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Top 25 Manufacturing operations staffing companies based in the United Kingdom

Name: Manufacturing operations staffing companies based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 1,108 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,108 manufacturing operations staffing companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 17,607 professional contacts across them, including 3,202 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers manufacturing operations staffing companies 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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17,607Contacts tracked

3,202Verified emails

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The 25 largest manufacturing operations staffing companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,108 manufacturing operations staffing companies 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 manufacturing operations staffing companies: 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Blue Arrow	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	n/a	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, 2026
2	ARC Hospitality Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Liverpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	10001+	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, 2026
3	The Recruitment CO	Indirect evidence	Northampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	558 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We’re THE RECRUITMENT Co.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4	Meridian Business Support	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	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, 2026
5	Selective Personnel	Indirect evidence	Glasgow City, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	329 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Selective Personnel, each and every candidate is interviewed personally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	Major Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Huddersfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	323 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our Approach Major Recruitment offers 34 years of experience within multi-specialist recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	Extrastaff LTD	Indirect evidence	St Albans, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	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, 2026
8	Quest Employment	Indirect evidence	Northampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	252 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Quest Employment we pride ourselves on being a leading recruitment specialist within the Midlands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	Proman UK	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	249 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PROMAN is the world's 10th largest recruitment agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	HR Consultancy	Indirect evidence	Glasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	n/a	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, 2026
11	24-7 Recruitment Services LTD	Partial evidence	Wrexham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	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, 2026
12	Thorn Baker Group	Indirect evidence	Nottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	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, 2026
13	Profiles Personnel	Indirect evidence	Farnham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	149 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our business is finding the best people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	Brightwork Staffline	Indirect evidence	Glasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	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, 2026
15	Bmsl Group	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	134 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BMSL was formed in 1996 to provide specialist support to the construction industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	Skillrecruit	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	201-500	125 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Skilliantech Ltd, trading as “SkillRecruit”, is a specialist IT and Engineering recruitment agency delivering comprehensive coverage of recruitment services across all industries…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	Travail Employment Group	Partial evidence	Gloucester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	116 contacts →
	Partial 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, 2026
18	Kenect Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Burton Upon Trent, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	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, 2026
19	Class1personnel	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	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, 2026
20	Venatu Recruitment Group	Indirect evidence	Doncaster, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	95 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Established in 2016, Venatu Recruitment Group specialises in five key divisions: Automotive, Engineering, Industrial, Professional, and Construction.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	Select Recruitment	Partial evidence	Norwich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	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, 2026
22	Careermakers Recruitment LTD	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	88 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Careermakers Recruitment is amongst the top recruiters in the country.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	Hrgo Recruitment Liverpool	Indirect evidence	Little Sutton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	81 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “HRGO Liverpool specialise in Industrial, Commercial and Technical recruitment, supplying temporary, permanent and contract solutions to companies across Merseyside, Cheshire and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	Microtech Global LTD	Indirect evidence	Maidenhead, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	76 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At microTECH Global, we are on a journey to becoming one of Europe’s most trusted suppliers of permanent and contract personnel.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	GPW Recruitment	Indirect evidence	St Helens, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	70 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “GPW Recruitment has an enviable list of long-term clients ranging from Blue-Chip Multi-National Organisations who use our services as part of their corporate strategy, through…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

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: manufacturing operations staffing companies. 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 manufacturing operations staffing companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of manufacturing operations staffing companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name manufacturing operations staffing companies. 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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Manufacturing operations staffing companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

18.2%Verified-email coverage

15.9Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

13.7%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

652

11-50

311

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

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 1,108 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 manufacturing operations staffing companies, 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 “manufacturing operations staffing companies”. 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 manufacturing operations staffing companies), 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 manufacturing operations staffing companies, 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, 3,202 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 manufacturing operations staffing companies, 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 manufacturing operations staffing companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 1,108 manufacturing operations staffing companies 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 manufacturing operations staffing companies?

London leads with 152 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (45) and Birmingham (28).

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 3,202 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,108 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.