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Find the owner's mobile for local SMB accounts

Let vertical SaaS reps reach the owner of a salon, restaurant or pool-service business directly instead of the front desk.

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A selection of teams that run this job on Forager · plus other sales-tech platforms

  • Clay
  • Juicebox
  • Nooks
  • Aydentify
  • Amplemarket
  • HubSpot
  • Bitscale
  • Orbital

Uses POST /person_role_search/, POST /person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/ · People search API reference

What it costs: 15 credits per mobile found · 5 credits per email found. A mobile or email lookup that returns nothing costs 0 credits. Enrichment and search are charged per request: credit pricing.

How the data flows

One input → Person enrichment + Mobile numbers + Personal emails → 3 fields sample data
01 · Inputs
Company domain
example.com
02 · Forager
Person enrichment + Mobile numbers + Personal emails POST /person_role_search/
Match found
03 · Outputs
Kim ExemplarVP Revenue Operations · Example Inc.
phone number
+1 (416) 555-0186
personal email
kim.e@example.net
name
Kim Exemplar
title
VP Revenue Operations
work email
kim@example.com
company
Example Inc.
3 fields in the responseexample data

Steps

  1. Resolve the owner from the business record (name + domain) with POST /person_role_search/ (role_title owner/founder, organization_domains)
  2. Get the owner's mobile from POST /person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/ (Silver for maximum reach)
  3. Add personal_email from /personal_emails/ as a second channel
  4. Load into the dialer and track decision-maker connect rate
import json, os, requests

BASE = "https://api-v2.forager.ai/api/{account_id}/datastorage"
HEADERS = {"X-API-KEY": os.environ["FORAGER_KEY"]}
body = json.load(open("request.json"))  # request fields: see the API reference

# 1. Resolve the owner from the business record (name + domain) with POST
# /person_role_search/ (role_title owner/founder, organization_domains)
r1 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/person_role_search/", headers=HEADERS, json=body)

# 2. Get the owner's mobile from POST /person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/
# (Silver for maximum reach)
r2 = requests.post(f"{BASE}/person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/", headers=HEADERS, json=body)

# 3. Add personal_email from /personal_emails/ as a second channel

# 4. Load into the dialer and track decision-maker connect rate
Generated from the recipe stepsRequest fields: API reference

Run it yourself: People search API reference

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Inputs and outputs

InputsOutputs
SMB business list (name, domain, location)owner name
phone_number
personal_email

Questions about this recipe

How do vertical SaaS companies find small business owners' mobile numbers?

Resolve the owner from the business record (name + domain) with POST /person_role_search/ (role_title owner/founder, organization_domains). Get the owner's mobile from POST /person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/ (Silver for maximum reach).

What does it cost to find the owner's mobile for local SMB accounts?

Person enrichment: 1 credit per request, charged whether or not data comes back. Mobile numbers: 15 credits per mobile number found, and a mobile number lookup that finds nothing costs 0 credits. Personal emails: 5 credits per personal email found, and a personal email lookup that finds nothing costs 0 credits. Growth's 8,250 monthly credits cover 550 mobiles, 1,650 emails or 8,250 person enrichments, or a mix. Self-serve plans are Starter, Growth, Pro and Scale. See plans and prices

What do I need to run this recipe, and what comes back?

You send SMB business list (name, domain, location). You get back owner name, personal_email and phone_number, as JSON. You also need a Forager API key, which comes with a free account.

What's the best data source for reaching SMB owners rather than the front desk?

This recipe uses Forager Person enrichment, Mobile numbers and Personal emails. Person enrichment: A full professional profile for a person from a LinkedIn URL, email or phone: experience, education, skills and contact channels. Let vertical SaaS reps reach the owner of a salon, restaurant or pool-service business directly instead of the front desk.

Can I test person enrichment for free?

Yes. Create a free account at app.forager.ai: it comes with $5 in free credits and an API key, and there is no credit card to sign up. Run it on records you already know, or book a demo and send us a list: we run it and show you what we find.

When should I run this workflow?

When a vertical SaaS team starts outbound to local SMB owners. Vertical SaaS reps reach SMB owners directly and build outbound pipeline.

Which Forager products does this recipe use?

Person enrichment, mobile numbers and personal emails. Person enrichment: a full professional profile for a person from a LinkedIn URL, email or phone: experience, education, skills and contact channels. Mobile numbers: direct mobile numbers for a person, from a LinkedIn URL or a Forager person ID, validated before they reach you.

How do you check data quality?

Forager ranked #1 of 10 in Clay's 2026 test of mobile data providers, by quality score: Clay's measure of how likely a dialled number reaches the right person. The test that counts is your own: send a list of profiles you care about. We run it and show you what we find, number by number, so you can measure hit rate and connect rate yourself.

How do I find small business owner cell phone numbers?

Resolve the owner from the business record (name + domain) with POST /person_role_search/ (role_title owner/founder, organization_domains). Get the owner's mobile from POST /person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/ (Silver for maximum reach).

Which tools can run this workflow?

Native in Clay and Zapier, partner-built in Deepline and Cargo and called through the API from Make, n8n and your own code. Or call the endpoints in the steps above from your own code with one API key.

How many steps is this workflow?

4 steps: resolve the owner from the business record (name + domain) with POST /person_role_search/ (role_title owner/founder, organization_domains), get the owner's mobile from POST /person_contacts_lookup/phone_numbers/ (Silver for maximum reach), add personal_email from /personal_emails/ as a second channel and load into the dialer and track decision-maker connect rate.

Do I need a subscription?

Not to test: a free account comes with $5 in credits. To keep using Forager, choose a monthly or yearly plan. Monthly plans cancel anytime and unused credits roll over; yearly plans grant all credits upfront and cost 10% less. Larger volumes are agreed with our team.

A selection of teams that run this job on Forager · plus other sales-tech platforms

  • Clay
    • GTM workflow builders

    Selected use case: Forager mobile numbers, emails and people data inside Clay tables.

  • Juicebox
    • AI candidate sourcing

    Selected use case: Forager data behind its PeopleGPT search and sourcing agents.

  • Nooks
    • Power & parallel dialers

    Selected use case: mobile numbers inside their dialer.

  • Aydentify
    • Lead databases

    Lead-discovery tool that shows ingredient and packaging suppliers which consumer brands use their products.

  • Amplemarket
    • AI SDRs

    Selected use case: mobile numbers inside its contact waterfall.

  • HubSpot
    • CRM add-ons

    Selected use case: enriching contact and company records with people, company and job-posting data.

  • Bitscale
    • GTM workflow builders

    Selected use case: Forager in its contact waterfall for mobile numbers.

  • Orbital
    • Lead databases

    Selected use case: contact lookups in its enrichment waterfall, for teams selling to local businesses.

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  • Clay
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  • Nooks
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