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Top 25 Retention consulting firms based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 705 retention consulting firms headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 4,429 professional contacts across them, including 1,593 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers retention consulting firms headquartered in the 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 29, 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 retention consulting firms based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 290 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “JM Search is the leading retained executive search firm for private equity, and other growth-oriented private and public organizations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 111 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “McDermott + Bull is leading the way in transforming executive search services worldwide, one relationship at a time.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Rymax is a woman-owned, WBE-certified leader in loyalty marketing to corporate America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 79 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a team of 80 (and counting) creatives, consultants, salespeople, data analysts and more who excel at helping businesses grow.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 68 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hello, we’re Empower Partnerships!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “HRMC provides Integrated HR Consulting Services to corporate clients nationwide, including- Career Transition/Outplacement - Talent Acquisition Collaboration - Retained Executive…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Benefit Practice is a full-service, independent retirement consulting firm specializing in the design and implementation of client-focused retirement benefits programs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Headfarmer is a Retained, Consulting + Recruiting firm specializing in all C Level roles, Finance, Accounting, and Technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Acquisition.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Chasm Partners is a retained executive search firm and talent development organization that specializes in healthcare services, healthcare technology, and Life Sciences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Alterity™ is an independent consulting firm dedicated to solving complex challenges across employee benefits, property & casualty insurance and HR operations without selling…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Elevate Mestel is a global leader in legal recruitment and M&A consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ADK Consulting & Executive Search is a retained consulting and search firm based in Jacksonville, Florida.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “What is the true cost of employee turnover?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are obsessed with constantly improving your customer experience because we know that increasing revenue and profits requires laser-like focus on customer loyalty that grows out…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Horizons HR Services is more than a Staffing Partner, we are Staffing Consultants.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “RealREPP excels in contingency, retained, consultant, and interim searches for your specialized & corporate hiring.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Professions Inc, established in 1974, is a leader among retained executive search firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Human Capital Solutions (HCS) is a high-touch, boutique consulting firm specializing in Retained Executive Search, Professional Recruiting, Professional Coaching, and Consulting…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “InflowCX, an Amplix Company, is your strategic partner in delivering unparalleled customer experiences (CX).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Rhodes, we have a singular mission – help create an organization that contributes to the success of our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Wall Street Careers - Retained Search and Consulting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Quick Leonard Kieffer is one of the country's leading retained executive search firms specializing in the healthcare, life sciences/medical device, academic, association and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Jeff Harris and Associates is a full service executive recruiting and consulting firm that specializes in recruitment within Senior Housing and Care, Home Health and Hospice…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At White Tiger Connections, we believe that growth isn’t just about numbers; instead, it’s about vision, strategy, and connections that truly count.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 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: retention consulting 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 retention consulting firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of retention consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name retention consulting 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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Retention consulting firms based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 29, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 705 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 retention consulting 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 the United States whose own description of what they do matches “retention consulting 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 retention consulting 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 retention consulting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States 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, 1,593 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 29, 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.
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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 retention consulting 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 retention consulting firms are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 705 retention consulting firms headquartered in the 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?
JM Search, headquartered in King Of Prussia, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most retention consulting firms?
New York leads with 47 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (27) and Atlanta (26).
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 1,593 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 705 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 29, 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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