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title: "Heidrick & Struggles: search popularity worldwide"
description: "Heidrick & Struggles is an executive search firm. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Heidrick & Struggles: search popularity worldwide

Heidrick & Struggles is an executive search firm. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: Heidrick & Struggles
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among executive search firms**: 30.2%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Executive search firms | 2 | 30.2% | 66.2K |

- [Executive search firms](/demand/global-en/categories/executive-search-firms)

## How has branded search demand for Heidrick & Struggles changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Heidrick & Struggles worldwide fell from 99K to 66.2K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Heidrick & Struggles’ estimated Share of Search among executive search firms worldwide decreased from 34.2% to 30.2%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Heidrick & Struggles’ estimated Share of Search among executive search firms worldwide peaked at 35.1% in January 2026 and was lowest at 26.1% in April 2026.

## How did search popularity change for executive search firms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Heidrick & Struggles gained estimated Share of Search among executive search firms worldwide, from 26.9% to 30.2%.
- In August 2026, Spencer Stuart gained estimated Share of Search among executive search firms worldwide, from 13.4% to 15.1%.
- In August 2026, Korn Ferry lost estimated Share of Search among executive search firms worldwide, from 54.8% to 50.2%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Russell Reynolds worldwide fell 33.1% over 11 measured months, from 14.8K to 9.9K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Executive search firms | 99K | 34.2% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | Executive search firms | 66.2K | 29.9% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | Executive search firms | 54.2K | 26.9% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | Executive search firms | 99K | 35.1% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | Executive search firms | 66.2K | 29.5% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | Executive search firms | 81K | 29.9% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | Executive search firms | 66.2K | 26.1% | 2 |
| May 2026 | Executive search firms | 66.2K | 29.9% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | Executive search firms | 66.2K | 26.9% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | Executive search firms | 66.2K | 26.9% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | Executive search firms | 66.2K | 30.2% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | Executive search firms | — | — | — |

## How is Heidrick & Struggles measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Heidrick & Struggles’ name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “heidrick and struggles”
- “heidrick struggles”
- “heidrickstruggles”

## Which executive search firms compete with Heidrick & Struggles?

- [Korn Ferry](/demand/global-en/brands/korn-ferry): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/heidrick-struggles-vs-korn-ferry
- [Spencer Stuart](/demand/global-en/brands/spencer-stuart): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/heidrick-struggles-vs-spencer-stuart
- [Russell Reynolds](/demand/global-en/brands/russell-reynolds): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/heidrick-struggles-vs-russell-reynolds
- [Egon Zehnder](/demand/global-en/brands/egon-zehnder)

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

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