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Top 25 Private equity search firms based in Dallas, United States
RevenueBase identified 138 private equity search firms headquartered in Dallas, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,213 professional contacts across them, including 407 with verified work emails. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (546 companies); Dallas has 138.
This list covers private equity search firms headquartered in Dallas, 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 14, 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.
The 25 largest private equity search firms based in Dallas, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 103 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ProActivate is second to none in the market for talent acquisition and executive recruiting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are an Executive Search Firm specializing in the direct hire and interim placement of Accounting, Finance, HR and IT professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At East 57th Street Partners, we are an execution-first consulting and leadership firm supporting private equity firms, portfolio companies, and high-growth organizations through…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Linked is a leading executive search firm that specializes in finding the perfect mid-level and executive matches for hard to fill management positions throughout organizations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CCA Professional Recruiting (https://CCArecruit.com) delivers nationwide executive search and professional recruiting with speed, precision, and certainty.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded by Martha Reynolds in 2011, My People Person is a boutique recruiting firm focused on helping lower middle-market companies and founder-owned small businesses build…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With more than 30 years of experience, J MAR & Associates has built a reputation for delivering recruiting excellence since 1994.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Chartwell Partners is a retained executive search and leadership advisory firm serving organizations across the United States, with a strong focus on the Financial Services…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “RCG is a leading Dallas-based private equity investment firm that partners with seasoned management teams to invest in growing, profitable, privately held companies with a focus…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pearson Partners International, founded in 2002 by executive search industry veterans Robert Pearson and Keith Pearson, is based in Dallas, Texas, with offices in Fort Worth…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Women-founded and owned, with over 90 years of combined recruitment experience, we know what it takes to deliver the right talent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2017 by veterans of the healthcare executive search business, HealthSearch Partners is nationally recognized for our highly personalized, results driven approach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Faster, smarter recruiting is exactly what you receive when you choose Regal Personnel, Dallas’ premier talent acquisition firm for businesses and individuals with specific…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Trialta Advisory is a Dallas-based M&A advisory firm focused on providing transaction-related due diligence services to private equity firms, companies, and business owners.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are an executive search, talent solutions, and executive coaching firm specializing in identifying, attracting, and coaching exceptional leaders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Optimize Search Group is a leading talent solutions provider focused on creating partnerships that drive results for our clients and candidates in our specialty areas in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Crux Capital is the ideal partner for owners seeking liquidity, generational transition, capital for growth or recapitalization.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hodges Partners is a nationally ranked executive search firm serving organizations globally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “R.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Spectrum Search Group is an executive recruiting firm providing end-to-end recruiting services in Accounting, Finance, Tax and Investment Banking for the DFW and Houston areas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “When a high-growth Dallas-based middle-market company needed a Controller within 30 days, they came to us.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ellis Kirk Group is a retained executive search firm that offers much more than helping you identify the ideal members of your executive leadership team.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Rowe Global LLC headquartered in Dallas, TX, has brought together established Recruitment Resources with industry and disciplinary specialties, around the world to serve our…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Aspect Investors is an investment firm with a unique approach to investing in private companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: private equity 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 private equity search firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of private equity search firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name private equity 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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Private equity search firms based in Dallas, United States at a glance
As of Sep 14, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Dallas, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Dallas, over 138 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 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 Dallas, United States whose own description of what they do matches “private equity 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 private equity 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 private equity search firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Dallas 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, 407 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 14, 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 search firms by metro in the United States
- Private equity search firms in New York546
- Private equity search firms in Chicago200
- Private equity search firms in Atlanta150
- Private equity search firms in Los Angeles132
- Private equity search firms in Houston129
- Private equity search firms in San Francisco123
- Private equity search firms in Boston109
- Private equity search firms in Austin99
- Private equity search firms in Charlotte77
- Private equity search firms in Miami75
- Private equity search firms in Denver74
- Private equity search firms in Minneapolis53
- Private equity search firms in San Diego52
- Private equity search firms in Washington52
- Private equity search firms in Tampa50
- Private equity search firms in Philadelphia42
- Private equity search firms in Seattle42
- Private equity search firms in Scottsdale38
- Private equity search firms in Irvine36
- Private equity search firms in Phoenix36
- Private equity search firms in Cleveland34
- Private equity search firms in Nashville34
- Private equity search firms in Orlando33
- Private equity search firms in Raleigh33
- Private equity search firms in Pittsburgh32
- Private equity search firms in Columbus27
- Private equity search firms in Plano25
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 private equity 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 private equity search firms are there based in Dallas, United States?
RevenueBase identified 138 private equity search firms headquartered in Dallas, 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?
Proactivate, headquartered in Dallas, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city in the United States has the most private equity search firms?
New York leads the United States with 546 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (200) and Atlanta (150). Dallas has 138.
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 407 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 138 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 14, 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.
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