What Lawrence Harvey does

Lawrence Harvey is a London-headquartered technology recruitment specialist founded in 2002, operating under the LHi Group Ltd multi-brand parent structure formed in 2016. The firm places permanent and contract technology talent across twelve or more verticals including Cryptography & Decentralised Tech, AI & Data, Robotics, Cybersecurity, Legal & Privacy, ERP Applications & Transformations, Business Transformation, and CRM Technologies, serving enterprise and mid-market clients in the UK, DACH, Nordics, Benelux, Southern Europe, and North America.

The company delivers recruitment through three core service lines: Retained Search (its most comprehensive offering, with a dedicated delivery team, weekly client calls, and salary benchmarking), Executive Search (for senior and C-suite technology leaders), and Contingent Search (a flexible, pay-on-success model). It operates from seven disclosed offices — London and Bristol in the UK, Berlin in Germany, and New York, Austin, Los Angeles, and Miami in the US — with the Austin office alone scaling from 5 to 160 employees in six years. Customer logos span Barclays, NatWest, Deloitte, BT, Coca-Cola, Fresenius, Indivior, IWG, and Aifi, and the firm generates revenue through professional-services placement fees rather than a product or platform business model.

Lawrence Harvey's go-to-market is sales-led and consultative, combining direct account management with content-driven demand generation through podcasts, salary surveys, industry events, and thought leadership. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and the firm has been grown organically without venture funding, consistent with a privately-held professional services business scaling through consultant headcount and geographic expansion rather than external capital.

Name

Lawrence Harvey

Legal name

Lawrence Harvey

Website

https://lawrenceharvey.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Lawrence Harvey is a London-based technology recruitment specialist founded in 2002, placing permanent and contract tech talent across 12+ verticals for enterprise and mid-market clients in the UK, Europe, and North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technology Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Executive Search Services (561312)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Data, AI/ML & Analytics Staffing (BPACADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

C-Suite & Board Search (BPACAAAA), Executive & Leadership Direct Hire (BPACAFAB)

Keywords

• Technology recruitment
• Executive search
• Retained search
• Cybersecurity recruiting
• AI talent acquisition

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Permanent Placement Recruitment: Fee-based recruitment service for placing candidates in permanent technology roles. The firm charges clients for identifying and placing talent in full-time positions.
2. Contract/Contingent Search: Flexible recruitment solution for contract placements. Clients engage without exclusive commitments and pay only for successful placements.
3. Executive Search: Specialized recruitment targeting highly skilled senior management and executive-level positions with comprehensive market analysis and targeted approach.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lawrence Harvey is a technology recruitment specialist firm that sources and places candidates into permanent and contract technology roles on behalf of client companies. It delivers three engagement models—Retained Search (comprehensive, dedicated delivery teams with salary benchmarking), Executive Search (senior and C-suite level), and Contingent Search (flexible, pay-on-success)—spanning 12+ technology vertical areas including AI & Data, Cybersecurity, Robotics, Cryptography & Decentralised Tech, ERP Applications, and Legal & Privacy.

Product overview

Lawrence Harvey is a technology recruitment specialist providing three core service offerings: Retained Search (their most comprehensive solution with dedicated support and weekly updates), Executive Search (specialized recruitment for senior management and C-suite positions), and Contingent Search (a flexible, pay-for-success model). The company focuses on permanent and contract placements across 12 technology specialisms including AI & Data, Cybersecurity, Robotics, Engineering, Legal & Privacy, ERP Applications, HR Transformation, and more. Lawrence Harvey operates as part of LHi Group Ltd and has offices in the UK (Bristol, London), Germany (Berlin), and the US (New York, Austin, LA, Miami).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 20+ years of industry experience delivering results for clients and candidates
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• LHi Group LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Parent company of Lawrence Harvey. LHi Group consists of five specialist, non-competing recruitment brands. Lawrence Harvey serves as the technology recruitment brand within the group, alongside brands focused on life sciences, built environment, clean energy, and project solutions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Reed Technology: UK-based technology and IT recruitment division of Reed, a large staffing group. Competes directly with Lawrence Harvey in UK and increasingly US markets for technology permanent and contract placements.
• Hays: Global professional recruitment firm listed on the London Stock Exchange with deep technology and engineering practices. Comparable to Lawrence Harvey in its multi-sector specialization, enterprise client base, and presence in UK/Europe/Americas.
• SThree: STEM-focused specialist recruitment firm listed on the London Stock Exchange with brands in technology, engineering, and life sciences. Closely mirrors Lawrence Harvey's niche specialization strategy and enterprise B2B GTM motion.
• Piper Maddox: Sister brand under LHi Group Ltd, focused on clean energy and renewable technology recruitment. Operates with the same group infrastructure and go-to-market approach as Lawrence Harvey, making it a natural peer for benchmarking within the parent portfolio.
• Computer Futures: Global technology recruitment specialist (part of SThree) with focused practices in software engineering, data, and emerging tech. Highly comparable to Lawrence Harvey in niche tech specialism strategy and enterprise B2B sales model.
• Harvey Nash: UK-headquartered technology recruitment and outsourcing firm with global offices. Direct overlap with Lawrence Harvey in technology permanent and contract placements, executive search, and enterprise client relationships in financial services and professional services.

Broad incumbents

• TEKsystems: Large US-headquartered IT staffing and services firm (subsidiary of Allegis Group). Competes with Lawrence Harvey for enterprise technology contract and permanent placements, particularly in cybersecurity, cloud, and AI/ML practices.
• Michael Page: Global professional recruitment firm (PageGroup) with substantial technology and digital transformation practices. Comparable in its enterprise sales motion and UK heritage, though broader sector coverage than Lawrence Harvey's pure-play tech focus.
• Robert Half: Established NYSE-listed staffing and consulting firm with a dedicated technology practice. While far larger and more diversified, Robert Half competes directly with Lawrence Harvey for IT contract and permanent placements across the same enterprise client base.
• Insight Global: US-headquartered staffing firm with a dedicated technology practice serving enterprise clients. Comparable in its growth trajectory, enterprise focus, and emphasis on IT and engineering placements, though larger in scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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