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Reverse Email Lookup

Understand how Reverse Email Lookup works in FullEnrich, including inputs, outputs, credit usage, and important notes.

Written by Charline

Overview

Reverse Email Lookup transforms any email address into a complete person and company profile — available directly in the FullEnrich app, or via the API.

It allows you to input an email address and retrieve the B2B profile behind it, including both personal and company-level information.

Reverse Email Lookup works with both professional and personal email addresses (Gmail, Outlook, GitHub, and more).


What you get

Person data

  • First name

  • Last name

  • Job title

  • Seniority

  • Department

  • Location

  • Professional social profile

Company data

  • Company name

  • Company domain

  • Company size

  • Industry

  • Headquarters location

  • Headcount

  • Company social profile


How it Works

Input

  • An email address (personal or professional)

Output

  • Person data (first name, last name, location)

  • Professional data (job title, seniority, department, associated company/companies)

  • Firmographic data (company name, company domain, company size, industry, headquarters location, headcount)


Credit Cost

  • 1 credit is consumed per successful Reverse Email Lookup

  • No credits are consumed if no results are found

  • Credit cost is the same regardless of how many fields are returned


Using the UI

  • Go to Reverse Email Lookup in the top navigation

  • Click + New Lookup

  • Enter the email address you want to look up

  • View the full contact and company profile once it's found

Your past lookups are saved under My Lookups, or you can browse your team's lookups under All Lookups.



Using the API

The API process is asynchronous and happens in two steps.

1. Start the lookup

Make a POST request to initiate the enrichment:

POST https://app.fullenrich.com/api/v1/contact/reverse/email/bulk
  • Include your Authorization header with a Bearer token

  • Add the email address in the data field

  • (Optional) Provide a webhook URL to receive notifications

The response will return a reverse_email_id.

Processing typically takes 5–10 seconds.

2. Retrieve the results

Use the returned ID to fetch the enrichment results:

GET https://app.fullenrich.com/api/v1/contact/reverse/email/bulk/{reverse_email_id}

When the status is FINISHED, the lookup is complete and results are available.


Key Details

  • Cost: 1 credit per successful match

  • Match rate: Varies depending on region and email type

  • Processing time: 5–10 seconds on average (API); near-instant in the UI

  • Data: Emails are run through a waterfall of 10+ data providers and contact databases


Important Notes

  • Reverse lookup from a phone number to an identity is not supported

  • Data availability depends on region, email type, and source coverage


Learn More

For detailed implementation guidance, refer to the API documentation:
Reverse Email Lookup API Documentation


Next Steps

After identifying a contact using Reverse Email Lookup, you can enrich that contact to retrieve additional details such as emails or phone numbers.
Follow the step-by-step enrichment guide here:
How to Enrich Contacts in FullEnrich (Step-by-Step Guide)

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