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Top 25 Recruitment consulting companies based in Manchester, United Kingdom

Name: Recruitment consulting companies based in Manchester, United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026 384 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 384 recruitment consulting companies headquartered in Manchester, United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 6,661 professional contacts across them, including 1,912 with verified work emails. Across the United Kingdom, London is the largest hub for this category (3,560 companies); Manchester follows with 384.

This list covers recruitment consulting companies headquartered in Manchester, 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 5, 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 5, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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6,661Contacts tracked

1,912Verified emails

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The 25 largest recruitment consulting companies based in Manchester, United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 384 recruitment consulting companies based in Manchester, United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to recruitment consulting 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	Oliver James	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	501-1,000	870 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Oliver James, we deliver flexible hiring solutions tailored to your business needs across financial services, professional services, commerce & industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
2	Meridian Business Support	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	497 contacts →
	Indirect 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 5, 2026
3	OSCAR	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	263 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Oscar is an award-winning, global recruitment consultancy that takes an ethical, sustainable and people-first approach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
4	Proman UK	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	249 contacts →
	Partial evidence “PROMAN is the world's 10th largest recruitment agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
5	Eleven	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	n/a	217 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Eleven connects dynamic people and businesses where bold ideas will help shape the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
6	Humankind Global Recruitment	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	n/a	120 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 5, 2026
7	Venturi	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	101 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “It’s everything we stand for.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
8	Careermakers Recruitment LTD	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	88 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Careermakers Recruitment is amongst the top recruiters in the country.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
9	CCA Recruitment Group	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	69 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Based in Manchester, Glasgow & Newcastle with presence in Cardiff and London, we can provide our clients and candidates with the perfect combination of sector specialism, matching…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
10	Axon Moore	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	60 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bringing together ambitious talent and compelling opportunity is our focus and our passion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
11	Higher Group	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	60 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Higher Group, we build search, staffing and recruitment businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
12	Castlefield Recruitment	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	53 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Castlefield Recruitment is a leading recruitment partner operating in the Public, Private and Professional Services sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
13	Cubiq Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	53 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We help ambitious, high-impact deeptech firms hire the people they need to scale, from engineers and data scientists to software developers, operators and leadership teams.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
14	V7 Recruitment	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	Partial evidence “V7 Recruitment helps engineering, mission critical and infrastructure businesses hire hard-to-find technical talent across the UK and Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
15	Maxwell Bond	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As a leading recruitment agency, we specialise in providing staffing solutions across various industries, including Technology, AI & Robotics, Sales & GTM, Digital, and Change &…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
16	ASP Group	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ASP Group was established in 2006 with the objective of creating a specialist professional recruitment consultancy offering an unrivalled service across a range of industry…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
17	MERJE	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	34 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MERJE is a widely trusted specialist talent solutions provider.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
18	Genius Consultants LTD	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	34 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
19	Purosearch Healthcare Recruitment	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Purosearch is an established, leading specialist recruiter and from our offices in Manchester, York and London, we provide bespoke recruitment services to the following sectors…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
20	MRJ Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Powering the future with AI, automation, engineering & GTM talent.” Here at MRJ, we partner with scaling workforce technology, commerce and logistics companies globally to build…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
21	Recann	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In a world of complex requirements, Recann takes away the pain of recruiting in-demand talent or finding that next great career move.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
22	Better Placed	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Better Placed is undoubtedly one of the UK’s leading, Employee Owned Recruitment specialists!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
23	QED Legal Recruitment LTD	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As of 2024, QED Legal has completed its transition to employee ownership via an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
24	SJC Partners	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With well over 100 years of combined experience in the market, we take the time to fully understand the people and businesses we work with.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026
25	Walker Lovell	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Recruiting across seven sectors bringing deep understanding and practical experience to each.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 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: recruitment consulting 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 recruitment consulting companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of recruitment consulting companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name recruitment consulting 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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Recruitment consulting companies based in Manchester, United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 5, 2026

28.7%Verified-email coverage

17.3Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 5, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

266

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United Kingdom list rather than for Manchester, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Manchester, over 384 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 recruitment consulting 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 Manchester, 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.
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 recruitment consulting 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 recruitment consulting companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Manchester 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, 1,912 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: 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.

Recruitment consulting companies 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 recruitment consulting 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 recruitment consulting companies are there based in Manchester, United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 384 recruitment consulting companies headquartered in Manchester, 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?

Oliver James, headquartered in Manchester, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United Kingdom has the most recruitment consulting companies?

London leads the United Kingdom with 3,560 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 1,912 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 384 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 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.