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Top 25 Career consulting firms based in Chicago, United States

Name: Career consulting firms based in Chicago, United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026 208 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 208 career consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 5,729 professional contacts across them, including 2,295 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers career consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, 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 14, 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 14, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

208Companies

5,729Contacts tracked

2,295Verified emails

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The 25 largest career consulting firms based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 208 career consulting firms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to career consulting 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Heidrick & Struggles	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1,001-5,000	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 14, 2026
2	DHR Global	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	501-1,000	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 14, 2026
3	National Able Network	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	367 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “National Able Network, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
4	Synectics INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	201-500	248 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
5	Signium	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	156 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “What got us here won’t get us there… Business today is more volatile and unpredictable than ever.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
6	Bravanti A ZRG Company	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1,001-5,000	89 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A global leader in executive coaching, leadership acceleration, and outplacement/career transition, ZRG Bravanti helps people and organizations discover and ignite their own…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
7	20 20 Foresight Executive Talent Solutions	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1994, 20/20 Foresight is a national executive search and full-service talent advisory firm that specializes in real estate, financial services, and professional…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
8	JVS Career & Employment	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	201-500	47 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Our services include career counseling, job skills training, job referrals, financial literacy and more.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
9	Mestel & Company	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	39 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Elevate Mestel is a global leader in legal recruitment and M&A consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
10	Career Transitions Center	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CTC ‘s mission is to empower professionals to find meaningful employment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
11	Admissionado	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Quite simply, we help applicants gain admission to top undergraduate and graduate programs worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
12	Terrana Group LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Partial evidence “TERRANA GROUP since 1992, a top nationally recognized Financial Advisor recruiting firm and business development consulting company for Advisor and Stockbroker placements with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
13	Reilly Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “When it comes to finding and hiring the very best talent for your executive team, are you making the safe choice or the right choice?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
14	Excel Talent Solutions - ETS	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Excel Talent Solutions (ETS) is a prestigious provider of diversified executive and professional recruiting services to clients across the country including retained, container…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
15	Strategic Growth Consulting, INC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Strategic Growth Consulting helps small to medium sized professional service companies identify, plan and execute growth strategies bringing over 30 years of experience in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
16	Jody Michael Associates	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Jody Michael Associates has provided career and executive coaching to individuals, teams, and organizations for more than 20 years, helping them realize goals, land jobs and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
17	Wicker Park Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Wicker Park Group has helped my firm maintain a strong client focus and ensure the 'client is in the room' when we develop our strategy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
18	The Honest Salesperson	Indirect evidence	Chicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “I have a decade of experience in new client acquisition sales, helping generate over 10 million in revenue within the staffing industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
19	Transearch USA	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Art and Science Of Attracting Outstanding Leaders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
20	Onemarket Recruiting	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Expertise in building companies and uncompromising quality in candidate selection.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
21	Ancilla Corporation	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Ancilla Corporation – Executive Search, Career Consultancy & Dedicated Candidate Search Since Ancilla Corporation has been transforming careers and hiring strategies, empowering…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
22	Portfoliorocket	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The market for hiring especially at the executive or c-suite level is even more competitive.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
23	Koltin Consulting Group, INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
24	Daggerfinn	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are a data-driven consulting firm that specializes in helping companies build world-class employer brands, EVPs & organization development strategies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
25	Resume Pilots	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Still sending out applications, hearing nothing back, and wondering if the problem is you?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026

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: career consulting 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 career consulting firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of career consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name career consulting 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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Career consulting firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 14, 2026

40.1%Verified-email coverage

27.5Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

235.1%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 14, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

173

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Chicago, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 208 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 career consulting 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 Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “career consulting 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 career consulting 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 career consulting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago 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, 2,295 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 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.

Career consulting firms by metro in the United States

Career consulting firms in New York489
Career consulting firms in Chicago208
Career consulting firms in Atlanta181
Career consulting firms in Los Angeles161
Career consulting firms in Houston142
Career consulting firms in Dallas124
Career consulting firms in Washington109
Career consulting firms in Boston106
Career consulting firms in San Francisco103
Career consulting firms in Austin86
Career consulting firms in Denver80
Career consulting firms in Miami78
Career consulting firms in Seattle77
Career consulting firms in Philadelphia62
Career consulting firms in Charlotte60
Career consulting firms in Tampa56
Career consulting firms in San Diego55
Career consulting firms in Phoenix50
Career consulting firms in Portland47
Career consulting firms in Minneapolis43
Career consulting firms in New York City43
Career consulting firms in Raleigh38
Career consulting firms in Nashville37
Career consulting firms in Las Vegas35
Career consulting firms in Columbus33
Career consulting firms in Cleveland32
Career consulting firms in Orlando32
Career consulting firms in Remote29
Career consulting firms in Scottsdale27
Career consulting firms in Sheridan27
Career consulting firms in Indianapolis26
Career consulting firms in Pittsburgh25

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 career consulting 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 career consulting firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 208 career consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, 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?

Heidrick & Struggles, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most career consulting firms?

New York leads with 489 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (208) and Atlanta (181).

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 2,295 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 208 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 14, 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.