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Top 25 Private equity search firms worldwide
RevenueBase identified 15,881 private equity search firms worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 211,530 professional contacts across them, including 52,879 with verified work emails and 31,581 with mobile numbers. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers private equity search 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 5, 2026. Country and city lists for private equity search 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.
The 25 largest private equity search firms worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10,552 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ABC Consultants is India’s leading executive search and talent advisory firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 3,376 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Heidrick & Struggles is the premier provider of executive search, corporate culture and leadership consulting services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 3,068 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Egon Zehnder is the world’s preeminent leadership advisory firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 2,889 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 2,523 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Consulting Personalberatung Revision” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 1,979 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Antal International is a global executive search organisation with over 130 offices in more than 30 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 1,421 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “LIVE CONNECTIONS is a Search & Recruitment Organization that specializes in finding and placing professionals across all sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 955 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Career Strategies is a full service staffing firm specializing in Property Management, Healthcare and Professional Services recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 939 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Transforming today’s organisations with tomorrow’s leaders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 881 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “TA is a leading global private equity firm focused on scaling growth in profitable companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 807 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 766 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Great organizations need exceptional leaders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 752 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Merrin & Associates was founded in 1995.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 739 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Dezhu Group’s core business is international, high-end talent search (CGL).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 687 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1990, Solomon Page is a leading staffing and executive search firm headquartered in New York City with offices across the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 656 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For more than 35 years, DHR has been a leading provider of executive search, leadership consulting and emerging leader search solutions, serving more than 60 markets around the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 646 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established since 1996, Bó Lè offers executive search and consulting expertise aligning with our clients’ growing demand for talented human resources.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 606 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ZRG is a global talent advisory firm that is changing the way companies hire and manage talent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 591 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Goodwin Recruiting (Forbes America's Best Recruiting Firms since 2020) has been connecting top talent with amazing opportunities since Our expert team brings hands-on experience…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 559 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “MU is a science-based global Leadership Acquisition and Advisory firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 531 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pedersen & Partners is a leading global Executive Search and Leadership Consulting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 503 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We have a huge experience in recruitment for almost every industry from accounting to automobiles and from manufacturing to healthcare and IT.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 498 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Options Group is a leading global executive search and strategic consulting firm specializing in financial services including capital markets, global markets, alternative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 490 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Major, Lindsey & Africa is the world’s leading legal search and talent solutions firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 474 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “WittKieffer is the premier executive search and leadership advisory firm developing impactful leadership teams for organizations that improve quality of life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 5, 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: private equity search 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 private equity search firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of private equity search firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name private equity search 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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Private equity search firms worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 5, 2026Companies by employee count
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 private equity search 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
- 43 countries, largest first: the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Germany, Canada, Australia, France, Brazil, China, Singapore and 33 more. Country and city lists for private equity search firms are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “private equity search 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 private equity search 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 private equity search 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, 52,879 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 between September 5, 2026 and September 14, 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.
Private equity search firms by location
119 lists · largest firstEvery Private equity search firms list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Private equity search firms based in the United States5,974
- Private equity search firms based in the United Kingdom2,139
- Private equity search firms based in India1,414
- Private equity search firms based in Germany624
- Private equity search firms based in Canada514
- Private equity search firms based in Australia479
- Private equity search firms based in France475
- Private equity search firms based in Brazil315
- Private equity search firms based in China305
- Private equity search firms based in Singapore289
- Private equity search firms based in the United Arab Emirates253
- Private equity search firms based in Spain246
- Private equity search firms based in the Netherlands240
- Private equity search firms based in Switzerland223
- Private equity search firms based in Hong Kong181
- Private equity search firms based in South Africa176
- Private equity search firms based in Mexico175
- Private equity search firms based in Sweden140
- Private equity search firms based in Italy115
- Private equity search firms based in Denmark110
- Private equity search firms based in Argentina108
- Private equity search firms based in Japan107
- Private equity search firms based in Chile100
- Private equity search firms based in Belgium95
- Private equity search firms based in Poland90
- Private equity search firms based in Ireland86
- Private equity search firms based in Indonesia82
- Private equity search firms based in South Korea81
- Private equity search firms based in Malaysia77
- Private equity search firms based in Norway71
- Private equity search firms based in Austria64
- Private equity search firms based in Finland57
- Private equity search firms based in Türkiye55
- Private equity search firms based in New Zealand53
- Private equity search firms based in the Philippines50
- Private equity search firms based in Israel48
- Private equity search firms based in Colombia46
- Private equity search firms based in Peru44
- Private equity search firms based in Russia44
- Private equity search firms based in Saudi Arabia39
- Private equity search firms based in Thailand35
- Private equity search firms based in Hungary31
- Private equity search firms based in Taiwan31
Cities
- Private equity search firms based in London, United Kingdom1,305
- Private equity search firms based in New York, United States546
- Private equity search firms based in Paris, France276
- Private equity search firms based in Mumbai, India244
- Private equity search firms based in Chicago, United States200
- Private equity search firms based in Toronto, Canada200
- Private equity search firms based in Sydney, Australia184
- Private equity search firms based in Sao Paulo, Brazil163
- Private equity search firms based in Atlanta, United States150
- Private equity search firms based in New Delhi, India143
- Private equity search firms based in Dallas, United States138
- Private equity search firms based in Los Angeles, United States132
- Private equity search firms based in Bangalore, India130
- Private equity search firms based in Houston, United States129
- Private equity search firms based in Madrid, Spain128
- Private equity search firms based in San Francisco, United States123
- Private equity search firms based in Melbourne, Australia116
- Private equity search firms based in Boston, United States109
- Private equity search firms based in Austin, United States99
- Private equity search firms based in Stockholm, Sweden86
- Private equity search firms based in Gurgaon, India82
- Private equity search firms based in Charlotte, United States77
- Private equity search firms based in Pune, India76
- Private equity search firms based in Miami, United States75
- Private equity search firms based in Denver, United States74
- Private equity search firms based in Montreal, Canada73
- Private equity search firms based in Leeds, United Kingdom71
- Private equity search firms based in Barcelona, Spain70
- Private equity search firms based in Johannesburg, South Africa67
- Private equity search firms based in Noida, India67
- Private equity search firms based in Zurich, Switzerland67
- Private equity search firms based in Bengaluru, India66
- Private equity search firms based in Amsterdam, Netherlands62
- Private equity search firms based in Hamburg, Germany55
- Private equity search firms based in Berlin, Germany54
- Private equity search firms based in Minneapolis, United States53
- Private equity search firms based in Oslo, Norway52
- Private equity search firms based in San Diego, United States52
- Private equity search firms based in Washington, United States52
- Private equity search firms based in Delhi, India51
- Private equity search firms based in Tampa, United States50
- Private equity search firms based in Hyderabad, India49
- Private equity search firms based in Chennai, India48
- Private equity search firms based in Frankfurt, Germany44
- Private equity search firms based in Manchester, United Kingdom43
- Private equity search firms based in Vancouver, Canada43
- Private equity search firms based in Frankfurt Am Main, Germany42
- Private equity search firms based in Gurugram, India42
- Private equity search firms based in Philadelphia, United States42
- Private equity search firms based in Seattle, United States42
- Private equity search firms based in Dublin, Ireland41
- Private equity search firms based in Ahmedabad, India40
- Private equity search firms based in Scottsdale, United States38
- Private equity search firms based in Birmingham, United Kingdom36
- Private equity search firms based in Irvine, United States36
- Private equity search firms based in Phoenix, United States36
- Private equity search firms based in Cleveland, United States34
- Private equity search firms based in Nashville, United States34
- Private equity search firms based in Helsinki, Finland33
- Private equity search firms based in Orlando, United States33
- Private equity search firms based in Raleigh, United States33
- Private equity search firms based in Warszawa, Poland33
- Private equity search firms based in Brisbane, Australia32
- Private equity search firms based in Calgary, Canada32
- Private equity search firms based in Munich, Germany32
- Private equity search firms based in Pittsburgh, United States32
- Private equity search firms based in Milano, Italy31
- Private equity search firms based in Auckland, New Zealand30
- Private equity search firms based in Cape Town, South Africa27
- Private equity search firms based in Columbus, United States27
- Private equity search firms based in Boca Raton, United States26
- Private equity search firms based in Cincinnati, United States26
- Private equity search firms based in Bristol, United Kingdom25
- Private equity search firms based in Plano, United States25
- Private equity search firms based in Wien, Austria25
- Private equity search firms based in Wilmington, United States25
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 private equity search 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 private equity search firms are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 15,881 private equity search 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?
ABC Consultants, headquartered in New Delhi, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most private equity search firms?
The United States leads with 5,974 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (2,139) and India (1,414). Every private equity search firms list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most private equity search firms?
London leads with 1362 headquartered companies, followed by New York (581) and Paris (276).
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 52,879 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 15,881 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled from the company graph between September 5, 2026 and September 14, 2026.
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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.