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Top 25 Executive recruitment firms based in Australia

Name: Executive recruitment firms based in Australia
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 2, 2026 1,295 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,295 executive recruitment firms headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 11,098 professional contacts across them, including 3,690 with verified work emails and 1,291 with mobile numbers. Sydney is the largest hub.

This list covers executive recruitment 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

1,295Companies

11,098Contacts tracked

3,690Verified emails

1,291Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest executive recruitment firms based in Australia

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,295 executive recruitment 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 recruitment 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	MCS Management Consulting & Selection	Indirect evidence	Sydney, Australia	n/a	1,124 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “La nostra Società di consulenza manageriale e organizzativa è nata nel 1977 e porta con sé il valore della sua storia e delle persone che l’hanno realizzata, ma anche la capacità…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
2	MPI	Indirect evidence	Kalgoorlie, Australia	201-500	366 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As specialist mining industry recruiters and consultants, we’ve been focused on matching the right person to the right mining job for over thirty years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
3	Davidson	Indirect evidence	Symonston, Australia	501-1,000	300 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
4	Johnson Partners	Partial evidence	Sydney, Australia	n/a	284 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
5	Sharp & Carter	Indirect evidence	Parramatta, Australia	51-200	233 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
6	Mars Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Sydney, Australia	51-200	135 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
7	Derwent	Partial evidence	Perth, Australia	51-200	133 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
8	SSQ	Indirect evidence	Sydney, Australia	51-200	129 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
9	SIX Degrees Executive	Indirect evidence	Brisbane, Australia	51-200	116 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our commitment to sparking the right connections is what makes us ‘Expertly Human’.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
10	PKL Recruitment	Strong evidence	Melbourne, Australia	11-50	99 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Experts in Executive Support, HR & Recruitment, Office Support, Executive C-Suite, Project Management, Medical, Digital, Tech & Marketing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
11	SHK Asia Pacific	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, Australia	51-200	96 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SHK connects great people to great work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
12	The Andersen Partnership	Strong evidence	Brisbane, Australia	51-200	84 contacts →
	Strong 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
13	Scotford Fennessy	Strong evidence	Perth, Australia	11-50	80 contacts →
	Strong 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
14	Ivory Group	Partial evidence	Sydney, Australia	11-50	77 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are a vibrant, Australian-based recruitment consultancy that loves matching people and companies together by focusing on a behavioural-based approach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
15	Horner Recruitment	Partial evidence	Brisbane, Australia	11-50	77 contacts →
	Partial 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
16	Acrworld	Indirect evidence	Australia	51-200	71 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since 2001 we have been recruiting professionals across Architecture, Building, Property, Defence, Manufacturing, Transportation, Renewable Energy & Resources.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
17	Heidrick & Struggles	Partial evidence	Sydney, Australia	1,001-5,000	71 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
18	Momentum Consulting Group PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Sydney, Australia	1,001-5,000	68 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Momentum, we don’t just fill roles, we partner with organisations to shape their workforce strategy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
19	Beilby Downing Teal PTY LTD	Partial evidence	Winnellie, Australia	51-200	68 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Beilby Downing Teal merges the experience and knowledge of 50 years in the recruitment industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
20	Profusion	Partial evidence	Sydney, Australia	51-200	59 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Profusion is Australia’s leading provider of recruitment services to the Financial Services sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
21	Fourquarters Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Sydney, Australia	51-200	53 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “People are the heartbeat of our business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
22	Emanate Technology	Partial evidence	Brisbane City, Australia	11-50	46 contacts →
	Partial 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
23	Optimum Consulting	Indirect evidence	Brisbane, Australia	11-50	44 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In a fiercely competitive business environment, there is one constant: Talent is essential to business success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
24	EGM Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Adelaide, Australia	11-50	39 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Born in 2016, South Australia and still proudly privately owned.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
25	11 Recruitment	Partial evidence	East Perth, Australia	11-50	30 contacts →
	Partial evidence “11 Recruitment is a boutique agency specialising in white-collar recruitment services.” 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 recruitment 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 recruitment firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of executive recruitment firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name executive recruitment 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 recruitment firms based in Australia at a glance

As of Sep 2, 2026

33.2%Verified-email coverage

11.6%Mobile-number coverage

8.6Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

32.2%Largest-city concentration · Sydney

Sep 2, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,013

11-50

229

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

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 recruitment 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 recruitment 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 recruitment 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 recruitment 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, 3,690 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 recruitment 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 recruitment firms are there based in Australia?

RevenueBase identified 1,295 executive recruitment 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?

MCS Management Consulting & Selection, headquartered in Sydney, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most executive recruitment firms?

Sydney leads with 417 headquartered companies, followed by Melbourne (286) and Brisbane (121).

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 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.