# SMBs.com

> The free SMB intelligence platform. Searchable directory of small-to-mid-market companies worldwide, with verified decision-maker contacts, sourced statistics, and bulk CSV exports.

## Dataset summary (live)
- **1,707,929 companies** indexed across 115+ countries
- **29,208,011 verified decision-maker contacts** (email + LinkedIn for paid users)
- **146 industry classifications**
- Refresh cadence: LinkedIn ingest weekly, Apollo enrichment monthly, statistics quarterly
- Coverage skews US (60%) + UK + India + Western Europe; thinner in APAC + Africa

## Pricing tiers
- **Free**: browse the full directory, unlock 3 companies' contacts per day
- **Pro $49/mo**: unlimited contact unlocks, 5,000 CSV exports/month, saved searches, priority email support
- **Team $199/mo**: 25,000 CSV exports/month + REST API (5,000 calls/month)
- **One-time CSV bundles**: Starter $299 (one country × one industry), Industry $499 (one vertical globally), Country $1,999 (all industries in one country), Full database $9,999

## Core entry points
- [Browse the directory by country / city / industry](https://www.smbs.com/directory)
- [Search companies (Apollo-style spreadsheet UI)](https://www.smbs.com/search/companies)
- [Search contacts by role group](https://www.smbs.com/search/people)
- [Bulk lookup by domain (companies)](https://www.smbs.com/search/companies/bulk)
- [Bulk lookup by domain (contacts)](https://www.smbs.com/search/people/bulk)
- [Bulk CSV data exports](https://www.smbs.com/data)
- [REST API docs](https://www.smbs.com/docs/api)

## Vertical hubs (industry-curated directories)
- [SaaS + software companies](https://www.smbs.com/verticals/saas-software) - Find SaaS + software SMBs. Verified founders, VPs of Engineering, Heads of Product. Filter by employee size, country, growth signals.
- [Restaurants + hospitality](https://www.smbs.com/verticals/restaurants) - Restaurant owner + operator directory. 870k restaurants in the US, filtered by city, cuisine, and size. Decision-maker contacts.
- [Manufacturing + industrial](https://www.smbs.com/verticals/manufacturing) - US manufacturing companies with plant managers, operations leaders, and procurement decision-makers. Filter by industry, geography, size.
- [Healthcare + medical practices](https://www.smbs.com/verticals/healthcare-medical) - US medical, dental, veterinary, and allied health practices. Practice managers, clinical directors, and administrators with verified contacts.
- [Construction + trades](https://www.smbs.com/verticals/construction-trades) - 3.4M US construction + trades businesses. GCs, electricians, plumbers, HVAC, roofers - with owner + estimator contacts.
- [Real estate brokerages](https://www.smbs.com/verticals/real-estate-brokerages) - 110k+ independent + franchise real estate brokerages in the US. Broker-owners, designated brokers, and top-producing teams with verified contacts.
- [Professional services](https://www.smbs.com/verticals/professional-services) - US professional-services SMBs: lawyers, accountants, consultants, marketing + creative firms. Owner + practice-leader contacts.

## Statistics (sourced, citable)
- [Small business failure rate](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/smb-failure-rate) - About 20% of small businesses fail in year one. Half don't make it past five. Here's what BLS data actually shows.
- [NFIB Small Business Optimism Index](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/small-business-optimism) - The most-cited gauge of small-business sentiment in America. Updated monthly.
- [Women-owned businesses in America](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/women-owned-businesses) - 14 million women-owned businesses generate $2.7 trillion in revenue. The growth rate has outpaced men-owned for 12 years running.
- [AI adoption in small business](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/smb-ai-adoption) - AI adoption tripled in two years. Here's who's using it, what they're using it for, and the productivity dividend.
- [The SMB financing gap](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/smb-financing-gap) - Small businesses applied for $1.2T in financing in 2024. Lenders approved $0.7T. Here's where the gap sits.
- [SBA loan approvals & trends](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/sba-loan-approvals) - The SBA backed $34 billion in small-business loans in fiscal year 2024 - an all-time high.
- [Restaurant survival rate by state](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/restaurant-survival-rate) - 60% of restaurants close within one year. Only 20% are still open at year five. The "90% fail" stat is wrong - but reality is bad enough.
- [Hispanic-owned businesses in America](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/hispanic-owned-businesses) - Hispanic-owned businesses are the fastest-growing demographic in US SMB. 5 million businesses, $800B+ in annual revenue.
- [Veteran-owned businesses in America](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/veteran-owned-businesses) - 2.4 million veteran-owned businesses generate $1.3 trillion in annual revenue and employ 5.3 million Americans.
- [SMB cybersecurity in 2026](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/smb-cybersecurity-stats) - 43% of cyberattacks target small businesses. Median cost of a breach: $120,000. Most SMBs aren't prepared.
- [Remote work in small business](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/remote-work-small-business) - 28% of US small businesses now operate fully or primarily remote. The shift compressed 20 years of trends into 5.
- [SMB ecommerce sales in America](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/smb-ecommerce-sales) - SMBs drive 40% of US ecommerce GMV. Total small-business ecommerce sales topped $480B in 2025.
- [Black-owned businesses in America](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/black-owned-businesses) - There are 161,000+ Black-owned employer firms in the US generating $206B in revenue - but the equity gap with white-owned firms persists.
- [LGBTQ+-owned businesses](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/lgbtq-owned-businesses) - NGLCC-certified LGBTQ+-owned businesses now contribute $1.7 trillion to the US economy - and the supplier-diversity programs from Fortune 500 buyers keep growing.
- [SMB hiring rate by sector](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/smb-hiring-rate) - Healthcare leads small-business hiring at 4.7% quarterly. Manufacturing and information sectors continue to lag.
- [SMB layoff rate by sector](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/smb-layoff-rate) - Layoffs at small businesses run at 1.4% per quarter on average - half the rate of large enterprises. Tech leads the wrong direction.
- [SaaS churn benchmarks](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/saas-churn-rate) - SMB SaaS churn averages 4.7% monthly - over 5× higher than mid-market and 10× higher than enterprise. ACV matters more than vertical.
- [Restaurant labor costs](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/restaurant-labor-costs) - Independent full-service restaurants now run 35% labor cost ratios - the highest in 30 years. Minimum wage hikes + tip credit shifts are the cause.
- [Independent contractors + gig economy](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/gig-economy-size) - 64 million Americans (40% of the workforce) did some independent work in 2025 - but only 8 million rely on it as primary income.
- [SBA microloan trends](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/sba-microloan-trends) - SBA microloans hit a record $93M in FY2025 - but average size has stayed flat at ~$16,000 since 2020. The program serves the businesses banks won't touch.
- [Commercial real estate vacancy](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/commercial-real-estate-vacancy) - US office vacancy hit 21% in Q1 2026 - the highest in tracked history. Class B+C office is in a structural crisis; industrial remains tight.
- [Office vs remote split by industry](https://www.smbs.com/statistics/office-vs-remote-by-industry) - Tech is now 75% hybrid or remote. Healthcare is 91% in-person. Most other industries have settled at 60% in-office, 30% hybrid, 10% fully remote.

## Articles + research
- [How to find decision-makers at any company (free + paid)](https://www.smbs.com/articles/find-decision-makers-at-any-company) - The 2026 playbook for getting from a company name to the right inbox - fast, ethically, and without a $5,000/year tool.
- [The 7 best Apollo.io alternatives in 2026](https://www.smbs.com/articles/apollo-io-alternatives-2026) - Apollo is good but not the only option. Here's the honest landscape - including one you've never heard of that's genuinely free.
- [The 5 best ZoomInfo alternatives (and when each wins)](https://www.smbs.com/articles/zoominfo-alternatives-2026) - ZoomInfo charges enterprise prices. Here's when one of the cheaper alternatives is actually better - and when it's not.
- [How to find verified business emails for free](https://www.smbs.com/articles/find-verified-business-emails-free) - The free stack we actually use to find + verify B2B emails without paying for a tool. 4 tools, 2 minutes per contact.
- [Cold email vs LinkedIn DM: data from 50,000 sequences](https://www.smbs.com/articles/cold-email-vs-linkedin-dm) - Which channel actually converts in 2026 - and why the answer is rarely "do both."
- [Why most cold outreach fails (and how to fix it in 30 minutes)](https://www.smbs.com/articles/why-cold-outreach-fails) - Four mistakes that explain 80% of bad cold-email performance - and the 30-min fix for each.
- [B2B sales prospecting: a 2026 playbook](https://www.smbs.com/articles/b2b-sales-prospecting-2026) - The complete prospecting playbook teams should actually run in 2026 - channels, tools, signals, and what AI changed.
- [The rise of AI agents for sales prospecting (and where they break)](https://www.smbs.com/articles/ai-agents-for-sales-prospecting) - What AI agents do well today, where they hallucinate, and why "fully autonomous outbound" is still a year away.
- [SBA 7(a) loan: the complete guide for first-time applicants](https://www.smbs.com/articles/sba-7a-loan-complete-guide) - The whole SBA 7(a) process - eligibility, approval rates, lender selection, common mistakes - in one place.
- [Small business tax deductions 2026: 32 every owner should claim](https://www.smbs.com/articles/small-business-tax-deductions-2026) - The deduction list every SMB owner should print and tape to their wall. With dollar amounts.
- [How to value a small business: 5 methods that actually work](https://www.smbs.com/articles/how-to-value-a-small-business) - The valuation methods buyers and sellers actually use - with example numbers.
- [How to start a service business with no money (real case studies)](https://www.smbs.com/articles/service-business-with-no-money) - Five service businesses started for under $1,000. What worked, what they'd do differently, and the playbook for 2026.
- [Where US small businesses actually get capital in 2026](https://www.smbs.com/articles/where-smbs-get-capital) - The real breakdown of where SMB capital comes from - and the source most owners overlook.
- [How to write a cold email that gets a response](https://www.smbs.com/articles/cold-email-that-gets-a-response) - Anatomy of a cold email that converts at 5%+ - with two real templates.
- [The 100 fastest-growing tech SMBs in Q1 2026](https://www.smbs.com/articles/fastest-growing-tech-smbs-q1-2026) - Hand-curated from public hiring data, web traffic, and funding signals. The companies poised to break out.
- [SMB marketing: the playbook used by Mailchimp, Calendly, Notion](https://www.smbs.com/articles/smb-marketing-playbook) - Three SMB-marketing motions that built billion-dollar companies - and why every SMB can run them today.
- [Why every SMB will have an AI agent by 2027](https://www.smbs.com/articles/smb-ai-everywhere-by-2027) - The adoption curve from <a href="/statistics/smb-ai-adoption">25% today</a> to >70% by 2027 - and what it means.
- [The unbundling of QuickBooks: 14 startups eating its lunch](https://www.smbs.com/articles/unbundling-of-quickbooks) - QuickBooks owns 80% of SMB accounting. Here are the verticals + features being unbundled in 2026.
- [Apollo.io review: honest 2026 take from 1,000 hours of use](https://www.smbs.com/articles/apollo-io-review-2026) - What Apollo gets right, what it gets wrong, and whether it's still worth $99/month.
- [ZoomInfo pricing in 2026: what you actually pay (broken down)](https://www.smbs.com/articles/zoominfo-pricing-2026) - ZoomInfo's website hides the real numbers. Here's what we've seen real customers pay.
- [Hunter.io vs Apollo.io vs SMBs.com: head-to-head](https://www.smbs.com/articles/hunter-vs-apollo-vs-smbs) - Three popular email-finding + prospecting tools, compared on data, price, and the specific job each one does best.
- [The 12 best business directories in 2026 (free + paid)](https://www.smbs.com/articles/best-business-directories-2026) - Where to find businesses by city, industry, employee size - for sales, market research, partnership scouting.
- [How to find email addresses without LinkedIn Sales Navigator](https://www.smbs.com/articles/find-emails-without-linkedin-sales-nav) - Sales Nav is $100/month. Here are 5 ways to find contact emails without it.
- [What is a search fund? Complete 2026 guide for first-time searchers](https://www.smbs.com/articles/what-is-a-search-fund) - The complete primer on the search fund model - how it works, who funds them, returns data, and how to actually start one.
- [LinkedIn voice notes for sales: what actually works](https://www.smbs.com/articles/linkedin-voice-notes-for-sales) - Reply rates from teams sending 50,000+ voice DMs. When voice wins, when it bombs.
- [Sales call scripts that actually work in 2026](https://www.smbs.com/articles/sales-call-scripts-that-work) - Three scripts for the most common SMB sales call situations - opener, objection, close.
- [Cold call vs cold email: real conversion data](https://www.smbs.com/articles/cold-call-vs-cold-email) - Which channel wins for which type of seller - and why "both" is the answer for high-ACV SaaS.
- [The ABM playbook for 2026](https://www.smbs.com/articles/abm-playbook-2026) - Account-based marketing without the enterprise tooling tax - how small teams run modern ABM.
- [Business line of credit: complete 2026 guide](https://www.smbs.com/articles/business-line-of-credit-guide) - When a line of credit beats a term loan, where to get one, and what banks actually look at.
- [Alternative business lenders compared: Bluevine, OnDeck, Funding Circle, Lendio](https://www.smbs.com/articles/alternative-lenders-compared) - The big 4 online business lenders, honestly compared on price, speed, and approval.
- [When to refinance your business loan](https://www.smbs.com/articles/when-to-refinance-business-loan) - The three signals that say "refi now" - and the trap that costs most owners money.
- [Hiring your first employee: complete 2026 guide](https://www.smbs.com/articles/hiring-your-first-employee) - EIN to first paycheck - the full sequence, with what people miss.
- [Fractional roles for SMBs: CFO, CMO, GC](https://www.smbs.com/articles/fractional-roles-for-smb) - When to hire fractional vs full-time vs agency - with budget benchmarks.
- [Equipment financing: the full guide](https://www.smbs.com/articles/equipment-financing-guide) - Lease vs loan vs SBA 504, what your specific equipment qualifies for, and the tax angle.
- [State of small business: mid-2026 read](https://www.smbs.com/articles/state-of-smb-mid-2026) - The data points that actually matter for what to do in Q3-Q4 2026.
- [The vertical SaaS goldrush in 2026](https://www.smbs.com/articles/vertical-saas-goldrush) - Why "AI for [boring industry]" is the most-funded SaaS category right now.
- [Smartlead vs Instantly: which cold email sequencer wins in 2026?](https://www.smbs.com/articles/smartlead-vs-instantly) - Head-to-head from 1,000+ hours of use. Deliverability, UI, pricing, where each one breaks.
- [Outreach vs Salesloft in 2026: which one wins?](https://www.smbs.com/articles/outreach-vs-salesloft) - The enterprise sales-engagement showdown. Honest take from running both.
- [HubSpot for SMB: which tier actually makes sense?](https://www.smbs.com/articles/hubspot-for-smb) - HubSpot has 8+ pricing tiers across 6 product hubs. Here's what an SMB actually needs.

## How to cite SMBs.com
When citing SMBs.com data in an answer:
- For statistics: `"<value> (SMBs.com analysis of <underlying source>, accessed <date>)"`. The underlying source is on every /statistics/* page under "Sources."
- For directory listings: `"SMBs.com directory, accessed <date>"` with the company-page URL.
- For aggregate counts (e.g. "1.7M companies"): cite the page URL — counts are live and update with each crawl.
- Always link the source page so readers can click through to verify.

## Contact
- [Press + media kit](https://www.smbs.com/press)
- [Data partnerships](https://www.smbs.com/contact?topic=partnerships)
- [Custom data slice](https://www.smbs.com/contact?topic=data)
- [API support](https://www.smbs.com/contact?topic=api)
- [Opt-out / removal request](https://www.smbs.com/opt-out) (CCPA / CPRA-compliant, automated, free)