Who buys NAICS 561312 (Executive Search Services) work, who wins it, and what's open right now — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov solicitations.
Contract data as of Oct 30, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 0 | $0 | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 4 | $188K | — |
| Q3 FY2026 | 3 | $18.2M | +9597% |
| Q4 FY2026 · partial | 3 | $352K | -98% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount. The Department of Defense publishes contract awards to USAspending with a 90-day delay, so Q4 FY2026 is still missing most DoD awards (DoD is 97% of this market's dollars) — treat that quarter as incomplete, not as a spending decline.
The 2 largest incumbents hold 100% of the $21.2M expiring in the next 18 months, across 2 incumbent companies. A few companies hold most of this work.
| # | Incumbent | Expiring | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES INTERNATIONAL INC | $17.3M | 81.2% |
| 2 | ARCTICOM, LLC | $4.0M | 18.8% |
Companies are corporate families (USAspending parent UEI), as in the contractor rankings. Computed Oct 30, 2026 over that day's 18-month window.
| Ends | Contract · incumbent | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2027 | Private Sector Leadership Business Operators for National Defense (BOND) Program Support Services HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES INTERNATIONAL INC · Department of Defense · HQ003426FE151 | $17.3M |
| Apr 19, 2028 | The Purpose of This Modification Is to Incrementally Fund. All Other Terms and Conditions Remain the Same ARCTICOM, LLC · Department of State · 19AQMM23C0067 | $4.0M |
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Contracts with at least $250K obligated whose final end date — every option exercised — falls in the window, counted from Oct 31, 2026. These are the Recompete Tracker's default filters (18 months, ≥$250K), so the figures match the tracker for NAICS 561312. “Obligated to date” is what has been obligated on the contract so far, not the value of the follow-on. An end date is when the work stops, not when the replacement is solicited — that usually happens 6–18 months earlier. Source: USAspending.gov prime awards.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES INTERNATIONAL INC | $18.2M | 96.8% |
| 2 | MACEO CARTER INVESTMENTS, LLC | $180K | 1.0% |
| 3 | JDG ASSOCIATES LTD | $131K | 0.7% |
| 4 | BUFFKIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC | $121K | 0.6% |
| 5 | BMOT CONSULTANTS, LLC | $109K | 0.6% |
| 6 | SENSA SOLUTIONS, INC. | $55K | 0.3% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once. Track record: fiscal years FY2015–FY2024 in which the company family received prime awards from any agency (USAspending.gov, by UEI; earlier years aren't loaded). Awards and obligations in this table are FY2026.
| Agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $18.2M | 96.8% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $229K | 1.2% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $180K | 1.0% |
| Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation | $68K | 0.4% |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $64K | 0.3% |
| Department of Transportation | $55K | 0.3% |
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $293K | 55.5% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $180K | 34.1% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $55K | 10.4% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 3% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
No open solicitations right now. New notices post daily — get an alert when one does.
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Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.