How to Find a Toll Free Phone Number

Many businesses have toll free numbers that allow customers and others to call them at no charge. This can mean significant savings if you need to make a call during business hours to a company located far away. Using a toll free number means that you don't have to worry about paying a telephone company's daytime long distance rates, which are often very expensive.

Things You'll Need

• Company annual report
• Company business card

Instructions

1. Check company literature. This includes the company's annual report, business cards and website. Each of these places often lists a toll free number.

2. Consult toll free directories. Toll Free Directory Assistance--[phone]--is available 24 hours per day, seven days per week. There are also a number of phone number search websites available in which you can lookup toll free numbers.

3. Investigate business profiles. Hoover's and the Better Business Bureau usually list full address information with each business profile. If a business has a toll free number, it will almost always appear with the business profile.

Tips & Warnings

• If you know a regular phone number for a company, you can use it to do a reverse search for a toll free number using online toll free directory services.

• Approximate name searches, wildcard searches and keyword searches are often available when you are unsure of the exact name of a company.

• While calling Toll Free Directory Assistance is a toll-free call, this is not the case when calling regular directory assistance.

References

• Hoover's Company Profile: Land's End (example)
• Better Business Bureau Profile: Land's End (example)

Resources

• Toll Free Directory Assistance
• AT&T Directory Assistance
• Yellow.com: Toll Free Number Search