Why Use 192.com

192.com has become the de facto standard search engine for finding people, business and places in the UK.

Our multi-award winning site searches over 630 million UK records; some are free to search, some you will need to buy credits to access.


Free Data

192.com gives you fast access to more free data on UK people, business and places including:

  • Directory Enquiries – flexible search over 17 million residential and business listings, updated daily, from the BT Contact Directory Enquiry database*.
  • Property Reports – search the official UK Land Registry database of 6 million properties in England and Wales. For buyers and sellers, this includes property price, date sold, and type and age of the property**,
  • Local Business Directories – simultaneously search 2.3 million company listings from Dun & Bradstreet. Search by name or line of business for any local area including postcode, suburb, town or for the entire UK. We can even show you the shop fronts for over 80,000 retails businesses across the UK.
  • Advanced Mapping and Aerial Photography – 192.com offers the UK's most advanced mapping and aerial photography tool for free. Our Flash based system allows you to double-click directly on the map for more detail or to click-and-drag to move across the mapping view. Our mapping tool includes:
    • Aerial photographs of every house in England and Wales
    • Residential flight angled aerial images for better photographic perspective
    • Geocoded photos on historical high streets
    • Posipics for common streets of London
    • A round plotter from postcode to postcode providing text and map based directions.


  • * Free directory enquiry searches are limited to 10 per day.
    ** Property Prices supplied by Land Registry.

Premium Data

In addition to our free searches, 192.com also gives you fast access to premium data including:

  • 2008 Electoral Roll – search 27 million residential names and addresses on the current Electoral Roll, updated quarterly.
  • Archived Electoral Roll – search 2002 - 2007 Electoral Rolls. This requires Extended Archive Membership.
  • Births, marriages and deaths (BMD) register – search over 300 million records from 1837-2004. Additional tips available on searching BMD data.
  • 1861 Census – over 20 million registry documents from the 1861 census, searchable by name or address.
  • Company Reports – search over 1 million company reports, including snapshot financial data and links to Director details.
  • Director Reports – search over 4.5 million Director records from Dun & Bradstreet including name, address and date of birth.

The credit system

Searches Number of credits
1 search on Electoral Roll data – this can return up to 200 results per search 1
1 company report 5
1 director report (includes Electoral Roll search) 6
I image view of any birth, marriage, or death record from 1837-1983 1
Birth, marriage or death records from 1984-2004 (this can return up to 4 records per search) 1
1861 Census - 1 household transcript 1
1861 Census - 1 image view 1

Credit packages
100 Credits - £34.95

300 Credits - £84.95 SAVE £20

600 Credits - £149.95 SAVE £60

All prices exclude VAT. VAT is non-refundable on overseas orders.
Credits are valid for 6 months from date of purchase.

Extended Archive Membership

In order to access archived Electoral Rolls for the years 2002 - 2007, you will need Extended Archive Membership for an annual fee of £149.99 plus search credits.

These Electoral Rolls contain approximately 140 million records and include over 10 million names and addresses that are not listed on the current 2008 Electoral Roll. After purchasing Extended Archive Membership, access to each historical record uses one search credit.

Top-up credits for monthly subscribers

For users that signed up to our monthly subscription packages prior to 2007, top-up credits are available at a price of 20p per credit.

Electoral Roll Search Facilities

192.com has developed some of the most powerful search technology to integrate Electoral Roll data. This flexible search technology is available on no other site on the web. Our search facilities enable people to search in the following ways:

  • Name only searching: no location required
  • Search on any part of the address: i.e. house number, street name, village, town, county or postcode
  • Search by relationship: e.g. find a John Smith that lives with a Mary Jones
  • Search for neighbours: See who lives in a street
  • Search using wildcards: unsure of the spelling? Use a wildcard (*)

Why people use 192.com

192.com offers a wealth of both residential and business data to search. People use 192.com to:

  • Find directory enquiry listings for free
  • Search classified business listings for free
  • View maps for free
  • Plot routes for free
  • View aerial photos for free

Many users buy credits to search Electoral Roll data so they can:

  • Find long-lost friends and family
  • Organise school, army or work reunions
  • Conduct Family Tree searches
  • Update and verify their contact details

Business Users use 192.com to:

  • Verify customer identities
  • Trace debtors
  • Conduct KYC checks