Who buys from CEOs
At companies under 50 people the CEO usually signs off on every new tool, so a short, specific email to them often beats working up from a manager.
How to narrow it: Filter by company size first. A CEO at a 10-person company and one at a 10,000-person company need different emails, and only the first reads their own inbox.
By state
Where the 398,349 US contacts are based, top 12.
By company size
Employees at the contact's company.
Industries CEOs work in
From a sample of contacts on the list.
What a row looks like
Real records from the list with the person and company hidden. Exports include name, work email, phone where available, LinkedIn, company, website and address.
| Job title | Industry | Company size | State | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Executive Officer | IT Services and IT Consulting | 20–99 | IL | Yes |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | Higher Education | 500–999 | NY | Yes |
| Founder & CEO | Services for Renewable Energy | 20–99 | NY | Yes |
| President & CEO | Banking | 500–999 | CA | Yes |
| CEO | Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry | 20–99 | GA | Yes |
| President & Chief Executive Officer | Financial Services | 100–249 | IL | Yes |
| Founder & CEO | Ground Passenger Transportation | 250–499 | TN | Yes |
| Founder & CEO | Financial Services | 5–19 | CA | Yes |
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- Search the database with the job titles or industries above.
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CEO Email List FAQ
How many CEOs are on the list?
398,349 in the United States have a work email on file, and 783,016 worldwide. 146,799 of the US contacts also have a phone number. The most are in California (26,662).
Can I download the CEO email list as a CSV?
Yes. Build the list with the filters you need, verify it, and export to CSV or Excel, or send it straight into a cold email sequence in Sendsets.
How fresh is the data?
The counts on this page were taken in October 2026. Emails get a live SMTP check before you send, so addresses that went stale since the last refresh are caught instead of bouncing.
Is it legal to email CEOs?
In the US, B2B cold email is allowed under CAN-SPAM if the sender and subject are honest, you include a postal address and you honour opt-outs. In the UK and EU, GDPR and PECR add a legitimate-interest test. This is general information, not legal advice.
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How we count: live totals from the Sendsets contact index in October 2026, limited to people with a work email on file. State is where the person is based; company size and industry describe their employer. Titles and industries come from a sample of 500 US records. All email lists.