Selective Search

Chicago, United States

5

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+1 312-396-1200
Website:
selectivesearch.com
Address:
35 E Wacker Dr Ste 1920, Chicago, IL, 60601
b/t Wabash Ave & Lower Wacker Dr
The Loop
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
290 ftState & Wacker
460 ftState/Lake
470 ftState & Lake
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Local time (Chicago) 19:34 Sunday, 25 May 2025

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Monday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuesday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday –
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Founded in 2000, Selective Search is North America’s leading luxury matchmaking firm, offering the largest proprietary network of beautiful, quality Affiliates. Our staff of seasoned professionals, uses Fortune 500 executive recruitment techniques to help commitment-​minded men and women in metropolitan areas and more remote locales find the love of their lives. Through our proven Meet Your Future® process, we filter potential candidates, handpicking those individuals who best meet your exact criteria. And most importantly, it works. Eighty-​seven percent of our Clients find love.

History

Established in 2000.

As North America’s leading boutique matchmaking firm since 2000, we have the highest success rate in the industry at 87%. To date, we are responsible for over 1,500 marriages (and counting), 500 babies, not to mention the 2,902 couples who are engaged or living together. Over the years we have learned that success means different things to our Clients and Affiliates. Additionally, 34% of our Clients find love with their first date, and 48% of them find love within four dates. Selective Search also has a Better Business Bureau rating of A+.

We developed and own exclusive rights to our proven Meet Your Future® process, which combines executive recruiting methodologies with traditional matchmaking intuition. We have also built an extensive proprietary network of over 200,000 beautiful, quality Affiliates across North America and abroad. We only work with individuals who are high-​caliber and commitment-​minded. Unlike other companies, Selective Search believes in face-​to-​face communication

Meet the Business Owner

Barbie A.

Business Owner

Barbie Adler left a successful career as an executive recruiter to launch Selective Search, combining her experience recruiting top talent with her passion for helping extraordinary people find love.

Barbie is a national expert on dating and relationships. In addition to consulting on national dating-​related television programs, Barbie has appeared in Forbes, Fortune, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and CNN. She is also an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award nominee and a Board Member of the Starlight Children’s Foundation, and the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO), a global peer-​to-​peer organization.

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6 reviews of Selective Search

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Place rating: 5
Chesterfield, Saint Louis, MO
After coming across an article about Selective Search I decided to check it out. I filled out their online application and was contacted about 2 months later. I met with Eileen for an interview. She was wonderful and a complete professional. Soon after I had my first date, then several months later another date. While neither of the men where «the one» for me, they were both complete gentleman and all around great guys, successful, attractive and relationship minded. Eileen was amazing during the whole process and was very attentive.
Selective Search is a great company, upscale and professional. I highly recommend them!
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
My experience with Selective Search has been amazing! I submitted my online registration and was then contacted by one of the matchmakers, Alina, who requested an in person meeting. When I met Alina, she instantly made me feel comfortable. Alina is a friendly, outgoing person and it’s evident that she is very passionate about being a matchmaker! I loved that she took the time to really get to know me and find out what I was looking for in a partner. The interview process is thorough so the matchmakers can find the perfect person for you. Shortly after our meeting, Alina contacted me and let me know that she had a potential match. She personally told me about him, answered my questions and then sent me the information/​pictures of the match. The bachelor is well educated, successful, kind, attractive and respectful. I could have never met someone like him on my own and I’m looking forward to exploring a possible relationship with him. I am very appreciative of Selective Search, Alina in particular, for matching me with such a wonderful man. I have mentioned my experience to friends and I highly recommend Selective Search to anyone who is looking for a high quality commitment minded man. If you are tired of searching for the perfect mate, let Selective Search do all of the work for you… I think you’ll love the process and the results!
Thank you Selective Search!
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
On the cusp of turning 40, I realized I had aged out of commitment minded men on the single scene (I’m sure there are exceptions). Several of my girlfriends recommended Selective Search. One friend told me specifically, while she didn’t find «magic» with the men she dated through the agency, she met well-​educated, interesting, successful men who take dating seriously. I also initially had some reservation that if these men were so eligible, why did they need Selective Search? Unprovoked, my match maker had told me that her clients were busy, successful people who didn’t have time for the single life. Thanks to their support and a leap of faith, I met my wonderful, doting husband. Some reviews mention that they waiting/didn’t hear anything… and I agree. I submitted my application and happily didn’t hear anything for months, until they found my match. Thanks Eileen and Selective Search!
Place rating: 5
Lake in the Hills, IL
Selective Search changed my life!
I think that to find love and the right relationships you have to be proactive in life and that’s why I chose to join Selective Search.
I submitted my profile and 6 months later I was contacted to let me know there was a potential match for me. The wait for me seemed like it was long, but worth it!
There clients are very well selected and with high profiles so you can’t expect massive amounts of guys waiting to be matched! (e.g. online dating)
I was called for an interview at Selective Search’s headquarters on Wacker Drive, Eileen my matchmaker was very professional and focused on getting to know me, my personality, my hobbies, my professional life and my likes and dislikes.
After this they called me regarding their client, and that same week I had my first of many dates with him… and that was over FOUR YEARS AGO!
I thought fairy tales were only found in books and dreams, I can’t imagine my life without my prince charming, he is everything I always looked for and more!
I would never have been able to meet him if it is not for Selective Search.
Place rating: 5
Chicago, IL
In my experience Selective Search is the best way to meet eligible, commitment-​minded, partners in search of more permanent /​serious relationships. The match makers at Selective are friendly, warm, welcoming, and really make you feel that your personal happiness is of the utmost priority. Their vetting process is thorough which ensures that you will be matched with your most compatible suitor. This allows you to meet people with congruent long-​term goals and you can begin the relationship with more clarity, presence and ease of mind. All of the lovely gents I met through Selective were intelligent, respectful, kind, and fun! I am still very thankful to Barbie and all of her lovely staff for all of their efforts and would recommend Selective to anyone that is truly committed to finding their soul mate, life partner, or spouse.
Place rating: 5
Houston, TX
The team at Selective Search is committed to making the perfect match. I skeptically joined after reading the advertisement in Sky Magazine. It is difficult to meet and connect with like– minded men looking for a monogamous relationship in a world of speed– dating, online dating, dating apps, etc. The Selective Search team screens very thoroughly… men AND women! I had an in– person interview with the matchmaker (she took photos and also verified my identity). That ensures everyone is being honest– unlike my experience with online dating…
The screening was successful because I was introduced to an incredible man who I would have otherwise never met. That introduction blossomed into an amazing long term committed relationship. Job relocations and long distance inevitably resulted in the end of our romantic relationship. However, we will always be close friends and we owe that to Selective Search.
As I celebrate a year in a new city, as a single executive, I would have no hesitation in meeting a man that the Selective Search team considers an ideal match for me!