KPI Recruiting

What KPI Recruiting does

KPI Recruiting Ltd. is a UK-based, multi-sector recruitment agency founded in 2008 by Ryan Jardine, providing temporary and permanent staffing solutions alongside Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) and on-site partnership services. The company serves a broad range of UK enterprise clients — including AO, DPD, ASDA, Evri, FedEx, Bakkavor, Aldi, Balfour Beatty, and Network Rail — across verticals that include Industrial, Commercial, Driving, Education, Hospitality, Legal, Rail & Infrastructure, Retail, and Traffic Management, delivered through a network of 10+ branch offices spanning England and Scotland, plus a national recruitment hub.

The business operates on a traditional recruitment agency model with no proprietary technology platform; candidate attraction, onboarding, compliance, and training are managed through standard recruitment infrastructure and the company's job portal (kpir.co.uk). Revenue is generated via transaction fees — margins on temporary worker bill rates and placement fees on permanent hires — billed to clients, with services provided free of charge to candidates. The company has built a specialized rail and infrastructure capability through a wholly-owned subsidiary (KPI Rail & Infrastructure Ltd.) that offers isolation and possession planning services for major UK rail projects, and holds industry compliance accreditations including GLAA licensing, RISQS audit, and memberships in REC, ALP, Sedex, CIRAS, and Stronger Together.

KPI is a private limited company with 101–250 employees, led by a senior management team with deep sector experience (including 25+ year tenure in rail and traffic management). It has been listed in Recruiter Magazine's FAST50 — a ranking of the UK's fastest-growing recruitment businesses — for three consecutive years, and serves as a strategic recruitment partner to several FTSE-100 / large-enterprise clients, some with multi-year relationships. No external institutional investors, M&A activity, or funding rounds are disclosed in the available data.

Name

KPI Recruiting

Legal name

KPI Recruiting Ltd.

Website

https://kpir.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

KPI Recruiting is a UK-based, multi-sector recruitment agency founded in 2008, providing temporary and permanent staffing across industrial, commercial, driving, education, hospitality, legal, rail & infrastructure, retail, and traffic management verticals to enterprise clients including AO, DPD, ASDA, and Network Rail, delivered through 10+ UK branch offices and on-site partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing and Recruitment Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Education Direct Hire (Teachers/Administrators) (BPACAFAI)

Keywords

• Temporary staffing services
• Permanent placement recruitment
• Sector specialist recruitment
• Workforce solutions agency
• On-site recruitment partnerships

Headquarters

HQ city

Stoke

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Temporary/Permanent Placement Fees: KPI Recruiting charges clients for placing temporary workers and permanent employees. The company earns margins on temporary worker hourly rates and placement fees for permanent hires. Services are free to candidates.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

KPI Recruiting is a UK recruitment agency that supplies temporary and permanent workforce solutions to businesses across multiple sectors including Industrial, Commercial, Driving, Education, Hospitality, Legal, Rail & Infrastructure, Retail, and Traffic Management. The company operates a network of 10 regional branch offices, provides on-site embedded recruitment teams, and offers Recruitment Process Outsourcing with candidate attraction, onboarding, compliance, and training handled in-house. Services are free to candidates and revenue is earned through placement and temporary worker margins charged to client businesses.

Product overview

KPI Recruiting is a multi-sector UK recruitment agency offering temporary and permanent staffing solutions through sector-specific sub-brands. The core service operates across Industrial, Commercial, Driving, Executive, Finance, Hospitality, Retail, Legal, Recruitment, and Traffic Management sectors via a network of regional offices. Specialized divisions include KPI Education (teaching staff), KPI Retail (retail sector), KPI Legal (legal professionals), KPI Traffic Management (traffic management operatives), KPI Rail & Infrastructure (rail and civil engineering projects with specialized isolation and possession planning services), KPI Hospitality (catering and hospitality), and KPI Technical (engineering and maintenance). The company also offers Recruitment Process Outsourcing as a partnership solution for clients' workforce strategy needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• KPI Recruiting Temporary and Permanent Staffing Full-service UK recruitment agency supplying temporary and permanent workers across multiple sectors including Industrial, Commercial, Driving, Education, Hospitality, Legal, Rail & Infrastructure, Retail, and Traffic Management through a network of 10+ regional offices. Services are free to candidates and revenue is earned through client placement and temporary worker margins.
• KPI Education Specialist education sector recruitment service placing teachers, teaching assistants, and education professionals in UK schools. Includes a Graduate Science Trainee Teacher programme (e.g. £26,761 per year).
• KPI Retail Dedicated retail recruitment service connecting retailers with store managers, supervisors, merchandisers, and retail assistants across the UK.
• KPI Legal Specialist legal sector recruitment service placing solicitors, paralegals, legal assistants, and other legal professionals from NQ to Partner level. Also provides document production and management services (e.g. to Knights PLC).
• KPI Traffic Management Specialist traffic management recruitment service providing qualified operatives, supervisors, and planners for road safety and infrastructure projects, compliant with Chapter 8 standards.
• KPI Rail & Infrastructure Specialist rail and infrastructure recruitment service providing skilled labour for major UK rail and civil engineering projects, including isolation planning, isolation delivery, isolation management, possession planning, and worksite management services.
• Isolation and Possession Planning Service Specialist rail safety service providing isolation planning, isolation delivery, isolation management, possession planning, and worksite management for UK rail infrastructure projects. Delivered by RISQS-audited and CIRAS-member staff.
• Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Recruitment Process Outsourcing service offering on-site embedded teams and partnership-based management of clients' end-to-end hiring and workforce planning, including candidate attraction, onboarding, compliance, and training.

Quantifiable outcome

• Supplies 50+ drivers daily to major clients
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AOcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor retail/consumer electronics client supplied with 50+ drivers daily. Strategic long-term recruitment partner.
• DPDcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLogistics partner for LGV driver supply. 5+ year relationship with open and honest partnership.
• ASDAcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor retail supermarket chain client for temporary and permanent staffing solutions.
• EvricoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLogistics partner for parcelshop driver recruitment across multiple UK sites including Birmingham.
• FedExcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational logistics company client for staffing solutions.
• BakkavorcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFood manufacturing client supplied with skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled personnel.
• Balfour Beatty CRSAcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor UK rail infrastructure contractor for rail and civil engineering project staffing.
• Network RailcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorKey client for isolation services and rail infrastructure projects including West Coast Main Line, Carstairs Junction Remodelling, and others.
• SPL PowerlinescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRail electrification contractor for electrical infrastructure project staffing.
• AureoscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRail and infrastructure specialist. 11+ year working relationship with directors of KPI.
• Knights PLCcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed UK legal and professional services firm. KPI provides document production and management services.
• RISQSminorOthersRail Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme - KPI Rail & Infrastructure is audited by RISQS for rail industry compliance.
• CIRASminorOthersConfidential Incident Reporting and Analysis System - membership for rail safety incident reporting.
• REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation)minorOthersIndustry trade body membership demonstrating compliance with recruitment industry standards.
• ALP (Association of Labour Providers)minorOthersIndustry association membership for labor providers demonstrating ethical standards.
• GLAA (Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority)minorOthersLicensed by GLAA for labor provision - demonstrates compliance with labor abuse prevention standards.
• SedexminorOthersSupplier ethical data exchange membership for supply chain labor standards.
• Stronger TogetherminorOthersResponsible Recruitment Toolkit Business Partners - initiative to tackle hidden labour exploitation.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Michael Page: Global specialist recruitment group operating in the UK with focus on professional permanent and contract placements across multiple sectors; competes with KPI on the permanent and executive-search side of the business.
• Hays: Global professional recruitment firm with a substantial UK presence across multiple specialist sectors (construction, property, education, legal). Larger and broader than KPI but overlapping significantly on the Education and Professional/Permanent hiring verticals.
• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing and workforce-solutions provider with UK operations spanning temporary staffing, RPO and permanent placement across industrial, logistics and professional sectors — comparable on RPO and large-enterprise contracts.
• Adecco: Global staffing leader with significant UK presence offering temporary staffing, permanent placement and workforce solutions across industrial, logistics, retail and professional segments — overlaps with KPI on volume industrial and logistics driving supply.

Direct peers

• Pertemps: UK-wide multi-sector recruitment and staffing group with a branch-led model and deep exposure to industrial, driving, commercial and professional placements — directly comparable to KPI's sector mix and distribution approach.
• Reed Specialist Recruitment: One of the UK's largest multi-sector recruitment agencies with a broad branch network and comparable horizontal coverage of temporary and permanent placements across commercial, industrial, education and professional sectors.
• Blue Arrow: UK-focused staffing and recruitment specialist with strong logistics, driving, industrial and customer-service vertical exposure — overlapping materially with KPI's Industrial, Driving, and Commercial sectors.
• Office Angels: UK recruitment brand focused on office, commercial, professional and secretarial temporary and permanent placements — directly comparable to KPI's Commercial and Hospitality/Food Production verticals.
• Search Consultancy: Multi-sector UK recruitment agency operating across commercial, industrial, healthcare and professional services with a regional branch footprint comparable to KPI's 10-branch model.

Regional players

• Robert Half: Specialist recruitment firm with established UK operations focused on finance, accounting, technology and office professional placements — overlapping with KPI's Finance, Technical, and Executive sub-brands and the executive-search capability.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kpirecruitinguk

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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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