MergeSearch

For executive & retained search

Walk into every pitch the local expert.

Win more mandates — without burning a week per pitch. Send us the brief; we hand back a deep market map and a target longlist on your client’s sector, in 48 hours, so you show up the most prepared firm in the room.

First map free · then $2,500/mo flat · full first-month money-back · cancel any month · no success fees

The problem

Every new mandate starts with a week you don’t have.

A blank brief in an unfamiliar sector

You win on credibility — but the groundwork to walk in the genuine expert eats days you can’t bill.

Depth depends on who’s free

The map is only as deep as whichever consultant had a free afternoon — so your client gets your B-game as often as your A-game.

Competitors pitch faster

The firm that walks in already knowing the market wins the brief. With the map in hand, that firm is you.

What you get

The 48-Hour Market Map that wins the mandate.

One branded pack per brief — the conclusion first, then the evidence. Built to make you the most prepared person in the room, on a sector you may have met yesterday.

“A name is not a candidate. We hand you the map and the longlist — the read on fit and the slate stay yours.”

01

Sector & market map

The landscape your client operates in — structure, dynamics, where the talent sits.

02

Comparable firms & talent sources

Companies worth mapping — with revenue, headcount, location, ownership and a stability flag.

03

Labor market & comp

Scarcity, salary benchmarks, the realistic candidate pool.

04

Ownership & governance

Who owns what, board structure, the context that shapes a move.

05

Feasibility & search strategy

Where to look, how hard it’ll be, the angle that wins the brief.

06

Target longlist (companies)

Real companies to source from, ready to act on.

Where it goes

The map wins this mandate. The next one starts ahead.

Winning the work is where we start. Between mandates we keep an eye on your sectors — so when the next brief lands, you’ve already done the homework. Brief after brief, you’re the firm that walks in knowing.

Proof

“No other search firm brings this before a search.”

A Dutch executive-search firm runs our market maps every week — into pitches for mandates worth $80–150k each. Their consultants get up to speed on a new sector in a day, not a week, and now take the map straight to prospects — opening new work before a search even starts.

Anonymized reference client.

How it works

  1. 01

    Send the brief

    The sector, the role, your off-limits. One short intake.

  2. 02

    We do the digging

    AI for breadth, then we trace every claim back to its source.

  3. 03

    You pitch the expert

    A decision-ready market map in 48 hours.

The math

One won mandate pays for the year.

A retained search runs $80–150k+. At a flat $2,500/mo it’s a fraction of a $6–7k/mo analyst — no ramp, no headcount, the first map free, and a full first-month money-back if it’s not obviously worth it.

What’s included

Everything, at one flat price.

  • A market map per brief — conclusion-first, ready to pitch
  • A target-company longlist with the why
  • As many briefs as you want — one at a time
  • Work directly with the founders — no account managers
  • Your search profile, compounding every brief

Prove it, free

See it before you pay.

Free first map

Built on your real brief — if it doesn’t earn its place, walk away.

Full first-month money-back

Start the retainer, and if month one isn’t worth it, you get it back.

Cancel any month

No contract, no setup, no success fees. Stay because it works.

Questions

For search firms.

“Research is our edge — why would I outsource it?”

Your edge is judgment, relationships and the slate — not a week of manual market-mapping per mandate. We do the groundwork so your partners stay in front of clients and win more briefs. A name is not a candidate; you get the map and the longlist, the read on fit stays yours.

“Can I really trust an AI map in front of a client?”

Yes — it’s not a black box. Every claim links to a source you can click, and estimates are labeled as estimates. Built from public market data, so there’s no data room and no NDA needed — you can defend any figure in the pitch.

Will my competitor get the same map?

No. Every map is built fresh for your brief and we never resell your work. You tell us your off-limits at intake; we watch the public market, never your private pipeline.

How fast, and what does it cost?

A full market map in 48 hours from your brief. The first one’s free, so you see exactly what it’s worth; after that a flat $2,500/mo — a fraction of one analyst — cancel any month, full first-month money-back.

Start

A market map on your next brief — free.

Send us the sector. We’ll build one in 48 hours, so you see exactly what it’s worth before you pay a cent.

We take on only 3 new clients a month — and right now, having a custom AI system built and run for you is still an edge, not table stakes.