Grafton Recruitment

Name

Grafton Recruitment

Legal name

Grafton Professional Staffing Limited

Website

https://uk.grafton-recruitment.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional 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

Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) & Applicant Tracking (ATS) (BPACAPAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sales, Marketing & Customer Success Direct Hire (BPACAFAD), Administrative, Clerical & Office Support Direct Hire (BPACAFAF), C-Suite & Board Search (BPACAAAA), Remote & Global/Multilingual Direct Hire (BPACAFAO)

Keywords

• Professional recruitment services
• Executive search
• Permanent placement
• Flexible workforce solutions
• Talent acquisition

Headquarters

HQ city

Nottingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 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 Recruitment: Permanent talent acquisition services placing professionals whose skills, values and ambition align with client long-term business goals. Structured methodology delivers quality hires with improved retention.
2. Flexible Workforce Solutions: Contract, fixed-term and interim professional placement services to cover business peaks, transitions and project-led demands. Scalable workforce capability for transformation, key initiatives and leadership gaps.
3. Leadership Search Engagements: Retained and bespoke executive search for C-suite to function head placements. Combines market insight with rigorous assessment for leadership appointments.
4. Fractional Expertise Services: Part-time and portfolio-based access to high-impact practitioners delivering strategic outcomes without long-term commitment. Organizations access leadership and specialized expertise on-demand.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Grafton Recruitment is a specialist professional recruitment business that places white-collar professionals into sales & marketing, HR & people, operations & business support, and procurement & supply chain roles. It delivers four core service lines — Leadership Appointments (retained executive search), Permanent Talent Acquisition, Flexible Workforce Solutions (contract, fixed-term, interim), and Fractional Expertise/Portfolio Leadership — to employers across the UK and 26 other countries.

Product overview

Grafton Recruitment is a specialist professional recruitment business offering four core service lines: Leadership Appointments (executive search), Permanent Talent Acquisition, Flexible Workforce Solutions (contract/interim), and Fractional Expertise (part-time leadership). These services are delivered across four specialist business areas: Sales & Marketing, HR & People, Operations & Business Support, and Procurement & Supply Chain. The company also offers an HPTI psychometric assessment as an add-on tool for evaluating leadership potential. Grafton operates as part of Gi Group Holding and does not appear to offer a standalone software product—its offering is purely service-based recruitment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Leadership Appointments
• Permanent Talent Acquisition
• Flexible Workforce Solutions
• Fractional Expertise and Portfolio Leadership
• Sales & Marketing Recruitment
• HR & People Recruitment
• Operations & Business Support Recruitment
• Procurement & Supply Chain Recruitment

Quantifiable outcome

• 25000+ temporary and permanent roles filled each year
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Gi Group HoldingcoreOthersGrafton Recruitment is part of Gi Group Holding, one of the world's leading workforce solutions providers. Gi Group operates across multiple brands including Gi Group Recruitment, Draefern, Excel Resourcing, INTOO, Marks Sattin, TACK TMI, and Grafton Professional Staffing. Grafton is the international white collar brand under Gi Group Holding.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Morgan McKinley: Specialist professional recruitment firm with strong UK/Ireland presence in finance, accounting, and technology. Comparable target clients and white-collar focus, with similar retained and contingency search capabilities.
• SThree: UK-listed specialist recruiter focused on STEM and professional contract and permanent placement. Comparable in white-collar specialist recruitment with a strong UK footprint and similar mid-to-senior professional focus.
• Robert Half: Global specialist recruiter with strong UK presence focused on finance, accounting, technology, and office support roles. Comparable in mid-market permanent and contract professional placement and target segments.
• Marks Sattin: UK-based specialist recruitment firm operating as a sister brand under Gi Group Holding alongside Grafton. Directly comparable in professional recruitment model and shared parent infrastructure.
• Reed Global: UK-headquartered recruitment specialist and workforce solutions provider with a multi-sector white-collar offering. Comparable in permanent and flexible workforce recruitment across professional disciplines.
• PageGroup: Global professional recruitment group operating Michael Page, Page Personnel, and Page Executive brands. Closely comparable multi-brand, multi-specialism recruitment model serving white-collar clients in the UK and internationally.
• Hays: UK-listed global professional recruitment specialist operating across multiple white-collar verticals. Direct competitor to Grafton's UK permanent and contract placement model with overlapping target segments and a similar mid-to-senior white-collar focus.

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn Talent Solutions: Microsoft-owned professional network's talent acquisition suite (Recruiter, Jobs, Learning). Broad incumbent in white-collar hiring, competing for employer budget on sourcing, branding, and assessment that overlaps with agency services.
• Indeed: Global job marketplace and hiring platform (Recruit Holdings). Indirect competitor as an alternative channel for employers and candidates, increasingly overlapping with traditional agencies on white-collar sourcing.
• LHH (Lee Hecht Harrison): Global workforce solutions provider within Adecco Group, offering career transition, RPO, and talent development. Adjacent incumbent that competes for similar HR-talent budget under a broader portfolio of solutions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/UkGrafton
• Facebookfacebook.com/UKGraftonRecruitment
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/graftonrecruitmentireland

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 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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