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Top 25 Talent acquisition firms based in Chicago, United States

RevenueBase identified 643 talent acquisition firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 25,643 professional contacts across them, including 7,184 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers talent acquisition firms 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 6, 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 6, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
643Companies
25,643Contacts tracked
7,184Verified emails
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The 25 largest talent acquisition firms based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 643 talent acquisition firms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to talent acquisition 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.
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1Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,0003,376 contacts →

“Heidrick & Struggles is the premier provider of executive search, corporate culture and leadership consulting services.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
2Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,0002,889 contacts →
Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
3Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026501-1,0002,680 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
4Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,0001,840 contacts →

“Addison Group provides comprehensive talent solutions and consulting services across diverse practice areas, including Non-Clinical Healthcare, Information Technology (IT), Human…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
5Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026501-1,0001,753 contacts →

“Medix provides workforce solutions to clients and creates opportunity for talent in the Healthcare, Life Sciences, Engineering and Technology fields.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
6Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202610001+1,661 contacts →
Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
7Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,0001,173 contacts →

“PeopleScout, a TrueBlue company, is a global talent solutions leader.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
8Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026501-1,000656 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
9Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026201-500605 contacts →

“Keeping business transformations on track is essential to maintaining market advantage.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
10Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026n/a374 contacts →

“We're a digital, creative, and marketing staffing agency doing things a little differently.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
11Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-200310 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
12Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026n/a295 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
13Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026201-500262 contacts →

“Crystal Equation (CE) is a certified Women-Owned Business that empowers people and advances technology initiatives by building trust.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
14Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-200251 contacts →

“The Jacobson Group is the leading provider of talent to the insurance industry.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
15Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026201-500248 contacts →
Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
16Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-200237 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
17Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026501-1,000225 contacts →

“A bold vision can only take you so far.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
18Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026n/a223 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
19Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-200162 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
20Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-200156 contacts →

“What got us here won’t get us there… Business today is more volatile and unpredictable than ever.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
21Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,000148 contacts →

“City Staffing partners with organizations that need talent fast and at scale-without sacrificing quality.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
22Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-200134 contacts →

“Hirewell is a global talent solutions provider that combines domain expert recruiters with modern hiring strategy to deliver people who make a difference.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
23Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-50132 contacts →

“For over 25 years, Mack & Associates has been the boutique staffing firm of choice for Chicagoland’s top professional services firms.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
24Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026501-1,000125 contacts →

“Advanced Group provides expertise in talent acquisition and management, outsourcing, and professional services.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
25Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026201-500116 contacts →

“Yello helps top employers manage their recruitment process to source and engage qualified early-career candidates.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026

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Talent acquisition firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 6, 2026
28.0%Verified-email coverage
39.9Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
252.7%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
378
11-50
180
51-200
58
201-500
14
501-1,000
7
1,001-5,000
5
10001+
1

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 Chicago, over 643 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 talent acquisition 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 Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “talent acquisition 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 talent acquisition 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 talent acquisition firms, 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, 7,184 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 6, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Talent acquisition firms 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 talent acquisition 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 talent acquisition firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 643 talent acquisition firms 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?

Heidrick & Struggles, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most talent acquisition firms?

New York leads with 1625 headquartered companies, followed by Houston (724) and Chicago (643).

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 7,184 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 643 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 6, 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.