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Top 25 Defense recruiting firms based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 1,054 defense recruiting firms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 42,181 professional contacts across them, including 9,147 with verified work emails. Washington is the largest hub.
This list covers defense recruiting firms headquartered in the 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 28, 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 defense recruiting firms based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 9,697 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “MANTECH is more than a technology company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,853 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As the most successful Alaska Native village corporation, Chenega figures prominently in the diverse government services contracting marketplace supporting defense, intelligence…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 979 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “PPC is now part of DSA” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 941 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1980, MIL provides innovative cyber, engineering, financial, and information technology services to the federal government.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 732 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Headquartered in Washington DC Metro Area, Cynet Systems is a top talent supplier for companies across North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 611 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1988, PSI teams have provided our government customers with innovative, cost effective solutions that solve today’s complex challenges, improve operational efficiencies, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 597 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Started in 2012, ARS is a growing business serving the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 543 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “STS Technical Services is a Top 100 Staffing Firm that’s partnered with some of the largest names in the aerospace, manufacturing, defense and industrial industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 541 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “A premier provider of staffing solutions, Tech USA is in the top 1% of the Recruiting Industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 410 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Edgewater Federal Solutions was founded in 2002 with the mission of being the best IT consulting company possible for our government clients, our contracting partners and our…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 389 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Softworld has developed expertise across five distinct staffing and consulting practices over the past 25 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 381 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For 39 years, MacAulay-Brown, Inc.(MacB), an Alion Company, has been solving many of the Nation’s most complex National Security challenges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 366 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Over 40 years old and headquartered in Rhode Island near Newport's First Beach, SEACORP employs the highest quality people to provide vital information technology and engineering…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 349 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “OBXtek is a relationship-driven information technology and diversified professional services company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 337 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CTR Group provides staffing and recruiting services across the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 336 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “TRISTAR is an SBA certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned professional services company supporting the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 324 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “JOBSEEKERS: Our Recruiters only ever reach out from BusinessIntegra.com or PeopleIntegra.com email addresses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 296 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2003, FEDITC, LLC is an ISO and CMMI level 3 certified cyber security, IT, and engineering services firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 290 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “JM Search is the leading retained executive search firm for private equity, and other growth-oriented private and public organizations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 288 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Talascend, opportunity isn’t just a word, it’s what drives everything we do.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 278 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1997, Atlas Tech has delivered secure, mission-critical IT and engineering solutions to defense and federal agencies worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 273 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 273 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “AVIAN is a purpose-built employee-owned company that thrives on creating solutions for complex challenges.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 264 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 254 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “From defense to civilian agencies, we provide staffing solutions that meet the demands of federal, local and state agencies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 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: defense recruiting 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 defense recruiting firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of defense recruiting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name defense recruiting 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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Defense recruiting firms based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 28, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 1,054 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 defense recruiting 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 the United States whose own description of what they do matches “defense recruiting 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 defense recruiting 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 defense recruiting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States 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, 9,147 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 28, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Defense recruiting firms by metro
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 defense recruiting 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 defense recruiting firms are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 1,054 defense recruiting firms headquartered in the 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?
Mantech, headquartered in Herndon, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most defense recruiting firms?
Washington leads with 34 headquartered companies, followed by New York (28) and San Diego (19).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
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How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 28, 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.
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