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Top 25 Executive search services based in New Zealand
RevenueBase identified 228 executive search services headquartered in New Zealand as of September 2026 and tracks 1,728 professional contacts across them, including 731 with verified work emails and 137 with mobile numbers. Auckland is the largest hub.
This list covers executive search services headquartered in New Zealand, 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 24, 2026.
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The 25 largest executive search services based in New Zealand
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 158 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1961 by Malcolm Sheffield, we began as Aotearoa New Zealand’s first organisational psychology and executive recruitment practice.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 89 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Tribe Recruitment Group is a 100% New Zealand owned full service, end-to-end national recruitment agency.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 83 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Remarkable People, established in 2016, quickly emerged as an industry leader in the recruitment sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “H2R Consulting is a New Zealand owned recruitment and consulting firm with a national presence across Auckland and Wellington, supported by a team of 50 staff.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fluid Recruitment are Experts in Specialist Professional Recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We believe that if you hire the right people everything else just falls into place.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Hunter Campbell, we are leaders searching for leaders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Because everybody's different, we make sure our approach to your recruitment is as unique as you are.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Connecting Excellence We are drawn to businesses and people who aspire to excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Taska360 is an IT recruitment specialist and AoG recruitment provider.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “JacksonStone & Partners helps organisations find the right people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Kerridge & Partners is a boutique consultancy business with offerings in Executive Search, Governance and Leadership.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1988, Ryan is 100 per cent locally owned and operated, with representation in Auckland and Wellington.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “If you are looking for work or you are a business looking for staff, you have come to the right place.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 20 years, Brannigans has been a leader in connecting top-tier talent with visionary organisations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Hobson Leavy is an executive search firm that believes Leaders Matter™ Simply put we’re experts in executive search.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Recruitment consultancy and executive search specialists based in Auckland and Wellington, partnering with businesses across New Zealand to secure top talent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Partnering with businesses since 2004 Graham Consulting offers a professional and innovative approach to candidate search, recruitment and placement.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SOS Recruitment is the leading recruitment agency servicing Auckland's North Shore and Hibiscus Coast regions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cultivate was founded by some of the most experienced and well-connected recruiters in the country, who recognised the need to bring a breath of fresh air to the industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Driven by a vision of a stronger, more diverse and inclusive workforce, we are an independently owned recruitment firm with a kaupapa to match exceptional people to the specialist…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We partner with organisations across Aotearoa to secure exceptional talent, and we support professionals to find meaningful, fulfilling careers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Senior Executive Recruiters who use innovation to ensure assignment completion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Convergence is a New Zealand based executive recruitment and specialist search firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Some say, good customer service is about going out of your way to please.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 24, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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 services. 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 services.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of executive search services, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name executive search services. 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 services based in New Zealand at a glance
As of Sep 24, 2026Companies by employee count
Freshness & accuracy
How recently the business emails were verified and the company information checked
Email last verified
Median 26.0dCompany record updated
Median 75.0dHow 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 services, 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 New Zealand whose own description of what they do matches “executive search services”. 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 services), 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 services, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside New Zealand 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, 731 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 24, 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 services by metro
- Executive search services in Auckland122
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 services, 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 services are there based in New Zealand?
RevenueBase identified 228 executive search services headquartered in New Zealand 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?
Sheffield, headquartered in Auckland, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most executive search services?
Auckland leads with 122 headquartered companies, followed by Christchurch (22) and Wellington (19).
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 731 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 228 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 24, 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.
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