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Top 25 Industrial executive search agencies based in Houston, United States

Name: Industrial executive search agencies based in Houston, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 245 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 245 industrial executive search agencies headquartered in Houston, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 4,216 professional contacts across them, including 652 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers industrial executive search agencies headquartered in Houston, 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

245Companies

4,216Contacts tracked

652Verified emails

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The 25 largest industrial executive search agencies based in Houston, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 245 industrial executive search agencies based in Houston, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to industrial executive search agencies: 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	SELF	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	n/a	1,431 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a Full Service Solutions Company specializing in placements of professionals in Information Technology, Finance/Accounting, Energy (front, mid and back office)…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2	Ktek Resourcing	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	312 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ktek Resourcing is a global staffing and recruitment firm specializing in IT, engineering, and professional services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3	Progressive	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	262 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Progressive is a global staffing company connecting STEM talent with leading companies in the Power and Utilities, Renewable Energy, Oil and Gas, and Manufacturing industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4	Core Group Resources	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	176 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Core Group Resources connects businesses in various industries and helps them find the right personnel.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	Lutechresources	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	107 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Lutech Resources is a global recruitment business, providing a complete and integrated scope of resource management for a wide range of leading companies within the energy sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	Nearterm Corporation	Strong evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	80 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Based in Houston, Texas, Nearterm Corporation is one of the nation’s leading executive search, interim staffing and consulting firms with two distinct market focuses in Healthcare…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	Professional Alternatives	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	61 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Professional Alternatives has operated as one of the most award-winning recruiting firms in the nation for 25+ years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8	Amundson Group	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	52 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Amundson Group is a veteran-owned construction recruiting firm headquartered in Houston, TX, placing superintendents, project managers, estimators, preconstruction, and executive…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9	Qualitec Consulting Group, LP	Strong evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	52 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are one of Texas' most successful executive search firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	Encore Search Partners, LLC	Strong evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	48 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Encore Search Partners is a specialized recruiting firm that focuses on spotlighting the absolute best Professional, Technical, & C-Level Executive talent, nationwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	Talance Group	Strong evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Talance Group is a Texas-based boutique executive search firm covering Houston and Austin.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	Scott Humphrey Corporation	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Scott Humphrey empowers companies and people by redefining recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	Clayton Services	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Clayton Services is a Houston-owned staffing agency and recruiting firm serving Greater Houston employers and job seekers since 1984.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	JDA Professional Services, INC	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “JDA Professional Services, since 1981, has been Streamlining the on boarding process reducing cost and time to hire, recruiting IT professionals to help Houston companies locate…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	Walker Elliott	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Walker Elliott – Career Placement Consultants for IT, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing and Engineering Professionals The recruiting team at Walker Elliott is comprised of the finest…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	Adroit Partners, LLC	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Adroit Partners, we are driven to provide the talent our clients require to exceed their objectives through a personal approach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	The Alexander Group, Executive Search	Strong evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Established in 1984, The Alexander Group has been an industry-leading global executive search firm for more than 40 years, conducting searches for Board and C-Suite positions in a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18	Manhattan Resources	Strong evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Executive search is our business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	Facet INC	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “FACET is about managing the human side of change.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	Creative Employment Solutions, LLC	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Creative Employment Solutions (CES) was founded – to offer employers and candidates an alternative to the standard or traditional staffing experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	Preng & Associates	Strong evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Preng & Associates, founded in 1980, is the only retainer-based international executive search firm specializing solely in the energy industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	IGL	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “With over 20 years of combined experience and led by top industry talent, IGL is a specialist in Data Centers, Mission Critical Infrastructure, Construction and Power Distribution…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	Search Services	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	23 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Through its four divisions: Search Finance, Search Technology, Search Support, and Search AI, Search Services is firmly established as the premier recruiting and staffing agency…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	PYE Legal Group	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Looking to build or enhance your in-house legal team?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	Extreme Technologies, INC	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Extreme Technologies, Inc.(ETI) began our success in the Houston market in 1998.” 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: industrial executive search agencies. 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 industrial executive search agencies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of industrial executive search agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name industrial executive search agencies. 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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Industrial executive search agencies based in Houston, United States at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

15.5%Verified-email coverage

17.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

231.0%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

160

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Houston, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Houston, over 245 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 industrial executive search agencies, 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 Houston, United States whose own description of what they do matches “industrial executive search agencies”. 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 industrial executive search agencies), 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 industrial executive search agencies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Houston 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, 652 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.

Industrial executive search agencies 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 industrial executive search agencies, 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 industrial executive search agencies are there based in Houston, United States?

RevenueBase identified 245 industrial executive search agencies headquartered in Houston, 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?

SELF, headquartered in Houston, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most industrial executive search agencies?

New York leads with 566 headquartered companies, followed by Houston (245) and Chicago (235).

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 652 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 245 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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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.