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Top 25 Executive search recruiters based in the United States

Name: Executive search recruiters based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 2, 2026 19,977 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 19,977 executive search recruiters headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 342,804 professional contacts across them, including 72,555 with verified work emails and 94,552 with mobile numbers. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers executive search recruiters headquartered in the 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 2, 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 RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 2, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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342,804Contacts tracked

72,555Verified emails

94,552Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest executive search recruiters based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 19,977 executive search recruiters based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 2, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to executive search recruiters: 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	HAYS	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United States	5,001-10,000	22,596 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Hays, we believe that the right job can transform a person's life - and the right person can transform a business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
2	Robert Walters	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United States	1,001-5,000	4,626 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Robert Walters is the world’s most trusted talent solutions business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
3	Appleone Employment Services	Indirect evidence	Orlando, FL, United States	1,001-5,000	4,615 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AppleOne Employment Services is a full-service employment company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
4	Spherion	Indirect evidence	Atlanta, GA, United States	10001+	4,265 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We’re Spherion-a staffing and recruiting pioneer that’s been driving careers and helping businesses grow for over 75 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
5	Heidrick & Struggles	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United States	1,001-5,000	3,363 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Heidrick & Struggles is the premier provider of executive search, corporate culture and leadership consulting services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
6	Beacon Hill	Partial evidence	Meridian, ID, United States	1,001-5,000	3,195 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Beacon Hill was founded to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
7	Remedy Intelligent Staffing	Indirect evidence	Atlanta, GA, United States	10001+	1,948 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Remedy Intelligent Staffing is a nationwide professional staffing organization with more than 50 years of recruiting and selection expertise to match job candidates with positions…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
8	Peoplescout	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United States	1,001-5,000	1,176 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PeopleScout, a TrueBlue company, is a global talent solutions leader.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
9	Partners Personnel	Indirect evidence	Santa Barbara, CA, United States	1,001-5,000	919 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Partners Personnel is a full-service staffing company with offices nationwide, dedicated to finding the best talent for our clients and building great careers for our associates.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
10	Remx The Workforce Experts	Indirect evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United States	1,001-5,000	901 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “RemX is the professional staffing division of EmployBridge, a $3 billion staffing organization with more than 600 offices in the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
11	Advantage Technical	Indirect evidence	Cincinnati, OH, United States	10001+	862 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Advantage Technical aligns people and companies to create opportunity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
12	The Planet Group	Indirect evidence	Alpharetta, GA, United States	1,001-5,000	831 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Planet Group is a global advisory and staffing firm operating at the intersection of talent and transformation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
13	Genesis10	Indirect evidence	Norcross, GA, United States	1,001-5,000	726 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Genesis10 connects companies and professionals through every stage of the hiring journey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
14	Volt Technical Resources	Indirect evidence	Orange, CA, United States	5,001-10,000	585 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A Six Sigma Company ~61 years in the industry ~Nationwide 4 million+ candidate database ~Fortune Company ~Extensive E-Recruiting capabilities ~Reference and Employment check…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
15	HTI	Indirect evidence	Spartanburg, SC, United States	1,001-5,000	546 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Industrial Staffing \| Professional & Skilled Hourly Recruiting \| HR Services \| Retention Strategies \| Outplacement \| Greenfield Start Ups & Expansions \| Talent Management At HTI…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
16	Cornerstone Staffing	Indirect evidence	Frisco, TX, United States	1,001-5,000	502 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CornerStone Staffing has been servicing the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex since 1991 and the Phoenix-Tempe area since 2019.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
17	Diamondpick	Indirect evidence	Iselin, NJ, United States	1,001-5,000	492 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Invest in real talent, for who knows… it might be a diamond in the rough.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
18	Acara Solutions, An Aleron Company	Indirect evidence	Clifton Park, NY, United States	5,001-10,000	486 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Acara is a premier provider of recruiting and workforce solutions-we help companies compete for talent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
19	Page Executive	Strong evidence	Boston, MA, United States	5,001-10,000	446 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Page Executive is a global leader in executive search & recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
20	Ics, A Korn Ferry Company	Indirect evidence	Columbus, OH, United States	1,001-5,000	350 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ICS, a Korn Ferry Company, is one of the nation’s leading staffing and recruiting companies specializing in connecting talented people to the businesses who need them.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
21	Full Steam Staffing	Indirect evidence	Ontario, CA, United States	5,001-10,000	288 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Full Steam Staffing LLC is a privately owned national leader in providing recruitment, staffing, and human resources solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
22	First Team Staffing Services, INC	Indirect evidence	Columbia, MD, United States	10001+	286 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “First Team specializes in the recruitment and placement of professional and temporary workers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
23	Vastek INC	Indirect evidence	Chula Vista, CA, United States	1,001-5,000	273 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Vastek Group: Your Strategic Staffing & Professional Service Partner At Vastek Group, we pride ourselves on being more than just a staffing agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
24	The JOB Center Staffing	Indirect evidence	Cincinnati, OH, United States	1,001-5,000	248 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Job Center Staffing is more than a staffing provider!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
25	First Class Workforce Solutions	Indirect evidence	Columbia, United States	10001+	248 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “First Class Workforce Solutions is an industry leading temporary staffing and management placement agency that specializes in recruiting high-quality skilled individuals for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 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 recruiters. 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 recruiters.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of executive search recruiters, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name executive search recruiters. 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 recruiters based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 2, 2026

21.2%Verified-email coverage

27.6%Mobile-number coverage

17.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

6.6%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 2, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

12,780

11-50

4,797

51-200

1,641

201-500

424

501-1,000

146

1,001-5,000

122

5,001-10,000

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 recruiters, 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 the United States whose own description of what they do matches “executive search recruiters”. 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 recruiters), 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 recruiters, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States 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, 72,555 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 recruiters by metro

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 recruiters, 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 recruiters are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 19,977 executive search recruiters headquartered in the 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?

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

Which city has the most executive search recruiters?

New York leads with 1320 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (546) and Houston (521).

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 72,555 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 19,977 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 2, 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.