Private company

192.com

British directory service

192.com is a British company that publishes an online directory as well as information contained within the public domain for the United Kingdom, based in London, England. The company provides online directory enquiries and competes with BT, Google Local, Yelp and the Yell Group (the holding company now known as hibu, as of 2012) for the directory enquiry market. It is the market leader DQ for finding people.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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192.com is a British company that publishes an online directory as well as information contained within the public domain for the United Kingdom, based in London, England.2

The story

Founded in 1997 by Alastair Crawford, 192.com Limited evolved from a CD-ROM product called UK Info Disk, the best selling non-game CD-ROM product of its time. 192.com publishes the Edited Electoral Roll in electronic media; previously the roll had been available for consultation only in public libraries and town halls. The company offered an alternative to British Telecom's previous monopoly of telephone directory enquiries. There were a number of lawsuits related to this online challenge.

During the dotcom bubble in 2001 icd publishing was valued at £100 million.

In February 2011 icd publishing Ltd split in half; the two units were named 192.com Ltd and 192business Ltd. On 1 March 2012, half of the company 192business Ltd was sold to Experian Plc for an undisclosed sum, though the gross value of the assets was £9 million.

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Products and brands

In 2010, 192.com Limited launched i192, an app for iPhones supplying free directory enquiries and 192.com's business and residential listings for mobile web users. However, some users found the app difficult to use.

In 2012, the company released a new product, 'See Who's Looking for You'.

In 2013, the company released a new product, 'Background Reports', which includes edited electoral roll information, any county court judgements, mortality data, land registry details and an insolvency report.

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Timeline

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