Ferreri Search

What Ferreri Search does

Ferreri Search is a boutique executive search and staffing firm headquartered in Tampa, Florida, founded in 2007 by Frank Ferreri, a third-generation Tampa native and former Ernst & Young CPA with 25+ years of regional staffing experience. The firm operates exclusively within the Tampa Bay area, including Sarasota and Lakeland, serving employers seeking accounting & finance and information technology professionals across roles ranging from staff-level positions to C-Suite executives (CFO, CIO, COO, CMO, VP Finance, Controller, Tax, Audit, Database Administrators, Developers, Project Managers, and Network Engineers).

The firm delivers three core service lines without any proprietary technology platform: Executive Search for senior-level and C-Suite placements, Permanent Placement & Recruiting for direct-hire roles, and Contract & Project Staffing for temporary workforce needs with an optional conversion-to-hire arrangement. Differentiators claimed by the firm are practitioner-credibility (team members have held the roles they fill), a face-to-face pre-screening process with reference validation prior to candidate presentation, and an exclusive-engagement model where the entire firm focuses its resources on a single client priority. Distribution is purely direct and consultative — no marketplace, reseller, or digital channel — driven by founder-led relationships, repeat business, referrals, and Tampa Bay Business Journal brand recognition (multiple Best Places to Work awards and Fast 50 recognition in 2013).

Ferreri Search is privately held and founder-owned, with no disclosed external funding, investors, or parent company. The leadership team includes Frank Ferreri as Managing Partner and Founder, his wife Susan Ferreri as Chief Operations Officer, and a small bench of specialized recruiters including a VP of the Accounting & Finance division and executive recruiters with backgrounds at larger staffing firms. Revenue mechanics are professional-services-based, charging employers placement fees on successful hires — either contingency or retained — with pricing not publicly disclosed. The firm has historically grown through strong repeat client relationships (one customer, Chris Craft Boats, completed 15 successful searches in 24 months) rather than market expansion, and operates as a family-run, relationship-intensive regional recruiter with no technology platform, no AI/ML capabilities, and no disclosed revenue figures.

Name

Ferreri Search

Legal name

Ferreri Search

Website

https://ferrerisearch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ferreri Search is a privately held, founder-owned boutique executive search and staffing firm based in Tampa, Florida, that places accounting, finance, and IT professionals — from staff-level to C-Suite — for employers exclusively in the Tampa Bay, Sarasota, and Lakeland markets. Founded in 2007 by Frank Ferreri, a former Ernst & Young CPA, the firm operates without proprietary technology and relies on direct, relationship-driven recruitment across executive search, permanent placement, and contract staffing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

C-Suite & Board Search (BPACAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Technology & Product Leadership Search (CIO/CTO/CDO/CPO) (BPACAAAC), Functional Leadership Search (HR/Finance/Legal/Marketing/Sales/Ops) (BPACAAAB)

Keywords

• Executive search services
• Accounting finance recruitment
• IT staffing solutions
• Permanent placement recruiting
• Contract project staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Tampa

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Recruitment and Staffing Services: Ferreri Search generates revenue through recruitment and staffing services, placing candidates in accounting, finance, and IT positions. Services include executive search, permanent placement, and contract/project staffing. The firm likely operates on a contingency or retained search fee basis, charging employers upon successful placement.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ferreri Search is a boutique recruitment firm that places accounting, finance, and IT professionals for employers in the Tampa Bay area. The firm offers executive search for C-Suite roles, permanent placement for direct-hire positions, and contract/project staffing for temporary workforce needs, leveraging deep local networks and consultative face-to-face engagement with both candidates and hiring managers.

Product overview

Ferreri Search is a boutique recruitment firm offering three core service lines: Executive Search for senior-level and C-Suite placements, Permanent Placement & Recruiting for direct-hire positions in Accounting & Finance and IT, and Contract & Project Staffing for temporary workforce solutions. The company operates as a unified service offering without a modular product architecture, delivering specialized recruitment across distinct practice areas for employers and career opportunities for job seekers in the Tampa Bay area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Executive Search

Quantifiable outcome

• 28% revenue increase in 2013 (following 42% increase in 2012)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half International: Robert Half is the largest U.S. specialty staffing firm and the dominant player in accounting/finance and IT placement. It is broadly comparable as a competitor in Ferreri's two core verticals but operates at vastly larger scale with national reach and broader professional services lines.
• Hays plc: Hays is a global specialist staffing and recruiting firm with strong presence in finance/accounting and IT, including a U.S. footprint. While much larger, it competes for the same A&F and IT talent and a similar middle-market employer segment.
• Insight Global: Insight Global is a large U.S. staffing firm with significant IT staffing and managed services operations. It competes for IT placement volume against Ferreri's IT practice, although at vastly larger scale and across broader geographies.

Direct peers

• Kforce Inc. Kforce is a national specialty staffing firm focused on technology and finance/accounting talent, directly overlapping Ferreri's two core verticals. Ferreri's VP A&F previously worked at Kforce, underscoring it as a direct competitor and talent pipeline.
• Vaco: Vaco is a recruiting and consulting firm with dedicated accounting, finance, IT, and executive search practice areas serving the SMB and middle-market segments. It competes head-to-head with boutique A&F/IT search firms like Ferreri across both permanent and contract placement.
• Accounting Principals: Accounting Principals is a specialty staffing firm focused exclusively on accounting and finance talent across all levels — a near-perfect functional overlap with Ferreri's A&F practice. Both firms compete for the same accounting/finance candidate pool and employer relationships.
• Parker + Lynch (Hollister): Parker + Lynch, part of the Hollister staffing family, places accounting, finance, and legal professionals at the professional and executive levels. It is a directly comparable executive/permanent placement peer to Ferreri's Accounting & Finance practice.
• Beacon Hill Staffing Group: Beacon Hill provides accounting/finance, IT, and other specialty staffing across contract, temp-to-hire, and permanent placements. It is a directly comparable specialty staffing peer across both of Ferreri's core verticals.
• Addison Group: Addison Group is a staffing and consulting firm with dedicated finance/accounting, IT, and engineering placement practices serving middle-market employers. Its multi-vertical specialty model mirrors Ferreri's structure and competitive positioning.

Emerging players

• The Mergis Group: The Mergis Group is a boutique staffing and recruiting firm focused on accounting, finance, IT, and HR talent. Its boutique scale and vertical focus position it as a closer-than-average operational comparable to Ferreri, even with some geographic and segment differences.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ferrerisearch

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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