Quest Group

What Quest Group does

Quest Group Search, LLC is a privately held, founder-owned executive search, staffing, and business solutions firm headquartered at 3 Ravinia Drive in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional offices in New York and Philadelphia. Founded in 2009 by Jason Hanges and Douglas Shaener, both previously Managing Directors at a large retained global executive search firm, the company places senior-level professionals into investment banks, commercial banks, buy-side and sell-side institutions, hedge funds, private equity firms, accounting and finance departments, IT, professional services, and property management organizations, while operating a sister company, Quest Healthcare Solutions, which provides physician and non-physician staffing to hospitals and medical practices.

The firm operates as a pure professional services business with no proprietary technology platform; its core delivery is a relationship-driven retained and contingency search process supported by a Salesforce-based job board (qgsearchsite.force.com). Service divisions are organized vertically: Financial Services (capital markets, equities, fixed income, derivatives, M&A, portfolio management), Accounting, Finance & Professional Services (staff through CFO level), and the healthcare extension via Quest Healthcare Solutions. Customers are primarily enterprise clients served via direct, multi-level engagement spanning entry-level to executive placements.

Quest Group earns revenue through professional services fees on retained and contingency executive search mandates, plus staffing placements and consulting engagements; pricing is not publicly disclosed and contracts run multi-year. Distribution is direct via field/enterprise sales through three U.S. offices, supplemented by an inbound marketing layer consisting of a corporate website, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter presence, plus referral-driven demand. The firm has been recognized with Inc. 5000, Best and Brightest Companies to Work For, Georgia Fastest Growing (AGC), and ACG Fast 40 awards, and self-describes as a multi-million dollar market leader. The entity is governed under the laws of the State of Georgia and is presently operating.

Name

Quest Group

Legal name

Quest Group Search, LLC

Website

https://questgroupsearch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Quest Group Search, LLC is an Atlanta-based executive search, staffing, and business solutions firm placing senior-level professionals across financial services, accounting/finance, IT, healthcare, and property management, with additional offices in New York and Philadelphia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search and Staffing Services

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Functional Leadership Search (HR/Finance/Legal/Marketing/Sales/Ops) (BPACAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Financial Services Leadership Search (Banking/Insurance/PE/Asset Mgmt) (BPACAAAF)

Keywords

• Executive search services
• Professional staffing solutions
• Talent acquisition consulting
• Financial services recruitment
• Healthcare staffing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Executive Search Services: Retained and contingency executive search services for senior-level placements across multiple industries including financial services, healthcare, IT, accounting, finance, and professional services.
2. Staffing Services: Staffing solutions ranging from administrative to professional level positions, serving various industries with flexible engagement models.
3. Business Solutions: Consulting and advisory services related to human capital needs and talent acquisition strategies for clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Quest Group is an executive search, staffing, and business solutions firm that places exceptional candidates with respected companies across multiple industries and seniority levels. Services span retained and contingency executive search, flexible staffing from administrative to executive roles, and human capital consulting/advisory. The firm operates specialized divisions for Financial Services, Accounting/Finance/Professional Services, and Healthcare (via sister company Quest Healthcare Solutions), serving enterprise clients nationally from offices in Atlanta, New York, and Philadelphia.

Product overview

Quest Group is a premier executive search, staffing, and business solutions firm operating as a unified offering with multiple specialized service divisions. The core Quest Group brand provides executive search and staffing services, while specialized divisions include Quest Healthcare Solutions (healthcare staffing), Accounting/Finance & Professional Services, and Financial Services. These divisions work together to serve clients across industries including IT, healthcare, financial services, accounting, and professional services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Executive Search, Staffing & Business Solutions Premier executive search, staffing, and business solutions offering that connects exceptional candidates with respected companies nationally and globally. Serves clients across financial services, healthcare, IT, accounting, finance, professional services, and property management at all seniority levels from administrative to executive.
• Financial Services Recruitment Specialized recruitment services for investment banking, commercial banking, sell-side, and buy-side institutions. Places senior professionals across capital markets, equities, fixed income, derivatives, portfolio management, hedge funds, private equity, M&A, and corporate finance.
• Accounting, Finance & Professional Services Staffing Staffing services placing professionals in financial, accounting, marketing, management, operations, human resources, and administrative positions across various seniority levels. Roles span from Accounting Clerk and Bookkeeper through Controller, Financial Analyst, Staff Accountant, CFO, Tax, and Audit positions.
• Quest Healthcare Solutions Healthcare staffing services division of Quest Group, led by Managing Director Tim Clark, that recruits healthcare professionals and pairs top employees with quality hospitals and medical practices. Includes physician and non-physician healthcare placements.

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Quest Healthcare SolutionscoreOthersQuest Healthcare Solutions is a sister company operating under the Quest Group umbrella, specializing in healthcare professional staffing services including physician and non-physician placements for hospitals and medical practices.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• WinterWyman: WinterWyman is a Northeast US-based executive search and staffing firm with strength in accounting, finance, and technology — overlapping with Quest Group's service lines and competing in the same US East Coast hiring market, though with a smaller geographic footprint.

Direct peers

• Insight Global: Insight Global is a US-focused staffing and search firm spanning IT, finance, and professional services, similar in scope and multi-vertical approach to Quest Group, though typically focused on broader professional placements rather than senior retained search.
• Spencer Stuart: Spencer Stuart is a privately held global executive search firm with strong Financial Services, Healthcare, and Technology practices. Its breadth and board-level search positioning make it a direct competitor for the senior-level engagements Quest Group pursues.
• Kforce Inc. Kforce is a US-focused professional staffing firm with Technology and Finance & Accounting segments; it directly overlaps with Quest Group's IT, accounting, and finance search practices and uses a similar direct-engagement, relationship-driven go-to-market.
• Robert Half International: Robert Half is a publicly traded staffing and talent solutions firm with deep concentration in finance and accounting placement, plus broader professional staffing lines (Protiviti for consulting). It competes directly with Quest Group's Accounting/Finance & Professional Services division and operates at substantially larger scale.
• Egon Zehnder: Egon Zehnder is a privately held, global leadership advisory and executive search firm; comparable to Quest Group on senior-level search and culture-fit positioning, though it operates at a meaningfully larger international scale.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Heidrick & Struggles is a publicly traded global leadership advisory and executive search firm with strong financial services and professional services practices — the same verticals Quest Group emphasizes, making it a close competitor on senior-level finance and professional services searches.
• Russell Reynolds Associates: Russell Reynolds is a top-tier global executive search firm with dedicated Financial Services, Healthcare, and Technology practices — overlapping with Quest Group's vertical emphasis and competing for senior financial services and C-suite mandates.
• Vaco: Vaco is a recruiting and consulting firm specializing in placed senior professionals across finance, accounting, technology, and healthcare; highly comparable to Quest Group's mix of executive search, staffing, and consulting services across the same verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm combining executive search, talent acquisition, and leadership development at significant scale. It is comparable to Quest Group's executive search and business solutions offering but with broader product breadth and a global footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/qgsearch
• Facebookfacebook.com/qgsearch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/questgroup-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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