The UK book

Every kind of UK business.
Every field labelled.

Search 7.9 million UK businesses and the 1.1 million people named as running them. Every phone number, email, website and director shows how sure we are and how we know, so you can pick up the phone knowing what's solid.

app.adaptleads.co.uk/#/findThe real app, with sample data
The UK book, filtered to accountants in Sheffield, with each business, its director, email and phone.
Search by sector, place, size and what we hold. The count updates as you filter.
7.9mbusinesses in the book
3.1mwith a way to reach them
1.1mwith a named director
365kemails the mail server accepted
Search

Find the businesses you sell to in a few clicks.

Pick a sector, a place and a size, then narrow by what we hold: a checked email, a named director, a phone number, a recent change. The count updates as you go, so you know how big the list is before you take anything. Searching is free and unlimited on every plan.

SectorPlace and postcodeSize and typeChecked emailNamed directorRecent changes
The filters in the UK book: saved searches, sector and location with counts.
Filters show counts as you choose them.
Coverage

From Penzance to Shetland.

The book holds limited companies, LLPs, partnerships, sole traders and the high-street shops that never appear on a register. Where a kind of business can't have a director or a company number, its record says so and isn't marked down for it.

Where the businesses in the book are. Each dot is a cluster of records, drawn from a random sample of those that hold a location.
People

Find the person, not just the company.

1.1 million people are named as running UK businesses, each linked to their company. Filter by role, by the sector of their company or by place, and see which of them has a checked email.

Main contactDecision-makerOn the official register
app.adaptleads.co.uk/#/directorsThe real app, with sample data
The directors list: named people with their role and their company.
Honest numbers

We show you what's there, and what isn't.

No database is complete, and ours isn't either. These are the numbers the app shows today, read from the same place, with the email labels we use and the share of emails that are only a catch-all.

What we hold today

Of the 3.1 million businesses we hold a way to reach.

Business phone77% · 2.4m
Website69% · 2.1m
Email, any kind49% · 1.5m
Registered company35% · 1.1m
Director named35% · 1.1m
Director email8% · 247k

The emails we hold, and what the mail server said

1.5m emails held. We label each one and keep it, so you decide whether to send.

Verified, 24%. The mail server accepted it.
Catch-all server, 40%. The server accepts every address, so nothing can be proven either way.
No answer, 29%. The server never replied.
Will not deliver, 7%. The server rejected it.
What's in a record

One business, one clear page.

Company

Matched to the register

Name, trading names, company number, status and legal form, matched to the official register where there is one.

People

Who runs it

Directors and decision-makers with their roles, and which of them is the main contact.

Contact

Labelled, never hidden

Emails, phone numbers and websites, each with its label: Verified, Catch-all server, Landline, Mobile, proved to be theirs.

Sector

What it does

The sector it sits in, with the SIC 2007 codes behind it where the register gives them.

Place

Where it is

The registered office and the trading address, so you can search by town, postcode and area.

Changes

What moved lately

New directors, moves, renames and early warnings, with the date and where we read them.

How it works

From a search to a first email.

  1. 1

    Pick who you sell to

    Choose a sector and a place. Add filters until the count feels right.

  2. 2

    Check what we hold

    Open a record. Every value says how sure we are, and when we last checked.

  3. 3

    Save, export or reach out

    Save the list, export it as a CSV, or start an email, LinkedIn or call campaign from it.

Questions

Questions, answered

How many businesses are in the book?

7.9 million UK businesses today, and we hold a way to reach 3.1 million of them. The count is read from the book itself, so it's the same number you see in the app.

Where does the data come from?

From public UK business registries, Companies House and licensed business data, merged into one record per business and re-checked by our own enrichment. We don't name individual sources, but everything is business information that's lawful to hold for B2B contact.

Is it only limited companies?

No. The book holds limited companies, LLPs, partnerships, sole traders and shops. A record for a sole trader has no company number or directors, and it isn't marked down for that.

How fresh is it?

Records are re-checked continuously. Each field shows when it was last checked and how many independent sources agree.

Do I pay to search?

No. Search, filters and verification are unlimited on every plan. You only use your allowance when you export a contact.

Is it business data only?

Yes. Adapt Leads holds business contact information for business-to-business outreach, handled under UK GDPR and PECR. Read how.

Search the book free.

Run your real sector and area first, and see how many businesses match before you spend anything.

Start free, no card B2B only, PECR and UK GDPR Every value labelled, none hidden