 89% of bad hires fail because they lack critical soft skills—not technical abilities. Add to that the fact that only 27% of companies are transparent about pay and benefits, and it’s clear why building an effective recruiting process is so challenging. Your PEO helps by introducing best hiring practices and providing hands-on support throughout your entire recruiting process—from training managers on interviewing techniques to conducting wage and salary surveys that keep your offers competitive. They handle salary negotiations, streamline your recruiting funnel, manage onboarding procedures, and ensure new hires get the handbooks and training they need to succeed from day one.
Why Work with PEO Consultants?
The Challenge: With 500+ PEOs in the market, each with different pricing, benefits networks, technology platforms, and service models, choosing the wrong PEO can cost you thousands—or lock you into a contract that doesn’t fit your business.
The Solution: PEO Consultants does the evaluation for you. We compare pricing, benefits, and service across dozens of vetted PEOs to find the perfect match for your industry, size, and growth goals. You get expert guidance, side-by-side comparisons, and unbiased recommendations—at no cost to you.
The Result: The right PEO, the right price, and the right support from day one.
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