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Top 25 Industrial executive search agencies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 4,978 industrial executive search agencies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 80,734 professional contacts across them, including 20,044 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers industrial executive search 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 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.

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80,734Contacts tracked
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The 25 largest industrial executive search agencies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 4,978 industrial executive search agencies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to industrial executive search agencies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0004,423 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 20265,001-10,0002,071 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Michael Page, Page Personnel, Page Executive and Page Outsourcing are all part of PageGroup.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0001,979 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Antal International is a global executive search organisation with over 130 offices in more than 30 countries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,0001,927 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Avance Consulting is a global organization focused on delivering innovative talent solution services to some of the most renowned companies in the world, across industries that…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 20265,001-10,0001,248 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We’re Harvey Nash, and we build amazing technology and digital teams.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6Indirect evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,000909 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“With a unique 50-year heritage of innovative recruitment, Morson Talent is a business with unrivalled sector knowledge, trusted relationships, highly skilled expertise and a…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7Indirect evidenceWhiteley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500754 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Matchtech, we do more than recruit.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8Indirect evidenceNorthampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 20261,001-5,000558 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We’re THE RECRUITMENT Co.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9Indirect evidence100 Bishopsgate, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500536 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Lorien is a technology, transformation and telecom talent solutions specialist.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10Partial evidenceChester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500535 contacts →

Partial evidence

“gap personnel is the industrial arm of gap personnel group, an award-winning recruitment company specialising industrial, professional, technical and driving sectors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 20265,001-10,000450 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Page Executive is a global leader in executive search & recruitment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,000450 contacts →

Strong evidence

“TRANSEARCH International is a global executive search and leadership consulting organisation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13Indirect evidenceLondon Bridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500439 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Venn Group, we make recruitment personal - it’s more than just a job.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200425 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The GRS Group is an international executive search consultancy whose services include retained search, contingency search, advertised selection and interim solutions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500396 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 21, 2026
16Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500369 contacts →

Indirect 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 21, 2026
17Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500342 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200335 contacts →

Partial evidence

“PSD is a leading international executive recruitment consultancy, specialising in executive, management and board level recruitment with over 35 years of experience.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19Indirect evidenceUk, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026n/a320 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In 2018 PGC rebranded as Friisberg & Partners International +44 207 062 3603”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20Indirect evidenceFareham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500309 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Colvill Banks are experts in candidate research and identification.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21Partial evidenceSt Albans, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200274 contacts →

Partial 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 21, 2026
22Indirect evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200263 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Oscar is an award-winning, global recruitment consultancy that takes an ethical, sustainable and people-first approach.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200253 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Stanley David And Associates (SDNA Global) is a recruitment specialist in the area of IT and Engineering, we stay firmly in our area of expertise, doing what we love.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24Indirect evidenceNorthampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200252 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Quest Employment we pride ourselves on being a leading recruitment specialist within the Midlands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500244 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sheffield Haworth is a global consultancy founded in 1993.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

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Industrial executive search agencies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026
24.8%Verified-email coverage
16.2Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
39.9%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
3,398
11-50
1,254
51-200
245
201-500
40
501-1,000
11
1,001-5,000
14
5,001-10,000
4
10001+
1

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 4,978 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 industrial executive search 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 “industrial executive search 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 industrial executive search 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 industrial executive search 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, 20,044 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
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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 industrial executive search 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 industrial executive search agencies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 4,978 industrial executive search 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?

Robert Walters, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most industrial executive search agencies?

London leads with 1985 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (186) and Leeds (156).

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 20,044 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 4,978 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.