Reed.co.uk

What Reed.co.uk does

Reed.co.uk is a UK-focused online recruitment marketplace and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Reed Group, operating the country's largest self-described job board with 102,978 active listings and approximately 3,968 new roles added in the past 24 hours across 40-plus sectors (including 18,200 education, 17,484 public sector, and 24,749 London roles) and full national coverage. The platform runs a two-sided marketplace: recruiters and employers (from individual hirers to enterprises such as City Plumbing Supplies Holdings and agencies such as Fletcher George Recruitment) pay on a transactional basis starting at £89 per posting, while job seekers access listings free via website, iOS and Android apps, supported by free CV templates, a tax calculator and an average salary checker. Beyond job listings, Reed.co.uk operates a courses marketplace of 34,245 courses from third-party providers (Learning Curve Group, Royal Open College, IOMH, NextGen Learning, Training Edge and others), generating a secondary commission revenue stream and extending the platform into skills development. Distribution is reinforced by the broader Reed Group ecosystem (Reed Specialist Recruitment, Reed Learning, Reed in Partnership, Tempzone, Reed Courses), a 'James Reed: all about business' podcast, and active social channels on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok (@reedjobs). Reed.co.uk is privately held, headquartered in London, and reports an employee headcount band of 251–500.

Name

Reed.co.uk

Legal name

Reed.co.uk

Website

https://reed.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Reed.co.uk is the UK's largest job board and online courses marketplace, part of the Reed Group, connecting 102,978+ job listings with job seekers and generating revenue from recruiter job postings starting at £89 and course marketplace commissions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Recruitment Marketplace

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Career Services & Job Placement Platforms (Jobs, Recruiting, Employer Networks) (EDAFAMAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Job Search Strategy & Application Skills (EDAAAKAC), Instructor Marketplaces (Find-a-Teacher / Book-a-Class) (EDAFAIAD)

Keywords

• Online job board
• Recruitment marketplace
• Job search platform
• Online courses marketplace
• Career advice services

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Job Posting/Recruitment Advertising: Revenue from recruiters and employers paying to post job listings. Starting price from £89 for new customers.
2. Course Marketplace Commissions: Platform hosts 34,245 courses from third-party providers, likely generating commission revenue on course sales.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Reed.co.uk operates the UK's leading online recruitment marketplace, connecting job seekers with over 102,978 active job listings from employers and recruitment agencies. The platform also operates a courses marketplace offering 34,245 courses from third-party providers, alongside career advice resources, CV tools, and salary benchmarking utilities for both job seekers and recruiters.

Product overview

Reed.co.uk operates as a dual-platform marketplace consisting of a jobs and recruitment platform (UK's #1 job site with 102,978+ job listings) and an online courses marketplace (34,245 courses). The core job platform connects employers with candidates through job posting services and CV search tools, while the courses marketplace enables professional development and career training across diverse subjects. Supporting services include career advice resources, salary benchmarking tools, and mobile applications for both platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Reed.co.uk Job Search Platform

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Reed Group ServicescoreOthersPart of the broader Reed Group of companies offering comprehensive recruitment and employment services including Reed Specialist Recruitment, Reed Learning, and Reed in Partnership workforce services.
• Reed Specialist RecruitmentcoreOthersPart of Reed's specialist recruitment services operating alongside Reed.co.uk's job board platform.
• Reed LearningminorOthersPart of the Reed Group offering learning and development services, connected to Reed.co.uk's courses marketplace.
• Reed in PartnershipminorOthersWorkforce services provider under the Reed Group umbrella, complementary to Reed.co.uk's job advertising platform.
• PhilCominorOthersPhilCo is a philanthropy organization, with information about Reed's leadership in philanthropy initiatives.
• Course ProvidersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVarious third-party course providers sell courses through Reed's marketplace. Providers include Learning Curve Group, Royal Open College, IOMH, NextGen Learning, Training Edge, Small Business Charter, and others offering regulated qualifications and CPD certified courses.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Totaljobs: One of the UK's largest generalist job boards; competes head-to-head with Reed.co.uk for UK recruiter job-posting budgets and job-seeker audience.
• CV-Library: UK-focused job board with a strong CV database offering; directly comparable to Reed.co.uk's recruiter services and target SMB and agency customer base.
• Indeed: Global job search engine and the dominant aggregator of online job listings; directly competes with Reed.co.uk for UK recruiter spend and job-seeker traffic.
• Jobsite: UK generalist job board owned by StepStone Group; directly competes with Reed.co.uk for UK recruiter listings and job-seeker traffic.
• Glassdoor: Job search and company reviews platform integrated with Indeed; overlaps with Reed.co.uk's job-search product and employer-branding use cases.
• Coursera: Large online courses marketplace; directly comparable to Reed.co.uk's 34,245-course marketplace in terms of category, though Coursera's audience and brand scale are global and substantially larger.
• Udemy: Global marketplace for online courses with third-party instructors; overlaps with Reed.co.uk's courses marketplace in offering paid professional development content.

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn (Jobs): Microsoft-owned professional network with a dominant Jobs product; broader platform plays a similar recruitment marketplace role and is the principal competitive threat to UK job boards.
• Monster: Long-standing global job board with established brand and broad recruiter offerings; competes in the same category as Reed.co.uk, though with a more international footprint.

Regional players

• ZipRecruiter: US-centric AI-driven job marketplace; comparable business model and SMB-focused recruiter onboarding, though operating in a different primary geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/reedcouk
• Instagraminstagram.com/reedcouk
• TikToktiktok.com/@reedjobs
• Xx.com/reedcouk

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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