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Recruitment agencies in London ranked by reported turnover

Ranked from each company's filed annual accounts. This list last changed on and was last checked against the data on . Showing the top 50 of 232 companies that qualified.

Companies qualified
232 of 18,594
Ranked first
MARKETPLACE DIRECT LIMITED
Turnover of no. 1
£51,563,702
Data as of

Summary

232 recruitment agencies with a registered office in London reported their turnover in their latest accounts.

MARKETPLACE DIRECT LIMITED (opens in a new tab) ranks first, with £51,563,702 of turnover, followed by KEYSTREAM GROUP LIMITED with £49,767,691.

The top three account for 14.9% of the combined turnover of the listed companies, which total £1,013,922,966. The youngest company on the list is SWING HOUSE LIMITED, incorporated in 2021.

The ranking

Recruitment agencies in London ranked by reported turnover: 50 companies in rank order, with each company's number, latest and previous turnover, change, latest accounts date and age.
Rank Company Turnover Latest accounts Avg. employees Age (yrs)
Previous year Latest year Change Change %
1 MARKETPLACE DIRECT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)09608670 £47,604,6092023 £51,563,7022024 +£3,959,093 +8.3% 1,295 9
2 KEYSTREAM GROUP LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07406242 £52,204,0022023 £49,767,6912024 -£2,436,311 -4.7% 45 14
3 MEET LIFE SCIENCES GROUP LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11885096 – £49,641,2002024 – – 2 6
4 EAMES CONSULTING GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04447763 – £41,550,0722024 – – – 22
5 MORGAN HUNT UK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04349535 £48,528,0002024 £40,432,0002025 -£8,096,000 -16.7% 116 23
6 X4 GROUP LTD (opens in a new tab)06711498 – £36,793,8422024 – – – 16
7 PRECISE CONSULTANTS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08517073 £37,752,0812023 £35,938,9402024 -£1,813,141 -4.8% 21 11
8 EMPIRIC SOLUTIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05533824 – £35,335,3792024 – – – 19
9 XCEDE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04740661 – £34,600,3952024 – – 85 21
10 EARTHSTREAM GLOBAL LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08357070 – £31,913,1962024 – – 31 12
11 SWING HOUSE LIMITED (opens in a new tab)13723933 £13,845,6902023 £31,265,1392024 +£17,419,449 +125.8% 18 3
12 THE BARTON PARTNERSHIP LTD (opens in a new tab)06264908 – £30,070,3602024 – – 65 17
13 EAMES CONSULTING GROUP LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10484918 – £29,590,3932024 – – – 8
14 IDPP CONSULTING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02156145 – £26,002,6332024 – – – 37
15 IDPP HOLDINGS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03989997 – £26,002,6332024 – – – 24
16 DASA UMBRELLA LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08575838 £25,084,1042023 £24,421,5582024 -£662,546 -2.6% 525 11
17 MEET LIFE SCIENCES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06972871 – £23,209,3242024 – – 58 15
18 MORGAN PHILIPS UK LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03206355 – £22,455,0002024 – – 56 28
19 STOTT & MAY PROFESSIONAL SEARCH LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06987598 £28,612,7462023 £21,762,6882024 -£6,850,058 -23.9% 57 15
20 PANGEA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10987741 – £21,732,0002024 – – – 7
21 SKILLS ALLIANCE (PHARMA) LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05079848 – £21,324,0182024 – – 71 21
22 OLIVER BERNARD LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07128139 £45,901,1212023 £19,841,2642024 -£26,059,857 -56.8% 40 15
23 CORNHILL BOND CONSULTING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)12075967 £17,066,7382023 £18,578,1762024 +£1,511,438 +8.9% 76 5
24 DASA CIS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)08576888 £17,232,2682023 £17,287,1382024 +£54,870 +0.3% – 11
25 J & C ASSOCIATES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03162355 – £16,476,5472024 – – – 29
26 SENSIBLE STAFFING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)04577721 – £16,171,6202024 – – 30 22
27 SIMPLY EDUCATION LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05532608 £17,844,3672023 £14,565,5072024 -£3,278,860 -18.4% 56 19
28 GET SKILLS EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING LTD (opens in a new tab)07083531 – £14,497,6922025 – – 187 15
29 ALIS GLOBAL LTD. (opens in a new tab)09894762 – £14,496,0512025 – – 3 9
30 WORKMOTION UK LTD (opens in a new tab)13234027 £10,788,6382023 £14,011,3072024 +£3,222,669 +29.9% 125 4
31 MAJOR PLAYERS LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02634355 £16,015,8202023 £13,623,7972024 -£2,392,023 -14.9% 38 33
32 RESPONSE RECRUITMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)03229277 £11,117,6682023 £13,392,9142024 +£2,275,246 +20.5% 583 28
33 CASTELO SERVICES LTD (opens in a new tab)12384252 £13,242,7282024 £13,242,7282025 +£0 +0.0% 20 5
34 CAREER LEGAL LIMITED (opens in a new tab)02477115 £12,972,2252023 £12,753,3282024 -£218,897 -1.7% 162 35
35 ANNAPURNA HR LTD (opens in a new tab)06567700 – £12,240,2242024 – – – 16
36 BURNS SHEEHAN LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05070421 £12,177,9452023 £12,177,9452024 +£0 +0.0% 36 21
37 PANGEA RESOURCING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)07027446 – £11,425,0042024 – – 43 15
38 PSD LIMITED (opens in a new tab)01349434 – £11,366,8062024 – – 53 47
39 HANDLE RECRUITMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)01419017 – £11,270,2152024 – – 189 45
40 PHARMENG LTD (opens in a new tab)08258301 £13,365,6652023 £9,972,7172024 -£3,392,948 -25.4% 473 12
41 I-PHARM CONSULTING LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06540985 – £9,321,4482024 – – 35 17
42 ACT*1 SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)06417126 £8,928,2972023 £7,347,0912024 -£1,581,206 -17.7% 175 17
43 DISCOVER PEOPLE INTERNATIONAL LTD (opens in a new tab)08545319 – £7,210,0922024 – – – 11
44 LIGHT CARE AGENCY LIMITED (opens in a new tab)11404432 £5,952,4682023 £6,625,1832024 +£672,715 +11.3% 19 6
45 ARMAYA LTD (opens in a new tab)11495305 £3,045,6702023 £6,523,7802024 +£3,478,110 +114.2% 11 6
46 SPRING CONSULT UK LTD (opens in a new tab)08707979 £6,125,8742023 £6,405,2762024 +£279,402 +4.6% 30 11
47 PRIMIS CONSULT LTD (opens in a new tab)13235262 £4,396,8852023 £5,641,4152024 +£1,244,530 +28.3% 20 4
48 BESPOKE CAREER MANAGEMENT LIMITED (opens in a new tab)05041567 – £4,967,2542024 – – 19 21
49 BARCLAY SIMPSON INTERIM SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab)10147275 £5,463,1722023 £3,681,9522024 -£1,781,220 -32.6% 5 8
50 HOME2HOME(UK) LTD (opens in a new tab)12444182 £3,436,3322024 £3,436,3322025 +£0 +0.0% 2 5
Download CSV of this ranking 50 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 London.
Periods compared
Each company's latest annual accounts. The previous year's figure is shown for context and does not affect the ranking.
Ranking
Ranked by turnover (revenue) in the latest filed accounts. Only companies that report turnover can be ranked: small companies may file accounts without it, so this list covers the companies that chose or were required to publish it.
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).
Companies checked
Companies with a matching SIC code in London18,594
Not active−3,534
Dormant−1,320
Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−8,544
Turnover not filed in the latest accounts−4,964
Turnover below £1−0
Qualified for this list232