# PeopleFinders.com

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For the project set up in response to Hurricane Katrina, see [Katrina PeopleFinder Project](/source/Katrina_PeopleFinder_Project).

**PeopleFinders.com** is an American [public records](/source/Public_records) business located in [Sacramento, California](/source/Sacramento,_California). The company offers a variety of public records including address histories, [phone numbers](/source/Phone_numbers) and [background checks](/source/Background_checks).

## History

In 1999, Rob Miller founded PeopleFinders.

## Products and services

PeopleFinders is a [people search](/source/People_search_site) company, providing individuals with various types of public records that will allow them to obtain contact information for most private citizens in the United States. In addition, PeopleFinders offers [background checks](/source/Background_checks), [criminal records](/source/Criminal_records), etc. related to [marriage](/source/Marriage), [divorce](/source/Divorce), birth, death, [bankruptcy](/source/Bankruptcy), and [property ownership](/source/Property_ownership). This data is collected from various sources, including [government agencies](/source/Government_agency), property records and other public records sources.[2] Also in the interest of finding people, PeopleFinders offers a reverse phone lookup service that allows users to find people or businesses behind unknown phone numbers.[3]

## Blog

The PeopleFinders Blog was launched in May 2009. This blog covered topics that are related to people searches, [current events](/source/Current_events), how to obtain background checks and other public record reports, and other subjects of interest to their customers and the general public. New blog posts were typically published three times per week; every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

## Growth

In 2008 PeopleFinders was noted for being one of the fastest growing internet based companies. [Deloitte](/source/Deloitte), an independent firm that provides [audit](/source/Audit) and consulting services, listed the company as number 24 in the Technology Fast 50 for the [Silicon Valley](/source/Silicon_Valley). This ranking was based on the amount of [revenue](/source/Revenue) growth the company experienced between 2003 and 2007. Mark Jensen, Managing Partner, National Venture Capital Services, Deloitte & Touche LLP, stated that PeopleFinders was one of a very few companies to "accomplish such a fast growth rate over the past five years".[4]

PeopleFinders was also listed as a [Deloitte Fast 500](/source/Deloitte_Fast_500) company in both 2008 and 2009.[5] Since its inception, PeopleFinders grew from 9 employees to approximately 50 in 2009. As of 2020, the number of employees hovers around 75.

## References

1. ["PeopleFinders.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools"](http://whois.domaintools.com/peoplefinders.com). *[WHOIS](/source/WHOIS)*. Retrieved 2016-11-12.

1. ["Where does your data come from?"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090402053246/http://www.peoplefinders.com/help/article.aspx?topic=searching3). Archived from [the original](http://www.peoplefinders.com/help/article.aspx?topic=searching3) on 2009-04-02. Retrieved 2009-10-03.

1. ["Reverse Phone Lookup and Phone Number Lookup"](https://www.peoplefinders.com/reverse-phone). */peoplefindersinc*. Retrieved 2020-10-28.

1. ["PeopleFinders.com Ranked Number 24 in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program"](http://www.peoplefinders.com/people-search-news/default.aspx?news=x110508)

1. ["Technology Fast 500"](http://www.deloitte.com/us/fast500/)

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