How to find someone’s work email and phone number

By bravabase · Updated 8 November 2026

The fastest way to find someone’s work email is a lookup tool that checks the address for you. The most reliable is the person’s own company website or email signature. For a phone number, start with the company’s main line and their signature, then use a data provider for direct dials. Whatever the source, check it before you send, and contact people at work, about work.

Know who you want first. If you’re still deciding, start with buying signals and lead scoring, then find contact details only for the leads worth a message.

Six ways to find a work email

1. The company website. Team, about, press and contact pages, and author bios on the blog. Smaller companies often list people directly.
2. Their public profiles. The contact info on a LinkedIn profile (when shared), a personal site, speaker pages, podcast show notes and open-source profiles.
3. Work out the pattern, then check it. Find one real address at the company, such as a press contact, to learn the format: first.last@, first@ or firstinitiallast@. Apply it to your person and run it through an email checker.
4. An email lookup tool. Enter a name and company domain and get an address with a status such as verified, catch-all or unknown.
5. Ask the company. A short note to a general inbox works: “Who looks after partnerships? I’d like to send them a one-pager.”
6. Ask the person on another channel. If you’re already connected on LinkedIn: “Happy to send the checklist. What’s the best email for it?”

How to find a work phone number

• The main line. Call the company and ask for the person by name. It’s slower, and it always works.
• Their email signature. Once they reply, the direct number is often right there.
• Their own pages. Consultants and founders often list a number on their website or booking page.
• A data provider. For direct dials and mobiles at scale, lookup tools return numbers with a source and date.

Call mobiles for work reasons, during working hours, and stop if they ask you to.

Check accuracy before you send

Every bounced email tells mailbox providers your list is careless, and too many bounces push your emails into spam. Check addresses before a send, not after.

Contact data goes stale as people change jobs. Recheck anything you found more than a few months ago, and confirm the name on the first call.

Stay compliant, in plain words

Business outreach is allowed in most places. The rules are about being honest, relevant and easy to stop. The main ones:

• United States (CAN-SPAM): it covers business email too. Use honest sender details and subject lines, include a valid postal address, explain how to opt out and honor opt-outs within 10 business days. See the FTC’s guide.
• United Kingdom (PECR and UK GDPR): you can email people at limited companies without prior consent if you say who you are and offer an easy way to opt out. Sole traders and some partnerships count as individuals and need consent. Screen business phone numbers against the Corporate TPS before you call. See the ICO’s guidance.
• European Union (GDPR): a named work email is personal data. Relevant business outreach can rely on legitimate interest, as long as you tell people where you got their details and stop when they object. Some countries, such as Germany, expect consent even for business email.
• Everywhere: write about their job, make stopping easy, keep a do-not-contact list and honor it on every channel.

Rules differ by country, so check the one you’re contacting.

Copy a contact record

Keep the source and date with every detail, so you know what to trust later.

Name:
Company and website:
Role:
Work email:
Email source and date:
Email status: verified / catch-all / unknown
Phone:
Phone source and date:
Opted out? (date):
Why they’re worth contacting:

Next, plan how you’ll use both channels with the multi-channel follow-up plan.

How Brava finds work emails and phone numbers

Brava finds the work email and phone number for any lead you want to contact. Work emails and phone numbers use AI credits, and you only pay when one is found. Duplicates and people already in your workspace don’t use credits.

The $99 plan includes 500 quality leads a month, each with a real buying signal, and 1,500 credits a month for work emails, phone numbers and posts. See prospecting and pricing.