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Recruitment agency companies in the Belfast area

240 recruitment agency companies have a registered office in the Belfast area (BT postcodes), and 59 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £64,100 in cash and owed £33,235 at year end.

Companies House register, 1 September 2026, and accounts filed in the last twelve months. Compared with the official category “Other activities of employment placement agencies” (SIC 78109). Covers companies with a registered office in BT postcodes, including Belfast, Derry, Londonderry, Lisburn.

The numbers

Recruitment agency companies in the Belfast area (BT postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureBelfastUK
Registered companies24027,434
Formed in 2025 or 202659 (25%)22%
Being struck off or in liquidation18 (7.5%)13%
Typical cash at year end£64,10044 accounts£30,794
Typical amount owed at year end£33,235116 accounts£29,072
Typical number of employees1124 accounts1

What this means if you’re starting one

the Belfast area (BT postcodes) has fewer of these businesses than most places

Recruitment agency companies are 0.27% of companies registered in the Belfast area (BT postcodes), against 0.50% UK-wide (0.5× the national share).

That could be a gap or a sign of weak demand. The register cannot tell which.

Most of these businesses are run by one or two people

The typical recruitment agency company in the Belfast area (BT postcodes) reports 1 employees; the top quarter has 5 or more (124 filings).

You are mostly up against owner-operators. Your own hours are likely to be your biggest cost, and the easiest one to undercount.

You can start without much equipment

The typical recruitment agency company in the Belfast area (BT postcodes) carries £4,824 of equipment and other fixed assets after depreciation, lower than 94% of UK industries.

Most of the cost of entry is time and running costs rather than kit, so a small test is cheap.

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What these figures can’t tell you

Companies are counted where their registered office is, which may be an accountant or a home address rather than a shop. Sole traders and partnerships are not on the register, and electronically filed accounts cover roughly 60–75% of accounts filed each year. The figures describe companies that exist; they cannot prove demand for your idea or predict whether it will work. How the figures are built.

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