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Top 24 Recruitment consulting firms based in London, United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 4,012 recruitment consulting firms headquartered in London, United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 87,096 professional contacts across them, including 18,724 with verified work emails. Across the United Kingdom, London is the largest hub for this category.
This list covers recruitment consulting 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 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.
The 24 largest recruitment consulting firms based in London, United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22,731 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Hays, we believe that the right job can transform a person's life - and the right person can transform a business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 4,423 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 2,341 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 2,071 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Michael Page, Page Personnel, Page Executive and Page Outsourcing are all part of PageGroup.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,979 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 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 1,927 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 1,259 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 1,248 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re Harvey Nash, and we build amazing technology and digital teams.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 813 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For hospitality recruitment with a difference, choose Host.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 568 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 514 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CER Education Recruitment specialises in providing a comprehensive range of recruitment solutions and added value services to the education sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 494 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Infrastructure plays a critical role in creating a future that works for everyone.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 450 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Page Executive is a global leader in executive search & recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 450 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “TRANSEARCH International is a global executive search and leadership consulting organisation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 425 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 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 396 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “La Fosse: Empowering people and businesses to thrive in a tech-driven world We are La Fosse.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 383 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Gravitas are serious about impacting the recruitment industry - positively.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 375 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Elite Associates are specialist luxury retail recruitment consultancy, supporting retail, fashion, beauty, corporate functions, creative services and production.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 369 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Vivid Resourcing, a leading international talent solutions partner, connects you with in-demand technical professionals you need to flourish in the Tech, Engineering, Life…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 369 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We’re a global recruitment consultancy and part of The IN Group (TIG), connecting people and organisations worldwide since 2003.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 364 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SRG delivers next-generation talent solutions that power discovery and shape the future of Life Sciences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 335 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 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 333 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Search jobs or partner with us by visiting We are Aspire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 309 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Here at Evolve Hospitality we specialise in supplying staffing solutions to the Hospitality and Catering industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 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: recruitment consulting 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 recruitment consulting firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of recruitment consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name recruitment consulting 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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Recruitment consulting firms based in London, United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 5, 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 4,012 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 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 “recruitment consulting 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 recruitment consulting 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 recruitment consulting 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, 18,724 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 firms by metro in the United Kingdom
- Recruitment consulting firms in Manchester390
- Recruitment consulting firms in Leeds243
- Recruitment consulting firms in Birmingham213
- Recruitment consulting firms in Bristol163
- Recruitment consulting firms in Glasgow94
- Recruitment consulting firms in Liverpool81
- Recruitment consulting firms in Edinburgh77
- Recruitment consulting firms in Brighton61
- Recruitment consulting firms in Milton Keynes61
- Recruitment consulting firms in Southampton60
- Recruitment consulting firms in Sheffield59
- Recruitment consulting firms in Reading58
- Recruitment consulting firms in Nottingham57
- Recruitment consulting firms in Belfast50
- Recruitment consulting firms in Leicester49
- Recruitment consulting firms in Newcastle Upon Tyne46
- Recruitment consulting firms in Northampton40
- Recruitment consulting firms in Cardiff37
- Recruitment consulting firms in Portsmouth37
- Recruitment consulting firms in Norwich36
- Recruitment consulting firms in Cambridge35
- Recruitment consulting firms in Warrington35
- Recruitment consulting firms in Coventry33
- Recruitment consulting firms in St Albans32
- Recruitment consulting firms in Bournemouth30
- Recruitment consulting firms in Derby30
- Recruitment consulting firms in Oxford29
- Recruitment consulting firms in Swindon28
- Recruitment consulting firms in Aberdeen27
- Recruitment consulting firms in Chelmsford27
- Recruitment consulting firms in Cheltenham27
- Recruitment consulting firms in Ipswich27
- Recruitment consulting firms in Chester26
- Recruitment consulting firms in Hove25
- Recruitment consulting firms in Preston25
- Recruitment consulting firms in Worcester25
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 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 recruitment consulting firms are there based in London, United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 4,012 recruitment consulting 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?
HAYS, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city in the United Kingdom has the most recruitment consulting firms?
London leads the United Kingdom with 4,012 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (390) and Leeds (243).
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 18,724 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 4,012 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.
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