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title: "Spencer Stuart: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "Spencer Stuart 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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# Spencer Stuart: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

Spencer Stuart 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**: Spencer Stuart
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among executive search firms**: 17.8%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Executive search firms | 3 | 17.8% | 33.1K |

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

## How has branded search demand for Spencer Stuart changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Spencer Stuart worldwide fell from 40.5K to 33.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Spencer Stuart’s estimated Share of Search among executive search firms worldwide increased from 16.9% to 17.8%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Spencer Stuart’s estimated Share of Search among executive search firms worldwide peaked at 18.4% in April 2026 and was lowest at 14.2% in January 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 15.5% to 17.8%.
- In August 2026, Spencer Stuart gained estimated Share of Search among executive search firms worldwide, from 15.5% to 17.8%.
- In August 2026, Korn Ferry lost estimated Share of Search among executive search firms worldwide, from 63.3% to 59.1%.
- 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 | 40.5K | 16.9% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | Executive search firms | 33.1K | 17.6% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | Executive search firms | 27.1K | 15.6% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | Executive search firms | 33.1K | 14.2% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Executive search firms | 33.1K | 17.3% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | Executive search firms | 40.5K | 17.5% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Executive search firms | 40.5K | 18.4% | 2 |
| May 2026 | Executive search firms | 33.1K | 17.6% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | Executive search firms | 33.1K | 15.5% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Executive search firms | 33.1K | 15.5% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | Executive search firms | 33.1K | 17.8% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | Executive search firms | — | — | — |

## How is Spencer Stuart measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Spencer Stuart’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for this branded term can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “spencer stuart”

## Which executive search firms compete with Spencer Stuart?

- [Korn Ferry](/demand/global-en/brands/korn-ferry): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/korn-ferry-vs-spencer-stuart
- [Heidrick & Struggles](/demand/global-en/brands/heidrick-struggles): 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/russell-reynolds-vs-spencer-stuart
- [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.

## Cite this page

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