How to find the owner of a small business and their contact info

To discover the owner of a small business and obtain their contact details, you have two options: manual research or using an API. When conducting manual research, examine the business website and look for the About, Our story, or team pages, as these often name the founder. You can also search state business registries, local news, award lists, and chamber of commerce pages for registered agents and members or officers.

Social profiles and review platforms may also reveal the owner's name and contact information. However, this approach can be time-consuming, as it may take some time per business and the trail might only lead to a company name rather than an individual.

For a more efficient solution, consider using the VOYGR Enrich API. By sending a business name and address to the API, it will return a list of individuals associated with the company, including their name and role. To retrieve their direct contact information, such as phone, email, and LinkedIn, you can include these fields in the request.

Some businesses may not have a single owner, such as those run by a company. In these cases, the API will provide the operating company's name instead. If you need information about leadership roles beyond the owner, such as a general manager or practice director, use the key_people field in your request.

Keep in mind that using the VOYGR Enrich API incurs a cost, with each owner's name costing 1 credit, roles costing 1 credit each, and each included contact costing 1 credit. Even when no answers are found, the API incurs credits. However, a free key comes with 2.5K credits, and you can obtain a whole list of leads through an open-source enrich_leads example.

Additionally, for those looking to gather information on a larger scale, VOYGR Prospecting searches 16M+ US places and automatically fills in owners and contacts from Claude Code, Codex, or ChatGPT.