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Top 25 Black-owned recruiting firms based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 1,831 black-owned recruiting firms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 23,329 professional contacts across them, including 4,431 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers black-owned recruiting firms headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 27, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest black-owned recruiting firms based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 960 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Max International is a trusted US staffing and recruitment firm committed to connecting top-tier talent with leading organizations across the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 841 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Elite Network is a recruiting firm specializing in accounting and finance, with deep roots in the Bay Area and clients across the country.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 807 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “True is modernizing executive hiring by combining global search expertise with the True AI Capability Index™, the industry’s only methodology for assessing candidate adaptability…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 731 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Genesis10 connects companies and professionals through every stage of the hiring journey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 531 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CyberCoders, a division of ASGN Incorporated, is a leading permanent placement recruiting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 462 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1981, Criterion Executive Search has built a reputation as a premier national recruiting firm, connecting exceptional talent with opportunity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 410 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 372 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1983, StevenDouglas has established itself as a recognized leader in providing access to top talent, driven by highly tenured and experienced professionals committed to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 322 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Atlas Search is an executive recruiting firm dedicated to placing accounting, finance, front office, middle office, technology, healthcare, clinical research, human resources, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 270 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “LINKING TOP TALENT WITH BUSINESSES TO FUEL GROWTH AND SUCCESS For over 20 years, we’ve connected skilled professionals with organizations in Finance, Accounting, Real Estate…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 253 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Find Great People (FGP) is a nationally recognized talent acquisition and human resources consulting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 249 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Liberty Personnel is widely recognized as the finest direct placement and contract recruiting firm in the region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 248 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 201 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “job.com combines intelligent technology with expert human insight to deliver proactive, high-impact talent solutions for growing organizations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 186 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The HT Group is a collection of passionate, dedicated management solutions executives, and staffing and recruiting professionals whose main goal is to improve lives by connecting…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 184 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “40HRS Staffing Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 180 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “About Stivers Founded in 1945, Stivers is a staffing and recruiting firm specializing in office, professional, supply chain, IT support/help desk, and retail merchandising…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 174 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As a leading IT professional services firm specializing in consulting, staffing and recruiting, and executive search.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 167 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “G‑TECH is a premier, women-owned, WBENC-certified recruitment and staffing firm, dedicated to empowering our clients and team members to thrive.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 155 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “All In A Day’s Work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 145 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1973, Rita Staffing has served as a strategic staffing partner for employers throughout Central Florida.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 137 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2006, Motus Recruiting is an award-winning firm in the Pacific Northwest specializing in accounting and finance, professional services, technology solutions, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 132 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “MWIDM is a WMBE Certified global staffing firm serving Fortune clients with customized and scalable workforce solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 130 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Proudly connecting Good People with Great Jobs since 1985!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 130 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ajulia Executive Search specializes in seeking quality candidates for top companies in their respective fields.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: black-owned recruiting firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names black-owned recruiting firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of black-owned recruiting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name black-owned recruiting firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Black-owned recruiting firms based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 27, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 1,831 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among black-owned recruiting firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “black-owned recruiting firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names black-owned recruiting firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among black-owned recruiting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 4,431 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 27, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names black-owned recruiting firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many black-owned recruiting firms are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 1,831 black-owned recruiting firms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
MAX International, headquartered in Salt Lake City, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most black-owned recruiting firms?
New York leads with 116 headquartered companies, followed by Atlanta (72) and Chicago (68).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 4,431 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,831 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 27, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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