This page lists 96 named fractional COOs. You find one by reading who they serve, shortlisting a few, and opening their practice site. Listed Fractional does not match, rank, or sell quotes. The work of choosing stays with you.
A fractional COO runs the operating seat part-time: cadence, accountability, hiring plans, and the handoffs that stop breaking. They sit inside the company. A coach or advisor sits outside it. An EOS Integrator runs that same week inside EOS vocabulary. A full-time COO is the same seat at a full-time cost. Founders hire fractional when every decision still lands on their desk. Longer split: Fractional COO vs EOS Integrator.
96 rows. On the COO who-they-serve lines, 9 name agencies and 23 name a client size. The agency set is also published as Fractional COOs for agencies (9 of 96). One line reads "operator seat, not a coach." A search for fractional COO companies is a list of named operators with a practice URL. A practice is a company. The row is a person. This is not a ranked companies list.
A to Z is not rank. Unclaimed rows show five facts only: name, seat, practice URL, geo, and who they serve. Filter chips are a text match on the published line, not a second ranking. Shortlist two or three in this browser, then open each practice site.
No photos, email, phone, or biographies until an operator claims the row. A claim does not reorder the list. Claim and takedown have equal standing. Claim · Takedown.
If the who-they-serve sentence describes your company, open the site. If it does not, skip the row.
What is a fractional COO?
A fractional COO runs the operating side of a company part-time: the weekly meeting rhythm, the processes, the people who keep delivery moving, and the follow-through on what the leadership team decided. They work inside the company, in the seat, for a set number of days a month. Founders bring one in when the business has outgrown "the founder decides everything" but isn't ready for a full-time COO. In companies that run on EOS, the same seat is called the Integrator. Those operators are listed separately on /integrator.
What they usually own
The leadership team's weekly meeting and scorecard
Turning goals into quarterly priorities with an owner each
Processes, handoffs and the operating calendar
Hiring and managing the operations team
Breaking ties so the founder doesn't have to
What they usually don't do
Set company vision (that stays with the founder or CEO)
$1M–$5M service-business founders whose own operating model is now the ceiling — embedded fractional COO installing founder-dependency fixes in ~90 days
Owners who need operations leadership without a full-time COO — weekly/twice-monthly embedded operator for rhythm, unblock work, process, hiring, and handoff
Founders and COOs at multi-site, field and fulfillment businesses who've become the bottleneck, a fractional COO who builds documented operations the team keeps running after he steps back.
0 of 96 COOs match. Loosen one filter or. Counts on each chip are for the whole seat.
0 of 96 COOs on your shortlist. Select Shortlist on any row to start one. It stays in this browser.
Before you reach out
On the practice site, check whether they sit in the seat or advise from outside it. "Embedded" and "operator seat" mean inside. "Coach" and "advisor" mean outside. Both are real jobs; only one is a COO.
Read the "who they serve" line for size. Rows here quote bands like "$1–10M" and small headcounts. A COO built for 150 people will over-engineer a company of 12.
Questions founders ask before hiring this seat
What is a fractional COO?
A fractional COO runs the operating seat part-time: meeting rhythm, processes, delivery handoffs, and follow-through on leadership decisions. They work inside the company for a set number of days a month. In companies that run on EOS, the same seat is often called the Integrator; those rows live on /integrator.
What does a fractional COO do for an agency?
They run the operating rhythm: the weekly leadership meeting, the scorecard, the delivery process, the hiring plan, and the client handoffs that keep leaking margin. The founder goes back to selling and vision. 9 of 96 lines name agencies outright. Read the "who they serve" line to find the ones written for you.
Fractional COO vs EOS Integrator: same job?
Close cousins. Both run the company day to day so the founder does not have to. An Integrator does it inside EOS, with the Visionary, Level 10, Scorecard, and Rocks vocabulary. A COO does it in whatever system you run. One operator, Kyle Spinks, is listed on both pages because his practice sells both paths. If you run EOS, start with the Integrators. Longer split: /compare/fractional-coo-vs-eos-integrator.
How is this list sourced?
Every listing starts at the operator's own site. We record five facts. If a fact is wrong, the takedown page fixes it. How every listing is sourced: /about#method.
Which COO listings are claimed?
2 of 96 COO listings are claimed; 94 remain unclaimed. Across the site, 9 of 630 listings are claimed; 621 remain unclaimed. Until verified, the listing shows five facts collected from the operator's public site. When an operator claims a listing, the label changes to Claimed with the month. The row does not move.
Is this a list of the "best" fractional COO companies?
No. Rows are alphabetical. Position is not rank. A companies query here is a named operator plus a practice URL, not a ranked companies list.
Fractional COO vs a full-time COO: which one is this?
This page lists fractional COOs: the same seat, a set number of days a month. A full-time hire is a different job. SuperHired appears on this site only as a labeled house ad for that different job. It does not place the COOs listed here.
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