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

Recruitment agencies in Bristol 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 27 companies that qualified are shown.

Companies qualified
27 of 893
Ranked first
HANSON RECRUITMENT LTD
Top headcount increase
+33 employees
Data as of

Summary

Of the 893 recruitment agencies in Bristol that we checked, 27 met the rules for this list by growing their average employees between their latest two annual accounts. HANSON RECRUITMENT LTD (opens in a new tab) leads after its average employees moved from 18 to 51 (+183.3%), ahead of KINGSTON BARNES LIMITED and PRECISION RESOURCE GROUP LIMITED.

  • Median change on the list: +16.7%
  • Companies that at least doubled their average employees: 2
  • Incorporated before 2010: 7 companies

Top 10: before and after

  1. Rank 1 HANSON RECRUITMENT LTD (opens in a new tab) 18 (2023) to 51 (2024) +183.3%
  2. Rank 2 KINGSTON BARNES LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 173 (2023) to 202 (2024) +16.8%
  3. Rank 3 PRECISION RESOURCE GROUP LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 251 (2023) to 280 (2024) +11.6%
  4. Rank 4 JJFOX LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 120 (2023) to 138 (2024) +15.0%
  5. Rank 5 ERNEST GORDON RECRUITMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 42 (2023) to 58 (2024) +38.1%
  6. Rank 6 RISE TECHNICAL RECRUITMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 194 (2023) to 208 (2024) +7.2%
  7. Rank 7 DOCKSIDE SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 6 (2024) to 15 (2025) +150.0%
  8. Rank 8 LONG-TERM TEACHERS LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 7 (2023) to 12 (2024) +71.4%
  9. Rank 9 TEAM EDUCATE LTD (opens in a new tab) 9 (2023) to 14 (2024) +55.6%
  10. Rank 10 KALISI CONSTRUCTION LTD (opens in a new tab) 10 (2024) to 15 (2025) +50.0%
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 Bristol ranked by employee growth: 27 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 HANSON RECRUITMENT LTD (opens in a new tab)14406648 182023 512024 +33 +183.3% 2
2 KINGSTON BARNES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07263566 1732023 2022024 +29 +16.8% 15
3 PRECISION RESOURCE GROUP LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09573050 2512023 2802024 +29 +11.6% 10
4 JJFOX LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05015384 1202023 1382024 +18 +15.0% 21
5 ERNEST GORDON RECRUITMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10991975 422023 582024 +16 +38.1% 7
6 RISE TECHNICAL RECRUITMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05490121 1942023 2082024 +14 +7.2% 20
7 DOCKSIDE SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)13482147 62024 152025 +9 +150.0% 4
8 LONG-TERM TEACHERS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11554925 72023 122024 +5 +71.4% 6
9 TEAM EDUCATE LTD (opens in a new tab)12316123 92023 142024 +5 +55.6% 5
10 KALISI CONSTRUCTION LTD (opens in a new tab)10721045 102024 152025 +5 +50.0% 8
11 QUALITY & COMPASSIONATE CARE LTD (opens in a new tab)13438827 252023 302024 +5 +20.0% 4
12 HUNTER SELECTION LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05311926 512023 562024 +5 +9.8% 20
13 ENABLE SALES RECRUITMENT LTD (opens in a new tab)10302409 92023 132024 +4 +44.4% 8
14 MIGHTY GRIFFIN RECRUITMENT LTD (opens in a new tab)12622299 282024 322025 +4 +14.3% 5
15 ENTERPRISE COMMERCIAL SERVICES GROUP LTD (opens in a new tab)06896770 52023 82024 +3 +60.0% 16
16 THE EDUCATIONWISE ACADEMY LTD (opens in a new tab)09289863 182023 212024 +3 +16.7% 10
17 CAPIO RECRUITMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12056246 192023 222024 +3 +15.8% 6
18 ENG BAUEN LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10786380 82023 102024 +2 +25.0% 8
19 FIVE EDUCATION RECRUITMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11402262 92023 112024 +2 +22.2% 7
20 ARTIS RECRUITMENT LTD (opens in a new tab)06417637 102023 122024 +2 +20.0% 17
21 BALTIMORE CONSULTING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08387222 332023 352024 +2 +6.1% 12
22 EDUCATION PEOPLE LTD (opens in a new tab)05017783 62023 72024 +1 +16.7% 21
23 CLARK WOOD LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07531571 62023 72024 +1 +16.7% 14
24 AUTOGRAPH SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09684372 72023 82024 +1 +14.3% 9
25 PROFESSIONAL APPRENTICESHIPS LTD (opens in a new tab)10147140 132023 142024 +1 +7.7% 9
26 FREIGHT APPOINTMENTS LTD (opens in a new tab)12155257 182023 192024 +1 +5.6% 5
27 RED RECRUITMENT PARTNERSHIP LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05374912 702024 712025 +1 +1.4% 20
Download CSV of this ranking 27 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 Bristol.
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 Bristol893
Not active−159
Dormant−56
Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−357
Figure missing for one of the two years−96
Starting figure below the minimum−153
No increase−44
Figure too large or inconsistent to be reliable−1
Qualified for this list27