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Top 25 Marketing executive search firms based in San Francisco, United States

Name: Marketing executive search firms based in San Francisco, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026 181 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 181 marketing executive search firms headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,834 professional contacts across them, including 580 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers marketing executive search firms headquartered in San Francisco, 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, how directly it supports the match, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 5, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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 Match evidence on every row Refreshed Sep 5, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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1,834Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest marketing executive search firms based in San Francisco, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 181 marketing executive search firms based in San Francisco, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026. Evidence rates how directly each company's own description names marketing executive search firms: strong (names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on its full profile rather than the summary shown). Click a count to unlock that company's people.
#	Company	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Riviera PartnersPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	273
	“Riviera Partners is a global executive recruiting firm specializing in Technology, Engineering, Product and Design leadership.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
2	Betts RecruitingIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	95
	“Betts Recruiting has curated North America's leading go-to-market talent network, empowering the most innovative companies to scale efficiently.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
3	Scion StaffingIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	201-500	75
	“Do you need to hire exceptional talent?” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
4	80twentyIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	58
	“80Twenty exists to find and place exceptional growth talent, advancing the ambitions of our company partners and the dreams of the talent we champion.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
5	Spmb Executive SearchStrong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	53
	“SPMB is the #1 executive search firm serving the technology market and one of the largest independent retained search firms in the country.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
6	3 Bridge NetworksIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	51
	“Today's economic climate requires talented professionals to drive and support critical business decisions.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
7	Diligente TechnologiesIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	51-200	46
	“Diligente Technologies follows a streamlined screening process that enables us to target the right individuals from the very beginning.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
8	Andiamo Group Talent PartnersPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	46
	“Placing talent in Sales, Marketing, Product and Engineering, Andiamo!” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
9	The Cole GroupStrong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	33
	“The Cole Group is the world's top sales and marketing search firm, serving clients like OpenAI, Cursor, Lovable, Clay, Kalshi, Vercel, Lambda, Vanta, Cribl, Figma, Doordash…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
10	Candidate LabsPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	28
	“Candidate Labs is a modern search firm built by a repeat VC-backed entrepreneur who's personally done the founder journey twice.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
11	Innovations PSIIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	25
	“Innovations is a leading West Coast Recruiting firm.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
12	Purrfect HireIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	21
	“We work with YC and a16z founders on the hires that matter most: the ones where getting it wrong costs months of runway.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
13	Method Recruiting, A 3x Inc. 5000 CompanyPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	19
	“Method Recruiting is the product of decades of direct experience within the digital marketing industry.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
14	Peopleconnect StaffingStrong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	18
	“PeopleConnect is a full-service executive search firm specializing in the high tech, clean tech, and scientific industries.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
15	C&z Marketing ConsultingPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	17
	“With C&Z's 22+ years of relationships with 500+ marketing consultants and leading tech companies (including Google, Cisco, Microsoft, Dell, AWS, and more), we're in a unique…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
16	Hunter SFIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	17
	“Hunter SF brings over three decades of combined experience to recruiting.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
17	Nosal Partners NOW NGS GlobalIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	16
	“Nosal Partners is now NGS Global.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
18	Pathways PersonnelIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	15
	“Founded in 1969 Pathways Personnel uses its strong nation wide network of legal and corporate professionals built from our stable and continuous presence in the employment…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
19	Groupe InsearchIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	14
	“GROUPE INSEARCH, INC.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
20	Burke COIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	14
	“VIEW our OPEN JOBS at: BURKE + CO.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
21	The Loring GroupStrong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	13
	“The Loring Group is a retained executive search firm led by former industry executives.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
22	Aperture PartnersStrong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	12
	“Aperture is a go-to-market focused executive search firm practicing leadership hiring as a craft-where trust is built through deep understanding and every search is an act of…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
23	Westfield Consulting PartnersIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	11
	“Westfield Consulting Partners aims to transform recruitment through specialized focus and innovative approaches.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
24	Impact SearchStrong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	11
	“Impact Search is an executive search firm based in San Francisco focused on engineering, product and design leadership for venture backed software companies.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
25	The Davidson GroupIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	11
	“Building Great Companies.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026

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Marketing executive search firms based in San Francisco, United States at a glance

As of Sep 5, 2026

1-10Median size (employees)

New YorkLargest hub · 810 HQs

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Sep 5, 2026Data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

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201-500

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than this city, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for San Francisco, over 181 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 marketing executive search firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and evidence 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 SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in San Francisco, United States whose own description of what they do matches “marketing executive search firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among marketing executive search firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside San Francisco 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 an evidence 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, 580 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 5, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
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Marketing executive search firms by metro in the United States

Frequently asked

How many marketing executive search firms are there based in San Francisco, United States?

RevenueBase identified 181 marketing executive search firms headquartered in San Francisco, 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?

Riviera Partners, headquartered in San Francisco, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most marketing executive search firms?

New York leads with 810 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (300) and Los Angeles (270).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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How current is this list?

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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 SmartSearch, 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.