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Top 25 Recruiting agencies based in Chicago, United States

Name: Recruiting agencies based in Chicago, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 13, 2026 614 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 614 recruiting agencies headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 19,778 professional contacts across them, including 3,954 with verified work emails and 6,331 with mobile numbers. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers recruiting agencies headquartered in Chicago, 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 13, 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 13, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

614Companies

19,778Contacts tracked

3,954Verified emails

6,331Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest recruiting agencies based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 614 recruiting agencies based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 13, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to recruiting agencies: 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	Staff Management SMX	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	501-1,000	2,680 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 1988, Staff Management is a recognized leader of comprehensive workforce solutions that deliver best talent, drive compliance, yield tangible savings and build…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
2	Addison Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,840 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Addison Group provides comprehensive talent solutions and consulting services across diverse practice areas, including Non-Clinical Healthcare, Information Technology (IT), Human…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
3	MEDIX	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	501-1,000	1,753 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Medix provides workforce solutions to clients and creates opportunity for talent in the Healthcare, Life Sciences, Engineering and Technology fields.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
4	Elite Staffing INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	10001+	1,661 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
5	Peoplescout	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,173 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PeopleScout, a TrueBlue company, is a global talent solutions leader.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
6	DHR Global	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	501-1,000	656 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For more than 35 years, DHR has been a leading provider of executive search, leadership consulting and emerging leader search solutions, serving more than 60 markets around the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
7	Lasalle Network	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	201-500	605 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Keeping business transformations on track is essential to maintaining market advantage.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
8	Atlas HXM	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	501-1,000	580 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Atlas HXM understands how people work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
9	Artisan Talent	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	n/a	374 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We're a digital, creative, and marketing staffing agency doing things a little differently.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
10	Connect Search, LLC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	51-200	310 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Connect Search, LLC is a boutique staffing firm founded by a group of partners who share the same vision and are all recruiters at heart.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
11	SBI Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	n/a	295 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SBI Partners is a boutique search firm with 50 years of combined recruitment experience specializing in the placement of Accounting, Finance and Supply Chain professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
12	Crystal Equation Corporation	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	201-500	262 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Crystal Equation (CE) is a certified Women-Owned Business that empowers people and advances technology initiatives by building trust.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
13	The Jacobson Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	51-200	251 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Jacobson Group is the leading provider of talent to the insurance industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
14	Synectics INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	201-500	248 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
15	Advantage XPO	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	51-200	237 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Ranked among HRO Today's Top 13 global recruiting firms, Advantage xPO's objective is clear-cut: the perfect alignment of talent with clients' staffing needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
16	SWOON	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	501-1,000	225 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A bold vision can only take you so far.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
17	Advanced Resources	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	n/a	223 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Over our 30+ year history, Advanced Resources has supported thousands of clients as they tackle their human capital challenges by providing staffing, direct hire, and consulting…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
18	Brilliant	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	51-200	162 contacts →
	Strong evidence “About Brilliant® Brilliant is an award-winning staffing and recruiting firm that provides direct-hire and contract staffing services in accounting, finance, technology, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
19	City Staffing	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	1,001-5,000	148 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “City Staffing partners with organizations that need talent fast and at scale-without sacrificing quality.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
20	Hirewell	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	51-200	134 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hirewell is a global talent solutions provider that combines domain expert recruiters with modern hiring strategy to deliver people who make a difference.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
21	Mack & Associates, LTD	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	11-50	132 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For over 25 years, Mack & Associates has been the boutique staffing firm of choice for Chicagoland’s top professional services firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
22	Advanced Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	501-1,000	125 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Advanced Group provides expertise in talent acquisition and management, outsourcing, and professional services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
23	Proficientnow, INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	51-200	112 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Proficient Now Inc is a nationwide talent firm located in Lisle, IL.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
24	Scale Virtually	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	201-500	111 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Scale Virtually is a world-class staffing agency that finds brilliant talent and fully integrates them into your business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 2026
25	Ferguson Partners	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 13, 2026	51-200	106 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As a global talent management boutique serving all industries and with a strong concentration of real assets, healthcare, hospitality, and private equity clients, Ferguson…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 13, 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: recruiting agencies. 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 recruiting agencies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of recruiting agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name recruiting agencies. 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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Recruiting agencies based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 13, 2026

20.0%Verified-email coverage

32.0%Mobile-number coverage

32.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

242.5%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 13, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

357

11-50

171

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails were verified and the company information checked

Email last verified

Median 16.0d

3,1000–30

80731–60

1161–90

490–180

32180+

Company record updated

Median 76.0d

00–30

6,51031–60

9,99461–90

2,51390–180

761180+

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 recruiting agencies, 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 Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “recruiting agencies”. 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 recruiting agencies), 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 recruiting agencies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago 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, 3,954 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 13, 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.

Recruiting agencies 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 recruiting agencies, 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 recruiting agencies are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 614 recruiting agencies headquartered in Chicago, 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?

Staff Management SMX, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most recruiting agencies?

New York leads with 1489 headquartered companies, followed by Houston (718) and Atlanta (623).

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 3,954 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 614 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 13, 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 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.