Source: every figure comes from Companies House records and the accounts companies file there. How the figures are produced.

Recruitment agencies in Birmingham ranked by employee growth

Ranked from each company's filed annual accounts. This list last changed on and was last checked against the data on . All 29 companies that qualified are shown.

Companies qualified
29 of 2,413
Ranked first
VELNORG LTD
Top headcount increase
+50 employees
Data as of

Summary

At the top is VELNORG LTD (opens in a new tab), which went from 150 to 200 average employees, a change of +50 (+33.3%). SW RECRUITMENT (MIDLANDS) LTD (opens in a new tab) and CONNAUGHT RESOURCING LIMITED (opens in a new tab) complete the top three.

The ranking compares each company's latest two annual accounts. 29 recruitment agencies in Birmingham qualified. The typical listed company grew by +25.0% (the median). The median listed company was incorporated 7 years ago.

Top 10: before and after

  1. Rank 1 VELNORG LTD (opens in a new tab) 150 (2023) to 200 (2024) +33.3%
  2. Rank 2 SW RECRUITMENT (MIDLANDS) LTD (opens in a new tab) 29 (2023) to 52 (2024) +79.3%
  3. Rank 3 CONNAUGHT RESOURCING LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 88 (2023) to 110 (2024) +25.0%
  4. Rank 4 NETCOM TRAINING LTD (opens in a new tab) 52 (2023) to 72 (2024) +38.5%
  5. Rank 5 BELL CORNWALL ASSOCIATES LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 6 (2023) to 23 (2024) +283.3%
  6. Rank 6 LIMITLESS TRAVEL LTD (opens in a new tab) 17 (2023) to 30 (2024) +76.5%
  7. Rank 7 ORIA CARE LTD (opens in a new tab) 11 (2024) to 20 (2025) +81.8%
  8. Rank 8 RYAN PROJECTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 8 (2023) to 16 (2024) +100.0%
  9. Rank 9 TRY TEMPS LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 56 (2023) to 64 (2024) +14.3%
  10. Rank 10 TP STAFF PROVIDER LTD (opens in a new tab) 6 (2023) to 12 (2024) +100.0%
All bars share one scale, so the increases can be compared directly. Every figure is also in the full table below.

The ranking

Recruitment agencies in Birmingham ranked by employee growth: 29 companies in rank order, with each company's number, latest and previous average employees, change, latest accounts date and age.
Rank Company Average employees Latest accounts Age (yrs)
Previous year Latest year Change Change %
1 VELNORG LTD (opens in a new tab)10365209 1502023 2002024 +50 +33.3% 8
2 SW RECRUITMENT (MIDLANDS) LTD (opens in a new tab)13734192 292023 522024 +23 +79.3% 3
3 CONNAUGHT RESOURCING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05001111 882023 1102024 +22 +25.0% 21
4 NETCOM TRAINING LTD (opens in a new tab)07678031 522023 722024 +20 +38.5% 14
5 BELL CORNWALL ASSOCIATES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05241848 62023 232024 +17 +283.3% 20
6 LIMITLESS TRAVEL LTD (opens in a new tab)09735991 172023 302024 +13 +76.5% 9
7 ORIA CARE LTD (opens in a new tab)14754887 112024 202025 +9 +81.8% 2
8 RYAN PROJECTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12116832 82023 162024 +8 +100.0% 6
9 TRY TEMPS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02842042 562023 642024 +8 +14.3% 31
10 TP STAFF PROVIDER LTD (opens in a new tab)12595239 62023 122024 +6 +100.0% 5
11 BODEN RESOURCE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07978215 482023 542024 +6 +12.5% 13
12 BREEZE RECRUITMENT DRIVEFORCE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07240754 92023 142024 +5 +55.6% 15
13 NOW EDUCATION EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12276152 92023 142024 +5 +55.6% 5
14 DIVERSE CITY CARE LTD (opens in a new tab)11404173 82023 122024 +4 +50.0% 7
15 TRINITY HOUSE GROUP LTD (opens in a new tab)12803635 112023 152024 +4 +36.4% 4
16 AM & LM LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11155526 542024 582025 +4 +7.4% 7
17 NOW EDUCATION CARDIFF LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12267436 72023 102024 +3 +42.9% 5
18 CLICK EMS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12785486 142024 172025 +3 +21.4% 4
19 LIVE RECRUITMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05173134 172023 202024 +3 +17.6% 21
20 MILESTONES EDUCATION LTD (opens in a new tab)12723032 232023 262024 +3 +13.0% 5
21 LEOPARD SECURE SERVICES LTD (opens in a new tab)14556650 52023 72024 +2 +40.0% 2
22 NOW EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12214029 92023 112024 +2 +22.2% 5
23 P H LEGAL RECRUITMENT LTD. (opens in a new tab)07918625 52024 62025 +1 +20.0% 13
24 MALLORY PARTNERS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07415316 62023 72024 +1 +16.7% 14
25 ALEVIO CONSULTING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12676703 62023 72024 +1 +16.7% 5
26 STAFF FOR EMPLOYMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12920467 92023 102024 +1 +11.1% 4
27 THE JOB PEOPLE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)14315987 112023 122024 +1 +9.1% 2
28 CLOVER HR SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10577928 172024 182025 +1 +5.9% 8
29 FLOURISH EDUCATION LTD. (opens in a new tab)07328971 282024 292025 +1 +3.6% 15
Download CSV of this ranking 29 rows, the same as the table. “–” means the figure was not filed.

How this list was made

Industry
Companies with any of these SIC codes on their Companies House record:
  • 78100 – Activities of employment placement agencies
  • 78109 – Other activities of employment placement agencies
  • 78200 – Temporary employment agency activities
  • 78300 – Human resources provision and management of human resources functions
Location
The post town of the registered office address is Birmingham.
Periods compared
Each company's latest annual accounts against its accounts for the year before. Companies whose two latest accounts are not for consecutive years are left out.
Ranking
Ranked by the increase in average employees between the latest two consecutive annual accounts, then by percentage increase. Companies must have started with at least 5 average employees.
Exclusions
Companies that are dissolved, in liquidation, in administration or proposed to be struck off; dormant companies; and companies whose latest accounts end more than 21 months before the newest accounts in the data (or are dated after it). Figures that cannot be right, which are most likely filing errors, are also left out:
  • headcount more than 10 times the year before
  • an employee number identical to the net assets figure, or above 100,000
  • more employees than the company's accounts category allows (micro: 50, small: 250, with a margin)
  • less than £5,000 of turnover per employee, or a round number of thousands with no turnover to check it against
Companies checked
Companies with a matching SIC code in Birmingham2,413
Not active−737
Dormant−463
Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−782
Figure missing for one of the two years−168
Starting figure below the minimum−186
No increase−48
Figure too large or inconsistent to be reliable−0
Qualified for this list29