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Top Recruitment Agencies: Executive Search in the UK

55 recruitment agencies ranked by rating, review volume and listing quality.

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Between them, the 55 recruitment agencies on this page cover permanent recruitment (35), temporary staffing (17), contract recruitment (16) and construction and property recruitment (12). They also list work in London, Edinburgh, Manchester and New York City. 55 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

We list 55 recruitment agencies in the UK listed for executive search. The order comes from what each firm publishes and what has been verified about it, never from payment — at the top right now: Hanson Regan, 360 Search and 3Search.

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  1. JGA Recruitment Group logo

    JGA Recruitment Group

    Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Permanent Recruitment · Contract Recruitment · Also in Luton

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  2. Jo Holdsworth Recruitment Leeds logo

    Jo Holdsworth Recruitment Leeds

    Office and Admin Recruitment · Permanent Recruitment · Temporary Staffing · Also in Leeds and Lisbon

    Jo Holdsworth Recruitment Leeds is a commercial recruitment agency based in Leeds and known across Yorkshire, with reach across the UK. It began in 2005.

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  3. Juice Personnel logo

    Juice Personnel

    Construction and Property Recruitment · Driving and Logistics Recruitment · Permanent Recruitment

    Wakefield recruitment agency supplying temporary and permanent staff in commercial, logistics, industrial and construction roles

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  4. Kintec Recruitment Ltd logo

    Kintec Recruitment Ltd

    Construction and Property Recruitment · Permanent Recruitment · Temporary Staffing · Also in New York City and Manchester

    Kintec Recruitment Ltd is an international recruitment company set up in 2001. It specialises in technical and engineering-related hiring, and lists offices on several continents.

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  5. KPI Recruiting Ltd logo

    KPI Recruiting Ltd

    Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) · Driving and Logistics Recruitment

    KPI Recruiting Ltd is a UK recruitment agency providing professional search and flexible workforce solutions to large brands.

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  6. Centurion Selection logo

    Centurion Selection

    Construction and Property Recruitment · Construction · Tax · Also in Washington and Texas

    Centurion Selection is a recruitment consultancy that specialises in the property and construction market in the United States.

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  7. Cesium Group logo

    Cesium Group

    Also in London

    Cesium Group is an executive search firm that concentrates on the consumer and luxury goods sectors. It fills senior roles for brands, either within one market or across the globe.

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How is this ranking worked out?

The order comes from what each firm publishes and what has been verified about it, and never from payment:

  • Profile completeness: the details a buyer needs to judge a firm — what it does, who it serves, how it prices, who it has worked for
  • Earned trust: verification, awards and the other checks a firm has actually passed
  • Client reviews, where they exist: the rating is smoothed, so one five-star review cannot outrank a firm with a hundred good ones, and volume counts with diminishing returns

Client reviews are still rare across this catalogue, so on most lists today the order is set by the first two. A firm near the top is the best-documented and best-verified one we hold, which is not the same claim as the best one to hire. Use the list to build a shortlist, then check the firms yourself.

Sponsored listings are labelled and shown apart from this list. How rankings work

Only firms whose profile names the UK are counted here, so a firm that lists a town but no country is not yet included.

Where else can I look?

The same list for the USA: executive search in the USA (169).

Other specialisms in the UK: permanent recruitment (90) · temporary staffing (63).

Every recruitment agency in the UK: the full list.

Every category in the UK: the UK country page.

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