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Top 25 Executive recruiting firms based in Germany

Name: Executive recruiting firms based in Germany
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 2, 2026 1,307 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,307 executive recruiting firms headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 10,338 professional contacts across them, including 2,393 with verified work emails and 347 with mobile numbers. Berlin is the largest hub.

This list covers executive recruiting firms headquartered in Germany, 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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347Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest executive recruiting firms based in Germany

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,307 executive recruiting firms based in Germany, 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	Badenoch ClarkIndirect evidence	Frankfurt Am Main, Germany	501-1,000	309
	“Welcome to the Badenoch + Clark company profile.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
2	PersonatoIndirect evidence	Nettetal, Germany	51-200	86
	“Recruitment is ons vak.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
3	Impact GroupIndirect evidence	Ludwigshafen Am Rhein, Germany	1,001-5,000	71
	“IMPACT Group – Wir matchen bundesweit Talente mit den besten Arbeitgebern!” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
4	Diepa PersonalIndirect evidence	Emden, Germany	51-200	70
	“DIEPA Personal Experten.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
5	Heads InternationalPartial evidence	Konigstein, Germany	51-200	65
	“We are the leading European independent Board Advisory and Executive Search firm for the make-or-break leadership decisions.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
6	Topstep Career ManagementIndirect evidence	Schonefeld, Germany	51-200	65
	“Welcome to TOPSTEP Career Management The goal of TOPSTEP is to connect professionals and leading companies.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
7	Adesta Gmbh & Co. KGIndirect evidence	Darmstadt, Germany	201-500	63
	“Die adesta Gruppe besteht aus zwei Unternehmen mit Hauptsitz in Darmstadt und rund 150 internen MitarbeiterInnen.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
8	Personalberatung Rochus MummertPartial evidence	Frankfurt Am Main, Germany	51-200	62
	“Rochus Mummert zählt als unabhängige Personalberatung zu den Top-10 der Branche in Deutschland und ist in drei Gesellschaften aufgegliedert: Rochus Mummert Executive Consultants…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
9	Chaberton PartnersIndirect evidence	Frankfurt, Germany	201-500	61
	“At Chaberton, we are Human Explorers.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
10	CFR Global Executive SearchPartial evidence	Munchen, Germany	201-500	55
	“CFR Global Executive Search is an equity-based alliance of search-firm owners from around the globe.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
11	ExpertsIndirect evidence	Nurnberg, Germany	n/a	41
	“Wir nehmen uns Zeit für Ihre Karriere!” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
12	Personalisten GmbhIndirect evidence	Dusseldorf, Germany	51-200	39
	“KARRIERE MACHEN - BEGEISTERUNG SPÜREN Gemeinsam zu Ihrem Ziel: Fachkräfte und Unternehmen passgenau zusammenführen Für Bewerber einfach genial!” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
13	Latzer Associates Group LAGPartial evidence	Munich, Germany	51-200	39
	“Latzer Associates Group (LAG) is a boutique executive search firm with over 20 years of experience, connecting top talent with leading companies around the world.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
14	Topos Personalberatung GmbhIndirect evidence	Hamburg, Germany	51-200	35
	“TOPOS: The best heads for your company.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
15	Adaptive Business GroupIndirect evidence	Berlin, Germany	51-200	30
	“Adaptive Business Group serves an international client base via recruitment and M&A advisory teams across our offices in London, New York, San Diego, Singapore and Berlin.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
16	Optiper Personaldienste GmbhIndirect evidence	Fulda, Germany	501-1,000	27
	“OPTIPER ist ein Personaldienstleister für die Vermittlung von Fach- und Führungskräften: Als dynamischer und innovativer Dienstleister ist es unser Ziel, unsere Geschäftspartner…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
17	PS Direkt Gmbh & Co. KGIndirect evidence	Koln, Germany	51-200	25
	“Seit 15 Jahren bringen wir Bewerber und Unternehmen in allen kaufmännischen Bereichen zusammen, sei es in der Sachbearbeitung, im Bereich der Fach- und Führungskräfte oder im…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
18	Vesterling AGIndirect evidence	Munchen, Germany	51-200	22
	“For more than 25 years, Vesterling has been one of the leading personnel service providers in the fields of information technology and engineering.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
19	Office Events P & B GmbhPartial evidence	Ludwigsburg, Germany	201-500	22
	“Office Events GmbH is a staffing and recruiting company based out of Höchster Straße 72, Liederbach am Taunus, Germany.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
20	Allectio Consulting GroupPartial evidence	Stuttgart, Germany	51-200	21
	“We, the allectio consulting group, are the leading international Executive Search Boutique for HR-Services- Innovative Strategy and HR-Consulting Executive Search Recruitment…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
21	QRC Group AGIndirect evidence	Nuremberg, Germany	51-200	20
	“Die QRC Group AG gehört mit 15 Jahren Erfahrung und rund 300 Besetzungen pro Jahr zu den TOP 25 Personalberatungen Deutschlands.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
22	Lions & Gazelles International Recruitment AGIndirect evidence	Berlin, Germany	51-200	18
	“Ihr persönlicher Karrieremanager - ob Hochschulabsolvent oder Topmanager Die LIONS & GAZELLES International Recruitment AG ist ein internationales Personalberatungsunternehmen mit…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
23	Schwertfels Consulting GmbhIndirect evidence	Munchen, Germany	51-200	17
	“Schwertfels Consulting - Personalberatung mit Herz.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
24	Delta Management ConsultantsPartial evidence	Duesseldorf, Germany	51-200	16
	“Delta Management Consultants GmbH is one of the largest independent and entrepreneurial executive search companies in Germany.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
25	Puro Personaldienstleistung GmbhPartial evidence	Munchen, Germany	51-200	11
	“Im Recruiting macht uns keiner was vor.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026

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Executive recruiting firms based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 2, 2026

1-10Median size (employees)

BerlinLargest hub · 114 HQs

347Contacts with mobile numbers

Sep 2, 2026Data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

934

11-50

303

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

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 Germany 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 Germany 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, 2,393 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: 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.

Executive recruiting firms by metro

Executive recruiting firms in Berlin114
Executive recruiting firms in Munchen107
Executive recruiting firms in Dusseldorf99
Executive recruiting firms in Hamburg97
Executive recruiting firms in Frankfurt64
Executive recruiting firms in Frankfurt Am Main60
Executive recruiting firms in Munich56

Frequently asked

How many executive recruiting firms are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 1,307 executive recruiting firms headquartered in Germany 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?

Badenoch Clark, headquartered in Frankfurt Am Main, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most executive recruiting firms?

Berlin leads with 114 headquartered companies, followed by Munchen (107) and Dusseldorf (99).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

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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 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.