You will have a great deal more luck in finding the number if it is a land line, as they are much easier to trace. Cellular phone numbers can be more challenging. Therefore, your first step is to use a website that allows you to search for telephone numbers that are landlines – business and residential – and see if you have any luck.
To do this, you simply need to enter the telephone number into a reverse telephone search field, and click “search”. If it is a successful search, the website will provide you with the name associated with that telephone number, as well as the address. Some websites will also offer additional information, such as driving directions from where you are to the location of the telephone number. Others have certain email addresses available in their directories as well.
In the case of cellular phones, you should know that there isn’t just one large cellular phone directory. There are two primary schools of thought in finding cellular phone numbers through reverse telephone searches. The first is to use the “hit and miss” technique, where you find as many cellular reverse search directories as you can, and you search for the telephone number, and you hope that you hit one that includes what you’re looking for. The other is to pay someone else to do that for you. It is possible to find a reputable, quality service that will get the job done for a reasonable amount of money. Less than $25, sometimes even in around $15. Less than that would certainly reduce the quality of the results. This will save you a great deal of time and frustration, but as there is a fee, you need to decide how much it is worth to find out what that number is.
A helpful tool for finding the owner of any U.S. phone number is right here.