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Top 25 Recruitment consulting companies based in the United Kingdom

Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026 9,724 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 9,724 recruitment consulting companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 165,461 professional contacts across them, including 34,992 with verified work emails and 11,044 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.

This list covers recruitment consulting 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, how directly it supports the match, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 5, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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 Match evidence on every row Refreshed Sep 5, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
9,724Companies
165,461Contacts tracked
34,992Verified emails
11,044Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest recruitment consulting companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 9,724 recruitment consulting companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026. Evidence rates how directly each company's own description names recruitment consulting companies: strong (names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on its full profile rather than the summary shown). Click a count to unlock that company's people.
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HAYSIndirect evidence
London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 20265,001-10,00022,731

“At Hays, we believe that the right job can transform a person's life - and the right person can transform a business.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
2
REEDPartial evidence
London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 20261,001-5,0005,837

“Reed is the largest family-run recruitment business in the world and we’ve been improving lives through work since 1960.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
3
Robert WaltersIndirect evidence
London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 20261,001-5,0004,423

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

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
4
Blue ArrowIndirect evidence
London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026n/a2,341

“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
5
PagegroupIndirect evidence
London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 20265,001-10,0002,071

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

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
6
Antal InternationalIndirect evidence
London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 20261,001-5,0001,979

“Antal International is a global executive search organisation with over 130 offices in more than 30 countries.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
7
Avance ConsultingPartial evidence
London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026501-1,0001,927

“Avance Consulting is a global organization focused on delivering innovative talent solution services to some of the most renowned companies in the world, across industries that…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
8
Staffline Recruitment LimitedPartial evidence
Nottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026501-1,0001,865

“At Staffline, we make recruitment simple, strategic and effective.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
9
Office AngelsIndirect evidence
London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-5001,259

“For 40 years now, we’ve been helping you to find the right path to a happy and successful future whether you’re a jobseeker or an employer.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
10
Harvey NashIndirect evidence
London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 20265,001-10,0001,248

“We’re Harvey Nash, and we build amazing technology and digital teams.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
11
Brook StreetIndirect evidence
Uxbridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026501-1,0001,214

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

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
12
Randstad UKIndirect evidence
Luton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 20261,001-5,000956

“Randstad is your partner for talent.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
13
Oliver JamesIndirect evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026501-1,000870

“At Oliver James, we deliver flexible hiring solutions tailored to your business needs across financial services, professional services, commerce & industry.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
14
ARC Hospitality RecruitmentPartial evidence
Liverpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202610001+865

“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
15
Host StaffingPartial evidence
London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026n/a813

“For hospitality recruitment with a difference, choose Host.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
16
GCSIndirect evidence
London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200568

“For over 30 years, GCS has been at the forefront of digital transformation, building vast global communities of innovators and placing them in businesses shaping tomorrow's world.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
17
The Recruitment COPartial evidence
Northampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 20261,001-5,000558

“We’re THE RECRUITMENT Co.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
18
LorienIndirect evidence
100 Bishopsgate, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500536

“Lorien is a technology, transformation and telecom talent solutions specialist.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
19
CER Education RecruitmentPartial evidence
London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500514

“CER Education Recruitment specialises in providing a comprehensive range of recruitment solutions and added value services to the education sector.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
20
Meridian Business SupportIndirect evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500497

“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
21
LVI AssociatesIndirect evidence
London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 20261,001-5,000494

“Infrastructure plays a critical role in creating a future that works for everyone.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
22
Manpower UKIndirect evidence
Uxbridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026501-1,000490

“Manpower is part of ManpowerGroup, a Fortune 500 Global Business.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
23
Coyle PersonnelPartial evidence
Harrow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500455

“Founded in 1988, Coyle Personnel is one of the UK's top privately-owned recruitment agencies.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
24
Page ExecutivePartial evidence
London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 20265,001-10,000450

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

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
25
Venn GroupPartial evidence
London Bridge, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-500439

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

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026

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Recruitment consulting companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 5, 2026
1-10Median size (employees)
LondonLargest hub · 3560 HQs
11,044Contacts with mobile numbers
Sep 5, 2026Data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
6,730
11-50
2,286
51-200
498
201-500
107
501-1,000
32
1,001-5,000
35
5,001-10,000
10
10001+
4

Verified emails by last verification

0–30
32,714
31–60
2,126
61–90
23
90–180
13
180+
116

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 recruitment consulting companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and evidence 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 SmartSearch, 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 “recruitment consulting companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among recruitment consulting 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 an evidence 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, 34,992 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 5, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Recruitment consulting companies by metro

Frequently asked

How many recruitment consulting companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 9,724 recruitment consulting 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?

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

Which city has the most recruitment consulting companies?

London leads with 3560 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (384) and Leeds (227).

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 34,992 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 9,724 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 5, 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 SmartSearch, 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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