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                                                                      EXHIBIT 21

                         Subsidiaries of the Registrant


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Subsidiaries of the registrant.

Th following table sets forth the subsidiaries of the Company on December 31,
2000.

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Company                                  State of Incorporation                 DBA's
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<S>                                      <C>                                    <C>
Ablest Service Corp.                     Delaware                               Ablest Staffing Services
                                                                                Ablest Technology Services
                                                                                ATS

Milestone Technologies, Inc.             Arizona                                Ablest Technology Services

PLP Corp.                                Alabama
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On January 1, 2001 the above listed subsidiaries were combined, through merger,
into Ablest Inc.


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