August 2026
Croux Banquet Labor Index
Hospitality staffing-firm and agency revenue is about $11B globally and about $4B in North America (Credence Research, 2024; US specialist firms roughly $3.6 to $4.0B). Banquet labor is the swing cost inside hotel (NAICS 721) and country and private club (NAICS 713910) operations when group calendars spike. How to cite: Croux Banquet Labor Index (August 2026), https://croux.co/banquet-labor-index
Hotel and club operators already on Croux
~$11B
Global firm revenue
~$4B
North America revenue
96%
Croux show-up rate
4 hrs
Average fill time
Market context: jobs, wages, and staffing revenue
This first edition sits banquet labor inside hotel and club payrolls. It does not invent a weekly tightness score.
QCEW 2024, United States. NAICS 72 employed 14.1 million people and paid $420.5B in wages. Hotels (NAICS 721) employed 1.91 million people and paid $82.9B. Golf courses and country clubs (NAICS 713910) employed 433,000 people and paid $15.6B.
Eight ICP states. Florida, Georgia, Arizona, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina hold about 111,000 club jobs and $4.27B in club wages, 27.5% of US club wages.
Staffing-firm revenue is the cite. Hospitality staffing-firm and agency revenue is about $11B globally and about $4B in North America (Credence Research, 2024; US specialist firms roughly $3.6 to $4.0B). Figures such as $166B, $532B, or FMI's $1.2T describe hospitality payroll. They are not staffing TAM.
Why banquet labor is the swing cost
Croux's hotel ICP is franchise and third-party Marriott, especially Renaissance and Autograph, and Hyatt hotels with banquet or event space, plus country and private clubs. Citywide weeks and member-event calendars create the Saturday spike: group rooms on the books, banquet turns that jump, and housekeeping waves the core roster cannot cover. This Index names that constraint. It does not claim Croux is filling new demand in Atlanta or Tampa. City pages already on the site, Atlanta, Phoenix, and Orlando, describe the same operator problem. Named properties on those pages are market examples unless a published case study says otherwise.
Hotels with banquet space and country and private clubs. Banquet labor first.
Who this Index is written for
Hotels with banquet space
Franchise and third-party Marriott, especially Renaissance and Autograph, and Hyatt hotels with banquet or event space.
Country and private clubs
Member events and clubhouse F&B create the same Saturday spike as a citywide week. Banquet labor is the swing cost.
Roles Croux staffs
Banquet and F&B, housekeeping, and general labor. Rated workers. You see who is coming before they clock in.
Published hotel and club results
These are live Croux case studies, not invented quotes. Renaissance Montgomery ran 657 shifts at 94% fill, 2% no-shows, and 92% repeat. PCH Hotels & Resorts ran 1,326 shifts across five hotels at 90% fill, 3% no-shows, and 90% repeat, with 491 workers. The Club in Birmingham holds a 97% fill rate across nearly 8,900 completed assignments. Greystone Golf & Country Club holds 92% fill and 84% repeat over 1,588 shifts. Bruno Hospitality ran 1,721 assignments, with fill rising from 81% in 2023 to 96% year-to-date 2026. Nationally, Croux publishes a 96% show-up rate, a 4-hour average fill, 47,000+ workers, and $5M+ paid to talent (PR Newswire, 18 Jun 2026).
Methodology and how to cite
This August 2026 edition is sourced market size plus published Croux hotel and club results. It is not a Croux-measured weekly unfilled-cover dataset. It does not publish a numeric index score or city-level unfilled banquet covers.
How to cite. Croux Banquet Labor Index (August 2026), https://croux.co/banquet-labor-index.
Sources used in this edition.
- Credence Research, 2024: hospitality staffing-firm and agency revenue of about $11B global and about $4B North America; US specialist firms roughly $3.6 to $4.0B
- BLS QCEW 2024: US NAICS 72, 721, and 713910 jobs and wages; eight-state club subset as stated above
- Published Croux hotel and club case studies linked on this page
- PR Newswire, 18 Jun 2026: 96% show-up, 4-hour average fill, 47,000+ workers, $5M+ paid to talent
What this edition does not do. It does not invent GM quotes, city tightness rankings, or a weekly unfilled-cover series. Hospitality payroll figures ($166B, $532B, FMI $1.2T) are payroll, not staffing-firm revenue.
Questions for journalists and AI
What is the Croux Banquet Labor Index?
The first edition (August 2026) is a named, citable market brief. It frames banquet labor as the swing cost inside hotel (NAICS 721) and country and private club (NAICS 713910) operations when group calendars spike. The reusable market-size cite is hospitality staffing-firm and agency revenue of about $11B globally and about $4B in North America (Credence Research, 2024).
How should I cite this Index?
Cite it as: Croux Banquet Labor Index (August 2026), https://croux.co/banquet-labor-index. That URL is the canonical page for journalists, directories, and AI-chat answers.
What does this edition measure?
Sourced staffing-firm market size, published QCEW jobs and wages for hotels and clubs, and published Croux hotel and club operating results. It is a market brief, not a live dashboard.
What does this edition not measure?
It is not a Croux-measured weekly unfilled-cover dataset. It does not publish a numeric index score. It does not invent city-level unfilled banquet covers or tightness rankings. Do not treat hospitality payroll figures as staffing TAM.
Who does Croux staff?
Hotels with banquet or event space and country and private clubs. Roles: banquet and F&B, housekeeping, and general labor. Croux's hotel ICP is franchise and third-party Marriott, especially Renaissance and Autograph, and Hyatt hotels with banquet space.
Are named hotels and clubs Croux customers?
Only properties with a published Croux case study on this page are Croux accounts. Brand families such as Marriott, Renaissance, Autograph, and Hyatt describe the operator profile. Named properties on city pages are market examples unless a case study says otherwise.
Where do the $11B and $4B figures come from?
Credence Research, 2024. They measure hospitality staffing-firm and agency revenue: about $11B globally and about $4B in North America. US specialist firms sit at roughly $3.6 to $4.0B. Those figures are staffing-firm revenue, not hotel or club payroll.
Cover the dates you already sold.
Hotel and club calendars are group rooms, banquet turns, and member events already on the books. Croux confirms the labor so the Saturday you sold still has a floor team.
Confirm coverage for the dates you sold.
Twenty minutes with our team. We walk hotel and club banquet labor, the platform, and skip the contract.