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Top 25 Private equity search firms based in London, United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 1,305 private equity search firms headquartered in London, United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 20,379 professional contacts across them, including 7,500 with verified work emails. Across the United Kingdom, London is the largest hub for this category.
This list covers private equity search firms headquartered in London, 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 14, 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 private equity search firms based in London, United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 1,979 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Antal International is a global executive search organisation with over 130 offices in more than 30 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 450 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Page Executive is a global leader in executive search & recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 450 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “TRANSEARCH International is a global executive search and leadership consulting organisation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 425 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 376 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Coller Capital, founded in 1990, is one of the world's leading investors in the secondary market for private assets – and widely acknowledged as an innovator in secondaries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 335 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 250 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Elevate Talent supports ambitious companies in optimizing organizational performance and sourcing exceptional leaders from across sports, entertainment, media, lifestyle…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 244 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sheffield Haworth is a global consultancy founded in 1993.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 240 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are the leading retained search and recruitment specialists for private markets professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 222 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since its formation in 1993, EM Group through its divisions EM Finance, EM Consulting, EM Legal and EM Financial Services has delivered executive search solutions to companies…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 205 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “EMA Partners is a global executive search firm, with more than 40 offices, located on five continents.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 187 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Green Park is a specialist executive search and advisory firm trusted by organisations seeking stronger, more future-ready leadership.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 181 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Alexander Chapman is a leading global search firm specializing in comprehensive staffing and talent management solutions tailored to the unique needs of local, regional, national…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 167 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re a leading people advisory consultancy that partners with you to source great executives, assess and develop leadership capabilities and expedite change and transformation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 150 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Finatal is the human capital partner to private capital, hiring outstanding talent for funds and accelerating value creation in portfolio companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 138 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are an award-winning Executive Search, Interim Management and Business Consulting firm with a strong reputation for building relationships and delivering excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 138 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Global Leaders for Global Challenges Perrett Laver is a leading global executive search firm advising on leadership for educational, research, healthcare, non-profit and cultural…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 136 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Barton Partnership is a specialist strategic talent solutions provider, seamlessly bridging the gap between strategy and execution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 131 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SSQ is a 100 percent employee-owned, leading international legal search consultancy with an unrivalled track record placing lawyers at all levels, as well as advising on team…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 120 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Leathwaite, we specialize in placing enterprise leaders who think business first, function second -leaders who don’t just manage their domain but actively push forward…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 119 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Annapurna, we are focused on becoming a trusted responsible search partner for our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 118 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Saxton Bampfylde is an independent, employee-owned executive search and leadership advisory firm, with 40 years of heritag, founded on a mission to change the world by changing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 117 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 2011, Hunter Healthcare was built on a vision to raise the profile of the recruitment industry and become a global resourcing partner of choice for health and life…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 114 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We're the champion of business support professionals and the chosen recruitment partner of the world’s top private equity and alternative investment firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 109 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “From a small London office to a global presence, Hanover has grown by helping organisations worldwide unlock potential at every stage of their talent journey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 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: private equity search 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 private equity search firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of private equity search firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name private equity search 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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Private equity search firms based in London, United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 14, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United Kingdom list rather than for London, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for London, over 1,305 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 private equity search 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 London, United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “private equity search 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 private equity search 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 private equity search firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside London 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, 7,500 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 14, 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.
Private equity search firms by metro in the United Kingdom
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 private equity search 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 private equity search firms are there based in London, United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 1,305 private equity search firms headquartered in London, 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 in the United Kingdom has the most private equity search firms?
London leads the United Kingdom with 1,305 headquartered companies, followed by Leeds (71) and Manchester (43).
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 7,500 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,305 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 14, 2026.
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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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