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Top 25 General labor staffing agencies based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 992 general labor staffing agencies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 19,986 professional contacts across them, including 3,396 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers general labor staffing 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. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 28, 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 general labor staffing agencies based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,341 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Blue Arrow is the UK’s Best-Known Staffing Agency, placing tens of thousands of candidates into temporary and permanent jobs for employers in the transport, logistics, call…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,865 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Staffline, we make recruitment simple, strategic and effective.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 865 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With over 17 years of experience, we are a trusted nationwide recruitment agency specialising in providing high-quality temporary staff in an array of roles to a wide range of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 558 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re THE RECRUITMENT Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 497 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Meridian Business Support is a Best Companies Top 100 Company to work for, supplying temporary, contract and permanent staffing solutions across multiple sectors including Built…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 455 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1988, Coyle Personnel is one of the UK's top privately-owned recruitment agencies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 380 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1990, O’Neill & Brennan has firmly cemented its position as a preferred supplier of staff to many of the largest construction contractors in the UK and Ireland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 283 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Permanent solutions for Temporary staff.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 274 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Extrastaff is an award-winning high-street recruiter specializing in industrial and driving personnel and raising the bar in this blue-collar sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 249 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “PROMAN is the world's 10th largest recruitment agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 232 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “FORTEL GROUP is UK's largest national supplier of agency labour staff to the construction sector, offering high volumes and a very fast response across the whole spectrum of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 194 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Pro-Force are a national market leader in sourcing and labour provision specialising in seasonal labour and skilled worker placements for sectors such as agriculture…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 190 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to HRC Recruitment Looking for a job in Glasgow, Edinburgh or the rest of Scotland?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 189 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As one of the largest privately owned staffing groups in the UK, 24-7 Recruitment Services have transformed the way resourcing and managed service solutions are delivered.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 187 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Flair – The Event people that simply get it!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 161 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As the UK’s No.1 Construction & Industrial supplier we specialise in placing temporary, contract and permanent workers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 156 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Thorn Baker Group is home to three specialist brands, Thorn Baker Construction, Thorn Baker Industrial Recruitment and Thorn Baker Estates, Facilities and Maintenance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 145 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Brightwork is part of the Staffline Group of companies and is the largest recruitment agency in Scotland supporting a range of sectors that are key to the economy for permanent…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 134 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BMSL was formed in 1996 to provide specialist support to the construction industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 116 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In operation since 1977, our reputation for excellence has come from providing Companies and Individuals with an outstanding recruitment service to suit their every need.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 112 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Kenect Recruitment We are a proud multi-award-winning recruitment agency with national coverage, offering jobs & staff both temporary and permanent in the Transport…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 100 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Class1 Personnel is committed to being a class above other recruitment agencies, and our skilled consultants consistently strive to achieve the very best results for our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Logical is a Labour Provider specialist covering multiple sectors including Logistics, Maintenance, Construction, Property, Civil Engineering & Rail, Design & Consultancy…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Select Recruitment was established in 1995 to provide a high quality and personal staffing service to clients and candidates.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 88 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Careermakers Recruitment is amongst the top recruiters in the country.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 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: general labor staffing 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 general labor staffing agencies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of general labor staffing agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name general labor staffing 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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General labor staffing agencies based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 28, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 992 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 general labor staffing 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 the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “general labor staffing 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 general labor staffing 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 general labor staffing agencies, 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, 3,396 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 28, 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.
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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 general labor staffing 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 general labor staffing agencies are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 992 general labor staffing agencies 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?
Blue Arrow, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most general labor staffing agencies?
London leads with 155 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (27) and Birmingham (18).
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 3,396 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 992 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 28, 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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