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Top 25 Executive search firms for education based in Chicago, United States

Name: Executive search firms for education based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 215 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 215 executive search firms for education headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 9,007 professional contacts across them, including 4,373 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (513 companies); Chicago follows with 215.

This list covers executive search firms for education 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

215Companies

9,007Contacts tracked

4,373Verified emails

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The 25 largest executive search firms for education based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 215 executive search firms for education 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 education: 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	Heidrick & Struggles	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	3,376 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Heidrick & Struggles is the premier provider of executive search, corporate culture and leadership consulting services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2	Spencer Stuart	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,889 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	DHR Global	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	501-1,000	656 contacts →
	Strong evidence “For more than 35 years, DHR has been a leading provider of executive search, leadership consulting and emerging leader search solutions, serving more than 60 markets around the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4	Signium	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	156 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “What got us here won’t get us there… Business today is more volatile and unpredictable than ever.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5	Ferguson Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	106 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As a global talent management boutique serving all industries and with a strong concentration of real assets, healthcare, hospitality, and private equity clients, Ferguson…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	FELIX	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	106 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Felix is a North American-based talent and organizational advisor with over 30 years of successful client engagements.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	Hunt Club	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	105 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
8	Harmer	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	89 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1986, Harmer is a trusted recruiting partner specializing in Accounting, Finance, and Information Technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	Slayton Search Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	80 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
10	CMC Consultants, INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	65 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CMC Consultants Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	JBM Recruitment	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	n/a	60 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Your retained source for executive search!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	20 20 Foresight Executive Talent Solutions	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	54 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
13	Jobplex	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	48 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
14	Piercegray	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	44 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
15	Talentfoot Executive Search	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	40 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Recruit Forward-Thinking Leaders who Accelerate Growth, Unlock Innovation, and Boost Profitability.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	BCI	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BCI is a boutique recruiting firm that has served the financial services industry nationwide for more than 25 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	Blueprint Talent Group LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	34 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We help high-growth companies find, develop, and retain great talent- create people strategy aligned with your values, culture, and business goals - develop the story that…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	Kittleman & Associates, LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Kittleman is the first national executive recruiting firm dedicated exclusively to recruiting chief executive officers and executive directors for tax-exempt nonprofit…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	LMB Associates	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Although the recruitment business can be transactional, LMB Associates believes in a collaborative, personalized approach to recruiting, building valued relationships with both…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	Grayson Search Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As a premier search firm, Grayson Search Partners specializes in connecting exceptional talent with organizations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	Quick Leonard Kieffer Executive Search Consultants	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Quick Leonard Kieffer is one of the country's leading retained executive search firms specializing in the healthcare, life sciences/medical device, academic, association and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	ROY Talman & Associates, INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Why Roy Talman & Associates?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	Talent Intelligence	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Talent Intelligence is a global talent acquisition and management consulting firm that works with top companies around the world to attract and retain key management and C-Suite…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	Jamesdrurypartners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “JamesDruryPartners is an elite board advisory services firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	Lantern Partners	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	21 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

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 firms for education. 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 firms for education.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of executive search firms for education, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name executive search firms for education. 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 firms for education based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

48.6%Verified-email coverage

41.9Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

143

11-50

51-200

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

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 215 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 education, 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 education”. 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 education), 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 education, 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, 4,373 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: 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 firms for education 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 firms for education, 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 education are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 215 executive search firms for education 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?

Heidrick & Struggles, 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 education?

New York leads the United States with 513 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (215) and Houston (167).

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 4,373 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 215 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.