What a Matchmaker Costs in Boston (2026)

What do Boston matchmakers cost? It depends on whose figure you read and what that figure is counted in. Two firms print national ranges for what they sell, we print a starting fee, and none of the three is a Boston price.

Here is each figure with the page that prints it. Master Matchmakers' fees start at $3,500, and that number sits on our pricing page. We work nationwide from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and our Boston matchmaker service runs on the same fee scale, so I have no separate Boston price to quote you. What Boston changes is how a brief reads, and the brief is what sets the fee.

What Boston Matchmakers Cost, and Where Each Figure Is Printed

Each firm prints its number in its own unit, so the table keeps each firm's own noun.

Kelleher's homepage FAQ says, "This can range from $50,000 up to $500,000, with many factors determining this fee for service." It calls the purchase a membership, and adds: "Every membership includes a three-person team, relationship coaching, and a 1 to 2-year active search term."

Selective Search's FAQ says, "A retained search typically ranges from $50,000 to $500,000, depending on scope and criteria." It adds that highly complex searches may reach seven figures, and it describes its pricing as "Much like executive recruitment". If a team on a set term or a search on retainer is what you want to buy, those are the two pages to read.

You may want a Boston average. I cannot give you one. Those three figures come in three different units, so a number built from them would describe nobody's fee.

How a Boston Brief Turns Into a Fee

The Boston matchmaker cost you end up hearing comes from your brief. Our pricing page says "your fee reflects the scope of the work involved". Five things set the total:

• The number of introductions in your search, and how much coaching you want.
• How specific your criteria are.
• How open you are about who and where.
• Your marketability to the people you want to meet.
• Which matchmaker leads the search.

The same page shows both ends of its fee scale. At $3,500 it describes very open criteria and a client highly marketable to the people they want to meet, with a minimal number of Presentations and very few Matches. The far end is very strict criteria, a client who is a challenge to match, an abundance of Presentations and many Matches. So $3,500 is where the scale begins, and a demanding brief sits further along it.

Where the Search Runs

Openness is the lever Boston makes easiest to see: the more open you are about who and where you will be matched, the lower the fee. A search kept to Boston, Cambridge, Newton and Brookline is a different brief from one that also takes in the Route 128 towns, the North Shore, the South Shore or MetroWest. A client who will only meet someone along the Red Line has written a narrower brief still.

Who the Search Accepts

Boston's professional class sits in medicine, universities, biotech and finance, which makes it easy to ask for your own world. A Longwood physician who will only meet another physician has a narrower brief than one who will also meet someone from Kendall Square, Harvard, MIT, Fidelity or State Street. Neither brief is wrong. They ask for different amounts of work, and the work is what the fee reflects.

Before Anyone Sits Down on Newbury Street

Every candidate is identity-verified and background-checked before they are introduced to you. That means age, identity and photo verification, a criminal and public-record background check, and an interview. You then see photos and talk by phone before anyone meets, so there are no blind dates. By the time you sit down on Newbury Street or in the North End, you have already heard the person's voice.

What a Boston Fee Counts

A fee is only as clear as the thing it counts. Ours comes with two rules: a Presentation is not a Match, and a meeting that does not happen does not count against the contract. Our site also states what happens when we get a detail wrong: "If information we provide is found to be inaccurate we discount the match and try again."

None of that buys a result, and our own guarantee says so: "We cannot guarantee or promise a certain outcome or result from matchmaking or coaching." Any matchmaking contract deserves a slow read, so these are the terms of ours I would want a Boston client to see first.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average cost of a matchmaker in Boston?

I cannot give you a Boston average, because published figures come in different units and an average would describe nobody's fee. Master Matchmakers' fees start at $3,500 nationwide. Kelleher International's homepage FAQ and Selective Search's FAQ each state a range from $50,000 to $500,000, and neither range is a Boston quote.

Does Master Matchmakers charge more for a Boston search?

Our pricing page prints no separate Boston figure. Fees start at $3,500, the same starting fee used nationwide. Your total depends on your brief: how many introductions it includes, how much coaching you want, how specific your criteria are, how open you are, your marketability, and which matchmaker leads the search.

Does a search that reaches the North Shore or MetroWest lower the fee?

It can. The more open you are about who and where you will be matched, the lower the fee. A brief that takes in the North Shore, the South Shore or MetroWest is more open than one kept inside Boston and Cambridge. Your quote still depends on the whole brief.

How much does Kelleher International charge in Boston?

Kelleher's Boston city page shows no dollar figure as of November 2026. Its homepage FAQ states a range of $50,000 up to $500,000 for a membership, with many factors determining the fee. That range is stated generally, so ask Kelleher what would apply to a Boston search.

How long does a Boston matchmaking contract last?

Master Matchmakers has no fixed term and hold time is unlimited, as long as you check in at least once every six months. A Boston search can pause for travel, work or a promising relationship and pick up again, and unused matches can be transferred to a friend or family member.

Getting a Boston Number for Your Own Brief

The consultation is where a starting figure becomes your fee, so it helps to arrive with the brief thought through. Decide how far past Boston and Cambridge you will go, whether the person has to come from your field, and how much coaching you want. Those answers are what the quote gets built on.

Whichever firm you call, ask first what its figure is counted in: a membership term, a retained search, a number of Presentations or Matches.