Best search

What Best search does

Best Search Consultores S.L. is a privately held, Madrid-based human resources consulting firm founded in 2002, operating under Spanish law as a Sociedad Limitada. It delivers a full-scope HR services portfolio to corporate clients in Spain, organized around talent acquisition (structured recruitment, executive headhunting, and talent mapping with salary benchmarking), talent evaluation (assessment centers using standardized behavioral simulations and tests), talent development (executive, personal, and team coaching), and project-based HR consulting (organizational design, team development, diversity initiatives, process redesign, and HR BPO). The firm reports having attracted more than 1,500 professionals to quality projects at first-tier Spanish companies and developed more than 3,000 professionals through its proprietary Assessment Methodology.

The underlying technology is a practitioner-built assessment methodology applied across selection and development engagements, rather than a software platform. The firm has integrated the TalentClue recruitment platform into its website for candidate management and publishes a blog covering talent development and career guidance. Revenue is generated through professional services engagements priced on a quote basis tailored to each client; no SaaS, subscription, or per-seat pricing is disclosed. The go-to-market motion is direct enterprise sales to HR departments of Spanish corporations, supplemented by LinkedIn-driven brand presence and individual career-services offerings (ATP, AIP, AIPG, Mentoring Grupal) targeted at experienced professionals, junior candidates, and students. The legal entity, BEST SEARCH CONSULTORES S.L., is registered in the Mercantile Registry of Madrid, with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or funding rounds.

Name

Best search

Legal name

BEST SEARCH CONSULTORES S.L.

Website

https://bestsearch.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Best Search Consultores is a Madrid-based, privately held HR consulting firm offering executive search, talent mapping, assessment centers, coaching, and HR consulting to Spanish corporations, supported by a proprietary Assessment Methodology applied across more than 3,000 professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Consulting Services

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Confidential/Replacement & Succession Search (BPACAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA), Functional Leadership Search (HR/Finance/Legal/Marketing/Sales/Ops) (BPACAAAB)

Keywords

• HR consulting services
• Executive search
• Talent acquisition
• Talent development
• Career coaching

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. HR Consulting Services: Professional services revenue generated through talent selection, development, coaching, and HR consulting engagements with corporate clients. Services include executive search, assessment centers, talent mapping, and organizational consulting projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Best Search Consultores is an HR consulting firm in Spain providing talent acquisition (selection/recruitment, executive headhunting, talent mapping), talent evaluation (assessment centers using a proprietary Assessment Methodology), coaching (executive, personal, and team), and HR consulting projects (organizational design, team development, diversity, process analysis, BPO). It also offers career support services for professionals and students (ATP, AIP, AIPG, Group Mentoring).

Product overview

Best Search Consultores is an HR consulting company offering a comprehensive portfolio of human resources services. The core offerings include Selection/Recruitment and Head Hunting for talent acquisition, Talent Mapping for strategic workforce planning, Assessment Centre for competency evaluation, Coaching (executive, personal, and team), and HR Consulting for organizational projects. Supporting these are Career Services including ATP (career transition for experienced professionals), AIP (interview preparation for inexperienced professionals), AIPG (group workshops for juniors), and Group Mentoring for students. Together these services enable the company to attract over 1500 professionals to quality projects and develop talent for over 3000 professionals using their Assessment Methodology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Selección (Recruitment) Structured talent acquisition process for professionals and middle managers, including needs identification, candidate search, interviews, testing, presentation, and post-placement follow-up. Targeted at corporate clients' HR departments.
• Head Hunting Executive and highly specialized position placement ensuring rigorous candidate matching for required experience, personal values, leadership style, and company culture fit. Serves director-level and high-qualification hires for Spanish corporations.
• Talent Mapping Identification of potential candidates within target company groups to fill specific positions, including organizational structure analysis and salary benchmarking for specialized positions.
• Assessment Centre Competencies, performance, and potential evaluation using standardized behavioral analysis based on multiple tools including job-related simulations, interviews, and specific tests. Powered by Best Search's proprietary Assessment Methodology applied to over 3,000 professionals.
• Coaching Executive coaching for senior professional improvement, personal coaching for individual goals outside work environment, and team coaching for performance and company values adoption.
• Consultoría de HR (HR Consulting) Partner services for specific HR projects including organizational design, team development, diversity projects, process analysis, and HR BPO for corporate clients.
• ATP - Acompañamiento Transición Profesional Personalized career transition support for experienced professionals facing job search processes, including interview preparation and job search coaching.
• AIP - Acompañamiento Incorporación Profesional Individual advisory service for professionals without experience, mainly focused on job interview preparation and entering the labor market.
• AIPG - Acompañamiento Incorporación Profesional Grupal Group workshop for junior profiles focused on mastering job interviews to help them start a professional career.
• Mentoring Grupal Motivational conference for baccalaureate and university students to help identify professional objectives and pathways to achieve them.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1500+ professionals successfully placed in quality projects at first-tier companies
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Adecco Spain: Global HR services leader with a large Spanish operation covering staffing, permanent placement, and career transition services. Overlaps with Best Search on candidate accompaniment and broader HR service lines.
• Spencer Stuart: Global executive search and leadership consulting firm. Comparable to Best Search on director and high-qualification executive headhunting, but operates from a global platform rather than a Spanish boutique.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm serving board and C-suite mandates. Competes with Best Search for senior executive searches in Spain as part of a much wider global portfolio.
• Egon Zehnder: Global leadership advisory and executive search firm with a strong presence in Europe. Overlaps with Best Search on cultural-fit-driven executive search and board advisory.
• Randstad Spain: Large multinational HR services and staffing group with broad Spain coverage. Overlaps with Best Search on permanent placement and broader talent solutions, but at significantly greater scale and breadth.

Emerging players

• Norman Broadbent: UK-listed executive search and leadership consulting firm focused on senior-level mandates. Comparable boutique-style executive search positioning to Best Search, though primarily UK-centric.

Direct peers

• Michael Page: International recruitment group with strong Spain presence in middle management and executive search. Directly comparable to Best Search's Selection and Head Hunting offerings to Spanish corporates.
• Catenon: Spanish-origin global executive search and talent intelligence firm. Headquartered in Madrid and operating internationally, making it one of the closest direct Spanish peers to Best Search for senior-level mandates.
• Robert Half: Global staffing and consulting firm operating in Spain, covering finance, technology, and administrative search plus interim management. Comparable mid-market and professional search overlap with Best Search.
• Hays: Global recruitment and workforce solutions firm with a substantial Spain operation offering permanent, contract, and executive search across multiple functions. Direct peer to Best Search in Spanish mid-management and professional selection.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/best-search

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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

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