Specialist Recruitment Agency
Business Brokers
Welcome to Recruitment Agency Sales, specialist business brokers for the UK recruitment industry, with over 20 years’ experience of mergers & acquisitions. We help recruitment agencies stand out from the crowd, providing valuations and M&A broker services. Contact us today for a confidential discussion about your agency.
Sell a Recruitment Agency
Sell or merge your recruitment business with Recruitment Agency Sales. No sellers fees. List your firm for sale with us completely free of charge. Read more
Valuations
Recruitment Agency Sales are specialist business brokers, dealing solely with the sale & merger of recruitment agencies. We provide market valuations, exit strategies and advice on with deal structures. Read more
Buyer Services
Join our database of recruitment business buyers to receive regular updates of recruitment agencies for sale or merger. It takes less than 30 seconds to sign up with us, and registration is free of charge. Read more
Stand Out from the Crowd
There are over 30,000 recruitment agencies in the UK alone and many hundreds of thousands around the world. Only 15% of recruitment agencies currently trading were in existence before 2008, which shows how hard it is to make a living in the sector – a significant proportion of agencies fail to survive in the long term. There are over 10,000 recruitment agencies in London alone. With these numbers, how do you successfully stand out from the crowd and sell a recruitment agency at a good price? Speak to RAS Recruitment Agency Sales.
The UK recruitment market is worth over £140 billion and recruiters filled 25 million temp roles in 2022, so there is a plenty of business out there – what is your worth? Contact us for a discussion about your exit strategy, find out what we think your agency could be worth and plan for your future. We assist all recruitment businesses of all shapes & sizes including permanent, temporary or contractor recruitment and regardless of your sector.
Frequently Asked Questions
Lets face it, there are a lot of websites out there all pointing to different multiples for valuing your recruitment agency. If you type the question into Google, the answer is usually that any recruitment agency is worth at least 6 x EBITDA (lets take the easier definition of net fee income – ie your turnover figure).
So if we take the figure of £300,000 in annual net fee income, is your agency really worth £1.8 million?
What do you think? Would you pay £1.8 million for a recruitment agency that may have 20 staff, it may have 2 members of staff. There may be 3 clients, there may also be 400 clients. Your database may contain 50 contractors, or you may have built up a bank of 3,000.
At the end of the day, your recruitment agency is worth what a buyer will pay for it, and no-one in their right mind is going to pay £1.8 million for a recruitment agency specialising in say general permanent recruitment at a junior end, with very limited profit margins and wholly dependent on the connections the owner has built up. Its common sense, although unfortunately this can go out of the window when agency owners start applying accountancy multiples that are mostly pie in the sky.
Your agency is a service business. You have no assets to sell, you have the professional capability of your staff and yourself to offer a buyer. What a buyer is prepared to pay for that capability depends on a lot of factors that all affect the likely sale price.
Multiplying figures by other figures and coming up with something utterly random and unjustified by physical evidence is very unlikely to reflect reality.
If you would like a real world valuation based on your circumstances, please get in touch.
What is My Recruitment Business Worth?
You have put in the effort to build your business, worked long hours and invested time and money in making a success of your agency. But what is it all worth, and how do you achieve the maximum return? We provide valuation reports, exit strategy assistance and lots of interested buyers for your business. We guide you through the sale process, providing access to legal and accountancy resources and making sure all potential leads are qualified. There are a lot of buyers in the market looking for recruitment businesses like yours, but knowing what your business is worth and finding the right buyer for you requires professional assistance.
10% of Profits to Charity
RAS Recruitment Agency Sales is part of the Ten Percent Group of websites, which means we are committed to donating 10% of annual net profits to charity via the Ten Percent Foundation, a charitable trust in the UK. Since 2000 the Ten Percent Foundation has distributed over £250,000 of company donations to charity.
Advice
Speak to one of our advisers to discuss our services, how we can help you and let us take the strain. We are here to make the process of buying and selling a recruitment business as simple as possible. Contacting us could not be easier. Speak to us in confidence today, or schedule a call at a time to suit.
“Thank you for your report … most illuminating and giving much food for thought. ”
Business Valuation Report Client, July 2022
“We concluded matters a few weeks ago – thank you for all your help in getting [the deal] over the line”
Business Seller, November 2023
“I was very pleased with your service, which was always very professional and reassuring. Thank you again!
Business Seller, September 2022
Let’s work together
Get in touch with us today to discuss how we can add value to your business and achieve the best results for you.