Pasadena-based Spokeo Reports Growth Surge with 159 Percent Increase in Revenue Over Three Years

Spokeo, a leading people search engine, today announced that it is closing out 2014 with its most successful year-to-date. The company experienced a 159 percent increase in revenue growth between 2012 and 2014.

Spokeo has also reached a count of 150 employees in its Pasadena headquarters, almost double the amount in 2012. Additionally, the company was recently named number 22 on Los Angeles Business Journal’s list of the Fastest Growing Private Companies of 2014.

“When we launched Spokeo there was no simple, yet comprehensive tool empowering individuals with easy access to people data,” said Harrison Tang, chief executive officer and co-founder, Spokeo. “Our growth shows the strong demand for direct access to information about people. The existing large search engines have failed to make this information accessible to consumers, which is why millions of users need our service to fill this critical void.”

Since launching in 2006, Spokeo has become a leading method for consumers to reconnect with friends and family members nationwide simply by searching for their name, phone number, email address or username for an online profile. Spokeo has identified the following user trends:

Spokeo estimates that 15 – 20 percent of Americans move every year; easy access to updated contact information is integral in reconnecting with friends and family who have lost touch. 71 percent of adults are willing to conduct some kind of informational search on a date in order to feel safer. Spokeo’s search functions make people search an easy and important part of the dating, especially online dating, process today.

Since launch, adopted adults have turned to the website to track down their birth parents. Spokeo responded to this demand by creating The Spokeo Search Angels Program which supports volunteers who dedicate their time to tracking down birth parents for these adoptees
For more information about Spokeo, visit www.spokeo.com or follow @spokeo on Twitter.

About Spokeo

Spokeo is a leading people search service using proprietary technology to organize public information into comprehensive yet easy-to-understand online profiles. Based in Pasadena, Spokeo makes it easier than ever to help reunite friends and family, browse celebrities, and discover information about your online footprint, by simply searching a name, address, email, phone or username.