Why recruitment agencies don't grow

Around 200 recruitment agencies open their doors every month, which tells us that starting a recruitment business isn’t hard. With low barriers to entry and not many overheads, anyone can start an agency as long as they have a phone and a LinkedIn license.

Two things that are not hard to acquire. However, only about 20 percent of that number manage to get above ten heads and continue on successful growth trajectories which tells us that growing and scaling your business is the hard part. It’s when things get tricky and difficult and suddenly every move you make matters so much. If you’re currently in the middle of growing pains, here’s some reasons why you might be struggling, and often why recruitment agencies don’t grow.