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Top 25 Executive search companies based in Houston, United States

Name: Executive search companies based in Houston, United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026 338 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 338 executive search companies headquartered in Houston, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 5,632 professional contacts across them, including 1,046 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (1,180 companies); Houston has 338.

This list covers executive search companies headquartered in Houston, United States, 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 30, 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 HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 30, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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5,632Contacts tracked

1,046Verified emails

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The 25 largest executive search companies based in Houston, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 338 executive search companies based in Houston, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to executive search companies: 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	SELF	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	n/a	1,431 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a Full Service Solutions Company specializing in placements of professionals in Information Technology, Finance/Accounting, Energy (front, mid and back office)…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
2	Primary Services	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	n/a	766 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Primary Services provides job opportunities for Accounting/Financial, Information Technology, HR, Recruiting, Marketing, Procurement, Call Center and Administrative professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
3	Arthur Lawrence	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	501-1,000	525 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Arthur Lawrence is a global management and technology consulting firm with expertise in talent acquisition, business process outsourcing (BPO) and consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
4	Ktek Resourcing	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	201-500	312 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ktek Resourcing is a global staffing and recruitment firm specializing in IT, engineering, and professional services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
5	Core Group Resources	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	501-1,000	176 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Core Group Resources connects businesses in various industries and helps them find the right personnel.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
6	Richard, Wayne & Roberts	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	134 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “When Richard, Wayne & Roberts began in 1978, our goal was to operate on a level of professionalism commensurate with that of the companies we serve.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
7	Professional Alternatives	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	61 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Professional Alternatives has operated as one of the most award-winning recruiting firms in the nation for 25+ years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
8	Amundson Group	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	52 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Amundson Group is a veteran-owned construction recruiting firm headquartered in Houston, TX, placing superintendents, project managers, estimators, preconstruction, and executive…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
9	Qualitec Consulting Group, LP	Strong evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	52 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are one of Texas' most successful executive search firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
10	Encore Search Partners, LLC	Strong evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	48 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Encore Search Partners is a specialized recruiting firm that focuses on spotlighting the absolute best Professional, Technical, & C-Level Executive talent, nationwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
11	Vanderbloemen	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	47 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Vanderbloemen serves Churches, Schools, Nonprofits, Family Offices, and Values-Based Businesses through hiring, compensation, succession, and diversity solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
12	Talance Group	Strong evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Talance Group is a Texas-based boutique executive search firm covering Houston and Austin.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
13	Scott Humphrey Corporation	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Scott Humphrey empowers companies and people by redefining recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
14	Clayton Services	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Clayton Services is a Houston-owned staffing agency and recruiting firm serving Greater Houston employers and job seekers since 1984.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
15	JDA Professional Services, INC	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “JDA Professional Services, since 1981, has been Streamlining the on boarding process reducing cost and time to hire, recruiting IT professionals to help Houston companies locate…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
16	Walker Elliott	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Walker Elliott – Career Placement Consultants for IT, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Engineering Professionals The recruiting team at Walker Elliott is comprised of the finest…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
17	Adroit Partners, LLC	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Adroit Partners, we are driven to provide the talent our clients require to exceed their objectives through a personal approach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
18	Growth Suite Consulting	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Growth Suite employs a comprehensive, holistic approach in partnering with our clients, while strategically looking at budget, need, and growth opportunities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
19	Terra Labor Consulting Group, LLC	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Terra Labor Consulting Group, LLC provides comprehensive business solutions to support companies in lead generation consulting, human resources, and financial services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
20	The Alexander Group, Executive Search	Strong evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Established in 1984, The Alexander Group has been an industry-leading global executive search firm for more than 40 years, conducting searches for Board and C-Suite positions in a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
21	Manhattan Resources	Strong evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Executive search is our business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
22	Facet INC	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “FACET is about managing the human side of change.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
23	Preng & Associates	Strong evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Preng & Associates, founded in 1980, is the only retainer-based international executive search firm specializing solely in the energy industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
24	Search Services	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	23 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Through its four divisions: Search Finance, Search Technology, Search Support, and Search AI, Search Services is firmly established as the premier recruiting and staffing agency…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
25	ELR Legal Search	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ELR is a premier legal search firm offering confidential attorney and professional staff placement and search services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 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 search companies. 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 search companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of executive search companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name executive search companies. 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 search companies based in Houston, United States at a glance

As of Sep 30, 2026

18.6%Verified-email coverage

16.7Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 30, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

235

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Houston, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Houston, over 338 companies.

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 search companies, 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 Houston, United States whose own description of what they do matches “executive search companies”. 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 search companies), 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 search companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Houston 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, 1,046 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 30, 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 search companies by metro in the United States

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 search companies, 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 search companies are there based in Houston, United States?

RevenueBase identified 338 executive search companies headquartered in Houston, United States 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?

SELF, headquartered in Houston, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most executive search companies?

New York leads the United States with 1,180 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (420) and Atlanta (377). Houston has 338.

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 1,046 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 338 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 30, 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.