People Search

BeenVerified’s People Search tool combs through billions of data points across dozens of public databases and prepares a detailed report that may include current and past addresses, contact information, employment history, social media accounts and potentially more.

Try our people search tool (above) or our people directory (below).

You can use our powerful people search tool to find friends, relatives or even yourself. Or, if you want to sample what a report looks like, you can browse our people directory. The directory includes background data on selected individuals.

Find information related to public records by looking up a first and last name. You may be able to find out information like cell phone numbers, addresses, relatives, employers, and email addresses.

How can I use People Search?

People Search may help you feel more secure when dealing with many of life's different situations:

Whether you’re looking up the whereabouts of your old college roommate or searching for information to protect yourself against a possible scam, BeenVerified’s People Search may help you find what you need.

What’s included in a People Search report?

BeenVerified People reports are typically (but not always) broken down into eight sections:

BeenVerified vs. a Yahoo! or Google people search

Running a people search using Google or Yahoo! may not provide detailed or useful information. You might get a social media profile or image, but not necessarily the details you may want to connect with someone or to search an online identity.

When looking up someone online, you’re almost always searching for something specific to help you make a more informed decision or to better protect yourself. Search engines like Google don’t necessarily have access to the public records databases available to BeenVerified. When you need information quickly, a People Search report is your source for our best data.

Better arm yourself with People Search

In 2023, more than 1.8 million people filed complaints with the Federal Trade Commission over online fraud, among them imposter scams and investment related fraud, with losses totaling nearly $6.25 billion.

Social media has made it easier than ever for people to commit online fraud. Criminals routinely hijack profiles and commit identity theft against vulnerable individuals.

Number of Fraud, Identity Theft and Other Reports by Year

Source: FTC

People lookup may give you fast, accurate information about the people you meet online or in person so you can potentially ward off damaging or dangerous encounters.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act and People Search

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) regulates when and how you can use information from public and private records. For example, if an employer runs a credit report before making a hiring decision, they must disclose that information and get permission from the applicant. (This, however, would be a use that is never permitted on BeenVerified-see our Do's and Dont's for more such prohibited uses.)

BeenVerified accesses information from public records, but it is not a consumer reporting agency. This means you can’t use information you uncover from a search to make hiring decisions, screen tenants, determine creditworthiness or initiate processes requiring legal disclosure about the use of information. While you don't need permission to use BeenVerified’s People Lookup, you do need to utilize the information you uncover in a lawful way.