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Top 25 Contingent search firms based in San Francisco, United States
RevenueBase identified 92 contingent search firms headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,195 professional contacts across them, including 207 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers contingent search firms headquartered in San Francisco, 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 19, 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 contingent search firms based in San Francisco, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 98 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Spectra360 was named amongst the nation’s fastest-growing talent management agencies in 2018 by Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 77 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Job Shop listens to both clients and candidates with equal care, ensuring thoughtful, custom placements that truly fit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 70 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We specialize in full-service administrative, light industrial, and business professional staffing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “80Twenty exists to find and place exceptional growth talent, advancing the ambitions of our company partners and the dreams of the talent we champion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Today's economic climate requires talented professionals to drive and support critical business decisions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Diligente Technologies follows a streamlined screening process that enables us to target the right individuals from the very beginning.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2013 with a vision to demystify the recruiting process, vHire is a Silicon Valley initiative committed to transform the customary recruiting practice into an innovative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Maven Recruiting Group specializes in recruiting Executive Assistants, administrative, operations, and Human Resources professionals to the Bay Area’s most prominent Executives…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Candidate Labs is a modern search firm built by a repeat VC-backed entrepreneur who's personally done the founder journey twice.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Innovations is a leading West Coast Recruiting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PeopleConnect is a full-service executive search firm specializing in the high tech, clean tech, and scientific industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “GROUPE INSEARCH, INC.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Loring Group is a retained executive search firm led by former industry executives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Watanabe Schwartz specializes in the representation of law firm partners and practice groups seeking new affiliations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Ascend Talent Solutions, 34 YEARS OF RECRUITING, FRONTLINE AND SALES MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE IS BROUGHT TO YOUR TALENT AND CAREER SEARCH.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “3FORTY3 is the go-to retained executive search firm for Marketing, Sales and Board leadership roles for venture backed, growth stage technology companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At The Hire Standard, we blend the art of adaptability with the science of strategy to connect top performing talent with the companies where they can thrive.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Daimanta, headquartered in California has evolved into a comprehensive suite of workforce solutions and provide industry-specific, talent-centric contingent staffing services…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bold new companies are developing innovative business models, creating cultures and building brands that change the way we live, eat, play and work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Monroe Personnel Service LLC has set a standard for staffing assistance excellence in the San Francisco Bay Area.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hiring, Optimized.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “TechConnexion is an end-to-end, collaborative, boutique recruiting firm supporting organizations from stealth startups to public, Fortune 500 names.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “FINANCIAL SERVICES, FINANCE, ACCOUNTING AND OTHER TALENTED PROFESSIONALS Direct-Hire Search (executive to administrative) Interim Search (short and long-term / project / temporary…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We provide temporary or permanent employees to companies in the energy industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BullsEye Hires approach to staffing is what sets us apart in the recruiting industry; we don't look at people as commodities, we look at them as stakeholders who will have an…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 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: contingent 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 contingent search firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of contingent search firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name contingent 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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Contingent search firms based in San Francisco, United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for San Francisco, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for San Francisco, over 92 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 contingent 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.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in San Francisco, United States whose own description of what they do matches “contingent 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 contingent 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 contingent search firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside San Francisco 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, 207 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 19, 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.
Contingent search firms by metro in the United States
- Contingent search firms in New York409
- Contingent search firms in Houston251
- Contingent search firms in Dallas183
- Contingent search firms in Atlanta181
- Contingent search firms in Chicago179
- Contingent search firms in Los Angeles165
- Contingent search firms in Austin130
- Contingent search firms in Miami107
- Contingent search firms in San Francisco92
- Contingent search firms in Boston88
- Contingent search firms in Denver86
- Contingent search firms in Phoenix85
- Contingent search firms in Sheridan78
- Contingent search firms in Charlotte74
- Contingent search firms in Tampa73
- Contingent search firms in Orlando67
- Contingent search firms in San Diego67
- Contingent search firms in Philadelphia65
- Contingent search firms in Washington56
- Contingent search firms in Wilmington53
- Contingent search firms in Cincinnati50
- Contingent search firms in Columbus48
- Contingent search firms in San Antonio47
- Contingent search firms in Fort Lauderdale42
- Contingent search firms in Minneapolis42
- Contingent search firms in Irvine40
- Contingent search firms in Portland40
- Contingent search firms in Plano38
- Contingent search firms in Indianapolis37
- Contingent search firms in Nashville37
- Contingent search firms in Raleigh37
- Contingent search firms in Las Vegas36
- Contingent search firms in Pittsburgh35
- Contingent search firms in Richmond35
- Contingent search firms in Greenville34
- Contingent search firms in Irving31
- Contingent search firms in Seattle31
- Contingent search firms in Tulsa31
- Contingent search firms in Jacksonville30
- Contingent search firms in San Jose30
- Contingent search firms in Cleveland29
- Contingent search firms in Memphis29
- Contingent search firms in Scottsdale29
- Contingent search firms in Alpharetta28
- Contingent search firms in Dover28
- Contingent search firms in Omaha27
- Contingent search firms in Baltimore26
- Contingent search firms in Kansas City26
- Contingent search firms in Oklahoma City26
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 contingent 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 contingent search firms are there based in San Francisco, United States?
RevenueBase identified 92 contingent search firms headquartered in San Francisco, 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?
Spectra360, headquartered in San Francisco, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most contingent search firms?
New York leads with 409 headquartered companies, followed by Houston (251) and Dallas (183).
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 207 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 92 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 19, 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.
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