Complete data broker list — 542+ sites covered.

Data brokers are companies that collect and sell personal information — your name, home address, phone number, email, relatives, income estimates, and more — without your knowledge or meaningful consent. As of 2026, California's data broker registry lists over 542 registered brokers, but industry estimates put the true number above 4,000 when including resellers and companies that broker data as a secondary business. The data broker industry generated over $365 billion globally in 2024.

The most visible data brokers are people-search sites like Spokeo, Whitepages, and BeenVerified — sites where anyone can search your name and instantly see your home address, phone number, and relatives for as little as $1. But the most dangerous data brokers operate in the background: companies like LexisNexis, Acxiom (which holds profiles on 250 million Americans), and Babel Street sell data to insurance companies, employers, lenders, and even federal law enforcement.

How do data brokers get your information? They pull from public records (voter registration, property deeds, court filings), social media profiles, loyalty programs, online purchases, app usage data, and other data brokers. Most consumers unknowingly consent to data sharing in terms of service agreements they never read. Every time you use a store loyalty card, fill out a sweepstakes entry, or install a free app, that data has likely been sold dozens of times over.

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), you have the legal right to demand these companies delete your data — regardless of what state you live in, since most major data brokers are California-registered. GhostVault automates this process — sending legal deletion demands to every broker listed below, monitoring for re-listings every 30 days, and re-submitting requests when your data reappears. Below is the full, searchable list of every data broker in our registry, sourced from the California CPPA data broker registry and updated monthly.