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Join as a recruitment agency. Four fields, and the BIOR team does the rest.

Agency Membership covers the business and every recruiter in it, with the certification assessment included and a verification page a client can check in a minute. No payment is taken on this page.

Press the button and the information email comes straight away from support@ior.org, with the fee confirmation form and the brochure attached. The BIOR team then calls you on this number within one working day.

Four fields, nothing else, and nothing is charged. The full Agency Membership page is at ior.org/agency-membership.

What Agency Membership includes and what it costs ↓
Agency Membership

What it includes, and what it costs.

  • The certification assessment for the business and the personal assessment for every recruiter, online, from each dashboard. Certified for five years, then free.
  • A verification page for the business, published by BIOR from the live record, and the Certified mark and badge that point to it.
  • The Agency Compliance Pack, Ask BIOR for written answers on the rules, the Tender and PSL Answer Bank, the Split-Fee Network and the monthly Client Briefing.
  • The BIOR audit, added from your dashboard at its own fee when a tender or a PSL asks if you are audited. Your policies and five placement files read against UK recruitment law, online, in ten working days, with the result on your verification page.

Agency Membership is from £995 plus VAT a year, by turnover band, with no joining fee. The nine bands are on the agency page. Leave your details above and the information email comes straight away, with the fee confirmation form and the brochure attached, and the BIOR team calls you within one working day. No payment is taken on this page.

The check a client runs in a minute.Every member business has a verification page showing the membership, the certification and the dates. See one at ior.org/verify, or the members and certified members directory.
Not sure which?

One line each.

Agency Membership is for a recruitment business and covers the business and every recruiter in it on one membership and one renewal. If you own or run an agency, or you are the person who signs for it, this is yours. Agency Membership →

Personal Membership is for a recruiter in their own name, in an agency that is not a member, working for yourself, or between roles. The MBIOR letters, the assessment and your own verification page. The Fellow grade (FBIOR) is explained on the page. Personal Membership →

STAR is for people who recruit inside an employer, in-house recruiters, talent acquisition partners and leads, heads of talent, and the HR people who own hiring. A whole team joins on one invoice with STAR Team. STAR → · STAR Team →

Questions before you choose? Email support@ior.org. Already a member and renewing? Use the renew step on your dashboard or ask for your renewal link.

Written by The BIOR Membership Team. Last reviewed 30 October 2026.