Rank | Company | Headquarters | Year Founded | CEO |
1 | Korn Ferry | Los Angeles, California | 1969 | Gary Burnison |
2 | Heidrick & Struggles | Chicago, Illinois | 1953 | Krishnan Rajagopalan |
3 | Spencer Stuart | Chicago, Illinois | 1956 | Ben Williams |
4 | Robert Half | Menlo Park, California | 1948 | Keith Waddel |
5 | Diversified Search | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1974 | Dale E. Jones |
6 | Russell Reynolds Associates | New York, New York | 1969 | Clarke Murphy |
7 | Egon Zehnder International | New York, New York | 1964 | Edilson Camara |
8 | Lucas Group | Atlanta, Georgia | 1970 | Randy Marmon |
9 | Linked Executive Search | Dallas, Texas | 2008 | |
10 | Boyden | Purchase, New York | 1946 | Trina D. Gordon |
11 | N2GROWTH | King of Prussia, Pennsylvania | 2004 | Dan Myatt |
12 | Tatum, a Randstad company | Atlanta, Georgia | 1993 | Jodi Chavez |
13 | DHR International | Chicago, Illinois | 1989 | Geoffrey Hoffmann |
14 | Cabot Consultants | McLean, Virginia | 1999 | Tom Berray |
15 | 20/20 Foresight Executive Search | Chicago, Illinois | 1994 | Bob Cavoto |
16 | Stanton Chase International | Baltimore, Maryland | 1990 | Mickey Matthews |
17 | Crawford Thomas Recruiting | Orlando, Florida | 2007 | William C. Stonehouse |
18 | WittKieffer | Oak Brook, Illinois | 1969 | Andrew Chastain |
19 | Salveson Stetson Group | Radnor, Pennsylvania | 1996 | John F. Salveson |
20 | MRINetwork | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1965 | Bert Miller |
21 | 180 Engineering | Lisle, Illinois | 2008 | Joe Coletta |
22 | The Renaissance Network | Newton, Massachusetts | 1996 | Lisa Sacchetti |
23 | Accent Professional Recruiting | Mechanicsville, Virginia | 1974 | Brooke Bolton Hall |
24 | American Recruiting and Consulting Group | Weston, Florida | 1982 | Gregg Podalsky |
25 | Stout Executive Search | Springdale, Arkansas | 2006 | Marvelyn Stout |
26 | Craig Lindell & Associates | Naples, Florida | 1983 | Craig Lindell |
27 | A. Berendt Associates | Charleston, South Carolina | 1997 | Andrea Berendt |
28 | Accelerated Data Decision | Sparta, New Jersey | 1984 | Walter Sullivan |
29 | Abacus Group | New York, New York | 1997 | Brian Bereck, Len Frankel |
30 | Bohan & Bradstreet | Guilford, Connecticut | 1987 | Edward B. Brandstreet |
31 | A la Carte International | Virginia Beach, Virginia | 1979 | Michael J. Romaniw |
32 | The ExeQfind Group | Atlanta, Georgia | 1999 | Warren Carter |
33 | PageExecutive USA | New York, New York | 2015 | Paul Webster |
34 | F&C Executive Search and Recruiting | Akron, Ohio | 1987 | Jill Detwiler |
35 | Vaco | Brentwood, Tennessee | 2002 | Jerry Bostelman |
36 | Barbachano International | Chula Vista, California | 1992 | Fernando Ortiz-Barbachano |
37 | Isaacson, Miller | Boston, Massachusetts | 1982 | Vivian Brocard |
38 | E.A. Hughes & Co. | New York, New York | 1991 | Elaine Hughes |
39 | CIO Partners | Marietta, Georgia | 2001 | H. Michael Burgett |
40 | Find Great People | Greenville, South Carolina | 1982 | John Uprichard |
41 | Parker + Lynch | Jacksonville, Florida | 1992 | David Alexander |
42 | Development Resources | Arlington, Virginia | 2001 | Jennifer M. Dunlap |
43 | Abeln, Magy, Underberg & Associates | Wayzata, Minnesota | 1996 | David Magy |
44 | Allegis Partners | New York, New York | 2011 | John Cashman |
45 | Cornerstone Search | Medfield, Massachusetts | 1996 | Rich Rosen |
46 | Action Management Services | Cleveland, Ohio | 1979 | Dale M. Chorba |
47 | Rigsby Search Group | Cromwell, Connecticut | 2012 | Sean P. Rigsby |
48 | Apex Executive Recruiting | Redondo Beach, California | 2000 | Mark Cannistraro |
49 | Global Recruiters Network | Chicago, Illinois | 2003 | Brad Baiocchi |
50 | Saddlebrook Associates | Denver, Colorado | 2008 | Robbie Sewell |
51 | Daley and Associates | Boston, Massachusetts | 2005 | Mike Daley |
52 | Employment Resource Group | Appleton, Wisconsin | 2002 | Sharon Hulce |
53 | FinderSeekers | St. Charles, Missouri | 2002 | Larry Anderson |
54 | R. Gaines Baty Associates | Dallas, Texas | 1977 | R. Gaines Baty |
55 | Madison MacArthur | New York, New York | 1994 | |
56 | Koya Leadership Partners | Boston, Massachusetts | 2004 | Katie Bouton |
57 | Nelson | Sonoma, California | 1970 | Joe Madigan |
58 | Industrial Resource Group | Irvine, California | 2009 | Craig Paisley |
59 | Executive Search Partners | Southfield, Michigan | 2003 | Gary Erickson |
60 | Reaction Search International | San Ramon, California | Robert Boroff | |
61 | MedTech Executive Search | Dallas, Texas | 2016 | Brian Cole |
62 | H.I. Executive Consulting | United States | ||
63 | Jacobson Group | Chicago, Illinois | 1971 | Gregory P. Jacobson |
64 | 12.12Partners | San Francisco, California | 2014 | Dana Johnson |
65 | M&A Executive Search | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 2008 | Chandler McCoy |
66 | EnergyHeadhunter | Houston, Texas | 1984 | Dan Clark |
67 | Abacus Search and Staffing | Overland Park, Kansas | 1995 | Michael Blair |
68 | Fairway Consulting Group | Lynbrook, New York | 1998 | Dan Gold |
69 | Kaplan Partners | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1994 | Alan J. Kaplan |
70 | BraddockMatthews | New York, New York | 2013 | Derek Braddock |
71 | Human Capital Consultants | Washington, District of Columbia | 2003 | Milton Hall |
72 | Adam James International | Greenwood Village, Colorado | 1996 | Warren Nadolsky |
73 | J. Arnold & Associates Executive Search | Austin, Texas | 1996 | Janet Arnold |
74 | Green Key Resources | New York, New York | 2004 | Robert Kahn |
75 | The McCormick Group | Arlington, Virginia | 1974 | William J. McCormick |
76 | Legacy MedSearch | Orlando, Florida | 2005 | Paula Rutledge |
77 | ACCUR Recruiting Services | New York, New York | 2006 | Edouard Thoumyre |
78 | Affinity Executive Search | Hollywood, Florida | 1989 | Steve Kohn |
79 | KAS Placement | New York, New York | 2005 | Ken Sundheim |
80 | Snelling | Richardson, Texas | 1951 | |
81 | Banister International | United States | 1993 | Patrick Sylvester |
82 | Executive Staffing Solutions | Columbus, Ohio | 2000 | Aaron Wandtke |
83 | Santéka | Plano, Texas | 2001 | Kimberly Bowden |
84 | Factor Ten Executive Search | Huntington Beach, California | 1996 | John Dyer |
85 | BoardWalk Consulting | Atlanta, Georgia | 2002 | Sam Pettway |
86 | Beacon Hill Staffing Group | Boston, Massachusetts | 2000 | Andrew Wang |
87 | Monarch Recruiters | New York, New York | 2014 | Daniel Bayles |
88 | H.G. Arias & Associates | El Paso, Texas | 2001 | Hossana Gallegos |
89 | Real Staffing | Wilmington, Delaware | 1998 | Lisa Fischer |
90 | Exceptional People International | Mill Valley, California | 1994 | Stacy Holland |
91 | ON Partners | Hudson, Ohio | 2006 | Tim Conti |
92 | 24 Seven | New York, New York | 2000 | Celeste Gudas |
93 | B.E. Smith | Lenexa, Kansas | 1978 | Cody Burch |
94 | UBER|HIATT Search Partners | Los Angeles, California | Misha Uber | |
95 | ZRG Partners | Rochelle Park, New Jersey | 1999 | Larry Hartmann |
96 | Alevistar Group | Conshohocken, Pennsylvania | 2003 | Brian Levinson |
97 | The Barrett Group | Cranston, Rhode Island | 1990 | Peter Irish |
98 | MAC Engineer Search | Simi Valley, California | ||
99 | D. Hilton Associates | The Woodlands, Texas | 1985 | David M. Hilton |
100 | Foster McKay Group | Florham Park, New Jersey | 1971 | Allen Galorenzo |
Source: https://www.forbes.com/best-professional-recruiting-firms/#34f3235720b2