reverse directory

catford

How can I get the name and address of a business if I only have the phone number??--obviously being a moneysaver,I dont want to pay to do it if possible.

Heinz

There have been a number of threads on this subject in the past year (enter the single word reverse in the search field - search titles only - search the Home phones forum and you'll get 10 or so hits).

IIRC, the end result was 'not allowed in the UK due to Data Protection laws.'

As a point of interest, I entered a USA number into Google this morning and identified the subscriber (a company in Texas, as it happens) in less than a second.

catford

Heinz wrote:

There have been a number of threads on this subject in the past year (enter the single word reverse in the search field - search titles only - search the Home phones forum and you'll get 10 or so hits).

IIRC, the end result was 'not allowed in the UK due to Data Protection laws.'

As a point of interest, I entered a USA number into Google this morning and identified the subscriber (a company in Texas, as it happens) in less than a second.

I think my best option will be to phone the number!!

Heinz

I entered 2143573797 and got 2 commercial directory and one residential directory hits (both the same by the look of it - see HERE - but that doesn't work for UK numbers unless the number is on the internet for some other reason (e.g. in a firm's listing in a business directory).

JohalaReewi

Also check out this thread which was asking the same thing very recently...

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=159478

Google can be pretty good at finding business numbers if the company has a website or is on an approved suppliers list somewhere. You do have to try splitting the number up with spaces to get a match (and use the " !!). eg: 01233502088 also try as "01233 502088" "01233 502 088" or even "0123 350 2088" be creative!!

The other way is to sign up to a free "free evening/weekend calls" dialling plan (like Primus) then call the number in the evening or the weekend. Costs nothing!!