Email lists by role: physicians, CFOs, more

Most buyers do not want a list of businesses. They want the people who do one job: the physicians, the finance directors, the architects. This index groups the roles we are asked for most, says what a line holds for each, and where its data starts.

How to read this index

Each entry is a target someone actually asked for. A count is never printed here unless it comes from a public source with a date: role lists move every month, and a number without its source and its date tells you nothing you can check.

Two things change from one role to the next, and they decide what you get:

the kind of line: a person line names someone in a role; a company line reaches the business itself, for targets like hospitals or hotels where the switchboard is the way in;
where the data starts: a professional registry, a company register, or nothing official at all. When a registry exists, the count is checkable. When none exists, the count is ours to make during the call.

Each Count them link opens our request form with the target already written. You correct it in your own words, and we count it with you.

Healthcare

Healthcare is the largest family of role lists we are asked for, and the one with the best starting point: in the United States, providers who hold a National Provider Identifier are listed in the NPPES file, which CMS publishes every month. A healthcare list can be checked against an official file. Most other role lists cannot.

Target	Kind of line	Where the data starts
Physicians	person	NPPES, by specialty and practice location	Count them
Cardiologists	person	NPPES specialty taxonomy	Count them
Neurologists	person	NPPES specialty taxonomy	Count them
Oncologists	person	NPPES specialty taxonomy	Count them
Radiologists	person	NPPES specialty taxonomy	Count them
Surgeons	person	NPPES specialty taxonomy	Count them
Nurse practitioners	person	NPPES	Count them
Nurses	person	state nursing boards, then the employer	Count them
Pharmacists	person	NPPES and state pharmacy boards	Count them
Veterinarians	person	state veterinary boards, then the practice	Count them
Hospitals	company	official facility lists, then the switchboard	Count them
Dentists	person	NPPES dentist taxonomy codes	Count them
Physical Therapists	person	NPPES individual NPIs, primary PT taxonomy	Count them
Chief Nursing Officers	person	Establishment size and state, then leadership pages	Count them
Urgent care centers	company	NAICS 621493 and NPPES taxonomy 261QU0200X	Count them

The trap of this family: a practitioner and a practice are not the same unit. A dental practice with four dentists is one phone line and four people. Decide which one you are buying before the count, or the number will not match the file.

Executive roles

There is no register of finance directors. An executive list is built from companies first, then from people inside them, which is why the titles you accept matter more than anything else.

Target	Kind of line	Titles usually accepted
Chief financial officers	person	CFO, finance director, head of finance	Count them
Chief information officers	person	CIO, IT director, head of IT	Count them
Chief technology officers	person	CTO, VP engineering, head of technology	Count them
Chief marketing officers	person	CMO, marketing director, head of marketing	Count them
Chief investment officers	person	CIO in asset management, head of investments	Count them
Business Owners	person	state registries and employer establishments	Count them

The trap of this family: the same title means different jobs at different sizes. A finance director in a 15 person company and in a 5,000 person group do not buy the same thing. Say the company size if it matters to you; if it does not, we do not ask.

Other trades and roles

Target	Kind of line	Where the data starts
Architects	person or company	state architecture boards, then the practice	Count them
Teachers	person	the school, then the role	Count them
Journalists	person	the publication, then the beat	Count them
Hotels	company	map listings and tourism registers	Count them
Real Estate Agents	person	state license records and brokerage rosters	Count them
Interior Designers	person	SOC 27-1025 employer records	Count them
Electricians	person	state and local license records	Count them

Two of these deserve a warning. Teachers and journalists are mostly reached through their institution, and the institution often publishes the address itself. A paid list is worth it when you need the role, the beat or the phone line, not the generic inbox.

Your role is not here

This index lists the targets we are asked for most, not the only ones we build. If you can say it in one sentence, every estate agent in Florida, the heads of logistics of food manufacturers in the Midwest, we can count it. Describe yours.

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