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Top 25 Executive search consultants based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 5,699 executive search consultants headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 52,308 professional contacts across them, including 16,129 with verified work emails and 5,088 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.
This list covers executive search consultants 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 2, 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 search consultants based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 1,549 contacts → | ||||
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| 2 | 1,262 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re Harvey Nash, and we build amazing technology and digital teams.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,211 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For 75 years, the middle is where we've worked best.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 435 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Venn Group, we make recruitment personal - it’s more than just a job.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 392 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 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 368 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 359 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a global recruitment solutions company with four decades of experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 339 contacts → | ||||
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| 9 | 241 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Sheffield Haworth is a global consultancy founded in 1993.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 203 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “GatenbySanderson is the UK's leading people intelligence advisory business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 201 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “EMA Partners is a global executive search firm, with more than 40 offices, located on five continents.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 186 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 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 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 160 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're providing the people who will design and build tomorrow’s world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 123 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 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 118 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 118 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “wowJobs, is a Global Executive Search and Selection firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 117 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 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 116 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 115 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In late 2009, Stott and May was founded on the belief that hiring managers should never have to make the choice between time to hire and quality of candidate.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 110 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “McGregor Boyall is a woman-owned global recruitment consultancy that has been delivering top talent since 1987.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 95 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re on a mission to make the world of work a happier place, one candidate at a time.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 94 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “When it comes to recruitment needs, HRC Recruitment is the multi-sector consultancy that delivers high-end service and opportunities at all levels.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 92 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Forsyth Barnes is a global talent partner disrupting the recruitment industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a global recruitment expert with expertise across specialist markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 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 search consultants. 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 search consultants.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of executive search consultants, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name executive search consultants. 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 search consultants based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 2, 2026Companies by employee count
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 search consultants, 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 “executive search consultants”. 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 search consultants), 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 search consultants, 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, 16,129 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 2, 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 search consultants by metro
- Executive search consultants in London2689
- Executive search consultants in Manchester195
- Executive search consultants in Leeds166
- Executive search consultants in Birmingham110
- Executive search consultants in Bristol86
- Executive search consultants in Edinburgh53
- Executive search consultants in Glasgow45
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 search consultants, 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 search consultants are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 5,699 executive search consultants 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?
DDI Development Dimensions International, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most executive search consultants?
London leads with 2689 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (195) and Leeds (166).
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 16,129 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 5,699 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 2, 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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