LeadQuasar's Recruitment Services category has 332 contacts across 29 states. Almost all have a phone number (99%) and a person's name (99%), 91% list a website, and 117 (35%) have an email address. It is a small list, and nearly half of it, 153 contacts, is in Texas.
Your prospect makes cold calls all day
Recruiters live on the phone. They cold-call candidates and hiring managers, write outreach, handle objections and negotiate fees. That makes them an unusual audience: they know every opening line, and they will judge yours in the first sentence.
It also makes them fair. A recruiter respects a call that is short, specific and asks a direct question, because that is what they try to do themselves. They are far less patient with a vague script or a pitch that clearly has not looked at their firm.
What recruitment firms buy
A recruitment firm has two sides to feed, clients and candidates, and most spending serves one of them:
- Sourcing: job board postings, candidate databases, sourcing and outreach tools.
- Process: applicant tracking systems, CRM, interview scheduling, e-signature.
- Compliance and checks: background checks, drug testing, right-to-work and reference checks.
- Back office: payroll and contractor management for firms that place temporary staff, and insurance.
- Business development: tools and data for finding new client companies.
- Partnerships: split-fee arrangements with other recruiters in a different niche.
At a boutique firm, the owner or a founding partner decides. The records are named, so you can usually go to that person directly.
Specialism is the whole game
Recruitment firms are defined by the roles they fill: IT, healthcare, engineering, finance, executives, light industrial, and so on. The specialism changes what they need. A healthcare recruiter cares about licensure checks. An IT recruiter cares about technical screening. A light-industrial staffing firm cares about volume, payroll and turnover.
91% of records include a website, and nearly every recruitment site says what the firm specialises in on the home page. Read it before you call. "I work with IT recruiters in Dallas" opens a conversation. "I work with recruitment companies" does not.
Where recruitment services firms are based
Texas dominates this list.
| State | Contacts | With phone | With email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 153 | 153 | 44 |
| Ohio | 26 | 26 | 7 |
| California | 25 | 25 | 13 |
| Arizona | 12 | 12 | 5 |
| Illinois | 12 | 12 | 5 |
| Tennessee | 11 | 10 | 5 |
Virginia has 9, Indiana and New York 8 each, and Colorado, Florida and North Carolina 7 each. Texas is the only state with its own page; filter the others from the main list.
Outside Texas, this is a thin list. Most states have a dozen records or fewer. If you want recruiters in Texas, it gives you a solid, named starting set of 153 contacts, every one with a phone number. If you need wider coverage, pair it with the separate staffing agency category, and with nurse staffing agencies if you sell into healthcare recruitment.
How to pitch a recruiter
- Call, don't just email. 99% of records have a phone number and only 35% have an email. Recruiters answer their phones; it is how they work.
- Say their specialism in the first line. It proves you read the website.
- Lead with placements or time. A recruiter's income is placements. Anything you sell should tie to more placements, faster placements or less admin per placement.
- Ask one direct question. "How are you sourcing for your open reqs right now?" is the kind of question they ask all day, and they will answer it.
- Respect the no. A recruiter who says no clearly means it. Thank them, ask whether a colleague in a different desk might need it, and move on.
Follow up in writing once you have an email. Our cold email guide covers a short follow-up, and you should follow CAN-SPAM and any state calling rules that apply.
Build your recruitment services list
- Browse recruitment services leads and filter to Texas or your state. Search and filtering are free.
- Check tier and score before unlocking. The list has 116 CONNECTED, 214 STANDARD and 2 LEAN records.
- Tag each firm by specialism from its website.
- Call by name.
A free account unlocks 50 contacts a day with no card, so the Texas list takes about three days and the whole list about a week. To export everything at once for your CRM, go unlimited for $3.99/month. For deciding which recruiters fit your offer before you start, see how to create an ideal customer profile.
Frequently asked questions
How many recruitment firms does LeadQuasar have?
The Recruitment Services category has 332 contacts across 29 states. 329 have a phone number and 117 have an email address.
Where are most recruitment contacts in the list?
Texas, with 153. Ohio (26) and California (25) are next, and most other states have a dozen or fewer.
Do the records include a named contact?
Yes, almost all of them: 99% carry a person's name, and 91% list the firm's website.
Where else can I find staffing and recruiting firms?
Staffing agencies are a separate LeadQuasar category. Use it alongside Recruitment Services if you need wider coverage.
Browse recruitment services leads free, then create a free account to unlock 50 contacts a day with no card.