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Top 25 Corporate headhunters based in Chicago, United States

Name: Corporate headhunters based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 9, 2026 404 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 404 corporate headhunters headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 11,764 professional contacts across them, including 4,936 with verified work emails and 3,470 with mobile numbers. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers corporate headhunters 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 9, 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 9, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

404Companies

11,764Contacts tracked

4,936Verified emails

3,470Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest corporate headhunters based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 404 corporate headhunters based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 9, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to corporate headhunters: 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 9, 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 9, 2026
2	Spencer Stuart	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,889 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
3	DHR Global	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	501-1,000	656 contacts →
	Indirect 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 9, 2026
4	Connect Search, LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	310 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Connect Search, LLC is a boutique staffing firm founded by a group of partners who share the same vision and are all recruiters at heart.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
5	SBI Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	n/a	295 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SBI Partners is a boutique search firm with 50 years of combined recruitment experience specializing in the placement of Accounting, Finance and Supply Chain professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
6	Synectics INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	201-500	248 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
7	Brilliant	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	162 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “About Brilliant® Brilliant is an award-winning staffing and recruiting firm that provides direct-hire and contract staffing services in accounting, finance, technology, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
8	Signium	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 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 9, 2026
9	Hirewell	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	134 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hirewell is a global talent solutions provider that combines domain expert recruiters with modern hiring strategy to deliver people who make a difference.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
10	Proficientnow, INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	112 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Proficient Now Inc is a nationwide talent firm located in Lisle, IL.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
11	Ferguson Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	106 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As a global talent management boutique serving all industries and with a strong concentration of real assets, healthcare, hospitality, and private equity clients, Ferguson…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
12	FELIX	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	106 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Felix is a North American-based talent and organizational advisor with over 30 years of successful client engagements.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
13	Hunt Club	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	105 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hunt Club is an executive search firm for pre- and post-IPO companies, private equity and venture capital firms, and their portfolio business leaders who require access to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
14	Careerbuilder Sourcing Solutions	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	201-500	97 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CB Sourcing Solutions, a division of CareerBuilder, is the leading business intelligence consulting firm focused on talent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
15	Harmer	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	89 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1986, Harmer is a trusted recruiting partner specializing in Accounting, Finance, and Information Technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
16	Slayton Search Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	80 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since our beginning in 1985, Slayton Search Partners' strategy has been to focus on possibilities, not limitations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
17	CMC Consultants, INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	65 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CMC Consultants Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
18	JBM Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	n/a	60 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Your retained source for executive search!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
19	Engtal	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	55 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Engtal, we specialize in connecting top-tier talent with leading organizations in engineering, construction, trading and finance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
20	20 20 Foresight Executive Talent Solutions	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 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 9, 2026
21	Jobplex	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	51-200	48 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since 1996, Jobplex has served the emerging leader recruiting market, complementing the senior-level retained executive search services provided by our parent company, DHR Global.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
22	Piercegray	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As a boutique retained search firm, PierceGray helps clients succeed by finding the right leaders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
23	Diamond Peak Recruiting	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	43 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Diamond Peak Recruiting is a full service recruiting firm that specializes in the AEC and MEP industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
24	Talentfoot Executive Search	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	40 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Recruit Forward-Thinking Leaders who Accelerate Growth, Unlock Innovation, and Boost Profitability.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 2026
25	Talent Solutions Group, INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 9, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Talent Solutions Group is a specialized recruiting and talent solutions firm focused on connecting exceptional professionals with leading organizations across Capital Markets…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 9, 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: corporate headhunters. 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 corporate headhunters.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of corporate headhunters, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name corporate headhunters. 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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Corporate headhunters based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 9, 2026

42.0%Verified-email coverage

29.5%Mobile-number coverage

29.1Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

250.0%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 9, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

265

11-50

101

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails were verified and the company information checked

Email last verified

Median 11.0d

4,5080–30

37931–60

161–90

190–180

47180+

Company record updated

Median 61.0d

00–30

5,82531–60

4,13061–90

99090–180

819180+

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 corporate headhunters, 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 “corporate headhunters”. 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 corporate headhunters), 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 corporate headhunters, 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, 4,936 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 9, 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.

Corporate headhunters by metro in the United States

Corporate headhunters in New York1010
Corporate headhunters in Chicago406
Corporate headhunters in Atlanta359
Corporate headhunters in Los Angeles355
Corporate headhunters in Houston338
Corporate headhunters in Dallas306
Corporate headhunters in San Francisco257

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 corporate headhunters, 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 corporate headhunters are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 404 corporate headhunters 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 corporate headhunters?

New York leads with 1010 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (406) and Atlanta (359).

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 4,936 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 404 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 9, 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.