Company lists · Data verified August 2026

Top 25 Employment recruiting agencies based in the United Kingdom

Name: Employment recruiting agencies based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Verified Aug 28, 2026 8,891 companies tracked

There are 8,891 employment recruiting agencies headquartered in the United Kingdom (RevenueBase, August 2026). RevenueBase tracks 125,345 professional contacts across them, including 26,556 with verified work emails and 8,182 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.

This list covers employment recruiting agencies headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Data current as of August 28, 2026.

8,891Companies

125,345Contacts tracked

26,556Verified emails

8,182Mobile numbers

Unlock all 8,891 companies Free account · no credit card · 2 minutes

The 25 largest employment recruiting agencies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 8,891 employment recruiting agencies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data verified Aug 28, 2026. Click a count to unlock that company's people.
#	Company	HQ	Employees	Contacts	Verified emails
1	REED	Swansea	1,001-5,000	5,828	968
2	Staffline Recruitment Limited	Nottingham	501-1,000	1,863	275
3	Search	n/a	501-1,000	1,425	262
4	Harvey Nash	Manchester Manchester	5,001-10,000	1,262	254
5	Brook Street	Uxbridge	501-1,000	1,211	108
6	Randstad UK	Luton	1,001-5,000	954	243
7	Morson Talent	Manchester	1,001-5,000	905	184
8	The Recruitment CO	Northampton	1,001-5,000	560	18
9	Page Outsourcing	London	5,001-10,000	393	157
10	Selective Personnel	Glasgow City	1,001-5,000	326	11
11	At Your Service Event Staffing	London	1,001-5,000	212	1
12	Kingdom People	St Helens	1,001-5,000	142	5
13	Sugarman Education	London	1,001-5,000	126	9
14	TCS Recruitment UK	Telford	1,001-5,000	110	3
15	Industria Personnel	Leicester	1,001-5,000	101	1
16	Team Spirits	London	501-1,000	99	8
17	Resource Solutions	London	1,001-5,000	71	32
18	G2v Recruitment Group	London	501-1,000	65	42
19	Pathway Resourcing	London	1,001-5,000	49	1
20	Human ONE Global	London	501-1,000	47	8
21	Staff 86	Chester	1,001-5,000	35	5
22	The Esprit Group	London	501-1,000	35	2
23	Search Recruitment Group	Glasgow	501-1,000	33	21
24	AGS Recruitment	London	501-1,000	33	4
25	Kripson Staffing	London	n/a	30	8

Showing 25 of 8,891 employment recruiting agencies based in the United Kingdom

See the full list, filter by size, metro and specialty, and get verified emails and direct dials for all 26,556 reachable decision-makers.

Free account · no credit card

See all 8,891 companies

Employment recruiting agencies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Aug 28, 2026

1-10Median size (employees)

LondonLargest hub · 2470 HQs

8,182Contacts with mobile numbers

0Emails re-verified in last 30 days

Companies by employee count

1-10

5,921

11-50

2,150

51-200

499

201-500

121

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

Employment recruiting agencies by metro

Metro	Companies
Employment recruiting agencies in London	2470
Employment recruiting agencies in Manchester	343
Employment recruiting agencies in Birmingham	205
Employment recruiting agencies in Leeds	185
Employment recruiting agencies in Bristol	140
Employment recruiting agencies in Glasgow	94
Employment recruiting agencies in Liverpool	87

How this list was built

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 21.3 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources.
Inclusion: Companies whose own business descriptions match “employment recruiting agencies”, with match quality audited by blind human judging, and headquartered in the United Kingdom.
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: Contact records re-verify on a rolling cadence; 0 contacts on this list were re-verified in the last 30 days.
Refresh: Lists are refreshed periodically as the underlying company graph is re-verified. Last verified Aug 28, 2026.

Frequently asked

How many employment recruiting agencies are there based in the United Kingdom?

There are 8,891 employment recruiting agencies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of August 2026 (RevenueBase).

What is the largest company on this list?

REED, headquartered in Swansea, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most employment recruiting agencies?

London leads with 2470 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (343) and Birmingham (205).

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 26,556 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 8,891 companies.

How current is this list?

The list is refreshed periodically as the underlying company graph is re-verified. It was last verified on August 28, 2026.

Ready to reach these companies? Verified emails and direct dials for all 8,891 employment recruiting agencies based in the United Kingdom. Start with a free account, no credit card.

Get the full list

Related lists

Employment recruiting agencies by geography

Browse the directory

Browse: Companies home · All United Kingdom lists · All Employment recruiting agencies lists · New lists

About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B contact data platform. Its company graph covers 21.3 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, the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products and the free research portal.