Genesis Employment Services Ltd

What Genesis Employment Services Ltd does

Genesis Employment Services Ltd is a UK-based, privately held recruitment agency headquartered at 2nd Floor, 8 Hay Lane, Coventry, West Midlands, founded in August 2006. The firm provides temporary, contract, and permanent placement services to employer clients and job candidates across the West Midlands, Warwickshire, and East Midlands, covering sectors including engineering, manufacturing, construction, logistics, hospitality, warehousing, administration, and customer service. Named enterprise clients referenced include Taylor Wimpey, Persimmon Homes, Barratt Homes, an electric/performance/niche automotive manufacturer, and a mid-market driveline systems manufacturer, indicating meaningful exposure to housebuilding and advanced manufacturing verticals.

Name

Genesis Employment Services Ltd

Legal name

Genesis Employment Services Ltd

Website

https://genesis-employment.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Genesis Employment Services Ltd is a privately held UK recruitment agency based in Coventry, founded in 2006, providing temporary, contract, and permanent staffing across engineering, manufacturing, construction, logistics, and hospitality in the West Midlands, Warwickshire, and East Midlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Coventry

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Placement Fees: The company operates as a traditional employment agency, generating revenue by placing candidates (temporary workers, contract staff, and permanent employees) with employer clients. Fees are charged to employers for successful candidate placements, with the company handling the full recruitment process including candidate identification, screening, interviewing, and placement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Genesis Employment Services Ltd is a Coventry-based employment agency that places candidates into temporary, contract, and permanent roles across engineering, manufacturing, construction, logistics, hospitality, and administrative sectors in the UK Midlands. The company delivers full-cycle recruitment services including candidate sourcing, screening, face-to-face interviews, reference checks, and placement, charging placement fees to employer clients while providing free job-matching services to candidates.

Product overview

Genesis Employment Services Ltd operates as a recruitment agency providing a unified recruitment services platform. The core offering consists of a Job Board/Job Search Platform for job listings, a Candidate Registration System for job seekers, a Job Alert System delivering email and RSS-based notifications, a Client Vacancy Submission service for employers, and comprehensive Recruitment and Staffing Services encompassing candidate screening, interviews, and placement. These products work together as an integrated recruitment marketplace connecting employers with candidates in the UK Midlands region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Recruitment and Staffing Services End-to-end recruitment services including candidate identification, face-to-face screening interviews, reference checks, and placement for temporary, contract, and permanent positions across engineering, manufacturing, construction, logistics, hospitality, and administrative sectors. Targeted at UK Midlands employer clients.

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC)coreOthersMembership organization for the recruitment industry. Genesis Employment holds corporate membership, indicating adherence to industry standards and codes of practice.
• Association of Labour Providers (ALP)coreOthersMembership organization for labour providers. Genesis Employment holds 2025 membership, demonstrating commitment to ethical recruitment practices.
• Stronger TogethercoreOthersBusiness-led ethical recruitment initiative. Genesis Employment is a business partner member, committed to preventing modern slavery and human trafficking in their supply chain.
• Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of CommercecoreOthersRegional business membership organization. Genesis Employment holds Chamber membership, providing networking and business support opportunities in the local business community.
• Coventry City Football ClubflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerLong-term sponsorship relationship including Goal of the Month/Season awards, Corner Kicks sponsorship, and GoalCam sponsorship. This is the company's flagship marketing partnership, demonstrating commitment to supporting local sports and community initiatives in Coventry.
• Zoe's Place TrustminorOthersAdopted company charity providing palliative, respite and end of life care to babies and infants aged birth to five years. The Coventry hospice opened in 2011. Genesis Employment regularly raises funds for this local charity.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hays: UK-listed global recruitment firm with a strong Midlands presence across professional and skilled trades verticals. Competes for the same engineering, manufacturing, and construction candidates and clients, though with a broader professional-services portfolio.
• Michael Page: UK-listed professional recruitment firm with strong Midlands engineering and manufacturing desk. Competes for the same professional and technical candidate pool, though its permanent placement focus is weighted toward higher-salary professional roles.
• Adecco: Global staffing group with extensive UK operations covering industrial, office, and professional placements. Competes with Genesis on industrial and warehouse/logistics roles but at much larger scale with national account management capability.
• Reed: Largest UK-native recruitment firm, offering temporary, contract, and permanent placements across virtually every sector with a national branch network. Competes with Genesis in the Midlands for both candidates and vacancies, but operates at vastly greater scale and breadth as a broad incumbent.
• Manpower: Global staffing provider with substantial UK industrial and permanent placement operations. Comparable on placement-based revenue model and sector mix, but operates at incumbency scale with national and multi-region coverage.

Direct peers

• Gi Group: Global workforce solutions provider with a meaningful UK recruitment footprint focused on industrial, engineering, and logistics placements. Closely comparable business model and sector mix to Genesis, particularly on skilled-trade temporary and permanent placement.
• Blue Arrow: UK recruitment agency with strong presence in industrial, logistics, manufacturing, and hospitality staffing. Business model and multi-sector industrial focus closely mirrors Genesis Employment's CV of trades, warehouse, and customer service placements.
• Office Angels: UK recruitment agency providing temporary and permanent office, administrative, and customer service placements. Operates similar dual employer/candidate marketplace with online job search and consultant-led screening - a direct functional peer for Genesis's administrative and office vertical.
• Sanctuary Personnel: UK recruitment agency with a Midlands presence and REC membership, providing temporary and permanent staffing across social care, healthcare, and commercial sectors. Comparable as a mid-sized, multi-sector UK agency with similar accreditation-led positioning.
• Pertemps: One of the UK's largest independent recruitment agencies, operating a multi-sector temporary and permanent placement model across industrial, commercial, and professional verticals. Highly comparable to Genesis on business model (placement fees, employer-paid), although significantly larger and national in scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GenesisJobs
• Facebookfacebook.com/GenesisEmploymentServicesLtd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/genesis-employment-services-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 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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