# Can I get emails from a list of companies?

**You can't directly enrich account searches with emails.**

To find an email, Evaboot needs to attach it to a person. That requires:

- The person's **first name**
- The person's **last name**
- The **company website** (or at least the company name)

Evaboot does not find generic company addresses like `info@company.com` or `contact@company.com`.

## Why no company emails?

A shared address like `sales@company.com` is not tied to a person. It usually lands in a shared inbox, so it works poorly for outreach. Evaboot only finds professional emails matched to a named person.

## Turn companies into leads first

You can still find emails from a company search, but not directly. On Sales Navigator:

![From an account search to an account list, then a lead search from that list, then an Evaboot export. Emails need first name, last name and website](https://help.evaboot.com/images/illustrations/accounts-to-leads.png)

1. **Make an account search.**
2. **Create an account list** from this account search.
3. **Make a lead search** based on your account list.
4. **Extract the lead search** with Evaboot. Emails are found automatically.

See the full steps in [How to Find Decision Makers in a Company with Sales Navigator?](https://help.evaboot.com/public/best-practices/how-to-find-decision-makers-in-a-company-with-sales-navigator/)

This technique works better because you can **decide exactly which decision maker to contact**, instead of getting random leads among the company's employees.

## Related articles

- [How Does the Evaboot Email Finder Work?](https://help.evaboot.com/public/email-finder-verifier/how-does-the-evaboot-email-finder-work/)