Email lists / CEO email list
Build your own CEO email list from 468,973 verified US contacts.
Emailchaser's Lead Finder holds 468,973 US contacts with a CEO job title with a verified work email (live count, 3 November 2026). Searching is free. Each person you add uses 1 lead credit, every plan includes at least 1,500 credits a month, and you send the campaign from the same account.
Filters
| Person | Company | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| M••• T.CEO and Founder | Example Cloud Software11-50 employees | Austin, TX | |
| R••• B.Chief Executive Officer | Example Logistics Group201-500 employees | Memphis, TN | |
| S••• K.CEO | Example Dental Partners51-200 employees | Scottsdale, AZ | |
| P••• H.CEO and Co-founder | Example Health Analytics1-10 employees | Boston, MA | |
| D••• L.Chief Executive Officer | Example Manufacturing501-1000 employees | Milwaukee, WI |
Example rows, invented for this page; the count is real. Lead Finder shows a first name and last initial until you add someone.
Here is how many CEOs you can reach in five of the largest US states.
Every number is a live Lead Finder count of contacts with a CEO job title whose work email has a verified status. Pick one state, a few cities or the whole country before you add anyone.
CEO contacts with a verified work email, by state
Lead Finder live counts, 3 November 2026
| State | Contacts |
|---|---|
| California | 67,073 |
| New York | 33,675 |
| Florida | 32,448 |
| Texas | 30,831 |
| Illinois | 13,066 |
| United States | 468,973 |
Source: Emailchaser Lead Finder audience counts, job titles "CEO" and "Chief Executive Officer", verified work email only, read 3 November 2026.
Every contact you add comes with a verified work email and nine more fields.
Lead Finder only returns people whose work address has a verified status, and Emailchaser checks each address again as you add it.
- Verified work email
- First and last name
- Job title
- Seniority, such as owner or partner
- LinkedIn profile
- Company name
- Company website
- Company size, in employee bands
- Industry
- City, state and country
Lead Finder lists work emails, not phone numbers.
- Work email
- m•••@example.com Verified
- Seniority
- C-Suite
- Company
- Example Cloud Software
- Website
- example.com
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Industry
- Software Development
- Location
- Austin, Texas, United States
- linkedin.com/in/••••••
Example record. The person and the company are invented.
Building your own CEO list costs 2.3 to 3.6 cents a contact, and the same plan sends the emails.
A prebuilt file is a one-time download that starts going stale the day you buy it. In Lead Finder you choose exactly which CEOs go in, add more whenever you need them, and the plan that pays for the credits also sends the emails.
| Way to get the list | What you pay | Cost per contact |
|---|---|---|
| Emailchaser Pro | $97 a month with 5,000 lead credits and 125,000 emails a month included | 2.3 cents |
| Emailchaser Starter | $47 a month with 1,500 lead credits and 5,000 emails a month included | 3.5 cents |
| Emailchaser extra credits | $33 per 1,000 credits, or $20 per 1,000 when you buy 5,000 or more; bought credits never expire | 2.3 to 3.6 cents |
Sources: Emailchaser plans and credit prices from emailchaser.com/pricing, read 17 October 2026 (1 lead credit adds 1 person; plan credits refresh monthly). Each Emailchaser cost includes checking the address at most twice, $0.0034, which is on by default. Cost per contact is the price divided by the contacts it buys.
Three steps take you from a CEO search to a sent campaign.
Everything happens in one account, so there is no file to download, clean and upload somewhere else.
1. Search
Lead Finder filters
Job title: CEOState: CaliforniaFilter by industry, state or city, seniority, company size and more, and see the count before you spend a credit.
2. Add
Add to campaign
Pick how many to add. People already in your workspace cost nothing, and an address that fails the check uses no credit.
3. Send
Step 1 of 3 · Example email
Payroll for {{company}}
Hi {{first_name}}, running payroll should not take your finance lead two days a month. Our payroll runs in one afternoon and files the taxes for you. Want to see a run built from your own pay schedule?Write a short sequence with follow-ups, and Emailchaser sends it from your own mailboxes on a schedule.
Example campaign and email, invented for this page. The count is real.
Anyone who sells a product that changes how a whole company runs uses a CEO list, because the CEO can say yes without asking anyone.
At a company with a few dozen people the CEO often chooses the software, advisers and vendors directly, and reads their own email. At a company of several hundred the CEO delegates most buying, but still approves strategic deals and anything that touches the whole business. Filter by company size before you add anyone, because a message that suits a founder rarely suits the CEO of a large company.
These are the questions people ask about CEO email lists.
How many CEOs can I reach with Emailchaser?
Lead Finder holds 468,973 US contacts with a CEO job title with a verified work email, from a live count on 3 November 2026. The count changes as people change jobs, so the number you see in Lead Finder on the day you search is the one that counts.
Can I filter CEOs by state, city or company size?
Yes. Lead Finder filters by country, state and city, by seniority (for example owner, partner or director), by company size from 1-10 employees up to 10,001+, and by job title, revenue and the technology a company uses. Combine them freely, and the count updates before you spend anything.
How much does a CEO email list cost on Emailchaser?
Searching and counting are free. Each person you add uses 1 lead credit. Plans include 1,500 credits a month on Starter ($47), 5,000 on Pro ($97) and 10,000 on Max ($358), and extra credits cost $33 per 1,000, or $20 per 1,000 when you buy 5,000 or more. Checking each address is billed apart from credits, at $0.0017 a check. The 7-day free trial includes 500 lead credits.
Should I email the CEO of a small company or a large one?
It depends on the price and the speed of the sale. At a company with fewer than 50 people the CEO decides, so a short direct email works. At a large company a CEO's inbox is filtered, so a title one level below, such as "chief operating officer" or "vice president", gets a faster answer. Filter by company size in Lead Finder to separate the two.
Are the emails verified?
Lead Finder only returns people whose work email has a verified status. When you add them, Emailchaser checks each address again (on by default, $0.0017 a check, one or two checks an address), and an address that fails is dropped without using a credit.
Is it legal to send cold email to CEOs?
In the United States, the CAN-SPAM Act allows commercial email to business addresses when you identify yourself honestly, use an accurate subject line, include a postal address and honour every opt-out. Rules are stricter in some other countries, such as under GDPR in Europe.
Here are the other industry and profession email lists you can build in Lead Finder.
US contacts with a verified work email, Lead Finder live counts, 17 October 2026 to 3 November 2026. See every industry list
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