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

Name: Executive search firms for education based in Washington, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 65 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 65 executive search firms for education headquartered in Washington, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 617 professional contacts across them, including 232 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (513 companies); Washington has 65.

This list covers executive search firms for education headquartered in Washington, 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

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617Contacts tracked

232Verified emails

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

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 65 executive search firms for education based in Washington, 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	Academic Search	Strong evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	104 contacts →
	Strong evidence “For nearly five decades, Academic Search has been a mission-driven organization dedicated to expanding leadership capacity at higher education institutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2	AGB Search, LLC	Strong evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	77 contacts →
	Strong evidence “AGB Search offers executive search, interim search, and compensation benchmarking exclusively for higher education institutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	District Partners	Strong evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	38 contacts →
	Strong evidence “District Partners is an executive search and project-based consulting recruiting firm with a national reach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4	Kennedy & Company Education Strategies	Partial evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Kennedy & Company focuses exclusively on the unique challenges and opportunities of higher education institutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5	Stone Hendricks Group	Indirect evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Helping Businesses Grow by Connecting Talent with Opportunity At Stone Hendricks Group, we believe that a company’s success is driven by its people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	TH Bender	Indirect evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We help companies build high-performing leadership teams across the U.S, Canada, and Mexico.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7	Vetted Solutions	Strong evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	16 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Vetted Solutions is a Washington, DC-based executive search firm specializing in association and nonprofit recruiting and consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8	Leaderfit	Strong evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Strong evidence “LeaderFit is an executive search firm, based in Washington, D.C, purpose built to serve the unique needs of nonprofits and foundations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9	Insight Executive Search	Strong evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Strong evidence “INSIGHT EXECUTIVE SEARCH serves clients within the healthcare, social research, life sciences, financial, public policy and non-profit sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10	Esgi - Company	Strong evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Strong evidence “ESGI Executive Recruitment Washington DC: A retained executive search firm specializing in senior-level executive searches for companies that sell products and services to the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	Good Insight	Strong evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Good Insight is an award-winning executive search firm with an exclusive focus on the social sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	Sterling Martin Associates	Strong evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Sterling Martin Associates is a national, independent executive search firm headquartered in Washington, DC, with professional staff and consultants located in Washington, DC; San…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13	Polihire	Strong evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Strong evidence “POLIHIRE is a retained executive search firm and consulting firm based in Washington, DC, with a national focus and perspective.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	Indyschool Consultancy	Indirect evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “IndySchool Consultancy is a leading consulting firm dedicated to empowering independent schools for excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	Legal E	Indirect evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	51-200	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Legal E has been a trusted employment partner since 2003.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	Trustedforce	Strong evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	6 contacts →
	Strong evidence “TrustedForce is a boutique Executive Search firm focused on Managed & Cloud services, SaaS, Software Development, Property Technology, and Information Services in B2B and B2C…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	Evolve Partners	Indirect evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Looking to contact us?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	Pollack Badawi Group PBG	Partial evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Pollack Badawi Group LLC is one of the country’s premier attorney search firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	Nations Executive Search Group	Strong evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	4 contacts →
	Strong evidence “NES Group, Nations Executive Search Group, has been a market leader since 1997, serving the Enterprise Risk Management, Marketing Services, and Decision Analytics marketplace.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	Accelhrate	Strong evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	4 contacts →
	Strong evidence “accelHRate is a retainer-based executive search firm focused on primarily placing Boards of Directors and Human Resource Executives.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	Cessna & Associates	Indirect evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Cessna & Associates helps you succeed in serving your members and the causes championed by your organization.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	Dahl-Morrow International	Strong evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	3 contacts →
	Strong evidence “DMI is an Executive Search, Interim Management, and Human Capital Consulting firm, with over 25 years of success in providing industry expertise to our clients worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	Prominent Career Solutions, LLC	Partial evidence	Washington, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Prominent Career Solutions is an executive recruiting firm that specializes in a variety of industries like healthcare, legal, finance, accounting and much more.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	Plbsearch	Strong evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Strong evidence “PLBsearch is a women-led boutique executive search firm specializing in the recruitment of senior-level communications/public affairs, government relations and investor relations…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	Placed Legal Career Strategies	Indirect evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PLACED Legal Career Strategies is a premier legal recruiting and career development firm specializing in connecting top-tier legal talent with leading U.S, European, Middle…” 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 Washington, United States at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

37.6%Verified-email coverage

9.5Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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51-200

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Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Washington, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Washington, over 65 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 Washington, 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 Washington 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, 232 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 Washington, United States?

RevenueBase identified 65 executive search firms for education headquartered in Washington, 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?

Academic Search, headquartered in Washington, 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). Washington has 65.

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 232 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 65 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.