# Data coverage by country and industry

Source: https://listplus.ai/en/help/find-contacts/coverage-by-country
Last updated: 2026-09-25

Segment Search gives you filtered access to our data provider's B2B database —
roughly 300 million profiles worldwide. Coverage isn't even everywhere: how
many people, how many verified emails and how many verified mobile numbers
the provider has for a given country or industry varies, and we don't have
exact per-country figures to publish here.

## What to expect

As a general rule, coverage tends to be strongest for larger companies and
common B2B roles in major markets, and thinner for small companies, niche
industries and countries with less public professional data. Verified
mobile numbers are typically scarcer than verified emails in any market,
since fewer people list a mobile number publicly in the first place; this
is general guidance, not a per-country figure we can confirm.

Rather than guess whether your target market or industry is well covered,
**try a small sample first**: set your filters in Segment Search, run one page
(2 credits) and look at how many of the 25 results already carry a masked
email or mobile preview with a green check before committing to a larger
search. See "[Segment Search: the audience database](https://listplus.ai/en/help/find-contacts/categories-audience-database)" for how a search and its
cost work, and "[How Segment Search filters work](https://listplus.ai/en/help/find-contacts/filters-explained)" for setting Location,
Industry and Reachability filters precisely.

## If coverage is thin for your search

- Broaden the filter that's narrowing you down most (a wider location, a
  broader industry, a lower seniority) and compare how many results carry
  a masked email or mobile preview with a green check.
- Add the people you need to a list anyway, then enrich them individually —
  most lookups are only charged when they find something (the price list
  marks the few that charge per attempt), so trying costs you only the
  ones that succeed. See "[Find a verified email address](https://listplus.ai/en/help/enrich/find-verified-email)" and "Find phone
  and mobile numbers".
- For a target group no filter-based search covers well, describe it in
  AI Research instead, which searches the open web rather than one
  provider's database.

## Language of the research

AI Research works best with an English brief, even for non-English
targets — see "Should I write my brief in English?" in "Write a good
research brief" for why. Location, Company HQ and Industry must be picked
from the suggestions list.

**Related topics:** categories-audience-database · filters-explained ·
write-a-good-research-brief · reveal-email-and-phone · which-finder-do-i-use.

## FAQ

### Is coverage the same in every country?

No — coverage (how many people and verified contact details the database has) varies by country and by industry. We don't have exact per-country numbers to publish; run a small sample search first to see how well your specific market is covered.

### Is coverage weaker for smaller companies or niche industries?

Generally yes — larger companies and common B2B roles tend to have better coverage than small companies and niche industries, as a general pattern rather than a guaranteed rule. If your search returns few masked email or mobile previews with a green check, try broadening a filter and compare.

### Are mobile numbers harder to find than emails?

Verified mobile numbers are typically scarcer than verified emails in any market, simply because fewer people have a mobile number listed publicly at all. This is general guidance, not a country-specific figure.

### Is DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) coverage good?

We don't have exact figures for DACH specifically. Set your filters (e.g. Location: Germany, Austria, Switzerland) in Segment Search and run one page to see how many results carry a masked email or mobile preview with a green check before running a larger search.

### How do I check coverage before spending credits on a big search?

Run one page of your filtered search first — it costs 2 credits for up to 25 results — and look at how many results already show a masked email or mobile preview with a green check. That gives you a real sample for your exact filters instead of a general estimate.

### What can I do if coverage for my target group is thin?

Broaden the filter narrowing your results the most (a wider location, industry or seniority), or add the people to a list and enrich them individually — most lookups are only charged when they find something (the price list marks the few that charge per attempt). For a group no filter search covers well, describe it in AI Research instead, which searches the open web.

### Does the database cover languages other than English?

Location, Company HQ and Industry must be picked from the suggestions list. AI Research works with any language but finds more sources with an English brief, since most public web content it searches is in English.

### Why did my search return fewer verified emails than I expected?

Coverage for your specific combination of location, industry and seniority may simply be thinner than average — this varies and isn't something ListPlus controls. Try a broader filter, or enrich individual results afterward with "[Find a verified email address](https://listplus.ai/en/help/enrich/find-verified-email)".