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Top 25 Recruitment consulting companies based in Manchester, United Kingdom

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. London is the largest hub.

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, 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
384Companies
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. 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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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
2
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
3
OSCARPartial evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200263

“Oscar is an award-winning, global recruitment consultancy that takes an ethical, sustainable and people-first approach.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
4
Proman UKPartial evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200249

“PROMAN is the world's 10th largest recruitment agency.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
5
ElevenIndirect evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026n/a217

“Eleven connects dynamic people and businesses where bold ideas will help shape the world.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
6
Humankind Global RecruitmentPartial evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026n/a120

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

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
7
VenturiIndirect evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-200101

“It’s everything we stand for.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
8
Careermakers Recruitment LTDPartial evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5088

“Careermakers Recruitment is amongst the top recruiters in the country.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
9
CCA Recruitment GroupIndirect evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5069

“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
10
Axon MooreIndirect evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20060

“Bringing together ambitious talent and compelling opportunity is our focus and our passion.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
11
Higher GroupPartial evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5060

“At Higher Group, we build search, staffing and recruitment businesses.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
12
Castlefield RecruitmentPartial evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202651-20053

“Castlefield Recruitment is a leading recruitment partner operating in the Public, Private and Professional Services sectors.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
13
Cubiq RecruitmentIndirect evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5053

“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
14
V7 RecruitmentPartial evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5042

“V7 Recruitment helps engineering, mission critical and infrastructure businesses hire hard-to-find technical talent across the UK and Europe.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
15
Maxwell BondPartial evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5037

“As a leading recruitment agency, we specialise in providing staffing solutions across various industries, including Technology, AI & Robotics, Sales & GTM, Digital, and Change &…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
16
ASP GroupPartial evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5035

“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
17
MERJEIndirect evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5034

“MERJE is a widely trusted specialist talent solutions provider.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
18
Genius Consultants LTDIndirect evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 2026201-50034
Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
19
Purosearch Healthcare RecruitmentPartial evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5029

“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
20
MRJ RecruitmentIndirect evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5029

“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
21
RecannIndirect evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5029

“In a world of complex requirements, Recann takes away the pain of recruiting in-demand talent or finding that next great career move.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
22
Better PlacedPartial evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5028

“Better Placed is undoubtedly one of the UK’s leading, Employee Owned Recruitment specialists!”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
23
QED Legal Recruitment LTDIndirect evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5028

“As of 2024, QED Legal has completed its transition to employee ownership via an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
24
SJC PartnersIndirect evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5028

“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: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
25
Walker LovellIndirect evidence
Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 5, 202611-5027

“Recruiting across seven sectors bringing deep understanding and practical experience to each.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026

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Recruitment consulting companies based in Manchester, United Kingdom at a glance

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

Companies by employee count

1-10
266
11-50
97
51-200
13
201-500
6
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United Kingdom list rather than this city, 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 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 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.
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 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, 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
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Recruitment consulting companies by metro in the United Kingdom

Frequently asked

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 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 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 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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