Total Quality Logistics Will Bring 100 Jobs To Sarasota

SARASOTA, FL — Sarasota area residents looking for work will find a new employer is coming to town with plans to bring about 100 jobs along with it.

Total Quality Logistics (TQL) announced Wednesday that it is expanding operations to the Sarasota area. The company, one of the country’s largest freight brokerage firms, plans on making a $600,000 capital investment in the community to pave the way for its new Sarasota operations, according to Gov. Rick Scott’s office. TQL intends to open for business June 6 in the BB&T Building at 1800 Second Street, Suite 606. The Sarasota location will be the company’s seventh in Florida.

“I am proud to announce TQL is continuing to grow in Florida and will be creating 100 new jobs for Sarasota families,” Scott said in an announcement of the opening. “By supporting economic growth and cutting taxes more than 55 times since 2010, we are making it easier for Florida businesses to create new opportunities across our state. I look forward to seeing TQL’s continued success in Florida.”

TQL has also announced the addition of 75 jobs in the Miami area, 100 jobs in Daytona Beach and about 200 jobs as part of a carrier services division planned for Tampa. TQL’s first Florida location opened in 2010. The company now employs about 450 people across the state.

“We are pleased to expand our footprint in Florida,” Kerry Byrne, TQL president, said in a statement. “Adding our seventh location there gives us access to the best available talent so we can provide the world-class service our customers have grown to expect from us.”

“The city of Sarasota looks forward to welcoming its newest corporate citizen to our great community,” said Sarasota Mayor Willie Shaw. “TQL’s capital investment and job creation is a welcome boost to our local economy.”

The Sarasota location will open with a handful of employees, but has plans to expand to 100 by 2020.

For more information about TQL and available employment, visit the company’s website.

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