Executive Recruiter News (ERN) currently rates the firm as the 10th largest global executive search firm.

[1] The firm is organized in partner offices by market expertise, business function and geographic location.

[2][3][4] Transearch International was founded on the April 2, 1982. with 6 offices and 20 consultants.

The network quickly grew to 25 offices in 1989 and in 1990 was ranked as the 10th largest executive search firm (in terms of revenue) globally by the Executive Recruiter News (ERN).

When the dot com bubble burst in 2001, most executive search firms faced a decline in demand for executive search services which lasted until about 2003-2004 (depending on the location and the sector of specialisation).