Skip tracing for private investigators

Private investigators use Skipmatch to add phone numbers and emails to client lists of witnesses, heirs and other parties. Upload a CSV with a name and address for each person, and get contacts back for the rows that match.

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Key facts

Price: a flat $0.03 a record at any list size from 50 to 100,000 records.
Unit: Priced per matched record.
Minimum order: 50 records
Minimum charge: Minimum charge $0.50 when any record matches.
Single search: Single search: $0.10, charged only on a match, paid from prepaid credit ($10 minimum top-up).
Prepaid credit: Prepaid credit expires 12 months after your last credit purchase, single search or credit-paid list, and unused credit is refundable on request within 90 days of purchase.
Free tool: Check your list free at /tools/skip-trace-csv-checker. Check columns, split addresses and download a fixed CSV in your browser before tracing at $0.03 a record. No account needed.
Subscription: None. A list order is paid for on its own by card or prepaid credit.
Max per order: 100,000 rows or 50 MB per file
Output: Up to 10 phones per owner, each with its line type (mobile, landline or VoIP), plus emails where found
Sources: 3 core providers: idiCORE, Enformion and Delvepoint
Not for: FCRA uses: credit, insurance, employment or tenant screening
Prices last changed: 2026-10-02
Last updated: 2026-11-04

Who this is for

This page is for licensed private investigators and investigation firms that work lists of people for clients such as attorneys and businesses. If you have the names and last-known addresses and need current phone numbers or emails across many rows, that is the gap bulk skip tracing fills.

The lists private investigators bring

Witness and party lists. A client, often a law firm, hands you a list of people to reach. Upload the name and address columns and get contacts back for the same rows.
Heir and beneficiary research. Lists of possible heirs or next of kin from an estate file. Re-run the name and last-known address to look for a current phone or email.
Client lists with stale contact details. A client's list where the numbers on file no longer connect. Re-run the name and address to look for a current number.

How it works

Export your list as a CSV. One row per person, with an owner name and a complete address (street, city, state and ZIP). 50 to 100,000 rows per order. Your column names can be anything; you point each one at the right field during upload.
Upload it and see the price. The total is shown before you pay. Skipmatch charges $0.03 a record, and you pay only for records that come back with a phone or email. Minimum charge $0.50 when any record matches.
Download your list with contacts added. You get your own file back with up to 10 phones per person (each labeled mobile, landline or VoIP), up to three emails, and a HIT or MISS flag on every row.

See the columns in a real result on the sample file, or work out a total on the cost calculator.

Permitted use and compliance

Skipmatch is for a lawful business purpose you can state for every record, in connection with work you are doing for a client. It is not a people-search or background-check product for personal use, and it is not a consumer reporting agency: the data may not be used for employment, tenant, credit or insurance screening or for any other purpose the Fair Credit Reporting Act covers. The permissible-use terms also bar using the data to stalk, harass or intimidate anyone, or to locate a person in order to cause them harm, including anyone protected by a restraining or protective order. Locating a person for a client for a lawful purpose you can state is a permitted use.

Investigator licensing and the rules on what you may do for a client vary by state and are yours to follow. Depending on the work, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Driver's Privacy Protection Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and do-not-call rules, and state law may also apply to you. Skipmatch does not scrub numbers against do-not-call lists and a number in the file is not consent to contact anyone. Every account accepts the permissible-use terms before its first order. This is general information, not legal advice.

Questions

Can I skip trace a client's list of witnesses or heirs?

Yes, for a lawful business purpose. Upload a name and an address for each person. Each row that has a match comes back with phones and emails; rows with nothing found are flagged MISS.

Is Skipmatch a people-search or background-check service?

No. It appends phone numbers and emails to lists that its business customers upload. It is a business tool for licensed investigators working for a client, not a people-search or background-check product for personal use, and it may not be used for employment, tenant, credit or insurance screening.

What does it cost?

Skipmatch charges $0.03 a record, billed only for matched records, with no subscription or monthly seat. The total is shown before you pay. Minimum charge $0.50 when any record matches.

What do I need to upload?

A CSV with an owner name and one complete address (street, city, state and ZIP) on each row. Orders run from 50 to 100,000 rows. Your own column names are fine; you map them during upload.

Can I call everyone on the list?

Not automatically. Check the do-not-call rules that apply to you before you call or text, and scrub the list yourself because Skipmatch does not. This is general information, not legal advice.

Price your list before you pay for it.

Create an account, upload the file, and see your total before you pay. Records with no phone and no email are never charged.

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