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Top 25 Executive search recruitment agencies based in Manchester, United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 169 executive search recruitment agencies headquartered in Manchester, United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 1,551 professional contacts across them, including 557 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers executive search 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 21, 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 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bringing together ambitious talent and compelling opportunity is our focus and our passion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Better Placed is undoubtedly one of the UK’s leading, Employee Owned Recruitment specialists!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Neo International Partners specialise in Construction executive search across Infrastructure, Clean Energy & Mission Critical.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are the leading Technology, Marketing, Digital, Creative and Analytics recruitment agency in Manchester serving the North West and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We’re not just recruiters, we shape futures From the pinnacle of Executive leadership to the beating heart of HR, Marketing and Digital departments, we act as partners in your…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Gibson Hollyhomes Recruitment is a business aspiring to deliver what every agency claims but few manage.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “NSTR is a recruitment business specialising in the professional services, accounting practice and corporate finance sectors; we work with the very best clients and candidates in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Neemar Search is an executive search and interim management firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Manchester Staff is part of the UK Staffing Group, a highly successful group of specialist recruitment companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “NJR Recruitment offer a unique and professional boutique recruitment service based in Manchester, covering the whole of the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Anakin Seal has been established as a specialist legal recruitment company since 1993 and as such has built up its reputation on providing the best possible service to both its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “pronounced so-when-er) It's Cornish for success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Miller Grace Recruitment is a boutique and ambitious legal recruitment agency, founded by solution-focused specialists who are passionate about connecting the right people with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Over the last decade, we’ve built up a global reputation for working side-by-side with our clients to identify brilliance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Biometric Talent provides contract, permanent and executive search recruitment for organisations looking to recruit professionals in technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Altech was founded to become your partner of choice for Change, Agile and Technology Executive hiring.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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 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 search recruitment agencies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of executive search 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 search 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 search recruitment agencies based in Manchester, United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 21, 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 169 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 search 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 search 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 search 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 search 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, 557 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 21, 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 recruitment agencies by metro in the United Kingdom
- Executive search recruitment agencies in London2536
- Executive search recruitment agencies in Manchester169
- Executive search recruitment agencies in Leeds152
- Executive search recruitment agencies in Birmingham112
- Executive search recruitment agencies in Bristol77
- Executive search recruitment agencies in Edinburgh51
- Executive search recruitment agencies in Glasgow45
- Executive search recruitment agencies in Milton Keynes40
- Executive search recruitment agencies in Brighton36
- Executive search recruitment agencies in Liverpool36
- Executive search recruitment agencies in Belfast35
- Executive search recruitment agencies in Newcastle Upon Tyne28
- Executive search recruitment agencies in Reading28
- Executive search recruitment agencies in Southampton27
- Executive search recruitment agencies in Leicester25
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 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 search recruitment agencies are there based in Manchester, United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 169 executive search 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 search recruitment agencies?
London leads with 2536 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (169) and Leeds (152).
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 557 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 169 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 21, 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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