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Top 25 Executive recruiting firms based in France

Name: Executive recruiting firms based in France
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 2, 2026 1,095 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,095 executive recruiting firms headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 7,267 professional contacts across them, including 2,039 with verified work emails and 546 with mobile numbers. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers executive recruiting firms headquartered in France, 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, how directly it supports the match, 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 SmartSearch, 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.

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7,267Contacts tracked

2,039Verified emails

546Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest executive recruiting firms based in France

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,095 executive recruiting firms based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 2, 2026. Evidence rates how directly each company's own description names executive recruiting firms: strong (names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on its full profile rather than the summary shown). Click a count to unlock that company's people.
#	Company	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	AdsearchIndirect evidence	Arenas, France	51-200	233
	“Cabinet de conseil en recrutement d’experts, cadres et managers (PME, ETI et groupes internationaux) basé en France, en Suisse et en Espagne, Adsearch se distingue par sa très…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
2	FAB GroupIndirect evidence	Paris, France	51-200	216
	“FAB Group est un cabinet de conseil en recrutement et en management de transition.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
3	Nigel Wright GroupIndirect evidence	Paris, France	51-200	133
	“Nigel Wright Group is Europe’s number one consumer sector recruitment specialist.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
4	Headhunting FactoryIndirect evidence	Paris, France	51-200	115
	“MÉTHODE Notre approche directe garantit une chasse exhaustive, prenant en compte l’intégralité du marché (tamisage à maille très serrée) quel que soit le secteur d’activité, le…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
5	OP SearchPartial evidence	Paris, France	11-50	114
	“OP Search is a leader in International Executive Search for Senior Management and key roles within the C-suite.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
6	ReverseIndirect evidence	Paris, France	51-200	111
	“We help companies find Middle and Top Managers using a proprietary, data-driven method.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
7	Groupe Linking TalentsIndirect evidence	Paris, France	201-500	110
	“Linking Talents est la holding regroupant les différents cabinets de recrutement: PAY JOB, Legal & HR Talents, Comptalents, Talents AEC, Talents Commerciaux, Talents IT, Talents…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
8	FED AfricaIndirect evidence	Paris, France	51-200	100
	“Global recruitment for Africa and the Middle-East Fed Africa, subsidiary and recruitment firm specialized in Top and Middle Management positions, supports local and international…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
9	Alphea ConseilIndirect evidence	Bordeaux, France	51-200	79
	“Cabinet de recrutement et de conseil en entreprise, nous proposons nos prestations de services sur 3 secteurs d'activité :* La grande distribution, la distribution spécialisée et…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
10	ErevenaPartial evidence	Paris, France	51-200	72
	“Erevena is the global executive search advisor to the world's most ambitious tech companies.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
11	FSC Executive Search & Monceau CarrièresIndirect evidence	Paris, France	51-200	68
	“Depuis 1989, le Groupe FSC, à travers ses activités de conseil en ressources humaines, accompagne et rassemble les organisations comme les individus qui poursuivent une ambition…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
12	Batenborch InternationalIndirect evidence	Clichy, France	11-50	41
	“Revealing Human excellence.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
13	Talent AddictIndirect evidence	Paris, France	11-50	39
	“Talent Addict est le cabinet de chasse de têtes leader du recrutement de Consultants en Stratégie et Organisation.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
14	HighdevIndirect evidence	Paris, France	11-50	38
	“Leading transatlantique key people search firm building divers leadership teams for technology businesses, and businesses across all sectors undergoing digital transformation.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
15	Sterling InternationalPartial evidence	Paris, France	11-50	37
	“Sterling International is a global provider of Retained Executive Search and consulting services in the Fashion, Retail and Luxury Goods sectors, with offices in Paris, Milan, New…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
16	Abaka, Conseil EN Ressources HumainesIndirect evidence	Rennes, France	11-50	35
	“Cabinet de Conseil en Ressources Humaines, implanté à Rennes, Quimper, Paris et Nantes, Abaka conseil se caractérise par une vision éthique des ressources humaines.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
17	IHR ConsultancyIndirect evidence	Paris, France	11-50	29
	“We believe in organizational transformations through people driven by an increasingly ethical, human and sustainable leadership.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
18	TEN Live GroupIndirect evidence	Lyon, France	11-50	28
	“One of the TOP 90 COMPANIES IN SCOTLAND, Ten Live is a multi award-winning Global Human Resource Management, Talent Acquisition and Employment Placement Services organisation.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
19	S&youIndirect evidence	Boulogne Billancourt, France	51-200	27
	“Cabinet de recrutement de dimension internationale, bénéficiant de l’expérience d’un grand Groupe RH, S & you est spécialisé dans le recrutement d’Experts et Cadres.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
20	Sigma FranceIndirect evidence	Lyon, France	51-200	23
	“Sigma est spécialisé dans le recrutement et le conseil en management.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
21	High FlyersPartial evidence	Paris, France	11-50	22
	“Since 2014, High Flyers has become one of the leading firms in Executive Search on the Tech & Digital economy market.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
22	Vauban Executive SearchIndirect evidence	Paris, France	11-50	20
	“is a specialised in, and.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
23	Jouve & AssociésIndirect evidence	Paris, France	11-50	19
	“Jouve & Associés was created in Paris in 1986.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
24	Gladys SynergiesIndirect evidence	Paris, France	11-50	19
	“Accédez à certains de nos offres d'emploi : Nous exécutons des recherches complexes et exigeantes pour dénicher les candidats les plus rares et compétents, quels que soient leur…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
25	We SearchIndirect evidence	Paris, France	11-50	18
	“WeSearch Group est un cabinet de chasse de têtes et de recrutement spécialisé, accompagnant les acteurs de la Construction, de l’Immobilier et de l’Énergie.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026

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Executive recruiting firms based in France at a glance

As of Sep 2, 2026

1-10Median size (employees)

ParisLargest hub · 531 HQs

546Contacts with mobile numbers

Sep 2, 2026Data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

885

11-50

173

51-200

201-500

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 evidence 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 SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in France whose own description of what they do matches “executive recruiting firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
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 France 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 an evidence 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, 2,039 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.
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Executive recruiting firms by metro

Executive recruiting firms in Paris531
Executive recruiting firms in Lyon52
Executive recruiting firms in Nantes28

Frequently asked

How many executive recruiting firms are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 1,095 executive recruiting firms headquartered in France 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?

Adsearch, headquartered in Arenas, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most executive recruiting firms?

Paris leads with 531 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (52) and Nantes (28).

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 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 SmartSearch, 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.