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Top 23 C-suite recruitment firms based in San Diego, United States

RevenueBase identified 88 c-suite recruitment firms headquartered in San Diego, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 598 professional contacts across them, including 133 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (762 companies); San Diego has 88.

This list covers c-suite recruitment firms headquartered in San Diego, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 27, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
88Companies
598Contacts tracked
133Verified emails
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The 23 largest c-suite recruitment firms based in San Diego, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 23 of 88 c-suite recruitment firms based in San Diego, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 27, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to c-suite recruitment 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 evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-200201 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Boutique Recruiting, our national team specializes in placing top talent across a wide range of industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
2Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202651-20050 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Broekema Group, a subsidiary of On Call Staffing Solutions, Inc, is a privately held, woman-owned professional recruiting firm specializing in direct hire searches, predominantly…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
3Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-1021 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our proprietary headhunting methodology is designed to get you unprecedented access into the passive talent pool.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
4Partial evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5019 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1969, Purcell International Group is a premier retained executive search and recruitment firm, with an unsurpassed track record of successfully completing searches…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
5Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Pave Talent helps high-growth companies hire the people who set them apart.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
6Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-1016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Caliber Associates is a retained executive search firm exclusively serving the life sciences sector.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
7Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-1012 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Executive Search & Leadership Consulting | U.S, Mexico & Latin America GOSECO® International Executive Search & Leadership Consulting is a boutique, retained executive search firm…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
8Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-5010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Taltran combines executive-level transformation expertise with market-leading search and consulting capabilities.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
9Partial evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-108 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Welcome to Thorough Group, your premier partner in recruitment for the life sciences industry!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
10Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since 2018, Talent180 has been the executive search and advisory firm of choice for civil engineering, land surveying, and infrastructure consulting firms seeking to strengthen…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
11Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-106 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Redeployment is defined as “the process of moving people to a different place or using them in a more effective way.” We are a recruiting and executive search firm that uses our…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
12Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“TalentLink Solutions was created knowing that your firm’s success is determined by the quality of your team.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
13Indirect evidenceSan Diego, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Healthcare-focused recruiting firm specializing in leadership (especially for rapidly-growing startups and companies).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
14Partial evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“With over two decades of internal recruitment support, RedBrick Staffing has been able to fine-tune a tried-and-true strategy of locating talent through a personalized recruitment…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
15Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-504 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Roldan Executive Search Group is a Top Tier International Executive Search Advisory Firm serving organizations in the U.S.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
16Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Kismet Search, we're a team of masterful relationship builders, leveraging over 25 years of professional recruiting experience in the dynamic technology industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
17Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Neach is an executive search firm working with growing technology and consumer product companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
18Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 202611-504 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ted Elliott & Associates specializes in the placement of finance and accounting professionals on a permanent basis.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
19Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a boutique executive search firm specializing in helping clients fill their 'hard-to-find' or highly specialized positions across various sectors and industries on both…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
20Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“About Luxe | Our promise to you Exceptional talent is not looking for work; we know and discover these people and bring them to you.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
21Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Finding the right talent is a full time job.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
22Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are an executive search firm that works exclusively for Senior Living providers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026
23Partial evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 27, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Evolve1Talent is a specialized recruitment partner focused on direct hire placements across a range of industries, including healthcare, DME, medical devices, finance &…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 27, 2026

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C-suite recruitment firms based in San Diego, United States at a glance

As of Sep 27, 2026
22.2%Verified-email coverage
6.8Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
Sep 27, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
73
11-50
12
51-200
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Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for San Diego, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for San Diego, over 88 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 c-suite recruitment 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 San Diego, United States whose own description of what they do matches “c-suite recruitment 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 c-suite recruitment 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 c-suite recruitment firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside San Diego 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, 133 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.

C-suite recruitment firms by metro in the United States

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 c-suite recruitment 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 c-suite recruitment firms are there based in San Diego, United States?

RevenueBase identified 88 c-suite recruitment firms headquartered in San Diego, 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?

Boutique Recruiting, headquartered in San Diego, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most c-suite recruitment firms?

New York leads the United States with 762 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (257) and Los Angeles (226). San Diego has 88.

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 133 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 88 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.