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Top 25 Virtual recruitment agencies based in London, United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 2,039 virtual recruitment agencies headquartered in London, United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 48,742 professional contacts across them, including 8,511 with verified work emails. Across the United Kingdom, London is the largest hub for this category.
This list covers virtual recruitment agencies 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 29, 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 virtual recruitment agencies 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 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,541 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Zen, we’re a certified B Corp transforming how schools and educators connect, because every student deserves consistent access to excellent teaching.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 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 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 537 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Multilingual recruitment specialists in Europe since 1990.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 450 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Page Executive is a global leader in executive search & recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 383 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Gravitas are serious about impacting the recruitment industry - positively.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 333 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Search jobs or partner with us by visiting We are Aspire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 285 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hiring in fashion, retail, beauty or FMCG?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 265 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Berkeley Scott | Recruitment Experts in Hospitality With over 30 years of experience, Berkeley Scott is the UK’s leading specialist in recruitment for the Hotel, Hospitality and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 246 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Recruiters that thrive on connecting great talent with great organisations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 225 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 2005 by Rethink Group, we deliver recruitment strategies for the curious: those who want to surpass their competition by attracting, engaging and hiring the best…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 203 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our Heritage Founded by Lady Virginia Tate in 1985, Tate Recruitment emerged with a firm vision: to be the best everywhere, all the time.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 196 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Totaljobs is part of StepStone, one of the world’s leading next-generation recruitment solution providers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 191 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We help marketing leaders in the Publishing, Events and Business Intelligence sector hire exceptional Marketing Talent Looking for a new role?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 164 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Tempest Resourcing is a team of dedicated recruitment specialists with in-depth experience across the Education, Social Work, Complex Care, Charity, Revenues & Benefits, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 164 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We specialise in matching exceptional staff with employers of choice and private individuals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 158 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “With a unique 'Classroom to Boardroom' business model, Dartmouth is a multi-award-winning recruitment company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 145 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Global Technology Recruitment Specialists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 143 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Explore Group has been helping companies recruit top talent in the ever-evolving world of technology since 2005.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 128 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Newforce provides global recruitment and workforce staffing solutions that help organizations access skilled talent across multiple markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 123 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Retail, commercial and hospitality recruitment specialist.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 119 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Annapurna, we are focused on becoming a trusted responsible search partner for our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 118 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We’re LMA, part of Empresaria Group plc, a professional recruitment agency that’s powered by curiosity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 117 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In late 2009, Stott and May was founded on the belief that hiring managers should never have to make the choice between time to hire and quality of candidate.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 114 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Iglu is the global hub for tech talent changing how-and where-businesses do their best work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 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: virtual recruitment agencies. 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 virtual recruitment agencies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of virtual recruitment agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name virtual recruitment agencies. 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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Virtual recruitment agencies based in London, United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 29, 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 2,039 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 virtual recruitment agencies, 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 “virtual recruitment agencies”. 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 virtual recruitment agencies), 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 virtual recruitment agencies, 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, 8,511 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 29, 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.
Virtual recruitment agencies by metro in the United Kingdom
- Virtual recruitment agencies in Manchester233
- Virtual recruitment agencies in Birmingham115
- Virtual recruitment agencies in Leeds113
- Virtual recruitment agencies in Bristol91
- Virtual recruitment agencies in Glasgow52
- Virtual recruitment agencies in Milton Keynes49
- Virtual recruitment agencies in Liverpool42
- Virtual recruitment agencies in Reading37
- Virtual recruitment agencies in Edinburgh36
- Virtual recruitment agencies in Sheffield36
- Virtual recruitment agencies in Brighton35
- Virtual recruitment agencies in Nottingham33
- Virtual recruitment agencies in Newcastle Upon Tyne31
- Virtual recruitment agencies in Cambridge30
- Virtual recruitment agencies in Belfast29
- Virtual recruitment agencies in Leicester28
- Virtual recruitment agencies in Southampton26
- Virtual recruitment agencies in Cardiff25
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 virtual recruitment agencies, 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 virtual recruitment agencies are there based in London, United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 2,039 virtual recruitment agencies 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 virtual recruitment agencies?
London leads the United Kingdom with 2,039 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (233) and Birmingham (115).
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 8,511 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,039 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 29, 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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