ADP TotalSource®
What is ADP TotalSource?
ADP TotalSource is ADP's professional employer organization (PEO) solution for small and midsize businesses. It brings payroll, benefits administration, workers' compensation and regulatory compliance together with dedicated HR expertise and technology to help businesses manage growing workforce complexity. ADP TotalSource is an IRS-certified PEO (CPEO) and ESAC-accredited.
How ADP TotalSource works
With ADP TotalSource, small and midsized businesses gain a co-employment partner to help strengthen their HR capabilities, support employees and navigate workforce challenges with greater confidence.
Who handles what with ADP TotalSource
ADP TotalSource is a shared-responsibility model: some things ADP manages fully, some stay with you and a few sit in between.
- ADP handles benefits administration end-to-end, from plan negotiation and enrollment to ongoing support
- ADP manages risk and safety programs directly, helping to reduce your workplace injury and compensation exposure
- Compliance is shared: ADP monitors regulations and flags changes, while you implement them in how the business operates day to day
- HR guidance is shared: Your dedicated HR business partner provides expert advice and recommendations
- You run payroll while ADP provides the platform, specialist support and compliance guardrails for all things payroll-related
- You keep control of managing your business, leading day-to-day operations, including hiring decisions, roles and customer relationships
A service model built to support how your business operates
At the center of ADP TotalSource is a service model designed around people. You work with dedicated experts who understand your business and operate as an extension of your team, providing ongoing guidance and support. This partnership helps you navigate challenges, act with clarity and scale with confidence.
- Your HR business partner is your dedicated HR expert, serving as your main point of contact and providing daily support and strategic guidance for your business
- A highly specialized team of specialists works alongside your HR business partner on payroll & tax, talent, HR investigations, workers' comp claims, benefits administration, risk & safety and more
- ADP MyLife Advisors helps your employees navigate everyday HR, benefits and payroll questions and important life moments with knowledgeable, compassionate support
- Our guidance is backed by ADP's EPLI policy, so you're protected as well as advised
Unparalleled support for your employees
When you make the move to ADP TotalSource, your employees get everything in one place, including pay statements, time off, timekeeping, benefits enrollment, retirement and even onboarding before day one. And when they need a real person, dedicated support is just a call away.
- 24/7 mobile access to pay stubs, W-2s and direct deposit setup through the ADP mobile app
- Guided digital benefits enrollment, with live support during open enrollment and life events
- Self-service for routine changes, so employees aren't waiting for you or HR for answers
- Direct access to award-winning ADP MyLife Advisors, with 90% of issues resolved on the first call*
- Career development through skills training, leadership courses and more
What you get with ADP TotalSource
Compliance
Let us worry about keeping up with evolving HR compliance requirements. ADP TotalSource provides always-on compliance support, proactive outreach and expert guidance, giving you more peace of mind.
Payroll
Pay your employees accurately and on time across one state or all 50, with all-in-one payroll and tax support handled by ADP specialists.
Technology
Manage all your HR to-dos in one intuitive platform, with employee self-service, a top-rated mobile app, 24/7 reporting and advanced analytics all backed by leading security and continuous threat monitoring.
Who is ADP TotalSource best for?
ADP TotalSource is ideal for businesses seeking a stronger approach to managing and supporting their workforce, whether they're navigating growth, workforce challenges or growing HR demands.
- For small, hands-on teams: When the owner, office manager or another employee is juggling HR on top of other duties, ADP TotalSource helps streamline HR, payroll, benefits and compliance so your team can spend less time on administration and more time running the business.
- For expanding businesses: As you add employees, locations or states, ADP TotalSource helps create consistency with standardized HR processes, compliance support and technology that scales with your business.
- For complex, established organizations: If you're managing a larger workforce, multiple business units or increasing compliance requirements, ADP TotalSource provides specialized expertise, integrated systems and multistate compliance support to help you operate consistently at scale.
Interactive demo: See how ADP TotalSource works
Access our interactive demo and see how easy it is to manage everything HR for your business.
How ADP TotalSource pricing works
ADP TotalSource pricing is quoted rather than listed, since it is built around factors that are specific to your business. The same factors drive cost across the PEO category, and our guide to PEO costs breaks down each one. The largest drivers are:
- Workforce size and demographics
- Injury-risk profile and workers’ compensation exposure
- Where your employees work, and the compliance complexity that comes with it
Certified PEO
ADP TotalSource: IRS-certified PEO (CPEO) and ESAC-accredited
ADP TotalSource is backed by the PEO industry’s toughest certifications. It is among approximately 12% of PEOs that are an IRS-certified CPEO1,2 and just 6% of PEOs with ESAC-accreditation3. This means stronger financial protections, verified compliance and less overall risk for your business.
- IRS-certified PEO (CPEO) since 2017, providing certain financial protections and tax benefits to PEO clients
- ESAC-accredited since 1995, demonstrating financial stability, tax compliance, ethical business conduct and adherence to regulatory requirements and operational standards
- Bonded up to $1 million annually to guarantee tax payments
- Full continuity of tax credits you'd be entitled to outside a PEO relationship
- Compliance with 40+ industry best practices
How ADP TotalSource helps others like you
Meet our clients
“I believe that ADP not only has the technology to support us, but also the people. And the people are always there for us.”
- Name
- Igor Lorenzen
- Title
- Chief Financial Officer
- Company
- TI Sparkle
ADP TotalSource provides value in time and money savings
70%Of clients saw measurable ROI within 6 months
50–80%Reduced payroll processing time
70%Reduction in employee onboarding time
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*ADP MyLife Advisors, 2025 Service Performance
- IRS active CPEO list (the countable PDF): https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-sbse/active-cpeos.pdf - dates, entity counts, Rippling/Gusto absence
- NAPEO Industry Overview (500 PEOs): https://napeo.org/intro-to-peos/industry-overview/
- Based on a count of ESAC’s state by state accredited PEO directory, July 2026, counting each PEO once. https://www.esac.org/Business/find-a-peo
- May 2026 ADP TotalSource ROI Research