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Top 25 Automotive executive search companies based in the United Kingdom

Name: Automotive executive search companies based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026 694 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 694 automotive executive search companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 12,559 professional contacts across them, including 4,182 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers automotive executive search companies 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 September 27, 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 HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 27, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest automotive executive search companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 694 automotive executive search companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to automotive executive search companies: 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Keyloop	Partial evidence	Reading, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,294 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Nearly 50 years, automotive retail has run on Keyloop.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
2	Antal International	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,979 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Antal International is a global executive search organisation with over 130 offices in more than 30 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
3	Page Executive	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	5,001-10,000	450 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Page Executive is a global leader in executive search & recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
4	Transearch	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	501-1,000	450 contacts →
	Strong evidence “TRANSEARCH International is a global executive search and leadership consulting organisation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
5	PSD Group	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	335 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PSD is a leading international executive recruitment consultancy, specialising in executive, management and board level recruitment with over 35 years of experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
6	Mackenzie Stuart	Strong evidence	Leeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	165 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Established in May 2005, Mackenzie Stuart was founded to deliver bespoke, sector-specific services & expertise and in doing so, establish a new standard within Executive Search.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
7	Contechs	Partial evidence	Basildon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	501-1,000	159 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Contechs is a strategic partner to the automotive industry, providing innovative design and engineering services to global OEMs, from concept to production.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
8	Nigel Wright Group	Indirect evidence	Newcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	133 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Nigel Wright Group is Europe’s number one consumer sector recruitment specialist.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
9	Pacific International Executive Search	Indirect evidence	Wimbledon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	104 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Pacific International has over 25 years of experience partnering with the world’s leading organisations, successfully delivering diverse talent to Fortune 500 and FTSE 100…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
10	BPO Recruit	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	91 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are an executive recruitment firm based in the City of London and are specialists in the search and selection of professionals in Technology, Digital & RPA, BPO, Shared…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
11	Norman Broadbent PLC	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	86 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As a leading Professional Services firm, we offer five interrelated Talent Acquisition & Advisory Services to help Boards with the challenges they face.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
12	Wilton & Bain	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	86 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Wilton & Bain is a global executive search and interim leadership firm delivering Board, C-Suite and functional appointments across sectors where leadership defines competitive…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
13	AKKAR	Indirect evidence	Hove, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	72 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a recruitment, engineering consultancy & global mobility services organisation based in the UK, Europe, USA and UAE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
14	Nexus Search	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	65 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “nexus – your global end to end supply chain leadership partner Nexus are an award winning hiring partner with over two decades’ experience in bringing top talent and clients…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
15	Perfect Placement UK LTD	Partial evidence	Norwich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	64 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Perfect Placement is the UK automotive industry’s leading specialist for recruitment solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
16	Borgers Limited	Partial evidence	Shropshire, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	201-500	64 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BORGERS LIMITED is an Automotive company located in 30 HORTONWOOD TELFORD, SHROPSHIRE, United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
17	Pelican Engineering Company Sales Limited	Partial evidence	Castleford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	59 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PELICAN ENGINEERING COMPANY (SALES), LIMITED is an automotive company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
18	Executive Headhunters EMA Partners UK	Partial evidence	Altrincham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	59 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Executive Headhunters - a Whole-of-Market, or Cross-Sector, International Headhunting business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
19	Savannah Group	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	58 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Savannah Group is a next generation executive search and leadership consulting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
20	Verrus	Partial evidence	Leeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	54 contacts →
	Partial evidence “An award-winning executive recruitment business with a proven record of success, Verrus operates across a range of established, emerging, and rapid-growth market sectors including…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
21	CLM Search	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At CLM, we connect industry-defining leadership talent with the companies driving transformation across Manufacturing, Energy, and Technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
22	Miramar Global Executive Search	Indirect evidence	Richmond, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	52 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We know Great Leaders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
23	Cripps Leadership Advisors	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	11-50	48 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are a global executive search and leadership advisory business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
24	Chapmanblack	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	48 contacts →
	Strong evidence “EXCELLENCE, FAST ChapmanBlack is an award-winning Executive & Leadership search firm with over 150 consultants based in London, Dusseldorf, Munich, Berlin, New York and Detroit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
25	Novo Executive Search	Strong evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 27, 2026	51-200	46 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Client enquiries to Dale Perrett Director Tel: 0844 241 2064 email dale.perrett@novoexec.com Novo is an international executive search company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: automotive executive search companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names automotive executive search companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of automotive executive search companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name automotive executive search companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Automotive executive search companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 27, 2026

33.3%Verified-email coverage

18.1Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

32.7%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 27, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

462

11-50

181

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 694 companies.

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 automotive executive search companies, 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 “automotive executive search companies”. 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 automotive executive search companies), 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 automotive executive search companies, 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, 4,182 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 September 27, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

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 automotive executive search companies, 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 automotive executive search companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 694 automotive executive search companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 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?

Keyloop, headquartered in Reading, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most automotive executive search companies?

London leads with 227 headquartered companies, followed by Leeds (32) and Birmingham (23).

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 4,182 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 694 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 27, 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.