PeopleFinders.com
{{short description|Public records business located in Sacramento, California}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = PeopleFinders, Inc.
| logo = Image:PeopleFinders.com_Logo.png
| type = Privately held company
| genre = Electronic commerce
| foundation = {{start date and age|2002|5|22}}{{cite web|url=http://whois.domaintools.com/peoplefinders.com|title=PeopleFinders.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools|work=WHOIS|date= |accessdate=2016-11-12}}
| founder = Robert Miller
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| location = Sacramento, California, U.S.
| key_people = Robert Miller, Founder and Chairman
Amber Higgins, CEO
Eddie Lau, VP of Information Technology
| area_served = United States
| industry = Data broker
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| services = background checks, identity theft protection
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| homepage = [https://www.peoplefinders.com/ peoplefinders.com]
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PeopleFinders.com is an American public records business located in Sacramento, California. The company offers a variety of public records including address histories, phone numbers and background checks.
History
In 1999, Rob Miller founded PeopleFinders.
Products and services
PeopleFinders is a people search 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, criminal records and a variety of other public records related to marriage, divorce, birth, death, bankruptcy, and property ownership. This data is collected from various sources, including government agencies, property records and other public records sources.{{cite web |url=http://www.peoplefinders.com/help/article.aspx?topic=searching3 |title=Where does your data come from? |access-date=2009-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402053246/http://www.peoplefinders.com/help/article.aspx?topic=searching3 |archive-date=2009-04-02 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{Cite web|title=Reverse Phone Lookup and Phone Number Lookup|url=https://www.peoplefinders.com/reverse-phone|access-date=2020-10-28|website=/peoplefindersinc|language=en-US}}
Blog
The PeopleFinders Blog was launched in May 2009. This blog covered topics that are related to people searches, 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, an independent firm that provides audit and consulting services, listed the company as number 24 in the Technology Fast 50 for the Silicon Valley. This ranking was based on the amount of 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".{{cite web|url=http://www.peoplefinders.com/people-search-news/default.aspx?news=x110508| title= PeopleFinders.com Ranked Number 24 in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 Program}}
PeopleFinders was also listed as a Deloitte Fast 500 company in both 2008 and 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.deloitte.com/us/fast500/| title= Technology Fast 500}} Since its inception, PeopleFinders grew from 9 employees to approximately 50 in 2009. As of 2020, the number of employees hovers around 75.