VeriWorks buys LaborWorx, betting on data center construction labor
What's the deal? VeriWorksDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has acquired LaborWorxDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a skilled-trades workforce platform, from Oakley ServicesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, the two companies announced on September 10, 2026. LaborWorx will run as a standalone brand within the VeriWorks family, alongside Action LaborDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and Labor SolutionsDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Who's who? VeriWorks is the national brand behind a group of regional staffing companies that have placed workers across construction, industrial, food processing, security, and skilled trades since 1986. LaborWorx, built on 15 years of skilled-trades experience, holds a national book of industrial clients, including Fortune 500 energy providers and food and beverage manufacturers, plus a proprietary workforce recommendation platform.
The strategic rationale: The deal deepens VeriWorks' presence in Georgia and the wider Southeast and accelerates its push into industrial and skilled-trades staffing. It also marks the group's entry into data center construction, a market LaborWorx already serves by placing electricians and other trades on projects nationwide.
Why now? Data center construction is driving some of the sharpest skilled-trades demand in the country, especially for electricians. LaborWorx was founded to tackle the skilled-worker shortage through technology-enabled placement.
What changes? Little, for existing customers. VeriWorks says it is keeping the LaborWorx brand, team, and client relationships intact while adding scale and multi-market delivery.
"What we're adding is reach," said VeriWorks chief executive officer Doug Hammond. LaborWorx co-founder and president Clay Barnett framed it similarly: "more locations, more resources, faster placement across markets we couldn't reach on our own."
The backstory: LaborWorx started as the labor division inside AMCON IndustrialDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, an MEP contracting firm, before spinning out into its own national workforce partner. "This acquisition is the next proof point in that story," said Oakley Services chief executive officer Aaron Phillips.
The signal: The AI-fuelled data center boom is spilling into the labor market, and staffing firms are consolidating to capture it. By absorbing a specialist that already places electricians on data center sites, VeriWorks is positioning its regional network to meet demand that construction firms increasingly struggle to staff.
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