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Top 25 Advertising recruitment firms based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 6,580 advertising recruitment firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of August 2026 and tracks 81,120 professional contacts across them, including 16,365 with verified work emails and 5,774 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.

This list covers advertising recruitment firms headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed August 30, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Aug 30, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
6,580Companies
81,120Contacts tracked
16,365Verified emails
5,774Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest advertising recruitment firms based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 6,580 advertising recruitment firms based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Aug 30, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to advertising recruitment firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom501-1,0002,364 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Mother is one of the world’s most respected, independent creative companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
2Indirect evidenceGuildford, United Kingdomn/a2,334 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Blue Arrow is the UK’s Best-Known Staffing Agency, placing tens of thousands of candidates into temporary and permanent jobs for employers in the transport, logistics, call…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
3Indirect evidenceManchester Manchester, United Kingdom5,001-10,0001,262 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We’re Harvey Nash, and we build amazing technology and digital teams.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
4Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom201-5001,255 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For 40 years now, we’ve been helping you to find the right path to a happy and successful future whether you’re a jobseeker or an employer.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
5Partial evidenceNewcastle, United Kingdom201-5001,230 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Protocol Education is a specialist provider of recruitment services to the education sector.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
6Indirect evidenceUxbridge, United Kingdom501-1,0001,211 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For 75 years, the middle is where we've worked best.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
7Partial evidenceNorthampton, United Kingdom1,001-5,000560 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We’re THE RECRUITMENT Co.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
8Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom201-500518 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We believe in the power of difference to make a difference.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
9Partial evidenceHarrow, United Kingdom201-500454 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1988, Coyle Personnel is one of the UK's top privately-owned recruitment agencies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
10Indirect evidenceManchester, United Kingdom201-500449 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Salt Solutions Group, we help organisations solve growth, transformation and workforce challenges through a unique combination of talent, consulting and delivery solutions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
11Partial evidenceManchester Manchester, United Kingdom201-500435 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Venn Group, we make recruitment personal - it’s more than just a job.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
12Partial evidenceHuntingdon, United Kingdom201-500408 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Interaction is one of the UK's fastest growing independent recruitment businesses, recognised and published as "UK's #1 General Recruiter".”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
13Partial evidenceHuddersfield, United Kingdom201-500321 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Our Approach Major Recruitment offers 34 years of experience within multi-specialist recruitment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
14Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom201-500296 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“the7stars is the UK’s largest independent media agency, offering the best people, the best service and the best creative media campaigns.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
15Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom201-500257 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Forsman & Bodenfors is a globally recognised, Swedish-founded creative collective.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
16Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom201-500163 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“From pigeons to platforms, from news agency to integrated communications services, our story is one of constant reinvention.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
17Partial evidenceNewcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom1,001-5,000162 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Frank Recruitment Group delivers the very best specialist IT professionals to vendor channel partners, SMEs and Enterprises across the globe.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
18Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom201-500158 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are Grey London.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
19Partial evidenceSolihull, United Kingdom201-500122 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Skilliantech Ltd, trading as “SkillRecruit”, is a specialist IT and Engineering recruitment agency delivering comprehensive coverage of recruitment services across all industries…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
20Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom501-1,00047 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Global reach, local insight.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
21Indirect evidenceChester, United Kingdom1,001-5,00035 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Staff 86, we specialise in providing top-tier temporary and permanent staffing solutions across the hospitality, events, marketing, and sales industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
22Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom201-50034 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Walters People are the staffing specialist for tomorrow’s working world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
23Partial evidenceGlasgow, United Kingdom501-1,00033 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Search Recruitment Group are a global leader in providing multi-disciplinary recruitment solutions and career opportunities at a local, regional, and global scale.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
24Partial evidenceTunbridge Wells, United Kingdom201-50031 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Blue Pelican is a recruitment agency who’s been around for 20+ years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026
25Partial evidenceDoncaster, United Kingdom201-50030 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Leading tech-driven advertising and results-driven marketing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 30, 2026

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Advertising recruitment firms based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Aug 30, 2026
20.2%Verified-email coverage
7.1%Mobile-number coverage
12.3Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
32.7%Largest-city concentration · London
Aug 30, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
4,620
11-50
1,509
51-200
287
201-500
57
501-1,000
15
1,001-5,000
13
5,001-10,000
2

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among advertising recruitment firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “advertising recruitment firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names advertising recruitment firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among advertising recruitment firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 16,365 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on August 30, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names advertising recruitment firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many advertising recruitment firms are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 6,580 advertising recruitment firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of August 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Mother, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most advertising recruitment firms?

London leads with 2152 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (282) and Birmingham (143).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 16,365 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 6,580 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on August 30, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.