Temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) were carried out to obtain the heat of adsorption for $H_2S$ and thiophene on sulfided Mo/C, Co/C and Co-Mo/C catalysts. It was found for carbon-supported Co-Mo catalysts that the heat of adsorption is ranged from 7 Kcal/mole to 11 Kcal/mole for thiophene and from 8 Kcal/mole to 31 Kcal/mole for $H_2S$. The hydrodesulfurization activity of sulfided d samples was well correlated with the difference in heat of adsorption between thiophene and $H_2S$. The number of active sites of Co-Mo-C catalysts does not seem to increase with cobalt loading.