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The Dating Agency Association
Your primary resource for finding professional dating agencies and personal matchmakers in the UK today. We can also help you enhance your agency or matchmaking business.
Welcome to the Dating Agency Association
Your first port of call if you are looking for a top professional and well established dating agency or personal matchmaker in the UK today.
Our member agencies have stood the test of time and run reputable dating services for discerning people. We are quite possibly the UK’s largest Dating Directory of some of the best dating services within the traditional offline dating sector at present. As a single or newly single person however old you are, you can browse through our member agencies to find a variety of well established services from events to personal matchmakers, including agencies that will also provide coaching service packages.
Choosing one of our member agencies allows you to feel safe and in control, contrasting greatly with online services and dating apps.
Our Members
Our exceptional and diverse member database comprises vetted and accredited dating agencies and matchmakers. Find a recommended agency now.
Want To Join The Dating Agency Association?
Here are some of the ways we can support and help your agency
- Possibly the largest members list of Traditional Agencies and Personal Matchmakers in the UK to choose from
- Help and advice for members during office hours
- Difficult matching clients (you can now promote these on the DAA web site, and we will spread also on Social media channels)
- Agency Accreditation
- Matchmaker Accreditation
- Personal Matchmaker Accreditation
- Help with matching difficult clients from other member agencies. We can advise you on which agency to approach depending upon locality
Support for Dating Agencies
If you run a Dating Agency or you are working as a Personal Matchmaker for individual clients and you have been trading successfully for a minimum of one year, then do please contact us to see how joining the Dating Agency Association can enhance and increase your business.
It allows you to meet our members, create new connections and headhunt on behalf of your clients within a safe environment ,whilst at the same time protecting the anonymity of your clients. Becoming a member of The Dating Agency Association means that you will no longer feel alone ,when it comes to support and advice if and when difficult situations arise. Exchanging thoughts, problems and ideas can only enhance the professionalism of the dating industry generally. Our member agencies remain passionate about what they do and more importantly understand the need to alleviate the loneliness we all suffer from time to time.
Heather Heber Percy on BBC Woman’s Hour: The Timeless Art of Matchmaking
Heather Heber Percy, founder of the Dating Agency Association, recently joined Nuala McGovern on BBC Woman’s Hour to share the fascinating origins of matchmaking and her own journey in the industry. With decades of experience bringing people together, Heather has become a trusted voice in promoting ethical, safe, and professional matchmaking.
In this engaging interview, she reflects on the traditions of matchmaking, how the profession has evolved, and why the human touch remains so important in an age of apps and algorithms. Her passion for connecting people is matched only by her commitment to supporting agencies and protecting client confidentiality.
This conversation is not just about romance—it’s about the role matchmaking plays in combating loneliness and fostering genuine human connection.
Listen now and discover how Heather’s vision continues to shape the future of personal introductions.
Start a Traditional Offline Dating Agency or Become a Matchmaker
What is a traditional offline dating agency? A traditional offline dating agency is an agency that interviews all its potential members before joining and takes out identity checks. Personal matchmakers follow the same procedure. A dating agency will normally have a database of existing members, but matchmakers join other matchmaking groups and tend to rely upon connections within their groups apart from advertising.
If you are thinking about starting your own business and you enjoy meeting people, then we are your first port of call for finding out the sort of information that is not always readily available within the dating industry. We are more than happy to help and advise you on every aspect of the process. Why are we doing this ? Our knowhow and expertise can protect you from many of the pitfall’s agencies experience in the first years of trading. For example, very few people are aware that dating is seasonal, so therefore with this valuable information you can gauge your advertising campaigns accordingly ! Simply go to www.startadatingagency.com for quick answers to your questions on how to begin your journey.
The Dating Agency Association together with Start A Dating Agency also provides a Consultancy Service package, that includes a training course of two days or longer if you wish. For further details contact us at info@datingagencyassociation.org.uk
Raising standards within the dating industry is something we wish to try and achieve, by passing on important information due our personal experiences of running our own successful dating agencies. Competition is healthy and keeps us all on our toes with the ultimate aim of providing genuine services for people who wish to meet people, for all the right reasons within a protective environment. The offline dating industry provides such an environment, still relatively unknown to many people and greatly differs from the online dating industry by way of protection.
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