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Top 25 Executive recruiting firms based in Ireland

Name: Executive recruiting firms based in Ireland
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 2, 2026 143 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 143 executive recruiting firms headquartered in Ireland as of September 2026 and tracks 1,266 professional contacts across them, including 466 with verified work emails and 109 with mobile numbers. Dublin is the largest hub.

This list covers executive recruiting firms headquartered in Ireland, 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

143Companies

1,266Contacts tracked

466Verified emails

109Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest executive recruiting firms based in Ireland

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 143 executive recruiting firms based in Ireland, 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Brightwater Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Cork, Ireland	11-50	130 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Brightwater Group is a highly reputable and established brand with a market presence of over 25 years in Ireland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
2	Merc Partners	Partial evidence	Clonskeagh, Ireland	11-50	89 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Following our acquisition by Spencer Stuart, a leading global executive search and leadership advisory firm, we will no longer be posting on this page as we are now fully…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
3	Head Hunt International	Indirect evidence	Ireland	11-50	83 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Whether you are looking for your next job, a new career or seeking a new highly qualified employee, we are the company who will deliver you the best outcome with the highest…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
4	Barden	Partial evidence	Dublin, Ireland	11-50	60 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Barden is a partner-led talent advisory, recruitment, and executive search firm, with practices across Accounting, Legal & Tax, Technology, Transformation & Change, and other…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
5	Mason Alexander	Indirect evidence	Ireland	11-50	38 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Mason Alexander is a recruitment company with one clear mission: a relentless focus to deliver optimal outcomes for clients and candidates.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
6	The Panel	Indirect evidence	Dublin, Ireland	11-50	35 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Panel is a specialist, professional recruitment consultancy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
7	Phoenix Search	Indirect evidence	Dublin, Ireland	11-50	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Phoenix Search \| Expert-led.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
8	Communicate Recruitment Solutions	Indirect evidence	Ireland	11-50	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We take pride in being trusted recruiters for CFOs and senior finance professionals globally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
9	Hero Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Ireland	11-50	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We’ve successfully placed hundreds of specialised candidates within the tech engineering, science and pharma sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
10	Fortis Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Dundrum, Ireland	11-50	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Fortis Recruitment is Passionate, Customer Obsessed, Talent Partners, committed to representing Finance and Tech professionals throughout their careers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
11	GKR Search And Selection	Partial evidence	Dublin, Ireland	11-50	24 contacts →
	Partial evidence “GKR Search & Selection is an executive search firm specialising exclusively in aircraft and engine leasing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
12	FK International	Indirect evidence	Dublin, Ireland	11-50	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “FK International is a high profile Irish Financial Search and Selection firm based in Dublin.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
13	Search Talent	Partial evidence	Dublin, Ireland	11-50	23 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Executive search levels of service where both the candidate and client experience is important to our recruiters.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
14	TXT International	Partial evidence	Ireland	11-50	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “TXT International uses data to offer a revolutionary service across the fields of executive search, boardroom placement, and M&A identification and engagement.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
15	Careerwise Recruitment	Partial evidence	Ireland	11-50	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CareerWise Recruitment is one of Ireland’s leading specialist recruitment firms, with a strong focus on Technical and Executive search.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
16	Lincoln Recruitment Specialists	Indirect evidence	Ireland	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
17	Engage People Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Dublin, Ireland	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hey there, we’re Engage People As an award-winning Irish recruitment firm in Dublin, we pride ourselves on supporting our community, enabling success and championing recruitment…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
18	Optimize Recruitment LTD	Indirect evidence	Kilkenny, Ireland	1-10	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Optimize Recruitment is a leading professional recruitment consultancy that provides tailored and adaptable services to clients in a wide range of industry sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
19	PRC Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Ireland	1-10	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PRC is a specialist sales, marketing & leadership recruitment company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
20	Anderson Wise	Partial evidence	Dublin, Ireland	11-50	13 contacts →
	Partial evidence “With over 200 years’ combined experience, we have a real understanding of executive recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
21	ELK Recruitment 'connecting Success'	Indirect evidence	Carlow, Ireland	1-10	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Elk is an award-winning specialist recruitment practice.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
22	Interval Group	Indirect evidence	Naas, Ireland	51-200	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Interval is a boutique consulting and recruitment firm helping industry-leading organisations achieve their goals through exceptional people and expertise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
23	Principal Connections	Indirect evidence	Ireland	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “is a leading and firm serving organisations across, the, and internationally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
24	Hadfield Green	Partial evidence	Dublin, Ireland	1-10	9 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Hadfield Green Search specialise in hiring Board and C-level executives for the most ambitious and fastest-growing companies in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
25	Camden Recruitment Partners	Partial evidence	Dublin, Ireland	1-10	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Camden is a boutique recruitment and executive search firm specialising in private capital, investment funds, banking, corporate finance, real assets, and wealth management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 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: executive 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 executive recruiting firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of executive recruiting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name executive 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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Executive recruiting firms based in Ireland at a glance

As of Sep 2, 2026

36.8%Verified-email coverage

8.6%Mobile-number coverage

8.9Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

42.7%Largest-city concentration · Dublin

Sep 2, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

102

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

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 Ireland 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 Ireland 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, 466 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.

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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 Ireland?

RevenueBase identified 143 executive recruiting firms headquartered in Ireland 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?

Brightwater Recruitment, headquartered in Cork, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most executive recruiting firms?

Dublin leads with 61 headquartered companies, followed by Dublin City (4) and Sandyford (3).

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 466 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 143 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.