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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.

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6,063Companies
99,023Contacts tracked
22,144Verified emails
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The 25 largest investment banking recruitment firms based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 6,063 investment banking recruitment firms based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to investment banking recruitment firms: 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 28, 20265,001-10,00022,731 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, 2026
2Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 20261,001-5,0004,423 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 20265,001-10,0002,071 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 20261,001-5,0001,979 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, 2026
5Indirect evidenceUxbridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026501-1,0001,214 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For 75 years, the middle is where we've worked best.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 20261,001-5,000897 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, 2026
7Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026501-1,000721 contacts →

Partial evidence

“DC Advisory is an international investment bank committed to making a difference.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 20265,001-10,000450 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9Partial evidenceLondon Bridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500439 contacts →

Partial evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200425 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, 2026
11Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500384 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, 2026
12Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500383 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Gravitas are serious about impacting the recruitment industry - positively.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200372 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, 2026
14Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500369 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, 2026
15Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 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 28, 2026
16Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a333 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Search jobs or partner with us by visiting We are Aspire.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17Indirect evidenceOrpington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a333 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, 2026
18Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500300 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Peel Hunt - A leading UK investment bank focused on mid-cap and growth companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500252 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, 2026
20Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200251 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, 2026
21Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200246 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Recruiters that thrive on connecting great talent with great organisations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22Indirect evidenceBillericay, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500244 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Tangent International Integrated Talent and Delivery across Technology and Communications.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200240 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are the leading retained search and recruitment specialists for private markets professionals.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24Partial evidenceUk, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200227 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, 2026
25Indirect evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a217 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Eleven connects dynamic people and businesses where bold ideas will help shape the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

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Investment banking recruitment firms based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026
22.4%Verified-email coverage
16.3Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
44.5%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
4,409
11-50
1,372
51-200
205
201-500
34
501-1,000
8
1,001-5,000
12
5,001-10,000
5
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 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
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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 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.