What Hiring Hub does

Hiring Hub is a UK-based two-sided online recruitment marketplace founded in 2011 and headquartered in Salford/Manchester. The company connects employers seeking to fill vacancies with a curated community of specialist independent recruitment agencies, addressing the structural problem that boutique agencies are typically excluded from corporate Preferred Supplier Lists (PSLs) while employers struggle to manage multiple third-party recruiters efficiently. The platform combines a Marketplace (where employers post vacancies and set success fees) with a Portal (for PSL management and unified agency communication), supported by 24 recruitment performance metrics, a 60-day rebate and free-replacement guarantee, a 12-month candidate fee-protection window, and a transparent single-supplier invoicing layer. Underlying technology is built on HubSpot CMS with Intercom for customer communication, Vimeo for video, and Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity for analytics; no proprietary AI/ML or public APIs are disclosed.

The business model blends transactional and recurring revenue streams. On the employer side, Hiring Hub charges a percentage placement fee (typically ~15% of the candidate's first-year salary, set by the employer) plus a fixed £349+VAT transaction fee per successful placement. On the recruiter side, agencies pay tiered monthly subscription fees for marketplace access and split-fee participation. Transfer fees (15% of annual salary) apply when contractors convert to permanent roles. The platform serves employers ranging from startups to multinationals—Henkel is the single named enterprise logo—and a long tail of specialist UK recruitment agencies, with top recruiters billing over £100,000 annually on the platform since 2015.

Hiring Hub operates as The Hiring Hub Ltd, a private limited company registered in England and Wales. The company has raised approximately $2.84M total across three disclosed funding rounds (2012, 2014, 2017), most recently a $1.85M round led by Maven Capital Partners with participation from VentureFounders. The seven-person named core team is led by CEO Mark Rothwell, a former recruiter, and the company is founder-led with no disclosed parent company, institutional control change, or M&A activity. Distribution is direct via hiring-hub.com with self-serve employer account creation and an enterprise sales motion supported by dedicated account management for larger clients.

Name

Hiring Hub

Legal name

The Hiring Hub Ltd

Website

https://hiring-hub.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hiring Hub is a UK-based online marketplace, founded in 2011, connecting employers with a curated community of specialist independent recruitment agencies, monetizing through placement fees, fixed transaction fees, and tiered recruiter subscriptions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment Marketplace

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Services (5613)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Recruiting Administration Outsourcing (Recruitment Support, Scheduling, Onboarding Ops) (BPACAKAG)

Keywords

• Recruitment marketplace
• Vendor management system
• Agency management software
• Talent acquisition platform
• Recruitment technology platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Manchester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Placement Fees: Percentage-based fee on successful candidate placement, calculated as a percentage of the candidate's first year salary set by the employer when posting the vacancy. Invoiced on candidate's start date. Typical placement fee is 15% of annual salary.
2. Transaction Fees: Fixed fee of £349 plus VAT charged to employer on each successful candidate placement, invoiced alongside the Placement Fee on the candidate's start date. Non-refundable.
3. Recruiter Subscription Fees: Monthly subscription fees payable by recruitment agencies to access the marketplace and marketplace services. Payable in advance on the Recruiter Payment Date. Multiple subscription plan tiers available with varying benefits and commission rates.
4. Transfer Fees: 15% of employee's first year annual salary when a Contractor is moved to a full-time permanent contract. Majority percentage paid to the recruiter who initially introduced the contractor.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Hiring Hub operates a two-sided online marketplace that connects employers with a community of rated, independent specialist recruitment agencies across the United Kingdom. The platform enables employers to post vacancies, set transparent success fees, and manage multiple agency suppliers through a single vendor portal with consolidated invoicing, compliance tooling, and 24 recruitment performance metrics. Specialist recruitment agencies join via monthly subscription and access pre-qualified job briefs, submit candidates, and earn placement fees on successful hires.

Product overview

Hiring Hub is a unified recruitment management platform combining a recruiter marketplace (Marketplace) and an employer Preferred Supplier List management tool (Portal) into a single platform. The Marketplace enables employers to post vacancies and engage specialist recruitment agencies, while the Portal provides PSL management and candidate sourcing capabilities. Both components are powered by the Recruiter Community—a network of rated and reviewed specialist UK recruitment agencies. The platform streamlines the entire recruitment process, from vacancy posting through to candidate placement, with built-in compliance, screening, and analytics features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hiring Hub Marketplace
• Hiring Hub Portal
• Recruiter Community

Quantifiable outcome

• Employers can reduce agency 'noise' by managing all recruitment suppliers in one central platform
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• JobTrain: UK-based recruitment management platform for employers handling high-volume hiring. Comparable as a UK recruitment technology provider, though more focused on ATS/applicant management than marketplace dynamics.

Direct peers

• Voyce: UK-based recruitment supplier engagement and vendor management platform connecting employers with multiple recruitment agencies. Closely mirrors Hiring Hub's two-sided model of managing multiple agencies under unified terms and invoicing.
• Bullhorn: Provider of recruitment CRM and applicant tracking software primarily for recruitment agencies. Comparable in that both serve the recruitment agency ecosystem with workflow, candidate management, and placement tooling.

Broad incumbents

• SAP Fieldglass: Enterprise vendor management system (VMS) for contingent workforce and services procurement. Overlaps with Hiring Hub's PSL management and supplier consolidation value proposition, but at the large-enterprise tier and across broader contingent workforce use cases.
• Beeline: Established enterprise VMS platform for managing staffing suppliers and contingent workforce programs. Competes indirectly by addressing the same multi-agency management problem Hiring Hub solves, but at enterprise scale.
• Magnit: Global managed service provider (MSP) and VMS platform for contingent workforce management. Represents the incumbent end of the market that Hiring Hub competes with for mid-market employer wallet share.
• Cielo: Global RPO and talent acquisition partner serving large enterprises. Represents the broader talent acquisition services landscape that may either partner with or compete against Hiring Hub for enterprise recruitment budgets.

Emerging players

• SmartRecruiters: Modern talent acquisition suite (ATS + CRM + marketplace) with a marketplace component for sourcing candidates. Comparable as a recruiting platform that increasingly intersects with Hiring Hub's marketplace and agency engagement positioning.
• Workable: SMB-focused ATS and recruitment platform with built-in sourcing channels. Adjacent in solving employer hiring workflow, but positioned upstream of Hiring Hub's multi-agency marketplace model.
• Recruiterflow: CRM and ATS platform purpose-built for recruitment agencies. Comparable in serving recruitment agencies with workflow and candidate management tooling, competing for the same supplier-side customers as Hiring Hub.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HiringHub
• Facebookfacebook.com/HiringHubcom
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hiring-hub-com
• Instagraminstagram.com/hiring_hub

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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