BGT

What BGT does

BGT Recruiting & Consulting, Inc. is a woman-owned, veteran-owned recruiting and consulting firm headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, serving corporate-level organizations and degreed professionals in the Knoxville and East Tennessee region. The firm provides contingency-based recruiting services — direct hire, temp-to-hire, and contract placements — specializing in accounting, finance, human resources, operations, supply chain, logistics, and marketing roles, supplemented by hourly-billed HR consulting engagements covering compensation strategy, change management, organizational structure, and training. A separate sub-brand, BGT Staffing, focuses on temp-to-hire placements.

The firm operates on a low-tech, high-relationship model with no proprietary technology platform; sourcing is conducted through an extensive regional professional network and referrals rather than job boards or applicant-tracking systems at scale. The leadership team combines 45+ years in HR/recruiting and 25+ years in accounting, with President Christine Bell (CPA, MBA, former U.S. Army Reserves Captain) holding recognized roles in TSCPA, FEI Knoxville (which she helped found in 2009), and regional business publications. Two other named team members — Bianca Rao (Professional Recruiter, 20 years of talent acquisition) and Leah Jackson (Administrative Coordinator / FEI Chapter Administrator) — round out the delivery team.

BGT's revenue mechanics are twofold: contingency placement fees (charged only when a presented candidate is hired, structured as a transaction/take-rate model) and hourly professional-services fees for HR consulting. Customer logos span manufacturing (Renold Jeffrey/Chain Americas), nonprofit (Knox Area Rescue Ministries, Make-A-Wish East Tennessee), restaurant (Ruby Tuesday), healthcare (TeamHealth), and education (University of Phoenix). Marketing and distribution are direct-to-client, referral-driven, and anchored by Knoxville Chamber and Blount Partnership memberships plus an active social/web presence. Note: source data contains a conflicting reference to NYSE ticker BGT, which appears to conflate a separate listed fund; the company itself is privately held per firmographic data and ownership commentary identifying Christine Bell as majority shareholder.

Name

BGT

Legal name

BGT Recruiting & Consulting, Inc.

Website

https://bgtrecruiting.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BGT Recruiting & Consulting is a woman-owned, veteran-owned Knoxville-based firm providing contingency recruiting and HR consulting for corporate-level professionals in accounting, finance, HR, operations, supply chain, logistics, and marketing across East Tennessee.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Recruiting and Staffing Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Professional & Technical Direct Hire (IT, Engineering, Finance, Healthcare) (BPACAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sales, Marketing & Customer Success Direct Hire (BPACAFAD), Administrative, Clerical & Office Support Direct Hire (BPACAFAF), Recruiting Administration Outsourcing (Recruitment Support, Scheduling, Onboarding Ops) (BPACAKAG)

Keywords

• Contingency recruiting services
• Temp-to-hire staffing
• Executive search consulting
• HR consulting services
• Professional placement agency

Headquarters

HQ city

Knoxville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Contingency-based Placement Fees: The firm operates on a contingency basis where clients are not charged a placement fee unless they choose to hire a candidate presented by BGT. This creates incentive alignment between the firm and client hiring success.
2. Hourly Consulting Services: Consulting services for hiring process assistance billed hourly. Fees vary by project scope and include services such as job advertisement placement, resume screening, interview coordination, reference checks, and HR consulting projects including compensation strategies, change management, and training.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

BGT Recruiting & Consulting provides contingency-based recruiting for degreed professionals in accounting, finance, human resources, operations, supply chain, logistics, marketing, administrative, and manufacturing roles across the Knoxville and East Tennessee region, delivered through direct hire, temp-to-hire, and contract placement arrangements. The firm additionally offers hourly billed HR consulting engagements that include job advertisement placement, resume screening, interview process design, reference checks, compensation strategy, change management, and organizational development work.

Product overview

BGT Recruiting & Consulting operates as a unified recruiting and consulting firm offering contingency-based placement services across direct hire, temp-to-hire, and contract arrangements. The company is organized into two primary service lines: the main BGT Recruiting & Consulting brand handles direct placement and consulting services, while a separate BGT Staffing team focuses specifically on temp-to-hire placements. The firm specializes in placing degreed professionals in accounting/finance, human resources, operations, supply chain, logistics, and marketing roles within the Knoxville and East Tennessee region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BGT Recruiting & Consulting Contingency-based recruiting and consulting service for organizations and degreed professionals in the Knoxville and East Tennessee region, offering direct hire, temp-to-hire, and contract placements alongside HR consulting, with a focus on accounting, finance, human resources, operations, supply chain, logistics, marketing, administrative, and manufacturing roles.
• BGT Staffing Specialized temp-to-hire placement service operated as a separate sub-brand and team within BGT, focused on temporary-to-permanent placements for employers in the Knoxville and East Tennessee region.
• HR and Hiring Consulting Services Hourly billed consulting services for organizations needing assistance with the people side of their business, including job advertisement placement, resume screening, interview process design, reference checks, compensation strategies, change management, organizational structure, and strategic planning.

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Blount Partnership Chamber of CommerceminorOthersBGT is a proud partner of the Blount Partnership Chamber of Commerce, indicating membership and community involvement in the regional business organization.
• Knoxville ChamberminorOthersBGT is a proud partner of the Knoxville Chamber, indicating membership and active participation in the regional business community organization.
• Financial Executive International (FEI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBGT President Christine Bell serves as Director of the Chapter Administration Program and Chapter Administrator for the FEI Knoxville Chapter, which she helped form in 2009. BGT also supports FEI consulting efforts through team member Leah Jackson serving as FEI Chapter Administrator.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Kforce Inc. Public professional staffing firm specializing in technology, finance, and accounting placements. Comparable to BGT in functional verticals but operates at national scale with a significantly larger recruiter bench.
• Robert Half International: Global leader in placement of accounting, finance, and administrative professionals — the most direct large-scale analog to BGT's core verticals. Operates a much larger national platform with proprietary technology but competes for the same candidate pool and corporate clients.
• Insight Global: Large private staffing firm placing professionals across IT, finance, accounting, and engineering. Competes with BGT for mid-market and enterprise clients in the Southeast, though at far greater scale and with broader geographic reach.

Direct peers

• The Reserves Network: Regional staffing and direct hire firm headquartered in the Midwest with offices across multiple states. Comparable mid-size footprint, mix of professional and industrial placements, and relationship-based sales motion.
• Spherion Staffing: Regional and mid-market staffing franchise offering direct hire, temp-to-hire, and contract placements. Operates through local offices with similar relationship-driven recruiting motion and is highly comparable to BGT's local-market, contingency-based model.
• PrideStaff: Regional staffing franchise with direct hire, temp, and contract placements across administrative, professional, and light-industrial roles. Operates with similar geography-driven, relationship-led model as BGT.
• Accounting Principals: Specialty staffing firm focused exclusively on accounting and finance placements, mirroring BGT's deepest functional specialization. Closest direct competitor in the accounting/finance niche at a similar mid-market scale.
• Atrium Staffing: Direct hire and staffing firm focused on administrative, customer service, and professional roles. Comparable size, target customer profile (mid-market and enterprise regional employers), and consultative service model.
• Vaco: Consulting and placement firm specializing in accounting, finance, IT, and HR professionals. Closely comparable in service mix (direct hire plus consulting) and target candidate profile to BGT, with multi-office regional presence.

Others

• Bradley-Morris / Heidrick & Struggles (executive search comparators): Executive search firms competing for the same C-suite and senior finance roles BGT places in East Tennessee (e.g., Controller, VP, CEO). Not a direct staffing competitor, but they anchor the high-end search market BGT aspires to compete in.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/bgtrecruiting
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bgt-recruiting-&-consulting-inc-
• Instagraminstagram.com/bgtrecruiting
• Xx.com/bgtrecruiting

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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