# Prospecting

> Search graph8's 200M+ contact database to find and save prospects to targeted lists.

Source: https://docs.graph8.com/data/prospecting/

graph8 gives you access to a database of over 200 million B2B contacts. Search by job title, industry, company size, location, and more to build targeted prospect lists for outreach.

## Searching the Database

1. Go to **Data → Search**
2. Choose the **People** or **Companies** tab
3. Apply filters to narrow your results, then click **Run Search**
4. Review the matching contacts
5. Click **Save List** to save all results, or select rows and click **Save Selected** to save just those contacts

![The Data menu open, showing Search alongside Companies, Contacts, Data Pipelines, Lists, Suppressions, and Workbench](https://docs.graph8.com/images/data/data-menu.png)

## Available Filters

![The Search page: People and Companies tabs, the Run Search button, and the ICP Criteria panel with Contact Search, Company Search, Location, Intent Topics, and Intent Search sections](https://docs.graph8.com/images/data/search-filters.png)

Filters are grouped into sections in the panel on the left:

| Section | Filters | Examples |
|---------|---------|---------|
| **Contact Search** | Persona (Seniority Level, Job Title, Job Department), Social Profiles, Education, Background, Scoring and Confidence, Personal Information | C-Suite, VP Marketing, Engineering |
| **Company Search** | Company, Industry, Number of Employees, Company Revenue, Year Founded, Company Social Media, Stock Ticker, Stock Exchange | SaaS, 51-200 employees, $10M+ revenue |
| **Location** | Contact or company geography | Country, state, city, or metro area |
| **Intent Topics** | Companies showing buying intent on selected topics | Researching topics relevant to your product |
| **Intent Search** | Free-text intent keyword search | Product or category keywords |
| **Lists** | Include or exclude contacts from your existing lists | Exclude current customers |

You can also set **Max results** above the filters to cap how many records the search returns (up to 50,000).

## Combining Filters

Stack multiple filters to build precise targeting. For example:

- **VP or Director** of **Marketing** at **SaaS companies** with **51-200 employees** in the **United States**
- **CTO or Head of Engineering** at companies with **$10M+ revenue** founded after **2015**
- **SDR Managers** at companies showing **buying intent** on topics related to your product, excluding contacts already on your customer **lists**

Adjust filters and click **Run Search** again to update the results.

### Active Filters

Collapsed filter sections show a badge with the number of active filters applied.

This helps you quickly see how many filters are active, even when sections are closed.

## Saving to a List

![Search results in the grid with matching contacts and the Save Selected button in the top-right corner](https://docs.graph8.com/images/data/search-results.png)

Once you have a set of matching prospects:

1. Click **Save List** to save the full result set, or check individual rows and click **Save Selected** to save only those contacts
2. Give the list a descriptive title (e.g., "Q1 SaaS VP Marketing - West Coast")
3. Save the list; it appears under **Data → Lists**

Prospects saved to a list are now in your graph8 workspace and can be enrolled in sequences, enriched, or exported.

## Saved Filters

Save your most-used filter combinations from the filter panel so you can re-run the same search later. As the database updates, re-running a saved search finds new prospects matching your ICP.

## Per-Company Caps

When a search returns multiple matching contacts at the same company, you can cap how many are saved per company:

- When saving a contact list, check **Limit number of employees per company** in the save dialog and set the cap (e.g., 3 contacts max per company)
- graph8 picks the highest-seniority matches first
- Useful for account-based targeting where you don't want to over-saturate one company

## Enrichment

graph8 enriches prospect data automatically when you save contacts to a list. Enrichment fills in missing fields like:

- **Email addresses**: verified work emails
- **Phone numbers**: direct dials and mobile
- **LinkedIn profiles**: profile URLs
- **Company data**: size, revenue, industry, tech stack

You can also run enrichment manually on any list: open the list from **Data → Lists** and click the **+** column header to add an enrichment column. For advanced enrichment (waterfall providers, AI research, and formula columns), see [Enrichment & Formulas](https://docs.graph8.com/data/enrichment/).

## Next Steps

- [Managing Lists →](https://docs.graph8.com/data/managing-lists/): Organize, filter, and work with your saved lists
- [Enrichment & Formulas →](https://docs.graph8.com/data/enrichment/): Waterfall providers, AI research, and formula columns
- [Import & Export →](https://docs.graph8.com/data/import-export/): Upload your own contacts or export lists