38 Modern Healthcare | August 12, 2019
Largest healthcare executive search firms
Ranked by total number of U.S. placements made for senior-level healthcare executives in 2018
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B.E. Smith, Cejka Search, Korn Ferry and Phillips DiPisa & Associates are publicly traded companies; all others are privately held.(^1) From healthcare-related fees only
(^2) Number of recruiters employed in 2018 who spent at least 50% of their time on healthcare placement
(^3) 2018 Numbers reflect acquisition of two smaller firms in 2019
(^4) An AMN Healthcare company
(^5) 2018 numbers reflect acquisition of Grant Cooper in 2019
Source: Modern Healthcare’s 2019 Executive Search Firms Survey
RANK COMPANY HEADQUARTERS TYPE
NET REVENUE
($ IN MILLIONS)^1
2018
RECRUITERS^2
2018
PLACEMENTS
1 B.E. Smith3,4 Lenexa, Kan. Retained $164.5 65 983
2 Korn Ferry Los Angeles Retained 320.0 73 558
3 Diversified Search^5 Philadelphia Retained 31.2 41 321
4 Russell Reynolds Associates New York Retained — 30 318
5 Merraine Group Port St. Lucie, Fla. Retained and contingent — 57 303
6 WittKieffer Oak Brook, Ill. Retained 48.7 70 290
7 Solomon Page Group Healthcare New York Retained — 23 240
8 Cejka Search St. Louis Retained — 53 215
9 Furst Group Rockford, Ill. Retained — 27 212
10 Reaction Search International San Francisco Retained — 17 207
11 Spencer Stuart Chicago Retained 40.3 14 182
12 Quick Leonard Kieffer Chicago Retained — 22 115
13 The HealthCare Initiative Centennial, Colo. Retained and contingent — 10 106
14 Executive Staffing Solutions Columbus, Ohio Retained and contingent 4 22 101
15 HealthSearch Partners Dallas Retained 6.2 13 98
16 Harris Search Associates Dublin, Ohio Retained — 14 81
17 Baumann & Associates Marietta, Ga. Retained — 6 80
(^18) Phillips DiPisa & Associates^4 Hingham, Mass. Retained 11.8 18 75
19 DHR International Chicago Retained — 14 68
20 UniQuest Lutz, Fla. Retained and contingent 1.9 6 51