Every lead is contactable
A public email or phone is the price of admission - dead rows never make the list.
Lead finder
A B2B lead finder that only returns contactable leads
Most "lead finders" hand you rows you then have to qualify and verify. Lead Outreach Agent is a B2B lead finder with a stricter definition of a lead: a business that publishes a usable contact route, comes with its public source, and includes a plain reason it matched your niche - so the list is ready to act on, not ready to clean.
Free to start · 200 credits · No credit card · Zero-result searches refunded
At a glance
A stricter kind of lead finder
It refuses to show a lead you cannot reach, and it hands you the source and a reason to contact them.
- Contactable or not listed
- Source per lead
- First draft from the match detail
Workflow preview
See the workflow before starting a search
Review the actual search setup and result format before spending credits or starting a campaign.
Quick demo path:
1. Pick a niche and country.
2. Watch the search move through public sources and contact checks.
3. Review kept leads and edit the first outreach draft.
Source on every row
See where each contact route was published so you can verify before you send.
Test a contact route
Paste a public snippet into the contactable-lead checker to confirm a route is usable.
Source-linked evidence
Research behind this page
Use these findings as context, not promised results. Each source includes its sample or method and the limitation that matters when applying it.
How fast B2B contact databases go stale
Aggregated analyses put B2B contact-data decay at roughly 22.5-30% per year - about 2.1% per month - and as high as 70% at fast-moving tech companies, with job-title changes the single biggest driver.
- Method
- Meta-analysis of multiple third-party data-quality studies and vendor benchmarks.
- Use carefully
- Decay varies widely by industry, seniority, and how many fields you track, so treat the range as a planning input rather than a fixed number.
State of Sales, 7th Edition
Sales reps report spending almost one workday per week prospecting; 92% of sales professionals using AI agents say AI benefits prospecting.
- Method
- Survey of 4,050 sales leaders, representatives, operations staff, and support professionals across 19 country groups and multiple industries.
- Use carefully
- The 92% figure only covers respondents already using AI agents and is a perception measure, not a controlled productivity test.
The surprising economics of B2B growth
B2B buyers use an average of ten channels during the purchasing journey, and market leaders are four times more likely to deploy true one-to-one personalization.
- Method
- Global B2B Pulse survey of nearly 4,000 decision-makers across 13 countries and multiple industries.
- Use carefully
- The study covers broad B2B buying behavior; it does not isolate cold-email performance or prove that personalization alone causes growth.
Results need a usable public email or phone number and enough source context for review.
Each result includes context to help you check why the lead fits before outreach.
Drafts remain editable and should be reviewed for accuracy, relevance, and compliance before sending.
Comparison
Ordinary lead list vs a contactable lead finder
The difference is what you have to do after the export. A stricter finder moves the cleanup work up front, into the search itself.
| Step | Typical lead list | Lead Outreach Agent finder |
|---|---|---|
| Contact route | Maybe present, often stale | Required and public, or not shown |
| Source | Aggregated, hard to trace | Linked per lead |
| Fit | You qualify after export | Match reason included |
| Bad data | You scrub it out | Filtered before you see it |
| First message | Write from scratch | Drafted from the match detail |
What counts as a found lead
A finder is only useful if what it finds is reachable. Lead Outreach Agent will not show a business without a public email or phone, so you never scroll a list wondering which rows are dead ends. Each lead carries the source where its contact route was published, which makes outreach easy to justify and easy to verify before you send.
- No public route, no listing.
- Source recorded for every contact detail.
- Match reason attached so you can judge fit fast.
Find the right leads, not just more leads
You describe the target in plain language - the industry, the geography, and any must-have signal like "offers group classes" or "lists a booking page." The finder keeps businesses that match and skips the ones that only look right on paper. Because you set the must-have, the output is a shortlist you would actually contact, not a broad category dump you have to re-filter.
- Set niche, geography, and a must-have signal.
- Get a shortlist that matches your brief.
- Skip the re-filtering step entirely.
Emails, phones, and honest gaps
Different businesses publish different routes. Local firms often list a phone before an email, so some results are phone-first. When a business publishes only a contact form, the finder says so rather than inventing an address. That honesty matters: a guessed email can pass a syntax check and still bounce, and stale data already drives 20-30% bounce rates on outdated lists.
- Phone-first results where that is what is public.
- Contact-form-only businesses are labeled, not faked.
- No invented addresses to protect deliverability.
From found to first message
Finding the lead is half the job. Lead Outreach Agent keeps the detail that made each business a match and drafts a first outreach email around it, so you open with something true and specific instead of a generic pitch. You edit every draft, add truthful sender details, and send from your own tools - the finder gets you to a ready-to-personalize starting point faster.
- Match detail carried into a first draft.
- Open with a real, public fact.
- Edit and send from your own stack.
Who this lead finder is for
It fits agencies building client-acquisition lists, founders testing an ideal customer, local-service sellers, and anyone who would rather contact fifteen reviewed, reachable businesses than buy a thousand-row export. If you need enterprise-scale volume with CRM enrichment, a database platform is a better tool; if you need a clean, contactable shortlist, this is faster.
Running your first find
A good first search is narrow enough to judge. Pick one industry, one geography, and one must-have signal, then ask for about ten leads. Review each result the way a buyer of your service would: is the contact route real and public, does the source check out, and is the match reason something you could genuinely open a message with? Cut anything that only looks right on paper. If too many results are phone-first and you need email, tighten the niche or try an adjacent category. Ten reviewed, reachable businesses tell you whether the segment is worth scaling before you spend on a larger run.
- One industry, one place, one must-have signal.
- Check route, source, and match reason on each.
- Scale only after ten good results.
Questions people ask before using this
What is a B2B lead finder?
It is a tool that discovers business leads that match a target profile. Lead Outreach Agent adds a stricter rule: it only returns businesses with a public, usable contact route, plus the source and a reason each fits, so the results are ready to contact.
Does it find emails or phone numbers?
Both, depending on what the business publishes. Local businesses often list a phone before an email, so some results are phone-first. When only a contact form is public, the finder labels it rather than guessing an address.
How does it avoid fake or dead contacts?
It shows only routes that appear in public context, skips placeholder and malformed patterns, and records the source. Because contact data decays quickly, checking live public sources at search time reduces stale results - though you should still verify before sending.
Can I control which leads it keeps?
Yes. You set the niche, the geography, and a must-have signal, so the finder keeps only businesses that meet your brief instead of returning a broad category list you have to re-filter.
Is this an enrichment tool?
No. Enrichment appends fields to contacts you already have. This finds new, contactable leads from public sources and drafts a first message. The two can complement each other in a larger stack.
Is finding a public contact permission to reach out?
No. Public availability is not consent. You are responsible for a lawful basis, honest identification, and a working opt-out under your recipients' rules.
What is the best next step after reading this page?
Start with one narrow search, review the contactability and match reasons, then use the related tools or benchmark pages to decide whether the niche is worth scaling.