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Top 25 Executive recruiting firms based in Australia

RevenueBase identified 831 executive recruiting firms headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 6,370 professional contacts across them, including 2,576 with verified work emails and 745 with mobile numbers. Sydney is the largest hub.

This list covers executive recruiting firms headquartered in Australia, 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 2, 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 RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 2, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
831Companies
6,370Contacts tracked
2,576Verified emails
745Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest executive recruiting firms based in Australia

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 831 executive recruiting firms based in Australia, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 2, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to executive recruiting 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 evidenceSymonston, Australia501-1,000300 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“As a proudly Australian company, over 30 years Davidson has evolved into a leader in enhancing workplace performance.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
2Partial evidenceSydney, Australian/a284 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Johnson Partners is an independent, Australasian leadership advisory firm specialising in Board Search, Executive Search, Interim Executive Search and Leadership Succession.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
3Indirect evidenceParramatta, Australia51-200233 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“WORK WITH PASSION We understand that looking for a job or looking for a new team member can be a stressful experience.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
4Indirect evidenceSydney, Australia51-200135 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Industry Specialists Our carefully selected specialist Consultants have years of hands-on experience within their industry verticals.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
5Partial evidencePerth, Australia51-200133 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Derwent is one of Australia’s leading Executive Search and Board Advisory firms, partnering with organisations to appoint high-impact leaders who drive long-term success.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
6Indirect evidenceSydney, Australia51-200129 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SSQ is a 100 percent employee-owned, leading international legal search consultancy with an unrivalled track record placing lawyers at all levels, as well as advising on team…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
7Indirect evidenceBrisbane, Australia51-200116 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our commitment to sparking the right connections is what makes us ‘Expertly Human’.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
8Indirect evidenceLaunceston, Australia11-50102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Searson Buck, we believe in the power of people.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
9Indirect evidenceMelbourne, Australia51-20096 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SHK connects great people to great work.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
10Partial evidenceBrisbane, Australia51-20084 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Established in 2010, we have brought together some of the industry's most experienced, proactive and dedicated recruitment executives servicing the mid to senior management levels…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
11Partial evidencePerth, Australia11-5080 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Scotford Fennessy is a leading Western Australian recruitment and executive search firm partnering with organisations to attract, secure and retain exceptional talent.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
12Indirect evidenceBrisbane, Australia11-5077 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Horner raises the bar in recruitment and HR, providing tailored support for organisations Australia-wide in a broad range of blue- and white-collar industries and government.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
13Partial evidenceSydney, Australia1,001-5,00071 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Heidrick & Struggles is the premier provider of executive search, corporate culture and leadership consulting services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
14Indirect evidenceWinnellie, Australia51-20068 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Beilby Downing Teal merges the experience and knowledge of 50 years in the recruitment industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
15Indirect evidenceSydney, Australia51-20059 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Profusion is Australia’s leading provider of recruitment services to the Financial Services sector.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
16Indirect evidenceSydney, Australia51-20053 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“People are the heartbeat of our business.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
17Partial evidenceParramatta, Australia11-5053 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Premier Consultants, an International Executive and a Board Search Firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
18Indirect evidenceBrisbane City, Australia11-5046 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“As a business we have identified a gap in the technology recruitment market for a high touch, consultative, and specialist service – it is both our opportunity and objective to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
19Indirect evidenceAdelaide, Australia11-5039 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Born in 2016, South Australia and still proudly privately owned.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
20Indirect evidenceEast Perth, Australia11-5030 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“11 Recruitment is a boutique agency specialising in white-collar recruitment services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
21Indirect evidenceMelbourne, Australia11-5027 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 2010, Keegan Adams Recruitment is a boutique agency specialising in financial services and corporate sectors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
22Indirect evidenceSydney, Australia51-20025 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“GWG Recruitment Agency.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
23Partial evidenceSydney, Australia11-5025 contacts →

Partial evidence

“JMES (Jon Michel Executive Search) was established in 1997 to provide executive search and selection services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
24Partial evidenceSydney, Australia11-5025 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At TMS Executive, we redefine recruitment as true talent matchmaking.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
25Indirect evidencePyrmont, Australia51-20024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Talent Intelligence is a global talent acquisition and management consulting firm that works with top companies around the world to attract and retain key management and C-Suite…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026

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Executive recruiting firms based in Australia at a glance

As of Sep 2, 2026
40.4%Verified-email coverage
11.7%Mobile-number coverage
7.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
33.5%Largest-city concentration · Sydney
Sep 2, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
653
11-50
148
51-200
25
201-500
1
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
2

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 executive 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 Australia whose own description of what they do matches “executive 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 executive 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 executive recruiting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Australia 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, 2,576 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 2, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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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 executive 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 executive recruiting firms are there based in Australia?

RevenueBase identified 831 executive recruiting firms headquartered in Australia 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?

Davidson, headquartered in Symonston, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most executive recruiting firms?

Sydney leads with 278 headquartered companies, followed by Melbourne (202) and Brisbane (73).

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 2,576 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 831 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 2, 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.