In 2021, the largest executive recruitment and leadership consulting firm operating in the U.S. market was Korn Ferry, who generated just under 900 million U.S. dollars in revenue in that year. This was significantly higher than the next largest firm, Spencer Stuart, who generated only 514.4 million U.S. dollars in revenue in the U.S.
Leading executive search firms in the United States in 2021, by revenue (in million U.S dollars)
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Statistics on Executive search worldwide
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- Number of consultants at the leading global executive search firms 2020-2021
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Hunt Scanlon Media. (August 31, 2021). Leading executive search firms in the United States in 2021, by revenue (in million U.S dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/917972/executive-search-firms-us-by-revenue/
Hunt Scanlon Media. "Leading executive search firms in the United States in 2021, by revenue (in million U.S dollars)." Chart. August 31, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/917972/executive-search-firms-us-by-revenue/
Hunt Scanlon Media. (2021). Leading executive search firms in the United States in 2021, by revenue (in million U.S dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/917972/executive-search-firms-us-by-revenue/
Hunt Scanlon Media. "Leading Executive Search Firms in The United States in 2021, by Revenue (in Million U.S Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/917972/executive-search-firms-us-by-revenue/
Hunt Scanlon Media, Leading executive search firms in the United States in 2021, by revenue (in million U.S dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/917972/executive-search-firms-us-by-revenue/ (last visited February 01, 2023)
Leading executive search firms in the United States in 2021, by revenue (in million U.S dollars) [Graph], Hunt Scanlon Media, August 31, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/917972/executive-search-firms-us-by-revenue/