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Top 25 Marketing director recruitment agencies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 3,407 marketing director recruitment agencies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 36,179 professional contacts across them, including 9,036 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers marketing director recruitment 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.

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The 25 largest marketing director recruitment agencies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 3,407 marketing director recruitment agencies 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 marketing director recruitment 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 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
2Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 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 28, 2026
3Indirect 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
4Partial 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
5Partial 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
6Indirect 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
7Partial 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
8Indirect 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
9Indirect 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
10Indirect evidenceFareham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500309 contacts →

Indirect evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a285 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Hiring in fashion, retail, beauty or FMCG?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12Partial 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
13Indirect 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
14Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500205 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“EMA Partners is a global executive search firm, with more than 40 offices, located on five continents.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200203 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Our Heritage Founded by Lady Virginia Tate in 1985, Tate Recruitment emerged with a firm vision: to be the best everywhere, all the time.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a191 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We help marketing leaders in the Publishing, Events and Business Intelligence sector hire exceptional Marketing Talent Looking for a new role?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17Indirect evidenceLeeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500165 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Established in May 2005, Mackenzie Stuart was founded to deliver bespoke, sector-specific services & expertise and in doing so, establish a new standard within Executive Search.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500160 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are The SR Group, a global recruitment company comprising specialist search and recruitment consultancies Brewer Morris, Carter Murray, Frazer Jones and Taylor Root.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19Indirect evidenceFarnham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-50149 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our business is finding the best people.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200145 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Sphere Digital Recruitment is a multi award-winning agency specialising in recruiting marketing, sales, analytics, product & creative talent on a permanent and contract basis in…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-50143 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Explore Group has been helping companies recruit top talent in the ever-evolving world of technology since 2005.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22Partial evidenceMilton Keynes, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-50134 contacts →

Partial evidence

“SustainRecruit is a specialist Tech, Digital and Financial Services recruitment partner, connecting organisations with high-quality talent across a broad range of disciplines.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23Partial evidenceNewcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200133 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Nigel Wright Group is Europe’s number one consumer sector recruitment specialist.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24Partial evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a120 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are Humankind Global Recruitment, a specialist recruitment consultancy connecting the global ambitions of our clients with the personal ambitions of exceptional individuals.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200119 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Annapurna, we are focused on becoming a trusted responsible search partner for our clients.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

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Marketing director recruitment agencies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026
25.0%Verified-email coverage
10.6Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
43.8%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
2,512
11-50
758
51-200
107
201-500
14
501-1,000
5
1,001-5,000
2
5,001-10,000
2

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 3,407 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 marketing director recruitment 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 “marketing director recruitment 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 marketing director recruitment 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 marketing director recruitment 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, 9,036 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 marketing director recruitment 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 marketing director recruitment agencies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 3,407 marketing director recruitment 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?

Antal International, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most marketing director recruitment agencies?

London leads with 1492 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (119) and Leeds (102).

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 9,036 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 3,407 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.