What Sites Do We Cover?

Spokeo is one of the earliest pioneers of the people search industry. Founded in 2006, Spokeo has been aggregating public information using their deep crawler technology for nearly two decades.

Founded in 1997, WhitePages is the largest and most well-known online people search website with personal contact details for over 90% of the U.S population. They also provide background screening services through SmartCheck. This company historically has made it very difficult or next to impossible for people to opt-out of having their information shared. 

PeopleFinders operates multiple people search websites and is a well-known data broker specializing in selling consumer contact information for sales outreach. Their current database covers 95% of the U.S population and is built from over 6,000 different data sources. PeopleFinders also owns FastPeopleSearch.com, TruePeopleSearch.com, Enformion.com, and PeopleDataAPI.com. This conglomerate is popular among real estate wholesalers, agents, collections agencies, or solar sales reps trying to sell you something.

FastPeopleSearch has become one of the fastest-growing free people search websites on the internet with over 1 million monthly website visitors. What sets this website apart and often of concern is that there is no barrier to signing up. Since it is free, anyone can find a person's address, phone number, email address, and date of birth. Additionally, this website is owned by the data conglomerate PeopleFinders and monetizes its website through ads and by directing website traffic to its paid affiliate sites.

YellowPages has been synonymous with people-search since the beginning and was one of the first companies to bring phone books online. While they still have a people search side to their business, most of their growth has been through their business finder, which helps consumers find local businesses quickly.

This is the ancestral people search conglomerate. Ancestry owns Archives, Genealogy.com, and other satellite sites. There have been many ethical questions over the past few years as it relates to the use of ancestral DNA being used by law enforcement. It is believed that 60% of the U.S population can now be traced by ancestral DNA even if they have not opted in.

TruePeopleSearch is owned by PeopleFinders and is the sibling of FastPeopleSearch. They are known for their robust free people search site that exposes many intimate details on individuals with a few mouse clicks. 

USATrace is one of the few people search companies that accept social security numbers to start a search. This website is known for criminal record searches and marriage/divorce searches. If someone is trying to find a past criminal record for you or anything related to a birth or divorce, this could be the website they would use. 

Founded in 2007, TheLifetimeValue Company is a people search conglomerate that owns and operates many well-known people search websites, including BeenVerified.com, TruthFinder.com, PeopleLooker.com, Bumper.com, NeighborWho.com, Ownerly.com, PeopleSmart.com, and NumberGuru.com.

Nuwber is one of the smaller to medium-sized people search sites. Their website is mainly used by people while trying to find contact details for another person.

Founded in 2003, Intelius helped pioneer and has become one of the leaders in the people search space. Finding early success with their people search website, they promptly started acquiring other smaller websites such as ZabaSearch and PeopleConnect. They also branched off and became a provider of criminal background reports.

As the original free people search site, ThatsThem was the first to monetize its website traffic through ads versus having people pay for reports. ThatsThem set itself apart by providing reverse VIN lookups which allow people to search by VIN and get back their name, address, and phone number

This particular website is not only a familial people search site, but they also offer ancestral DNA tracing. Archives was acquired by Ancestry in 2012, and since then, there has been a lot of controversy around their terms of service, specifically relating to their ancestry DNA tracing. Over the past ten years, this has started to come to light as more criminals are being traced and arrested through ancestral DNA tracing. It has been estimated that 60% of individuals in the United States could be linked through their ancestral DNA even if they did not provide it.

USPhoneBook is primarily used to run reverse phone number searches. They provide the name and state associated with the phone number for free, but if you want the address, you will have to pay. If someone was trying to find your location based on your current or old phone number, this website is one they could find it with.

ZabaSearch is a people search website that acts as a freemium feeder for its parent company Intelius.  If you land on ZabaSearch and run a people search, you will be directed to Intelius, where you will be asked to pay money to view your report. Anybody who is looking for you will be able to find you through this robust people search website and its parent company Intelius. 

InstantCheckmate has been in the people search space since 2010. This website serves as a hub for multiple people search services including phone number lookup, criminal records search and address search. This is the Swiss army knife of people search companies, they have broad coverage with many different search options. If you have an arrest history you can be found on this website. 

This is another example of a successful satellite people search engine owned by TheLifetimeValue Co. PeopleLooker specializes in everything people search for. They have search options ranging from the traditional phone, email and address lookup to criminal records and unclaimed funds search.

One of the most comprehensive pre-employment background screening companies in existence, BackGroundChecks has data related to 650 million offenses. If you were previously arrested and are currently looking for a job, this is one company you will not want to have your information. 

PublicRecordsOfficial.com looks like a successful freemium people search website that is affiliated with TruthFinder. Once you run a search on this site TruthFinder will pick up and return the results, however, payment will be required if you want to view all of the data. Due to the robust partnership between TruthFinder and PublicRecordsOfficial.com it is highly likely that your personal information will be exposed if you are the person that is being searched. 

Public Records, owned by Intelius, is a people search website that serves as a feeder site to Intelius's core business. Once you run a search you will be directed to Intelius's main site where you will be asked to pay in order to view any records.

EasyBackgroundChecks partners with Intelius to provide search results. When you run a search, you will be directed to Intelius where you will be prompted to purchase the results. Because of the partnership with Intelius, it is likely that any information available can be found on you through this website including bankruptcy records and financial details.

MyLife is a personal review service. Think of their offering as the Better Business Bureau or Yelp, except for rating people. There is little barrier to rating someone, and you could have a poor review from an angry ex or a vengeful employee and not be aware. 

SearchPeopleFree has held its position as one of the internet's leading free people search sites. This website has no barrier to running a search because it is entirely free. If someone is trying to find your personal information, this would be an easy website to use to track you.

LocatePeople.org is a people search engine that allows you to find information about people in the United States. You can search by name, address, phone number, email address, or social media profile. LocatePeople.org aggregates data from public records, social networks, and various online directories. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Despite all criticism, LocatePeople.org remains a popular people search engine. The company has over 1 million users.

FreePeopleScan is a people search site that specializes in providing people search and criminal record lookups. They also have an affiliate relationship with the paid people search company TruthFinder. 

GovArrestRecords is a people search website that claims to specialize in arrest records and other types of people search options. This website also links off to TruthFinder for premium searches. 

InstantCheckSpy is a people search site that operates as a free people search website. This website is an affiliate of TruthFinder which offers premium people search results. 

FindPeopleSearch is a free people search engine that allows people to find contact information on almost anyone. The information they provide includes name, address, phone number, and age.

Bumper is a vehicle research and history tool where you can look up vehicle ownership details, vehicle recalls and more. 

Ownerly is a real estate data website that provides home valuation details, ownership records, and resident contact information. 

BeenVerified is a satellite website of  LTVCO and was their first and most well-known brand. This website specializes in traditional people searches such as name, email, phone and address lookups.

AnyWho's people search and phone lookup allows for a variety of people search options. They are best known for their reverse phone lookup offering and are a freemium offering owned by YellowPages.

On VoterRecords, a few clicks of your mouse can uncover intimate details on individuals voting preferences along with the age and personal address of the individual you are searching for.

USSearch is one of the older people search sites on the internet having been established in 1993. This particular company specializes in selling personal information on individuals in addition to providing robust background searches. Suppose you have a drug offense from when you were younger. Finding your past offense records could have easily been accomplished using this website. 

IDTrue has become one of the leaders in the criminal record search space. In addition to criminal records data, they also offer standard people search reports which expose personal contact and location details. Any criminal conviction you previously received will likely be findable on this website. 

PeopleFinder, owned by Intelius, is a premier people search engine based around the traditional phone, email, and address searches and more advanced searches such as social media lookup and criminal records search.

PrivateEye is another feeder site for PeopleFinders. This particular website serves no additional purpose other than to push people to PeopleFinders when they are ready to purchase premium reports after providing basic teaser data on consumers.

PublicRecordsNow has created a robust people search website which specifically offers the more traditional people search functionality such as address and phone number lookup. If you run a search you will notice they operate as a freemium site where you will be sent to PeopleFinders if you want the premium report. 

NumberGuru went live in 2011 and is owned by LTVCO. NumberGuru specializes in everything phone number related. It rates each phone number according to its likelihood of being spam and contains notes pertaining to recent calls from the reported number.

InfoTracer came onto the people search scene in 2010 and is one of the only people search sites to use facial recognition technology. In addition, they also claim to have 900% more data than their competitors and specialize in every search you can imagine, from social media search, phone search, email search, address lookup, and vin search. This company may maintain the most comprehensive coverage regarding personal information. 

This people search website came onto the scene in 2004. USAPeopleSearch is a widely known free people search website that provides comprehensive coverage of personal information, including names, addresses, and phone numbers. If someone is trying to find you, they will be able to with this site as it has high coverage and no cost.

CyberBackgroundChecks has become well known as a go-to free people search website. This site has a broad coverage of data, but the majority of their free search functionality brings back personal emails, addresses, address history, associated people, and phone numbers. Despite being called CyberBackgroundChecks, they do not offer background checks, instead opting to send their traffic to their partner sites. 

YellowBook came onto the scene as an online business directory that also provides a WhitePages-style people search offering. Their online local direct business is similar to AngiesList in that you can find local businesses in your area when your pipe breaks or when you need to find a Dentist. On the other hand, this website has people search functionality where you can look up anyone by their name and quickly access their personal contact information such as their home address or family members. 

FreePeopleDirectory was built as a freemium people search website. Once you run a search you will be directed to a page with teaser data where you will be asked to sign up to view the full report. This page is branded with Spokeo's logo.

SearchPublicRecords is a widely used people search website. Their business revolves around a freemium people search model where you can run a search and get teaser data but in order to view the report you have to pay a fee. This website touts its background search functionality and its ability to pull personal financial details such as bankruptcy reports.

PublicRecordsSearchSystems is a people search engine powered by (LTVCO) that has been around since 1996. Once you run a search you will be sent to BeenVerified to complete your search and pay.

FastBackgroundCheck has become a well-known free people search website where anybody can search and find very personal information on other individuals.

Xlek.com has become a well-known free people search website. Their self-proclaimed mission is: "transforming the world of public data because [they] have a simple purpose: to make United States public data available to everyone, free of charge."

As of 2023, Xlek.com got renamed Official-USA

BackgroundChecks is a feeder site for BeenVerified. If you have to run a search you will be directed to BeenVerified's website to purchase your result. It is fairly common practice for people search websites to have feeder sites in order to rank on google and direct web traffic back to their homepage.

PeekYou was founded in 2006 and claims to have indexed over 250 million individual personal records in the U.S and Canada. They maintain a very wide range of personal information on individuals ranging from social media profiles and images to home addresses and phone numbers.

SnoopStation is a public records and criminal background search website. This website also has a partnership with Intelius if you want to get a premium report. 

GovBackgroundChecks is a public record search engine that links off to TruthFinder as an affiliate. This particular site claims to specialize in criminal records, liens, licenses and more. 

SmartBackgroundChecks.com is a free people search engine that allows people to lookup information such as home addresses, emails, phone numbers, and more. 

SpyFly is a well-known paid people search website that complies information on individuals throughout the U.S. According to Linkedin, they are based in California and have 11-50 employees. 

411 is a people search site owned by WhitePages.com. They operate as an online people search site and are known specifically for their reverse phone number lookup capabilities.

AllAreaCodes is a smaller people search site. They specialize in providing area code information and have a people search option, which allows for the lookup of individual contact details such as email, phone, and address. Due to their fairly robust people search functionality this website can easily be used to expose personal information.

ClustrMaps is an online people search website which specializes in address searches. They also provide recent permit data and statistical data on zip codes. During the pandemic, they developed a statistical dashboard to track Covid-19 outbreaks.

OnlineSearches is another satellite website of Intelius. This site is used for lead generation to sell expensive Intelius reports. It provides teaser consumer data and links to their parent company to get the rest of the data.

AllPeople has developed a comprehensive business person database as a free people search site. It is similar to LinkedIn in terms of search functionality but returns personal contact information that was not input by the individual, unlike LinkedIn. The exposed data includes phone numbers, names, titles, business emails, and addresses.

TruthFinder has quickly become a significant player in the people search space, considering they were founded in 2014. This company provides robust reports on individuals, including social media profiles, emails, cell and home phone numbers, dates of birth, arrest records, and family members. 

Addresses.com is a WhitePages style search specializing in address lookup since the early days of people search. This website will provide addresses free of charge and allow for the lookup of email and unlisted phone numbers for payment in addition to criminal background searches.

FamilyTreeNow was initially built as a genealogy website. They have some of the most robust people search functionality and maintain well over 1 billion records containing personal information on consumers. This data includes death records, divorce records, marriage records, birth records, phone numbers, emails, and current home addresses. They also maintain millions of historical documents going back to the 1900s.

OpenPublicRecords stands out for its large volume of personal consumer data. They mainly specialize in people searches where you can look up someone's name and address but also offer very comprehensive criminal background searches through BeenVerified.

IdentityPi specializes in background searches and advanced criminal record lookups. They provide a public-facing search interface but links to BeenVerified for their advanced searches.

PeepLookup was brought to life as another free people search website similar to FastPeopleSearch and TruePeopleSearch. One of the main differences with PeepLookup is that they mainly focus on reverse phone number searches.

ArrestFacts, known as the free criminal records search site, publicly posts all available arrest records and mugshots. This website links to TruthFinder as a partner site for getting personal contact details, as ArrestFacts specializes in Mugshots and case details. If you were arrested at one point or another, this website is probably posting your mugshot for the public to see. 

Councilon claims to have access to over 330 million records containing personal details on individuals throughout the U.S. This information includes phone numbers, emails, historical addresses, dates of birth, social profiles, and personal relationship information.

Dataveria claims to be able to find 80% of the U.S population with a single click. Some of the personal information they maintain includes names, addresses, birth and death records, contacts, arrest records, social profiles as well as email addresses and phone numbers.

411Locate allows anyone to quickly search through social media, public records, background checks, and contact information. They specialize in reverse email, reverse phone numbers and address searches. They claim to have over 40+ billion records from over 6,000 data sources, with 95%+ coverage of adults in the United States.

StateRecords provide instant access to state, county, and municipal public records. They advertise their publicly available records as a fundamental guarantee of our Freedoms & Democracy. This website is tailored more to criminal records and background searches. However, they also claim to have current and historical addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, birth, death, and bankruptcy records.

CorporationWiki has become the leading public record lookup for private business records. These records include company details, key people, business addresses, and more. If you own a business, any information regarding your company's filings and key people will be available on this website. 

NeighborWho is a LTVCO company specializing in personal and property records with a tilt toward the financial details of the homeowner. In addition, this website also provides the homeowner's contact details, such as email and phone numbers. If someone wants to find out the loan to value of your home or your specific mortgage details, this website will help them to find out. 

Top 4 Background Checks is a feeder site for InstantCheckmate. Once you run a search, you will be directed to InstantCheckmate's website, where they will continue the search. Top 4 Background Checks and their partnership with InstantCheckmate will make this easy if someone is trying to track you down based on your personal information or find additional contact information. 

InstantPeopleFinder is a freemium people search website that is in partnership with Intelius. If someone runs a search they will instantly be directed to Intelius where they will be asked to pay in order for them to view the full report.

FreeBackgroundChecks is affiliated with TruthFinder, a leader in the background search space. After you run a search you will be directed to the results on TruthFinder where you will be asked to pay in order to view the search.

PublicRecordCenter is a people search website currently owned or affiliated with Intelius. This website operates on a freemium business model where it is free to run a search, however, you need to pay in order to view the results.

PublicRecordsCenter is affiliated with TruthFinder. Once you run a search you will be directed to the results on TruthFinder where you will be asked to pay to view the results.

PublicRecordsReviews is partnered with and powered by Intelius. Once you run a search you will be directed to Intelius to pay for your search and review the results. Being that this website is powered by Intelius it is a high probability that you can be found through this website. Intelius specializes in background searches as well as financial records. 

OregonPublicRecords looks like a people search website affiliated with TruthFinder. Once you run a search you will be directed to TruthFinder where you can pay for the full report. This is another website whose partnership with TruthFinder makes accessing personal information very easy.

CallTruth is a premium people search. On their site, it is free to search however in order to view personal information they require payment.

NumLookup built its business, being one of the leading free people search sites specifically specializing in reverse phone number lookups. 

Radaris has been around since 2011 and has become a recognized paid people search solution. 
Radaris is known for its robust people search coverage. If someone is trying to track you down, they will be able to quickly with this website.

CocoFinder is a pervasive people search website specializing in standard people search offerings and more unique search features, such as reverse VIN lookups to get personal contact information from a simple VIN.

Whitepages Premium was built for comprehensive tenant screening and background checks. It is the premium version of Whitepages and is owned by the same company. This company historically has made it very difficult or next to impossible for people to opt-out of having their information shared. 

CheckPeople specializes in standard people search for emails, phone numbers, addresses, and more comprehensive background searches.

PeopleFinder, not to be confused with Peoplefinders, is a people search website owned by Intelius.

PeopleSearchNow was developed by PeopleFinders as a freemium people search website. Because of this, they have access to one of the most robust databases in the industry via PeopleFinders when it comes to personal information such as phone numbers, home addresses, and family members.

BackgroundRecords is a people search website that specializes in providing public records. You will see on their website the majority of their searches are tailored toward background searches, licenses, or other public data. 

This website also has an affiliate relationship with TruthFinder for more advanced searches.

SheriffsDepartment.net is a free people search website that provides data such as background checks, permit data, liens, licenses, and more. This website is an affiliate of TruthFinder which is their partner for premium searches. 

BackgroundCheckMe.org is a people search website that claims to specialize in background searches and people lookups. Upon trying to run a search you will see that this particular website is an affiliate of TruthFinder. 

FreePhoneTracer is a people search website that is affiliated with BeenVerified. When you run a search on FreePhoneTracer you will be directed to NumberGuru to purchase the premium report. 

BackGroundCheck.run is a free people search website which allows you to look up names and get personal addresses, phone numbers, and other contact details such as social profiles. 

PropertyIQ is a recent addition to the people search space. They focus on property and real estate-related data and homeowner information such as the owner's names and phone numbers. 

This website is used by a variety of businesses, including real estate agents, appraisers, lenders, and investors. The company's products and services help businesses make better real estate decisions by providing accurate and up-to-date information.

Wellnut is a newer free people search website similar to many other free people search engines. There is less information on the owner of this website, but it is one to watch over the coming months. 

AddressSearch is best known for its address directory, which contains addresses on more than 140 million people. They also maintain an email dataset that contains personal email addresses for 95 million people.

AdvancedPeopleSearch is a feeder site for PeopleFinders. Individuals who visit AdvancedPeopleSeach can choose to search by name, address or phone number but after searching will be re-routed to PeopleFinders. The purpose of this site is to direct web traffic to PeopleFinders where they can monetize it with expensive reports. 

Spydialer is a free reverse phone number lookup tool. In addition to being able to get personal contact details when providing a phone number they also have an option that will let you listen to the phone number's recorded voicemail. Additionally, there is an option to listen to your voicemail through their website.

AdvancedBackgroundChecks is a free people search engine that allows you to look up contact details for free such as name, address, phone numbers, and more. 

United States Phonebook is a comprehensive people search website that allows users to find contact information and other details about individuals residing in the United States. The site compiles data from various public records and databases, making it a comprehensive resource for finding phone numbers, addresses, and sometimes even email addresses. Users can search for individuals using their names, phone numbers, or addresses. 

Clubset is a newer free people search website similar to Thatsthem or FastpeopleSearch. There is less information on the owner of this website, but it is one to watch over the coming months.