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Recruitment agency companies in the Peterborough area

247 recruitment agency companies have a registered office in the Peterborough area (PE postcodes), and 50 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £69,841 in cash and owed £34,935 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 PE postcodes, including Peterborough, Kings Lynn, King's Lynn.

The numbers

Recruitment agency companies in the Peterborough area (PE postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasurePeterboroughUK
Registered companies24727,434
Formed in 2025 or 202650 (20%)22%
Being struck off or in liquidation29 (12%)13%
Typical cash at year end£69,84163 accounts£30,794
Typical amount owed at year end£34,935126 accounts£29,072
Typical number of employees1138 accounts1

What this means if you’re starting one

Most of these businesses are run by one or two people

The typical recruitment agency company in the Peterborough area (PE postcodes) reports 1 employee; the top quarter has 4 or more (138 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 Peterborough area (PE postcodes) carries £2,667 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.

Businesses in this trade usually keep a cash buffer

At year end the typical recruitment agency company in the Peterborough area (PE postcodes) holds £69,841 in cash and owes £34,935; that cash figure is higher than 58% of UK industries.

Typical operators end the year holding more cash than they owe, so there is usually some slack for a slow month.

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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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