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Top 25 Leveraged buyout recruiting companies based in Houston, United States

Name: Leveraged buyout recruiting companies based in Houston, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026 84 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 84 leveraged buyout recruiting companies headquartered in Houston, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 651 professional contacts across them, including 218 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (472 companies); Houston has 84.

This list covers leveraged buyout recruiting companies 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 28, 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 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

84Companies

651Contacts tracked

218Verified emails

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The 25 largest leveraged buyout recruiting companies based in Houston, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 84 leveraged buyout recruiting companies based in Houston, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to leveraged buyout recruiting companies: 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	Encore Search Partners, LLC	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	48 contacts →
	Partial 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 28, 2026
2	Talance Group	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	44 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Talance Group is a Texas-based boutique executive search firm covering Houston and Austin.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3	Gulfstar Group	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	42 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “GulfStar is one of the leading middle market investment banking firms in the United States, with deep experience in mergers and acquisitions, private capital placement and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4	The Alexander Group, Executive Search	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Indirect 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 28, 2026
5	Manhattan Resources	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Executive search is our business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6	Extreme Technologies, INC	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 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 28, 2026
7	Beecher Reagan	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect 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 28, 2026
8	Hughes & Associates	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 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 28, 2026
9	Hire Talent	Indirect evidence	Houston, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	15 contacts →
	Indirect 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 28, 2026
10	Toby Richey & Associates	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Toby Richey & Associates is one of the largest national recruiting firms whose sole focus is placing top producing financial advisors with major Wall Street firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11	BFL Associates LTD	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12	The Edge Group	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Indirect 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 28, 2026
13	Morgan Benjamin Search Group	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Morgan Benjamin Search Group is an executive recruiting firm, rooted in Houston, Texas, with a nationwide reach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14	Merrimac International	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Merrimac International Executive Search is a retained search firm that works as a trusted partner dedicated to growing businesses by delivering the right talent both technically…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15	Artemis Executive Partners	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Artemis is a Houston-based executive search and leadership development firm led by Johanna Watson.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16	SAY YES Enterprises	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Say Yes!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17	Ethos Consulting LC	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Ethos Consulting, we build enduring partnerships with our clients, fueled by unparalleled dedication to finding the right talent through heavily investing in the latest…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18	Recruiting Industry Specific Experts, LLC	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Recruiting Industry Specific Experts we recognize every Wealth Management firm is different, which can make hiring difficult.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19	Blanco Growth Partners	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We're interested in acquiring an exceptional company for long-term growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20	The Work In Me, LLC	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a boutique national executive search firm specializing in accounting, finance, and engineering.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21	Hazeltine Executive Search	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hazeltine Executive Search works primarily with Family Offices and Private Equity firms, both at the fund level and across their portfolio companies, as well as select…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22	ETI Professional Search	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For over two decades, ETI Professional Search has been the trusted partner for executive and professional search across industries and throughout the enterprise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23	Sudduth Search	Indirect evidence	Houston, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sudduth Search is a driving force for human capital value creation for growing businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24	Executive Hiring Solutions LLC	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Executive Recruiting Firm” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25	Sorrell	Indirect evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sorrell is a boutique Executive Search firm that provides an in-depth approach to hiring the best talent in the market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 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: leveraged buyout recruiting companies. 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 leveraged buyout recruiting companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of leveraged buyout recruiting companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name leveraged buyout recruiting companies. 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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Leveraged buyout recruiting companies based in Houston, United States at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026

33.5%Verified-email coverage

7.8Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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51-200

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 84 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 leveraged buyout recruiting companies, 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 “leveraged buyout recruiting companies”. 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 leveraged buyout recruiting companies), 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 leveraged buyout recruiting companies, 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, 218 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 28, 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.

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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 leveraged buyout recruiting companies, 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 leveraged buyout recruiting companies are there based in Houston, United States?

RevenueBase identified 84 leveraged buyout recruiting companies 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?

Encore Search Partners, LLC, headquartered in Houston, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United States has the most leveraged buyout recruiting companies?

New York leads the United States with 472 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (158) and Atlanta (105). Houston has 84.

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 218 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 84 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 28, 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.