What Blayze Group does

Blayze Group is a privately-held Talent and Leadership Recruitment Consultancy founded in London in 2002 by Harvey Gretton, operating through the UK legal entity Blayze Consulting Group Limited and the US subsidiary Blayze Recruitment Inc. The firm specialises exclusively in the Real Estate, Construction, Infrastructure, and Professional Services sectors, serving contractors, consultants, developers, and client-side organisations (investors, owners, asset managers) across the UK, North America, and the Middle East.

The company's core service portfolio comprises partnered recruitment, executive search, contract and temporary staffing, Academy Programmes for succession planning, and the in-house occupational psychology practice Blayze Vantage. Supporting services include salary benchmarking and market intelligence reports, plus the CFO Network community for senior finance leaders. The firm employs a sales-led go-to-market model through specialist consultants engaging directly with enterprise clients, with offices in London (headquarters at 2-4 Idol Lane, EC3R 5DD) and Houston (regional US headquarters, with additional Texas and Florida coverage). The firm also trades as Sten Partners and Celerity Search.

Blayze Group's revenue model is primarily transaction-based: contingency placement fees on permanent hires, retained fees on executive search engagements, and hourly/daily rates on contract staffing, complemented by professional services fees for benchmarking reports and Academy Programmes. No proprietary technology platform is identified; the offering is built on sector expertise, senior recruiter networks, and the proprietary psychological assessment capability of Blayze Vantage. Notable named clients include Berkeley, CBRE, Clarion, Countryside, Crest, Lendlease, and LHG, with long-tenured relationships referenced in client testimonials (e.g., an 18-year engagement with St James Group). The firm holds Gold Investors in People recognition and operates as a UK private limited company with no disclosed external institutional investment.

Name

Blayze Group

Legal name

Blayze Consulting Group Limited

Website

https://blayzegroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Blayze Group is a London-founded talent and leadership recruitment consultancy serving contractors, developers, consultants, and client-side organisations in the global construction, real estate, infrastructure, and professional services sectors through offices in the UK and North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Permanent Placement / Contingency Recruitment: Fee-based recruitment services for placing permanent candidates in client organisations across construction, real estate, professional services, and infrastructure sectors. Placement fees are typically contingency-based, earned upon successful placement.
2. Executive Search / Retained Search: In-depth, data-driven executive search for senior and leadership positions in UK and USA real estate and construction markets, typically on a retained fee basis.
3. Temporary/Contract Staffing: Temporary staffing solutions providing skilled temporary staff to businesses facing short-term staffing challenges.
4. Salary Benchmarking & Market Intelligence Reports: Data-driven salary benchmarking and market insight reports offered to clients for competitive advantage in talent attraction, compensation planning, and workforce development.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Blayze Group is a Talent and Leadership Consultancy providing end-to-end recruitment services across the Real Estate, Construction, Infrastructure, and Professional Services sectors globally. Core offerings include partnered recruitment, executive search, contract/temporary staffing, academy programmes, and in-house candidate assessments through Blayze Vantage. The firm also delivers data-driven salary benchmarking reports and operates the CFO Network community for senior finance leaders.

Product overview

Blayze Group is a Talent and Leadership Recruitment Consultancy operating as a unified platform with multiple integrated service offerings. The core offering consists of partnered recruitment, executive search, contract/temporary recruitment, academy programmes, and candidate assessment services. The portfolio includes Blayze Vantage, the firm's psychology practice delivering in-house candidate assessments. Additional offerings include Industry Benchmark Reports (salary benchmarking and market insights) and the CFO Network (a professional community for senior finance leaders). Services span the Real Estate, Construction, Infrastructure, and Professional Services sectors globally, with operations in the UK and North America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Blayze Vantage: The psychology practice of Blayze Group, providing expert candidate assessments and organizational psychology services to help businesses drive impactful change in leadership and organizational performance.

Products and services

• Partnered Recruitment Close partnership with organisations to manage end-to-end recruitment processes, leveraging deep market insight to add strategic value and ensure the best possible candidate is secured for every role. Targeted at employers in construction, real estate, infrastructure, and professional services.
• Executive Search Detail-oriented executive search process offering clients a tailored approach to ensure the full market is covered and identify the best candidates, particularly for UK and USA real estate and construction markets. Targeted at senior leadership and board-level placements.
• Contract / Temporary Recruitment Temporary staffing solutions to help businesses facing short-term staffing challenges, with experienced and skilled temporary staff screened to meet clients' specific needs. Targeted at employers requiring short-term construction, real estate, or infrastructure project staff.
• Academy Programmes Tailored academy solutions for businesses looking to attract high calibre talent and drive succession planning in short skill areas of the business. Targeted at employers building long-term talent pipelines.
• Blayze Vantage Candidate Assessment Psychology practice providing expert candidate assessments and helping ambitious businesses drive impactful change in leadership and organisational performance using science, innovation, and in-depth insight. Delivered by in-house occupational psychologists for Blayze Group clients and other organisations.
• Industry Benchmark Reports (Salary Benchmarking) Comprehensive salary benchmarking and market insight reports providing data-driven analysis to help organisations understand market position relative to key competitors, supporting talent attraction, compensation planning, and workforce development decisions in construction and real estate sectors.

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cobalt Recruitment: UK-based specialist recruitment firm focused on real estate, construction, and engineering sectors — closely comparable to Blayze in vertical focus, mid-to-senior placement mix, and UK-headquartered specialist positioning.
• NES Fircroft: Global specialist recruiter serving the energy, engineering, and infrastructure sectors, with similar project-driven contract and permanent placements to Blayze's infrastructure and contractor clients.
• Fircroft: Engineering and infrastructure specialist recruiter providing permanent and contract staffing to construction-adjacent sectors; directly comparable to Blayze's infrastructure and contractor practices.

Broad incumbents

• Hays (Construction & Property practice): Global recruitment leader with a dedicated Construction & Property division serving developers, contractors, and consultancies — overlapping with Blayze's verticals but part of a broader multi-sector portfolio.
• Michael Page: Specialist recruitment division of PageGroup with a strong construction and property practice, placing mid-to-senior professionals into Blayze's core sectors as part of a wider professional services recruitment portfolio.
• Robert Walters: International recruitment firm with a UK real estate and construction specialty, placing senior professionals into property, development, and consulting roles comparable to Blayze's executive search focus.
• Robert Half: Global professional staffing and recruitment firm (US-headquartered) with property and construction practice areas; overlapping with Blayze's CFO/finance recruitment and broader professional services search.
• Randstad: Global staffing leader with construction and property practice areas serving enterprise clients across multiple geographies — a broad incumbent that competes with Blayze for contractor and developer mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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