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Top 25 Executive search firms based in France

Name: Executive search firms based in France
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 2, 2026 2,263 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 2,263 executive search firms headquartered in France as of September 2026 and tracks 16,636 professional contacts across them, including 4,443 with verified work emails and 1,019 with mobile numbers. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers executive search firms headquartered in France, 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, how directly it supports the match, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 2, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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.

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2,263Companies

16,636Contacts tracked

4,443Verified emails

1,019Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest executive search firms based in France

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 2,263 executive search firms based in France, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 2, 2026. Evidence rates how directly each company's own description names executive search firms: strong (names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on its full profile rather than the summary shown). Click a count to unlock that company's people.
#	Company	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Start People FranceIndirect evidence	St Julien Les Metz, France	1,001-5,000	1,087
	“Start People est un réseau de 267 agences de recrutement (CDI, CDD, intérim, CDIE) réparties sur toute la France, qui offre une gamme de prestations de recrutement sur-mesure aux…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
2	Harry HopeIndirect evidence	Gho, France	201-500	298
	“Avec des années d’expérience dans le secteur du recrutement, nos consultants disposent d’un important réseau et savent dénicher les talents là où ils se trouvent.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
3	AdsearchIndirect evidence	Arenas, France	51-200	233
	“Cabinet de conseil en recrutement d’experts, cadres et managers (PME, ETI et groupes internationaux) basé en France, en Suisse et en Espagne, Adsearch se distingue par sa très…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
4	FAB GroupIndirect evidence	Paris, France	51-200	216
	“FAB Group est un cabinet de conseil en recrutement et en management de transition.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
5	Arthur Hunt GroupIndirect evidence	Paris, France	51-200	144
	“For the past 30 years, the consulting firm Arthur Hunt has been supporting companies from all sectors in all of their HR challenges.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
6	Nigel Wright GroupIndirect evidence	Paris, France	51-200	133
	“Nigel Wright Group is Europe’s number one consumer sector recruitment specialist.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
7	WinsearchIndirect evidence	Lyon, France	51-200	124
	“Implanté à Lyon et Paris depuis 1995, Winsearch est un cabinet de recrutement et de conseil en Ressources Humaines indépendant, rayonnant sur le territoire national et intervenant…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
8	Headhunting FactoryIndirect evidence	Paris, France	51-200	115
	“MÉTHODE Notre approche directe garantit une chasse exhaustive, prenant en compte l’intégralité du marché (tamisage à maille très serrée) quel que soit le secteur d’activité, le…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
9	ReverseIndirect evidence	Paris, France	51-200	111
	“We help companies find Middle and Top Managers using a proprietary, data-driven method.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
10	Groupe Linking TalentsIndirect evidence	Paris, France	201-500	110
	“Linking Talents est la holding regroupant les différents cabinets de recrutement: PAY JOB, Legal & HR Talents, Comptalents, Talents AEC, Talents Commerciaux, Talents IT, Talents…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
11	FED AfricaIndirect evidence	Paris, France	51-200	100
	“Global recruitment for Africa and the Middle-East Fed Africa, subsidiary and recruitment firm specialized in Top and Middle Management positions, supports local and international…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
12	Alphea ConseilIndirect evidence	Bordeaux, France	51-200	79
	“Cabinet de recrutement et de conseil en entreprise, nous proposons nos prestations de services sur 3 secteurs d'activité :* La grande distribution, la distribution spécialisée et…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
13	Groupe GRIndirect evidence	France	51-200	79
	“Depuis plus de 35 ans le Groupe GR propose un personnel qualifié dans toutes les fonctions de soutien, pour les entreprises internationales basées à Paris : Cabinets d’Avocats…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
14	Sinclair RessourcesIndirect evidence	Paris, France	51-200	77
	“Filiale du groupe William Sinclair, Sinclair Ressources est un cabinet de recrutement temporaire et permanent spécialisé depuis 14 ans sur les métiers suivants - Comptabilité et…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
15	ErevenaStrong evidence	Paris, France	51-200	72
	“Erevena is the global executive search advisor to the world's most ambitious tech companies.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
16	FSC Executive Search & Monceau CarrièresIndirect evidence	Paris, France	51-200	68
	“Depuis 1989, le Groupe FSC, à travers ses activités de conseil en ressources humaines, accompagne et rassemble les organisations comme les individus qui poursuivent une ambition…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
17	ActiforcesIndirect evidence	Bourges, France	51-200	64
	“Notre cabinet conseil ACTIFORCES créé depuis plus de 20 ans répond aux 3 besoins majeurs des entreprises en matière de Ressources Humaines- le Recrutement et l’Approche Directe -…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
18	SolantisIndirect evidence	France	51-200	61
	“Fondé en 2010, Solantis est un cabinet de conseil en recrutement à taille humaine, notamment leader sur les métiers de l'IT et Digital.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
19	OpensourcingIndirect evidence	Levallois Perret, France	51-200	55
	“L’objectif d’OpenSourcing est de mettre en relation recruteurs et candidats grâce à leur équipe d'experts formés à toutes les techniques du sourcing web.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
20	Lauralba ConseilIndirect evidence	Aix En Provence, France	51-200	51
	“Depuis 20 ans, nous accompagnons les PME, Grands Comptes et Entreprises de Services du Numérique dans plusieurs régions du territoire national en capitalisant sur des valeurs…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
21	Tercio RHIndirect evidence	Forbach, France	201-500	30
	“Créée en 2011, TERCIO RH est la marque tertiaire du Groupe DLSI.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
22	S&youIndirect evidence	Boulogne Billancourt, France	51-200	27
	“Cabinet de recrutement de dimension internationale, bénéficiant de l’expérience d’un grand Groupe RH, S & you est spécialisé dans le recrutement d’Experts et Cadres.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
23	Abil RessourcesIndirect evidence	Paris, France	51-200	26
	“Issue d’une culture de la performance et du résultat, notre structure s’appuie sur plus de 20 ans de succès dans le recrutement de comptables et de professionnels des ressources…” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
24	Tecxell InterimIndirect evidence	Paris, France	51-200	24
	“TECXELL INTERIM is a staffing and recruiting company based out of 4E ETAGE 4 RUE DE LYON, PARIS, France.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026
25	Sigma FranceIndirect evidence	Lyon, France	51-200	23
	“Sigma est spécialisé dans le recrutement et le conseil en management.” Source: company website · checked Sep 2, 2026

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Executive search firms based in France at a glance

As of Sep 2, 2026

1-10Median size (employees)

ParisLargest hub · 927 HQs

1,019Contacts with mobile numbers

Sep 2, 2026Data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,816

11-50

345

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

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, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and evidence 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 SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in France whose own description of what they do matches “executive search firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among executive search firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside France 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 an evidence 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, 4,443 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 2, 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 by metro

Executive search firms in Paris927
Executive search firms in Lyon124
Executive search firms in Toulouse48
Executive search firms in Nantes46
Executive search firms in Neuilly-Sur-Seine34
Executive search firms in Marseille32
Executive search firms in Bordeaux31

Frequently asked

How many executive search firms are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 2,263 executive search firms headquartered in France 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?

Start People France, headquartered in St Julien Les Metz, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most executive search firms?

Paris leads with 927 headquartered companies, followed by Lyon (124) and Toulouse (48).

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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 SmartSearch, 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.