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Top 25 Retained executive search firms based in Melbourne, Australia

Name: Retained executive search firms based in Melbourne, Australia
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026 191 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 191 retained executive search firms headquartered in Melbourne, Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 1,138 professional contacts across them, including 570 with verified work emails. Sydney is the largest hub.

This list covers retained executive search firms headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 14, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

191Companies

1,138Contacts tracked

570Verified emails

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The 25 largest retained executive search firms based in Melbourne, Australia

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 191 retained executive search firms based in Melbourne, Australia, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to retained executive search firms: 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	SIX Degrees Executive	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	117 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our commitment to sparking the right connections is what makes us ‘Expertly Human’.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
2	SHK Asia Pacific	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	96 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SHK connects great people to great work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
3	Horner Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	77 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Horner raises the bar in recruitment and HR, providing tailored support for organisations Australia-wide in a broad range of blue- and white-collar industries and government.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
4	Miller Leith	Strong evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	53 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Miller Leith is an Award-Winning Specialist Recruitment, Executive Search and Consulting partner to a range of diverse clients, from tier-one industry leaders to own-label…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
5	Fourquarters Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	51 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “People are the heartbeat of our business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
6	Method Recruitment Group	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	46 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Australia’s most trusted and impactful recruitment experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
7	Quinn Allan	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Quinn Allan is changing the face of recruitment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
8	Slade Group	Partial evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Slade Group has over 50 years of history in executive and permanent recruitment, reflecting our industry specialists, sector specialisations and proven in-house research…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
9	Alex Kaar	Strong evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Alex Kaar is a bespoke executive search, recruitment and leadership development firm which sets the benchmark for excellence in both client and candidate service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
10	C-Suite Partners	Strong evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Strong evidence “A Premium Executive Healthcare Search, Leadership & Advisory Firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
11	HR National	Strong evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Since in 2006, HR national has grown to become one of the most respected Recruitment, Executive Search & HR Consulting in Australia and the Asia Pacific Region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
12	KLC Recruitment PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “KLC Recruitment Pty Ltd is an Australian owned recruitment and Human Resources Consulting practice specialising in attracting talent to all ranges of positions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
13	Lawson Delaney	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A Different Level of Partnership'.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
14	Boehunter Executive Search & Selection	Partial evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Executive Talent Acquisition and Advisory, Specialist Recruiters, servicing small to large corporations and institutes across Australia and the globe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
15	Brooker Consulting	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Brooker, we specialise in pairing transformative leaders with forward-thinking organisations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
16	Strive Recruitment PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Strive Recruitment is dynamic in the recruitment services industry offering a refreshingly different approach to recruitment services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
17	Dean & Ling Executive	Strong evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Established in 2006, Dean & Ling Executive is a privately owned Australian Executive Search and recruitment business led by highly experienced recruitment professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
18	Galvin-Rowley Executive Search	Strong evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Galvin-Rowley Executive is a retained Executive Search and Recruitment firm based in Melbourne.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
19	Fish Nankivell	Strong evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	8 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Fish Nankivell is Australia's' pre-eminent executive search firm providing senior leadership and C-suite search and advisory services across a carefully selected range of industry…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
20	Talented Personnel	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We offer a transparent process where we listen to our clients and hold their best interest at heart.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
21	Rusher Rogers	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Permanent Recruitment, Temp and Contract and HR Solutions Permanent Recruitment - We take ownership of your permanent recruitment process to constantly deliver high performing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
22	Genius People	Strong evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We specialise in Executive Search and Recruitment, providing insight into the recruitment market and sourcing candidates at all levels – from senior through to partner.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
23	W Talent	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At W Talent, we have extensive relationships within our sectors of specialisation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
24	Universe	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Universe is an Australian consultancy which operates and delivers projects globally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
25	Oppeus International PTY LTD	Strong evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	7 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Oppeus International delivers an aligned suite of services in Executive Search and Leadership Consulting for growth across the Asia-Pacific region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 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: retained executive 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 retained executive search firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of retained executive search firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name retained executive 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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Retained executive search firms based in Melbourne, Australia at a glance

As of Sep 14, 2026

50.1%Verified-email coverage

6.0Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

152.4%Largest-city concentration · Sydney

Sep 14, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

153

11-50

51-200

201-500

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole Australia list rather than for Melbourne, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Melbourne, over 191 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 retained executive 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 Melbourne, Australia whose own description of what they do matches “retained executive 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 retained executive 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 retained executive search firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Melbourne 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, 570 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.

Retained executive search firms by metro in Australia

Retained executive search firms in Sydney291
Retained executive search firms in Melbourne191
Retained executive search firms in Brisbane71
Retained executive search firms in Perth47
Retained executive search firms in Adelaide27

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 retained executive 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 retained executive search firms are there based in Melbourne, Australia?

RevenueBase identified 191 retained executive search firms headquartered in Melbourne, Australia 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?

SIX Degrees Executive, headquartered in Melbourne, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most retained executive search firms?

Sydney leads with 291 headquartered companies, followed by Melbourne (191) and Brisbane (71).

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 570 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 191 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.