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Top 25 IT executive search firms based in Houston, United States

Name: IT executive search firms based in Houston, United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 160 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 160 IT executive search firms headquartered in Houston, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 3,353 professional contacts across them, including 495 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers IT executive search firms 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

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The 25 largest IT executive search firms based in Houston, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 160 IT executive search firms 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 IT executive search 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	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	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	312 contacts →
	Partial 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	Dataquad INC	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	233 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Welcome to Dataquad Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4	ECOM	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	160 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ECOM is an information technology consulting firm who is a respected leader in providing innovative service and solutions for Fortune companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	Rackera INC	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	70 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	JDA Professional Services, INC	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	Partial 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
11	Walker Elliott	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Partial 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
12	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
13	Kalpra Tech Solutions	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We're experts in finding specialist IT talent for tech-led organizations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	Beecher Reagan	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Beecher Reagan is the premier specialty retained search firm for transformational leadership in private equity, consulting, business services, and digital & technology services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	Contemporary Recruiting	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a recruiting firm specialized in delivering best-fit job placements by spending in depth one-on-one time with each candidate to ensure their success as well as providing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	Hughes & Associates	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Hughes & Associates is an executive recruiting firm based in the heart of Houston, TX.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	Hire Talent	Strong evidence	Houston, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1-10	15 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Hire Talent Difference As a leading resource in interim solutions and executive recruitment, we have conducted thousands of searches across the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	Fassino Group	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a recruiting company specializing in sales and cybersecurity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	The Edge Group	Strong evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Ranked 4th largest Houston area executive search firm in 2025 by the Houston Business Journal, The Edge Group is comprised of ten professionals with more than one hundred years of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	Galaxy Technology Hires LLC	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Providing High Caliber Talent When The Mission Is Critical Galaxy Technology Hires is an engineering and technology recruitment firm, headquartered in Houston, Texas, with a small…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	Whitaker Companies	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In business since 1983, Whitaker Companies provides industry leading staffing solutions on a contract, contract-to-hire and direct-hire basis for organizations nationwide in three…” 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: IT executive search 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 IT executive search firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of IT executive search firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name IT executive search 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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IT executive search firms based in Houston, United States at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

14.8%Verified-email coverage

21.0Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

331.9%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50

51-200

201-500

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 160 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 IT executive search 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 Houston, United States whose own description of what they do matches “IT executive search 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 IT executive search 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 IT executive search firms, 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, 495 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.

IT executive search firms 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 IT executive search 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 IT executive search firms are there based in Houston, United States?

RevenueBase identified 160 IT executive search firms 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 IT executive search firms?

New York leads with 531 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (211) and Atlanta (176).

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 495 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 160 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.