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Top 25 Executive recruitment agencies based in Manchester, United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 303 executive recruitment agencies headquartered in Manchester, United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 2,772 professional contacts across them, including 903 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers executive recruitment agencies headquartered in Manchester, 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 24, 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.
The 25 largest executive recruitment agencies based in Manchester, United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 263 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Oscar is an award-winning, global recruitment consultancy that takes an ethical, sustainable and people-first approach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 217 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Eleven connects dynamic people and businesses where bold ideas will help shape the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 120 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are Humankind Global Recruitment, a specialist recruitment consultancy connecting the global ambitions of our clients with the personal ambitions of exceptional individuals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Douglas Scott Recruitment act for legal professionals at all levels, across practically every conceivable practice area – whilst supporting the HR professionals, Practice…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bringing together ambitious talent and compelling opportunity is our focus and our passion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Higher Group, we build search, staffing and recruitment businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Castlefield Recruitment is a leading recruitment partner operating in the Public, Private and Professional Services sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Forward Role we're award-winning, industry leading specialists in marketing, digital and technology recruitment, we work with many of the fastest growing brands in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ASP Group was established in 2006 with the objective of creating a specialist professional recruitment consultancy offering an unrivalled service across a range of industry…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “MERJE is a widely trusted specialist talent solutions provider.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We empower sustainable growth by providing tailored Contract, Permanent and Search solutions across our Technology, Autonomous Systems & Mission Critical divisions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Better Placed is undoubtedly one of the UK’s leading, Employee Owned Recruitment specialists!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As of 2024, QED Legal has completed its transition to employee ownership via an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With well over 100 years of combined experience in the market, we take the time to fully understand the people and businesses we work with.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At White Label Recruitment, we are specialists in providing high-quality recruitment services within the Engineering, Manufacturing, Technical Sales, and Supply Chain sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 2009, Octane Recruitment are a leading recruitment agency specialising in a variety of industries including Motor Trade, HGV, Bodyshop, Fleet, Plant and many more.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We help companies build teams with people you won’t find on the market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Aspire Recruitment has decades of expertise offering specialist recruitment services to a diverse range of clients in the public, not for profit and commercial sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Finegreen is a specialist recruitment consultancy connecting talented people with organisations across the public and private sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Clayton Legal are leading legal recruitment specialists, with a sole purpose to help all legal professionals and hiring managers and Partners source both life changing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “An award-winning recruitment agency, Get Recruited specialises in seven different sectors and operates UK-wide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nixor helps businesses secure the best Technology & Transformation Talent in less than 3 weeks for Permanent hires & 5 days for Interim / Contract.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our ethos is simply this- For our clients, we offer unparalleled access to top talent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Neo International Partners specialise in Construction executive search across Infrastructure, Clean Energy & Mission Critical.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “IRG is an international executive search firm, specialising in both locating, and securing top level talent on a global basis.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: executive recruitment agencies. 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 executive recruitment agencies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of executive recruitment agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name executive recruitment agencies. 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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Executive recruitment agencies based in Manchester, United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 24, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United Kingdom list rather than for Manchester, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Manchester, over 303 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 executive recruitment agencies, 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 Manchester, United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “executive recruitment agencies”. 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 executive recruitment agencies), 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 executive recruitment agencies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Manchester 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, 903 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 24, 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.
Executive recruitment agencies by metro in the United Kingdom
- Executive recruitment agencies in London3548
- Executive recruitment agencies in Manchester303
- Executive recruitment agencies in Leeds217
- Executive recruitment agencies in Birmingham178
- Executive recruitment agencies in Bristol139
- Executive recruitment agencies in Edinburgh88
- Executive recruitment agencies in Glasgow78
- Executive recruitment agencies in Liverpool60
- Executive recruitment agencies in Belfast58
- Executive recruitment agencies in Milton Keynes57
- Executive recruitment agencies in Brighton53
- Executive recruitment agencies in Reading52
- Executive recruitment agencies in Southampton51
- Executive recruitment agencies in Nottingham49
- Executive recruitment agencies in Newcastle Upon Tyne42
- Executive recruitment agencies in Sheffield42
- Executive recruitment agencies in Leicester37
- Executive recruitment agencies in Cambridge34
- Executive recruitment agencies in Cardiff31
- Executive recruitment agencies in Harrogate31
- Executive recruitment agencies in Norwich31
- Executive recruitment agencies in Warrington30
- Executive recruitment agencies in Cheltenham29
- Executive recruitment agencies in Portsmouth28
- Executive recruitment agencies in Bournemouth25
- Executive recruitment agencies in Northampton25
- Executive recruitment agencies in York25
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 executive recruitment agencies, 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 executive recruitment agencies are there based in Manchester, United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 303 executive recruitment agencies headquartered in Manchester, 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?
OSCAR, headquartered in Manchester, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most executive recruitment agencies?
London leads with 3548 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (303) and Leeds (217).
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 903 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 303 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 24, 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.
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