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Top 25 Private equity recruiting firms based in San Francisco, United States

Name: Private equity recruiting firms based in San Francisco, United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 5, 2026 80 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 80 private equity recruiting firms headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 904 professional contacts across them, including 391 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers private equity recruiting 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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The 25 largest private equity recruiting firms based in San Francisco, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 80 private equity recruiting 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 private equity recruiting 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	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
3	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
4	Calera CapitalPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	33
	“Founded in 1991, Calera Capital has invested over $5 billion of equity capital in the middle market, predominantly in founder, family, and management-owned businesses across a…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
5	Housatonic PartnersStrong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	28
	“Housatonic Partners is a private equity firm investing in high growth, recurring revenue service companies operating in a number of industries including healthcare, software, and…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
6	Candidate LabsIndirect 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
7	Innovations PSIPartial 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
8	Valeas Capital PartnersStrong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	18
	“Valeas Capital Partners is a San Francisco-based growth-buyout private equity firm focused on partnering with founders and CEOs.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
9	Gold Coast Search PartnersPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	17
	“Buyside recruiting expertise from Associate through Partner level” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
10	L Capital Search & AdvisoryStrong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	17
	“L Capital partners with top-tier private equity firms and provides executive-led diligence and advisory services across the entire deal lifecycle.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
11	Hunter SFPartial 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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	The Loring GroupIndirect 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
16	Scgc SearchPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	13
	“We turn the world upside down to find exceptional talent for Venture Capital and Growth Equity funds.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
17	Shine TalentIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	9
	“Bold new companies are developing innovative business models, creating cultures and building brands that change the way we live, eat, play and work.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
18	Guild TalentStrong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	11-50	8
	“Transforming Leadership, Empowering Growth Guild Talent is a boutique executive search firm specializing in leadership hiring for venture and private equity-backed startups.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
19	Eighty6 GroupIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	8
	“Eighty6 Group represents a new approach.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
20	Blueprint Search PartnersIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	7
	“Blueprint Search Partners is a human capital resources firm dedicated to finding the best global talent to meet the unique needs of our clients.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
21	Knowledge LeadersStrong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	6
	“Boutique executive search firm that connects organizations and investors with the brightest leaders in private equity, technology and education (EdTech, Higher Education…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
22	Evolve Talent PartnersIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	6
	“The new workforce is anything but traditional… so why use the traditional search firm?” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
23	Hire Level Search GroupPartial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	6
	“Specialized Sales & Marketing Recruiting Solutions & Executive Search.” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
24	Denning & CompanyStrong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	6
	“Based in San Francisco and founded in 2001, Denning & Company is a leading boutique private equity advisory firm which provides consulting and fund raising services to both…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026
25	Searchwright, INCIndirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 5, 2026	1-10	6
	“FINANCIAL SERVICES, FINANCE, ACCOUNTING AND OTHER TALENTED PROFESSIONALS Direct-Hire Search (executive to administrative) Interim Search (short and long-term / project / temporary…” Source: company website · checked Sep 5, 2026

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Private equity recruiting firms based in San Francisco, United States at a glance

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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 80 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 private equity recruiting 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 “private equity recruiting 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 private equity recruiting 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, 391 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.
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.

Private equity recruiting firms by metro in the United States

Private equity recruiting firms in New York489
Private equity recruiting firms in Chicago158
Private equity recruiting firms in Atlanta124
Private equity recruiting firms in Los Angeles120
Private equity recruiting firms in Dallas117
Private equity recruiting firms in Houston92
Private equity recruiting firms in San Francisco80
Private equity recruiting firms in Boston77
Private equity recruiting firms in Miami68
Private equity recruiting firms in Austin64
Private equity recruiting firms in Charlotte58
Private equity recruiting firms in Denver54
Private equity recruiting firms in San Diego41
Private equity recruiting firms in Phoenix35
Private equity recruiting firms in Tampa34
Private equity recruiting firms in Nashville31
Private equity recruiting firms in Pittsburgh31
Private equity recruiting firms in Washington29
Private equity recruiting firms in Minneapolis28
Private equity recruiting firms in Orlando28
Private equity recruiting firms in Raleigh28
Private equity recruiting firms in Scottsdale28
Private equity recruiting firms in Cleveland27
Private equity recruiting firms in Irvine27
Private equity recruiting firms in New York City26
Private equity recruiting firms in Philadelphia26
Private equity recruiting firms in Seattle25

Frequently asked

How many private equity recruiting firms are there based in San Francisco, United States?

RevenueBase identified 80 private equity recruiting 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 private equity recruiting firms?

New York leads with 489 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (158) and Atlanta (124).

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 391 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 80 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 5, 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 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.