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Top 25 Incentive compensation consulting firms based in the United States

Name: Incentive compensation consulting firms based in the United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 524 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 524 incentive compensation consulting firms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 3,590 professional contacts across them, including 1,748 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers incentive compensation consulting firms 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 21, 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 21, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest incentive compensation consulting firms based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 524 incentive compensation consulting firms based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to incentive compensation consulting firms: 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	Pearl Meyer	Indirect evidence	Wellesley, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	159 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Connecting People, Purpose, and Performance.™ Pearl Meyer is the leading advisor to boards and senior management helping organizations build, develop, and reward great leadership…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2	FW Cook	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	145 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “From the beginning, Frederic W.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3	Performio	Strong evidence	West Hollywood, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	134 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Performio is an AI-first incentive compensation platform that helps organizations calculate complex sales commissions with greater accuracy, transparency, and operational…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4	Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC	Strong evidence	Lake Forest, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	114 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Meridian Compensation Partners provides the most effective solutions and independent advice in executive compensation and corporate governance consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	Semler Brossy	Partial evidence	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	109 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Semler Brossy is a leading independent consulting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	Compintelligence, INC	Indirect evidence	Oxford, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	96 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At CompIntelligence, we empower organizations to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of finance and technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	Cellarstone INC	Indirect evidence	Half Moon Bay, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	91 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For more than two decades, CellarStone has helped businesses automate complex sales commission processes and connect the systems that keep their operations running.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8	PAY Governance LLC	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	89 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Pay Governance LLC is an independent executive compensation advisory firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9	Willpower Consultation	Indirect evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	75 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Willpower Consultation offers direct solutions for your corporate strategy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	Compensia	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	70 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Compensia is the leading independent compensation advisor to technology and life sciences companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	Infinite Equity	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	70 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Infinite Equity is the premier independent professional services firm that enables companies to increase the effectiveness and return of their equity programs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	Culpepper And Associates, INC	Strong evidence	Alpharetta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	56 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Culpepper and Associates is a leading provider and trusted source of compensation data and consulting services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	Alliant Human Capital	Indirect evidence	San Rafael, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Alliant Human Capital is all things people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	HR Performance Solutions	Partial evidence	Livonia, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	53 contacts →
	Partial evidence “HR Performance Solutions is in the business of supporting innovative organizations with our purpose-driven compensation, performance, and learning management software.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	Jackson Lucas	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	47 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Jackson Lucas is a global organizational consulting firm providing specialized expertise in executive search, compensation consulting, leadership and board advisory, succession…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	The Marketing Advantage, INC	Partial evidence	Stamford, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At The Marketing Advantage®, Inc.(“TMA”), we pride ourselves in solving complex sales compensation and sales optimization problems that life sciences companies are facing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	Compensation Advisory Partners	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Compensation Advisory Partners (CAP) is an independent executive compensation consulting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18	Lovasco	Partial evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “LoVasco Consulting Group is a full-service Total Rewards consultancy for businesses and Wealth Management advisory firm for individuals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	The Todd Organization	Indirect evidence	Alpharetta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Todd Organization specializes in the design, providing financial options, and administration of Executive Benefit Plans.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	Farient Advisors LLC	Partial evidence	Pasadena, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Farient Advisors LLC is an independent executive compensation and corporate governance consultancy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	Tams Group	Partial evidence	Independence, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Partial evidence “TAMS Group is a management consulting firm focused on providing practical human resource solutions designed to improve employee and organizational productivity, and minimize risk…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	Boxd Better Organizations By Design	Indirect evidence	Sunnyvale, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A great strategy on paper is only as good as your ability to execute.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	Clearbridge Compensation Group	Strong evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Strong evidence “ClearBridge Compensation Group is an independent consulting firm providing advice to boards and senior management on executive compensation and incentive plan design with a focus…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	Alpine Rewards	Partial evidence	Corte Madera, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Traditional compensation and rewards strategies no longer apply, especially when it comes to Life Sciences and Technology companies, which operate in a rapidly evolving landscape.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	CFO Services, A TRG Company	Partial evidence	Omaha, NE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CFO Services, a results-oriented consulting firm, was founded on the principle that consultants should deliver results, not just reports.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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: incentive compensation consulting firms. 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 incentive compensation consulting firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of incentive compensation consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name incentive compensation consulting firms. 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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Incentive compensation consulting firms based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

48.7%Verified-email coverage

6.9Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

5.2%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

398

11-50

104

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 524 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 incentive compensation consulting firms, 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 “incentive compensation consulting firms”. 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 incentive compensation consulting firms), 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 incentive compensation consulting firms, 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, 1,748 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 21, 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.

Incentive compensation consulting firms by metro

Incentive compensation consulting firms in New York27

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 incentive compensation consulting firms, 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 incentive compensation consulting firms are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 524 incentive compensation consulting firms 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?

Pearl Meyer, headquartered in Wellesley, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most incentive compensation consulting firms?

New York leads with 27 headquartered companies, followed by Atlanta (14) and San Francisco (13).

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 1,748 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 524 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 21, 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.