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Top 25 Executive search companies based in San Francisco, United States

Name: Executive search companies based in San Francisco, United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026 268 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 268 executive search companies headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 2,671 professional contacts across them, including 748 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (1,180 companies); San Francisco has 268.

This list covers executive search companies headquartered in San Francisco, 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

268Companies

2,671Contacts tracked

748Verified emails

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The 25 largest executive search companies based in San Francisco, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 268 executive search companies based in San Francisco, 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	Myjobtank	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	296 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “My Job Tank is a well-established international company with a history of success in discovering unique talents from all over the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
2	Riviera Partners	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	201-500	273 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Riviera Partners is a global executive recruiting firm specializing in Technology, Engineering, Product and Design leadership.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
3	The JOB Shop	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	201-500	77 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Job Shop listens to both clients and candidates with equal care, ensuring thoughtful, custom placements that truly fit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
4	The Trium Group	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	75 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Trium Group is a management consulting and executive coaching firm that helps organizations solve their most complex strategic, operational, cultural, and leadership…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
5	Scion Staffing	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	201-500	75 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Do you need to hire exceptional talent?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
6	Spmb Executive Search	Strong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	53 contacts →
	Strong evidence “SPMB is the #1 executive search firm serving the technology market and one of the largest independent retained search firms in the country.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
7	Berkner Group	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	53 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We build world-class executive and technical teams for companies catalyzing a decarbonized economy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
8	3 Bridge Networks	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	51 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Today's economic climate requires talented professionals to drive and support critical business decisions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
9	Diligente Technologies	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	46 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Diligente Technologies follows a streamlined screening process that enables us to target the right individuals from the very beginning.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
10	Andiamo Group Talent Partners	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	46 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Placing talent in Sales, Marketing, Product and Engineering, Andiamo!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
11	Connery Consulting	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Connery Consulting is a boutique HR consulting firm with over two decades of People Ops experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
12	The Cole Group	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Cole Group is the world's top sales and marketing search firm, serving clients like OpenAI, Cursor, Lovable, Clay, Kalshi, Vercel, Lambda, Vanta, Cribl, Figma, Doordash…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
13	Maven Recruiting Group	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Maven Recruiting Group specializes in recruiting Executive Assistants, administrative, operations, and Human Resources professionals to the Bay Area’s most prominent Executives…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
14	Candidate Labs	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Candidate Labs is a modern search firm built by a repeat VC-backed entrepreneur who's personally done the founder journey twice.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
15	Innovations PSI	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1-10	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Innovations is a leading West Coast Recruiting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
16	Purrfect Hire	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We work with YC and a16z founders on the hires that matter most: the ones where getting it wrong costs months of runway.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
17	Rich Talent Group	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Rich Talent Group partners with today’s most innovative companies-from high-growth to Fortune 500-to build transformative leadership teams and Board of Directors that help change…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
18	Growth By Design Talent	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Growth by Design Talent partners with venture backed technology companies to build exceptional talent strategies and recruiting functions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
19	Alan J. Blair Personnel Services, INC	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Recruiting Excellence in the San Francisco Bay Area for 50 Years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
20	Carpe Diem Partners	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1-10	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Carpe Diem Global Partners is a Leadership Advisory Firm organized around three pillars, delivering a range of leadership services to the Board and C-suite.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
21	Peopleconnect Staffing	Strong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1-10	18 contacts →
	Strong evidence “PeopleConnect is a full-service executive search firm specializing in the high tech, clean tech, and scientific industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
22	Work Sandy	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We simplify the complexities of finding and managing Talent, helping organizations unlock their full potential through better alignment, enhanced performance, and a strong culture.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
23	Hunter SF	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1-10	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hunter SF brings over three decades of combined experience to recruiting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
24	Nosal Partners NOW NGS Global	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Nosal Partners is now NGS Global.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
25	Moppenheim Executive Search	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1-10	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We recruit and support leaders who strengthen nonprofits.” 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 San Francisco, United States at a glance

As of Sep 30, 2026

28.0%Verified-email coverage

10.0Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 30, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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201-500

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for San Francisco, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for San Francisco, over 268 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 San Francisco, 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 San Francisco 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, 748 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 San Francisco, United States?

RevenueBase identified 268 executive search companies headquartered in San Francisco, 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?

Myjobtank, headquartered in San Francisco, 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). San Francisco has 268.

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 748 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 268 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.