Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026

Top 25 Corporate headhunters based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 5,317 corporate headhunters headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 46,387 professional contacts across them, including 13,928 with verified work emails and 4,337 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.

This list covers corporate headhunters 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 1, 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 Sep 1, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
5,317Companies
46,387Contacts tracked
13,928Verified emails
4,337Mobile numbers
Explore this list → Free signup · no credit card · 500 free credits

The 25 largest corporate headhunters based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 5,317 corporate headhunters based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 1, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to corporate headhunters: 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 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 Sep 1, 2026
2Indirect evidenceUxbridge, United Kingdom501-1,0001,211 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
3Indirect evidenceManchester Manchester, United Kingdom201-500435 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
4Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom201-500392 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“La Fosse: Empowering people and businesses to thrive in a tech-driven world We are La Fosse.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
5Indirect evidenceWindsor, United Kingdom201-500368 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We’re a global recruitment consultancy and part of The IN Group (TIG), connecting people and organisations worldwide since 2003.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
6Indirect evidenceFareham, United Kingdom201-500310 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Colvill Banks are experts in candidate research and identification.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
7Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom201-500241 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sheffield Haworth is a global consultancy founded in 1993.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
8Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom51-200203 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“GatenbySanderson is the UK's leading people intelligence advisory business.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
9Indirect evidenceBirmingham, United Kingdom51-200203 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our Heritage Founded by Lady Virginia Tate in 1985, Tate Recruitment emerged with a firm vision: to be the best everywhere, all the time.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
10Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom201-500201 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“EMA Partners is a global executive search firm, with more than 40 offices, located on five continents.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
11Indirect evidenceAltrincham, United Kingdom51-200188 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Omni – Talent Is Everything At Omni, we help businesses find, attract, and retain the right people to drive long-term success.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
12Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom51-200186 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Green Park is a specialist executive search and advisory firm trusted by organisations seeking stronger, more future-ready leadership.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
13Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom201-500165 contacts →

Indirect 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 1, 2026
14Indirect evidenceWest Newbury, United Kingdom51-200123 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Amberjack is a global leader in Early Careers and Volume Hiring, dedicated to helping organisations attract, assess, select, and develop the talent they need to succeed in a…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
15Indirect evidenceUnited Kingdom51-200118 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Eric Salmon & Partners is a leading leadership and talent consulting firm that specializes in Executive Search, Governance Advisory & Leadership Advisory.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
16Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom201-500118 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“wowJobs, is a Global Executive Search and Selection firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
17Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom51-200117 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We’re LMA, part of Empresaria Group plc, a professional recruitment agency that’s powered by curiosity.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
18Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom51-200116 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Saxton Bampfylde is an independent, employee-owned executive search and leadership advisory firm, with 40 years of heritag, founded on a mission to change the world by changing…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
19Indirect evidenceEdinburgh, United Kingdom51-200110 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“McGregor Boyall is a woman-owned global recruitment consultancy that has been delivering top talent since 1987.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
20Partial evidenceLondon, United Kingdom51-200105 contacts →

Partial evidence

“ExpertHiring specializes in quickly finding top talent not easily uncovered by corporate recruiters or other agencies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
21Indirect evidenceLondon, United Kingdom51-20092 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Forsyth Barnes is a global talent partner disrupting the recruitment industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
22Indirect evidenceLeeds, United Kingdom51-20086 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a global recruitment expert with expertise across specialist markets.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
23Indirect evidenceEdinburgh, United Kingdom51-20085 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 1, 2026
24Indirect evidencePeterborough, United Kingdom51-20078 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The ONE Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy offering tailored recruitment solutions to businesses across Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Peterborough, Hertfordshire…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
25Indirect evidenceLincoln, United Kingdom51-20077 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For over 30 years we've looked at recruitment a little differently, finding the very best people for technology companies across the globe.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026

Showing 25 of 5,317 corporate headhunters based in the United Kingdom

See the full list, filter by size, metro and specialty, and get verified emails and direct dials for all 13,928 reachable decision-makers.

Free signup · no credit card

View the full list →

Corporate headhunters based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 1, 2026
30.0%Verified-email coverage
9.3%Mobile-number coverage
8.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
47.1%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 1, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
3,899
11-50
1,164
51-200
178
201-500
26
501-1,000
5
1,001-5,000
6
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 corporate headhunters, 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 “corporate headhunters”. 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 corporate headhunters), 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 corporate headhunters, 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, 13,928 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 1, 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 corporate headhunters, 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 corporate headhunters are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 5,317 corporate headhunters 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?

Harvey Nash, headquartered in Manchester Manchester, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most corporate headhunters?

London leads with 2502 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (186) and Leeds (167).

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 13,928 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 5,317 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 1, 2026.

Ready to reach these companies? Verified emails and direct dials for all 5,317 corporate headhunters based in the United Kingdom. Start with a free account, no credit card.

Download this list →

Related lists

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.