Dating coaches for matchmaking
Compare 59 dating coaches who focus on matchmaking. Besides matchmaking, the most common focus areas are dating for men, online dating and apps, dating for women and couples and marriage. They most often work with men, women and professionals. Most charge $88 to $165 per hour or session.
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Beau Brummell Introductions
Beau Brummell Introductions is a matchmaking agency for gay men who want a long-term relationship. It was founded by Vinko Anthony and Andrea Zaza, who are partners in life and business. The head office is in Sydney. The agency also works in other Australian capitals, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, London and several US cities. It has matched men for over fourteen years. Every client is met in person, and matches come from a private database.
Blaine Anderson
Blaine Anderson is a matchmaker and dating coach who helps men find girlfriends. He started Dating By Blaine in 2020 and has worked with more than 7,000 clients. He offers one-on-one matchmaking and coaching, both online and in person. He appeared on Shark Tank in Season 15, where Mark Cuban offered him a deal. He also has a YouTube channel with 137K subscribers and more than 1 million followers across social media.
Francesca Hogi
Francesca Hogi is a love and life coach in New York who helps people find lasting romantic connection. She started as a matchmaker, then became a coach, advisor and author. She wrote How to Find True Love and gave two TED talks that drew 2.2M views. She built the Franny app, which maps how each person is wired for love using her Core Love Codes framework. She also does connection strategy for brands.
Gillian McCallum
Gillian McCallum is a London matchmaker who connects singles with partners who fit them. She started as a headhunter for the C suites of global corporations. She then moved into matchmaking at Drawing Down the Moon, the UK's original matchmaking agency. She now runs the coParenting Agency, a global firm that matches people who want to have a child together. She has twice been named Best Matchmaker at the iDate Awards and hosts the podcast Love is Not a List.
Holly McCusker
Holly McCusker is a relationship and emotional intelligence coach who helps ambitious professionals understand the patterns behind how they date and connect. She focuses on attachment, nervous system responses, and partner selection. Before starting her private practice, she worked at Tawkify, the largest matchmaking agency in the US, as a matchmaker and coach. She also led the build of Tawkify's internal coaching program. She created the 5R Breakup Recovery Method and the 5P Conscious Masculinity Framework.
James Preece
James Preece is a dating coach in the UK who helps single men and women find lasting relationships. He has worked as a dating expert for 21 years. He has written 15 books on dating, confidence and attraction. He also coaches for dating agencies and online dating companies. He hosts a weekly dating podcast and runs singles events, speed dating nights and seminars across the UK. Men and women get different, tailored coaching approaches.
Jasbina Ahluwalia
Jasbina Ahluwalia is a matchmaker and relationship coach who helps accomplished singles find a life partner. She runs Intersections Match and has a special focus on South Asian matchmaking. She spent nearly two decades in this work. Before that, she was a lawyer in San Francisco and Chicago. She works with men and women across the U.S. and in other countries.
Julie Ferman
Julie Ferman is a matchmaker and dating coach who helps relationship-minded single men and women find partners. She launched her agency in Westlake Village, California in 2001. She has privately registered more than 40,000 singles and is credited with over 1,500 couples. She serves clients in Los Angeles, Denver and Santa Fe. She also runs a 30-day virtual boot camp for people who want to build their dating skills first.
Katy Clark
Katy Clark is a matchmaker and dating coach who helps successful singles find a partner and date with more confidence. She spent 10 years matching exclusive clients at Cinqe Matchmaking before starting Dating with Katy. She keeps a personal network of tens of thousands of singles. Her work blends dating strategy with fashion and wellness. She has also been a featured trainer in SHAPE Magazine and ran a restaurant in China.
Kimmy Seltzer
Kimmy Seltzer is a dating and confidence coach for singles in Los Angeles. She is a former therapist who also works as a style coach and matchmaker. She helps high-achieving singles and later-life daters stop overthinking and feel sure of themselves in real-world settings. She has been on Inside Edition, ABC7 in Los Angeles and The Tamron Hall Show, and she runs a retreat for women and men who are dating again in their second act.
Lily Womble
Lily Womble is a feminist dating coach who helps late bloomers build a confident dating life. She is a former top matchmaker and runs Date Brazen. She has helped over 400 late bloomers move past shame and self-doubt. She hosts a podcast, wrote the book Thank You, More Please, and leads group programs that last 6 and 12 months.
May Hui
She introduces single men to vetted Asian women who want a serious relationship. She has matched people since 2009 and has over 17 years of experience. Her team has set up 5,061 first dates. She picks matches by hand instead of using algorithms, and she works with a partner network of 300+ singles.
Nelly Sudri
Nelly Sudri is a matchmaker and dating coach who works with high-value men and women. She left a sales manager job at a Fortune 500 CPG company in 2020 to coach full time. She is Head Matchmaker for the dating app Blush and hosts the High Value Dating podcast. She appeared on Roku's Match Me In Miami in 2023. Her clients include celebrities, c-suite executives and high-net worth people.
Rachel Greenwald
Rachel Greenwald is a matchmaker and dating coach who works with private clients across the United States and internationally. She is the CEO of Greenwald Executive Matchmaking and an author. She counts 908 marriages from her private clients and from readers of her books who sent her wedding photos. She has appeared on CNN, The Today Show, ABC Nightline and CBS Mornings. She offers matchmaking, coaching and strategy consultations.
Sarah Louise Ryan
Sarah Louise Ryan is a London based dating and relationship expert, psychotherapist and professional international matchmaker. She helps singles find love and helps couples rebuild their bond. She has worked in the dating space since 2011. She founded The Love Collective Global and is founding director of Tailor Matched matchmaking. She also consults for Match Group and appears on the BBC each week to talk about love and dating.
Shannon Lundgren
Shannon Lundgren is a San Francisco Bay Area matchmaker who helps high-achieving, highly educated singles find a long term partner. She runs Shannon's Circle, a boutique matchmaking firm. She graduated from Harvard Business School and began her career working for Warren Buffett. She spent decades in corporate life before moving into matchmaking. She draws on a network of over 8,000 single people in the Bay Area.
Sophia Spallino
Sophia Spallino is a matchmaker and dating coach for lesbian and queer women. She runs Queer Women Rising and hosts a podcast by the same name. She founded The Queer Country Club, a dating platform for monogamous lesbian and queer women. She has worked in this field for five years. She offers private matchmaking, coaching sessions, and hosted in-person gatherings for single women. She is also a harpist who writes spiritual harp music.
Amari Ice
Amari Ice is a gay dating coach who helps gay professionals build the skills to find lasting love. Amari is also a matchmaker, a hypnotherapist and a best-selling author. Coaching covers dating skills, self-sabotage patterns and romantic magnetism. Work starts with a one-on-one Dating Analysis and is built around the Romantic Mastery Method.
Maria Avgitidis
Maria Avgitidis is a matchmaker and dating coach who helps singles find lasting relationships. She is a fourth-generation matchmaker and the CEO of Agape Match in New York. She also hosts the Ask a Matchmaker podcast. Her team learns each client's values, communication style, lifestyle and relationship patterns. Then the team vets and selects matches from a curated community. Agape Match also offers date coaching and online dating management.
Renee Richel
Renee Richel is a Christian matchmaker and relationship coach who helps faith-minded singles find a lasting partner. She founded 1 True Match in 2010. The service works with clients around the world. Her team hand-picks each match and builds introductions around faith, values and compatibility. They keep supporting clients after a match is made. The practice also serves busy professionals who do not want to rely on dating apps.
Lunch Actually
Lunch Actually is a dating agency in Singapore that offers dating and relationship coaching for singles and couples. Its coaches build tailored programs for each client. The programs draw on more than 150,000 first dates the agency has arranged, plus surveys on how singles and couples behave and academic papers. Clients can also get image coaching that covers style, wardrobe and personal branding.
Rachel Burnham
Rachel Burnham is a shidduch dating coach who helps marriage minded singles in the Orthodox and frum world. She also guides parents and friends who support singles. Rachel dated for 14 years, with hundreds of men and thousands of dates. She uses that experience to help clients with dating profiles, choosing dates, date prep, and the later stages of a relationship. Her aim is to give clients useful tips within one session.
Jack Cohen
Jack Cohen is a dating and marriage coach and Jewish matchmaker based in New York. He works with singles who want to date well and with couples who want a stronger marriage. He is an orthopaedic surgeon by profession and a student of Rabbi Avigdor Miller. He has spent over 20 years helping people with relationships. His work has been seen on the Netflix series Jewish Matchmaking.
Mia
Mia is a matchmaker and dating and relationship coach in Dubai who runs Find Your Swan. She helps high-achieving professionals find a lasting partner. She has lived in Dubai for over nine years and knows its dating scene well. Her business has matched 200+ couples and coached 150+ clients. Her database has 1000+ members. She offers private matchmaking, date coaching, dating profile makeovers, and events.
Rachel Russo
Rachel Russo is a dating and relationship coach and matchmaker based in New York. She helps men and women find and keep a compatible partner. She has worked in dating and matchmaking for more than two decades. She is also an image consultant, author and speaker. Clients can choose coaching, matchmaking, or both. She keeps a confidential database of members and clients who want a relationship, and she starts with a conversation to build a profile of each person's best match.
Zaid and Hiba
Zaid and Hiba run Halal Match, a matchmaking service for single Muslims in the West. They started it after they married, drawing on their own paths to marriage. Zaid searched for nearly nine years and faced many rejections. They interviewed singles for several years before starting their podcast, Diary of a Matchmaker. The show has 99 episodes and covers matchmaking and topics like nikah contracts and marriage myths.
Alex Mellor-Brook
Alex Mellor-Brook is a dating and relationship coach who works with singles, people in new relationships, and couples. He runs Select Personal Introductions, an offline dating agency in North West England that also offers coaching. He is an NLP practitioner and a certified matchmaker. He is Vice Chair of the ABIA, the dating industry trade body. His career in dating and relationships spans decades.
Amy Van Doran
Amy Van Doran is a matchmaker and love coach who founded Modern Love Club, a boutique matchmaking agency. She has interviewed over 20,000 people about their love lives and studies love and romance as a dating anthropologist. Her team offers curated introductions and personal guidance to help clients find lasting partnership. The team serves New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Mexico City, and Europe. The agency takes on a select number of clients at a time.
Bela Gandhi
Bela Gandhi is a dating coach who leads Smart Dating Academy in Chicago. The academy helps accomplished women find lasting love through one-on-one coaching. It calls its coaches love strategists. They guide clients on dating mindset, online dating, and checking that a relationship is a good fit. The company has run for 15 years, and Bela has appeared on Today, ABC, Fox News, CNN and NBC.
Carey Gaynes
Carey Gaynes is a dating and relationship coach in Chicago. She helps people handle the dating world, understand the people they want to attract, and build inner confidence. Carey worked as a matchmaker for many years before coaching. She also created Coffee with Carey, a YouTube dating show that began with women over 50 in mind. She works with private clients across the country, from New York to L.A.
Dubai Matchmaker
Dubai Matchmaker is a matchmaking and date coaching practice in Dubai, UAE. It helps people who are newly single or feel pressure to find a partner. Coaching covers blind spots, triggers, boundaries and dating anxiety. The practice also offers a VIP international membership with Carmelia Ray Matchmaking. That service serves CEOs, entrepreneurs, athletes and public figures. It includes dating profile redesign, photoshoots and a dating concierge.
Eddie Hernandez
Eddie Hernandez is a dating coach in San Francisco who works with men and women looking for relationships. He also serves the Bay Area and Silicon Valley, including introverts and engineers. He combines coaching with photography. He has over a decade of experience as an online dating photographer and takes natural, candid photos with a phone at custom locations like cafes, bars and art openings. He also reviews profiles on apps like Hinge and Bumble.
Gina Hendrix
She has matched people since 2008. Much of her work is for high-net-worth and high-profile men, and she also works with women who want to meet someone. She serves clients in Los Angeles and across the country. In 2012 she founded Models n' Mutts, a group of models who help animals in need.
Hytch
Hytch is a matchmaking agency in Australia that also offers dating and relationship coaching. Amanda leads the coaching. The agency serves singles in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Coaching covers building self-confidence, attracting the right people and making sense of past and current relationships. Hytch also offers matchmaking for men, women and LGBTI+ clients, so coaching and introductions can work together. Clients start with a free 15 minute phone call.
Jean-eva Dickie
Jean-eva Dickie is a dating coach and matchmaker in Canada who works with single men and women. She began by introducing singles to each other. She soon saw that an introduction is not enough, because mental blocks often hold people back. She now coaches on mindset in dating. She also hosts The Book of Love podcast, which passed 100 episodes in January 2024, and she works with a small team that includes a matchmaker and an event coordinator.
Kelleher International
Kelleher International is a matchmaking firm that also offers dating coaching. It serves accomplished singles who want private, high-end matchmaking. The firm has worked since 1986 and has teams in 20 cities, including San Francisco, New York, London and Toronto. Each member gets a team of three matchmakers: A market director, a relationship manager and a network developer. Members can add More Than A Match coaching, which covers how they present themselves and build connection.
Maclynn International
Maclynn International is a matchmaking agency that also offers date coaching and relationship coaching. It began in 2011 and was formerly called Vida Consultancy. The agency has offices in London, New York City, California and New Jersey. Its matchmakers pick singles by hand to fit each client's requirements. A team of 150 ambassadors helps find matches in cities across Europe and around the world, for local or international searches.
Monica Marie Braun
Monica Marie Braun is a Christian dating coach who helps single men and women date with purpose and faith. She created the Intentional Dating & Discernment Method, a framework based on Catholic teaching and Ignatian spirituality. She offers coaching, matchmaking and events for Catholic singles. She has also published books and a set of discernment cards.
Tawkify
Tawkify is a matchmaking service for singles who want a serious relationship. Each client meets one-on-one with a personal matchmaker. The matchmaker picks matches based on the client's values and preferences, not just profile stats. Tawkify plans the date for each match and collects feedback after every date. Every match gets a criminal record check and a video screening. The service reports 200,000 successful connections.
Toi & Moi Matchmaking and Dating Coach
Toi & Moi is a boutique matchmaking and dating coaching service in New York City. It helps successful, busy professionals who want a deep and compatible partnership. The team blends matchmaking with coaching and draws on psychology, attachment theory and communication science. Clients can also join group coaching and community events. New clients can book a free 20-minute discovery call and join the matchmaking database of singles.
Anika Rashaun
Anika Rashaun is a professional matchmaker and dating coach who runs AskAnika. She helps men and women with online dating, first dates, and relationship problems. She offers a service where she manages your dating profiles, swipes for you, starts chats, and sets up dates. She also runs mock dates with feedback on conversation and body language. New clients start with a free 20 minute consult call.
Bari Lyman
Bari Lyman is a dating coach and the founder of Meet To Marry. She helps women and men from 30 to 70, including LGBTQ clients, find a partner they can marry. She teaches the Meet to Marry Method, a step-by-step plan for dating with a clear goal. Clients only date real matches. She works from Florida and offers a free video training on getting unstuck in love.
Caryn Davis
Caryn Davis is a certified matchmaker and date coach who helps busy professionals find a quality match that can lead to a long-term relationship. She runs Exquisite Elite Matchmaking, where men contact the team directly and women join a matchmaking database. She also offers individual date coaching for men and women who want help with modern dating. She hosts a podcast about dating.
Chava Shaulov
Chava Shaulov is a professional matchmaker who works with Jewish singles. She co-hosts the podcast Have We Got A Match For You with Jason Wasser, a licensed marriage and family therapist. Their episodes cover communication, dating, commitment, love, sex, breakups and divorce. The show has run since 2020. Some episodes feature expert guests, and some are Q and A sessions where listeners join the live recording.
Dream Match Services
Dream Match Services is a Singapore practice that offers one-on-one dating coaching for men. The coaching builds confidence, communication and a personal dating plan. It does not use pickup lines or tricks. The team also runs matchmaking services and hosts singles events, so the coaching draws on what they see in real relationships. Sessions are shaped around Singapore dating culture and each client's goals.
Laura Bilotta
Laura Bilotta is a dating coach with Single in the City, a Toronto company that runs singles events and matchmaking. She offers personalized coaching packages for people who struggle with dating and want lasting love. The company hosts speed dating nights and singles events in Toronto, Kitchener, Woodbridge, Milton, Burlington and Oakville. It also offers matchmaking for professional singles in Toronto, across Canada and internationally.
Lauren Sanders
Lauren Sanders is a matchmaker and dating coach who helps professional singles find a partner. She runs The Love Crush Agency, a boutique matchmaking service that works with clients across the United States. Clients get vetting, character checks, formal video interviews and personality assessments. A personal dating concierge also plans dates, from fine dining to activity dates. The agency also offers dating coaching and speed dating events, with specialty tracks for different age groups and backgrounds.
Lemarc Thomas
Lemarc Thomas is a matchmaker and dating coach in Stockholm, Sweden. He runs The Matchmaking Agency, which helps single people find a lasting partner. The agency mixes matchmaking with a science-based approach to love. Clients come from many countries, including Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Spain. The agency also offers dating and relationship coaching and an online course. A free matchmaking consultation is the first step for new clients.
Michelle Jacoby
Michelle Jacoby is a matchmaker and dating coach who helps commitment-minded singles in the Washington, DC area. She runs DC Matchmaking, a small boutique company that serves singles in DC, Maryland and Virginia. Clients get a one-on-one relationship with their matchmaker. As a coach, she builds a custom dating action plan for each client and works with them at every step toward a lasting relationship.
Mirabela Executive Dating
Mirabela Executive Dating is a matchmaking firm and date coaching service in Australia. It helps men and women improve their dating skills and find a partner. The team serves Sydney, Gold Coast and Melbourne. Coaches join clients on real dates and give live guidance on body language and conversation. After each outing, clients get feedback. The firm also offers personal styling and professional photography alongside coaching.
Miriam Zeitlin
Miriam Zeitlin is a dating coach for people in shidduch dating and for those dating again after divorce. She works with first-time daters and second-time daters. Miriam began her career as a shadchan, making introductions between singles. She saw that daters needed more help between the first introduction and the chuppah, so she moved into coaching. Her work centers on trust in your own judgment, communication skills and finding the patterns that keep daters stuck.
Olga Okunyeva
Olga Okunyeva is a dating and relationship coach and certified matchmaker based in Ukraine. She helps singles and people who struggle in relationships. She comes from a marketing background and runs her own matchmaking agency, Gaisteris. She has worked with people in scientific, academic, corporate, IT and creative fields, and she uses that experience to understand who people want to meet. Her sessions cover everything from a client's life story to dating profiles and self-presentation on dates.
Suzanna Mathews
Suzanna Mathews is a relationship coach in Wichita, Kansas. She helps professional, growth-minded singles, both men and women, find love and social connection. She also lists life coaching and business coaching. Her training includes NLP Comprehensive, and she has a link to the Matchmaker's Alliance. She writes articles on first date manners, including how to use them in digital dating, and on finding love in a smaller city.
Three Day Rule
Three Day Rule is a matchmaking company that pairs singles with a personal matchmaker and a dating coach. The team screens matches based on goals, values and lifestyle. Matchmakers also look for singles in person, in places like yoga classes, on Instagram and at cocktail parties. Clients work with dating coaches to get date ready. The company serves singles in cities across the United States, including Austin, Chicago, New York and Seattle.
Manchester Matchmaking
Manchester Matchmaking is a matchmaking and dating coaching practice for singles in Manchester, UK. The team helps clients find lasting relationships through one-on-one coaching and professional matchmaking. Every client starts with a Self Discovery session that reviews past relationships, finances, health, emotional readiness and what they want in a partner. The coaching that follows is built from that review. The practice also draws on a local pool of vetted Manchester singles for matchmaking.
Janine Gauntt
Janine Gauntt is a Boxborough, Massachusetts dating coach who helps singles find long-term love. She started out matchmaking for friends and prefers coaching because clients choose their own match.
Chris Gillis
Chris Gillis is a dating coach for men in Los Angeles. He runs Consultant Chris and helps men build confidence, emotional intelligence and honest communication so they can meet and connect with women. His coaching includes live role-playing sessions where clients practice approaching women and handling social situations. He also offers matchmaking and a free consultation call for new clients.
RizzWizz Toronto
RizzWizz Toronto is a dating coaching and matchmaking practice for men of every age in Toronto. It teaches confidence, conversation and presence, and it hosts singles events across the GTA. Clients get private weekly 1:1 coaching and in-field practice days where they talk with real women in cafés, lounges and galleries. The practice also runs a style and presence audit and a dedicated track for men dating after divorce. Events are held in Toronto, Markham and beyond.
Tammy Shaklee
Tammy Shaklee runs H4M Matchmaking, a private matchmaking service for single gay and lesbian professionals who want long-term relationships. The service is offline and personal, so clients do not use apps. H4M gets to know each client in an interview and vets every potential match. It introduces clients to singles who share their interests, standards and lifestyle. Clients can be based anywhere in the United States.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Beau Brummell Introductions | Matchmaking and LGBTQ dating | $80 to $130 an hour |
| Blaine Anderson | Dating for men and Online dating and apps | $80 to $250 an hour |
| Francesca Hogi | Dating for women and Matchmaking | $115 to $210 an hour |
| Gillian McCallum | Matchmaking | $85 to $150 an hour |
| Holly McCusker | Attachment styles and Breakups and heartbreak | $90 to $230 an hour |
| James Preece | Dating for men and Dating for women | $80 to $250 an hour |
| Jasbina Ahluwalia | Matchmaking and Dating for men | $80 to $140 an hour |
| Julie Ferman | Matchmaking and Texting and first dates | $80 to $130 an hour |
| Katy Clark | Matchmaking and Texting and first dates | $110 to $250 an hour |
| Kimmy Seltzer | Online dating and apps and Dating over 40 | $100 to $225 an hour |
| Lily Womble | Dating for women and Matchmaking | $100 to $225 an hour |
| May Hui | Dating for men and Matchmaking | $100 to $175 an hour |
| Nelly Sudri | Dating for men and Dating for women | $80 to $250 an hour |
| Rachel Greenwald | Matchmaking and Couples and marriage | $100 to $180 an hour |
| Sarah Louise Ryan | Matchmaking and Couples and marriage | $100 to $170 an hour |
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Last updated September 2026.