Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026

Top 25 Hbcu recruiting firms worldwide

RevenueBase identified 315 hbcu recruiting firms worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 1,840 professional contacts across them, including 461 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Atlanta the largest hub.

This list covers hbcu recruiting firms worldwide, 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 28, 2026. Country and city lists for hbcu recruiting firms follow the table.

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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
315Companies
1,840Contacts tracked
461Verified emails
Explore this list → Free signup · no credit card · 500 free credits

The 25 largest hbcu recruiting firms worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 315 hbcu recruiting firms worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to hbcu recruiting firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-50121 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Today Propel2Excel Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2Partial evidenceAtlanta, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a92 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CodeHouse is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that focuses on cultivating a strong pipeline between HBCU students and industry-leading tech companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3Indirect evidenceSchaumburg, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20062 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates (HYA) is a preeminent education consulting firm with over 30 years of executive search and education consulting experience.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4Indirect evidenceYardley, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5056 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Rice Cohen International has been recognized as one of the 30 largest executive search firms in North America.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5Indirect evidenceToronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5050 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“IQ PARTNERS is Canada’s top Executive Search & Recruitment agency in Toronto.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6Indirect evidenceEasthampton, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5043 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Spelman Johnson is a premier executive search firm exclusively committed to serving higher education, PK-12 schools, and non-profits.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7Partial evidenceRochester, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5037 contacts →

Partial evidence

“JK Executive Strategies is a certified women-owned executive search & professional recruiting firm based in Western New York.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8Partial evidenceOak Brook, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5037 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We understand that business is based on building trustworthy relationships, and our team of highly skilled recruiting specialists provides the human capital support your…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9Indirect evidenceStockholm, SwedenHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a34 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“CHALLENGING AND INNOVATING THE RECRUITMENT INDUSTRY Wes contributes to creating successful companies by helping our clients recruit the best talent, and serving as a partner in…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10Partial evidenceLeesburg, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20029 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Formed in 2010, Maxary Consulting is a Women Owned Minority firm (Certified by WBENC) leading provider of recruiting services for various clients through out United States”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11Indirect evidenceLyon, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20023 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sigma est spécialisé dans le recrutement et le conseil en management.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12Indirect evidenceWilliamsport, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5023 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“RPA Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13Indirect evidenceLondon, NY, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5022 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Audeliss is an executive search firm specializing in diversity that is championing change from leadership level.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14Indirect evidencePhiladelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Opus Partners is an independent executive search firm founded by consultants who have worked together since Opus conducts senior-level searches nationally and internationally for…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-1019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For 40 years, Carrington & Carrington, Ltd.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16Indirect evidenceAtlanta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Parker Executive Search is a leading global executive search firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17Indirect evidenceAsheville, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“RH Perry & Associates (RH Perry) partners with institutions of higher education and other mission-driven organizations to identify outstanding leaders.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18Partial evidenceIrving, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Bryant Group is a woman- and veteran-owned executive search and leadership consulting firm, specializing in recruiting, developing and coaching great leadership for healthcare…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19Indirect evidenceBeachwood, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5015 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Minority Executive Search is a Retained Executive Search Firm that has been in business since 1985 specializing in Women and Minority job placements.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-1014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Tenet Search was created with a key strategic aim - to build a market leading specialist search and recruitment firm focusing equally on empowering people and embracing high…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21Indirect evidenceMumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“When people fit, they discover and unlock their potentials and achieve great results together.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22Indirect evidenceMatthews, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Leading the Way in Mission-Driven Leadership: The Batten Group Building Transformational Teams for Your Nonprofit, Healthcare, and Higher Education Institutions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23Indirect evidencePhiladelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-1014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“DiverseForce is a talent solution firm that helps organizations to recruit, retain, and develop top diverse talent in the Greater Philadelphia area.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24Indirect evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-1014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Above the Bar is a US-based boutique attorney search firm that places attorney candidates in law firms and corporations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25Indirect evidenceGlastonbury, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-1014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

Showing 25 of 315 hbcu recruiting firms worldwide

See the full list, filter by size, metro and specialty, and get verified emails and direct dials for all 461 reachable decision-makers.

Free signup · no credit card

View the full list →

Hbcu recruiting firms worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026
25.1%Verified-email coverage
5.8Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
3.8%Largest-city concentration · Atlanta
Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
235
11-50
64
51-200
16

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

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 hbcu 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.
Coverage
Every country. Country and city lists for hbcu recruiting firms are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “hbcu 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 hbcu 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 hbcu recruiting firms, and records with no verified work email.
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, 461 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 28, 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.

Hbcu recruiting firms by location

1 lists · largest first

Every Hbcu recruiting firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

Countries

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 hbcu 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 hbcu recruiting firms are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 315 hbcu recruiting firms worldwide 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?

Propel2excel, headquartered in Boston, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most hbcu recruiting firms?

The United States leads with 209 companies. Every hbcu recruiting firms list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most hbcu recruiting firms?

Atlanta leads with 12 headquartered companies, followed by New York (10) and Los Angeles (9).

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 461 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 315 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 28, 2026.

Ready to reach these companies? Verified emails and direct dials for all 315 hbcu recruiting firms worldwide. Start with a free account, no credit card.

Download this list →

Related lists

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.