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Top 25 Investment banking recruitment firms based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 6,063 investment banking recruitment firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 99,023 professional contacts across them, including 22,144 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers investment banking recruitment firms 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 investment banking recruitment firms based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22,731 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Hays, we believe that the right job can transform a person's life - and the right person can transform a business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 4,423 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 2,071 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Michael Page, Page Personnel, Page Executive and Page Outsourcing are all part of PageGroup.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,979 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Antal International is a global executive search organisation with over 130 offices in more than 30 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,214 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For 75 years, the middle is where we've worked best.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 897 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “From Investment Banking, Risk Management, Quantitative Trading, and Insurance, to Investment Management, Sales & Trading, Technology, and Wealth Management, Selby Jennings…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 721 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “DC Advisory is an international investment bank committed to making a difference.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 450 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Page Executive is a global leader in executive search & recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 439 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Venn Group, we make recruitment personal - it’s more than just a job.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 425 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 384 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Clearwater is an independent corporate finance house focused on unlocking the latent potential in every business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 383 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Gravitas are serious about impacting the recruitment industry - positively.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 372 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Macdonald & Company is the leading professional recruitment consultancy for the real estate and built environment sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 369 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 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 335 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 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 333 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Search jobs or partner with us by visiting We are Aspire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 333 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Trading since 2007 Express Staffing focuses on a variety of clients predominately, but not limited to, commercial property.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 300 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Peel Hunt - A leading UK investment bank focused on mid-cap and growth companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 252 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Deutsche Numis is a leading force in UK investment banking, backed by the global reach and scale of Deutsche Bank.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 251 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1970, IPS are global specialists in recruiting for permanent, temporary and contract insurance, pension and finance jobs for all business functions within the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 246 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Recruiters that thrive on connecting great talent with great organisations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 244 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Tangent International Integrated Talent and Delivery across Technology and Communications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 240 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are the leading retained search and recruitment specialists for private markets professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 227 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We have been providing recruitment services to Life Sciences, Renewable Energy, Heavy Lift, Data Centre and IT clients in more than 30 countries since 1992.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 217 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Eleven connects dynamic people and businesses where bold ideas will help shape the world.” 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: investment banking recruitment firms. 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 investment banking recruitment firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of investment banking recruitment firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name investment banking recruitment firms. 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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Investment banking recruitment firms 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 6,063 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 investment banking recruitment firms, 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 “investment banking recruitment firms”. 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 investment banking recruitment firms), 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 investment banking recruitment firms, 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, 22,144 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.
Investment banking recruitment firms by metro
- Investment banking recruitment firms in London2701
- Investment banking recruitment firms in Manchester225
- Investment banking recruitment firms in Leeds134
- Investment banking recruitment firms in Birmingham109
- Investment banking recruitment firms in Bristol94
- Investment banking recruitment firms in Edinburgh59
- Investment banking recruitment firms in Glasgow53
- Investment banking recruitment firms in Liverpool50
- Investment banking recruitment firms in Milton Keynes41
- Investment banking recruitment firms in Belfast33
- Investment banking recruitment firms in Newcastle Upon Tyne32
- Investment banking recruitment firms in Reading31
- Investment banking recruitment firms in Leicester29
- Investment banking recruitment firms in Sheffield29
- Investment banking recruitment firms in Southampton27
- Investment banking recruitment firms in Nottingham26
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 investment banking recruitment firms, 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 investment banking recruitment firms are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 6,063 investment banking recruitment firms 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?
HAYS, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most investment banking recruitment firms?
London leads with 2701 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (225) and Leeds (134).
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 22,144 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 6,063 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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