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Top 25 Executive search firms for chief revenue officers based in Chicago, United States

RevenueBase identified 64 executive search firms for chief revenue officers headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 742 professional contacts across them, including 304 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (154 companies); Chicago follows with 64.

This list covers executive search firms for chief revenue officers headquartered in Chicago, 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 28, 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 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
64Companies
742Contacts tracked
304Verified emails
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The 25 largest executive search firms for chief revenue officers based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 64 executive search firms for chief revenue officers based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to executive search firms for chief revenue officers: 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.
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1Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200105 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Hunt Club is an executive search firm for pre- and post-IPO companies, private equity and venture capital firms, and their portfolio business leaders who require access to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5080 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since our beginning in 1985, Slayton Search Partners' strategy has been to focus on possibilities, not limitations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a60 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Your retained source for executive search!”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20054 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 1994, 20/20 Foresight is a national executive search and full-service talent advisory firm that specializes in real estate, financial services, and professional…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20048 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Since 1996, Jobplex has served the emerging leader recruiting market, complementing the senior-level retained executive search services provided by our parent company, DHR Global.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5044 contacts →

Partial evidence

“As a boutique retained search firm, PierceGray helps clients succeed by finding the right leaders.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5040 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Recruit Forward-Thinking Leaders who Accelerate Growth, Unlock Innovation, and Boost Profitability.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5021 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 2003, Lantern Partners is a premier, retained, executive recruitment firm, focused on C-level and executive leadership positions for the investor-backed technology…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5019 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We specialize in nationwide retained searches for: Director level and above roles for Fortune 500 companies VP and C-Level roles for public, private or family-owned, mid-market…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5014 contacts →

Partial evidence

“When it comes to finding and hiring the very best talent for your executive team, are you making the safe choice or the right choice?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5014 contacts →

Strong evidence

“ROMA Hired is a premier retained executive search firm that has followed a distinctively different path.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5011 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We are an Executive Search firm recruiting CEOs, VPs and other executives in the USA for European based businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-509 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Vortex Staffing is a sales executive search firm specializing in building world class sales/leadership/engineering teams in the technology space with an emphasis on; cloud…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-109 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Sales Recruiters Chicago has specialized exclusively in sales recruiting since 2003, helping employers across Chicago and nationwide hire top-performing sales professionals in…”

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15Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-506 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“DSS Global, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-106 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Halo Consulting is a certified minority-owned boutique search firm that makes the experience of working with a process-oriented retained executive search firm accessible to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-105 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Salus Talent, we’re redefining executive recruitment for the modern era.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-505 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Executive Advisory is a well-known, Chicago-based research and recruiting firm that has been helping executives seek board seats for two decades.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-104 contacts →

Strong evidence

“For more than 28 years, Baker Montgomery has been regarded as best in class for executive search and talent strategy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-103 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Lydian Partners is an independent executive search firm offering deep expertise in CFO Search, Succession and Board & CEO Advisory.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Kate Harry Shipham started KHS People LLC to be a search firm for business development, marketing and sales people within professional services firms.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Maven Recruiting & Consulting is a company centered around achieving optimal results and impacting lives.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-103 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Willing to Hunt, LLC is a boutique executive search firm with a reputation for excellence in client service.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24Strong evidenceChicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-103 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Leadership Advisory Group, LLC is a boutique, executive search firm with a fresh and dedicated approach to customizing our process to solve our client's unique business and talent…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25Partial evidenceChicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 20261-103 contacts →

Partial evidence

“for placing corporate retail executives.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

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Executive search firms for chief revenue officers based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026
41.0%Verified-email coverage
11.6Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
45
11-50
16
51-200
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Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Chicago, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 64 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 firms for chief revenue officers, 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 Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “executive search firms for chief revenue officers”. 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 firms for chief revenue officers), 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 firms for chief revenue officers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago 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, 304 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 28, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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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 search firms for chief revenue officers, 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 firms for chief revenue officers are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 64 executive search firms for chief revenue officers headquartered in Chicago, 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?

Hunt Club, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most executive search firms for chief revenue officers?

New York leads the United States with 154 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (64) and Atlanta (54).

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 304 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 64 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 28, 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.