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Towing company email list: every tow truck and roadside service in your area

Leadraft builds a list of towing businesses from Google Maps for the area you choose: light-duty tow truck services, flatbed and motorcycle towing, heavy-duty and semi towing, roadside assistance, lockout and jump-start services, and impound and private property towing. Each business comes with its phone, website, address, rating, reviews, hours and social profiles, plus up to 5 emails found on its own website. Every email is checked against the live mailbox and graded Verified, Accept-all or Invalid, and invalid ones are never exported.

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10,566motor vehicle towing establishments with paid employees (NAICS 488410, 2023)Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (NAICS 488410, Motor Vehicle Towing)
1,292towing companies in California, the largest state (NAICS 488410, 2023)Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (NAICS 488410, Motor Vehicle Towing)
886towing companies in Texas (NAICS 488410, 2023)Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (NAICS 488410, Motor Vehicle Towing)

How big is the towing company market?

Towing is a small-fleet, around-the-clock trade. The Census Bureau counted 10,566 motor vehicle towing establishments with employees in 2023 (NAICS 488410), led by California (1,292), Texas (886), Florida (648), New York (492), Illinois (426) and Pennsylvania (382). Owner-operators with one truck and no payroll aren't in that count, so Google Maps shows more. Work comes from several directions: motor clubs and insurance roadside programs, police and highway rotation lists, private property impounds, body shops and dealers, and drivers who search the map after a breakdown. Many towing companies also run a repair shop, a storage lot or a junkyard. Owners buy trucks, wreckers and equipment, insurance, dispatch software and fuel, and the business is local and relationship-driven.

How many towing companies are there in each state?

California, Texas and Florida have the most. The Census Bureau counted 10,566 establishments in Motor vehicle towing (NAICS 488410) across the 50 states and DC in 2023. These are locations with paid employees, so one-person businesses aren't included and the real number of businesses is higher. Use it to size a market before you build the list.

Rank	State	Establishments (2023)	Share of US
1	California	1,292	12.2%
2	Texas	886	8.4%
3	Florida	648	6.1%
4	New York	492	4.7%
5	Illinois	426	4.0%
6	Pennsylvania	382	3.6%
7	North Carolina	366	3.5%
8	Virginia	366	3.5%
9	Georgia	335	3.2%
10	Ohio	334	3.2%
11	Michigan	313	3.0%
12	New Jersey	311	2.9%
13	Washington	294	2.8%
14	Massachusetts	271	2.6%
15	Tennessee	245	2.3%
16	Indiana	220	2.1%
17	Missouri	212	2.0%
18	Maryland	205	1.9%
19	Colorado	202	1.9%
20	Arizona	200	1.9%
21	South Carolina	162	1.5%
22	Alabama	158	1.5%
23	Minnesota	149	1.4%
24	Louisiana	148	1.4%
25	Wisconsin	142	1.3%
26	Oregon	134	1.3%
27	Oklahoma	121	1.1%
28	Kentucky	115	1.1%
29	Utah	113	1.1%
30	Arkansas	107	1.0%
31	Mississippi	101	1.0%
32	New Mexico	98	0.9%
33	Iowa	96	0.9%
34	Nevada	95	0.9%
35	Kansas	87	0.8%
36	West Virginia	79	0.7%
37	Idaho	71	0.7%
38	Montana	71	0.7%
39	Nebraska	61	0.6%
40	Connecticut	60	0.6%
41	Maine	60	0.6%
42	New Hampshire	51	0.5%
43	Hawaii	47	0.4%
44	Wyoming	46	0.4%
45	Delaware	43	0.4%
46	South Dakota	33	0.3%
47	Alaska	28	0.3%
48	Rhode Island	28	0.3%
49	Vermont	25	0.2%
50	North Dakota	23	0.2%
51	District of Columbia	14	0.1%

Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (state file), all legal forms.

What's in a towing company lead list

Every row is one towing company business found on Google Maps inside the area you chose, with its email found on its own website and checked against the live mail server. These are the columns that matter most for towing companies:

Field	Why it matters for towing companies
category / categories	Splits dedicated towing companies from repair shops, junkyards and roadside-only services that also tow. Wrecker dealers want towing rows; junk car buyers and parts recyclers want the rest.
email + grade	Towing companies often publish one office or dispatch address, and small ones use Gmail. Verified means the mailbox exists; Accept-all means the domain takes any address, so treat it as a maybe.
free_provider	Flags Gmail, Yahoo and similar addresses. A one-truck operator with a free address is a different prospect from a fleet with a branded domain.
hours	Most towing companies list 24 hours. Those that don't are often part-time operators or attached to a repair shop.
phone	The listed number is a dispatch line that answers emergencies. Don't sell on it. Email first; if you call, ask for the owner or office and be brief. Follow the TCPA for calls and texts.
rating + reviews	Drivers choose a tow company from the map in a hurry. Review count shows who gets the most cash calls; a low rating often points to impound or private property work.
address + service_area + in_area	Many towing companies are service-area businesses with a yard. Use the area and distance columns to keep companies that cover your territory, or draw a polygon along a highway corridor.

About 45 columns in all, including up to five emails per business with their role and source, and eight social networks. See a sample export.

Search terms that find every towing company

No single keyword finds them all. Businesses file themselves under different Google Maps categories and describe themselves in different words, so a complete list searches every variant across the whole area, then removes duplicates.

Search terms: towing service, tow truck service, towing company, 24 hour towing, emergency towing, roadside assistance, flatbed towing, car towing, motorcycle towing, heavy duty towing, semi truck towing, wrecker service, accident recovery service, winch out service, jump start service, car lockout service, tire change service, fuel delivery service, private property towing, impound lot, vehicle recovery, rv towing, equipment hauling, junk car removal, cash for junk cars.

Google Maps categories: Towing service, Roadside assistance service, Truck repair shop, Auto repair shop, Junkyard, Car dealer.

Leadraft includes these in its Auto keyword pack (61 terms), and suggests more in your country's vocabulary when you type a trade.

Who sells to towing companies, and what works

Tow truck, wrecker and equipment dealers. Flatbeds, wreckers, rotators, wheel-lifts, winches and lighting. Lead with stock, financing and how fast a truck can be on the road, because an idle truck is lost calls.
Commercial auto and garagekeepers insurance. Towing carries high premiums and strict requirements from motor clubs and police rotations. A quick quote and same-day certificates of insurance are the hook.
Dispatch, GPS and impound management software. Motor club job intake, driver dispatch, photos, impound billing and payments. Pitch more calls per truck and fewer missed jobs at night.
Body shops, dealers and repair shops. Shops want tow operators to bring them repair work. A short note about your shop, the makes you fix and how you treat tow operators starts a referral relationship.
Junk car buyers, auctions and parts recyclers. Towing companies end up with abandoned and junk vehicles. A clear price per vehicle and quick pickup turns that problem into revenue for them.
Property managers and HOAs. Managers who need private property towing can list every towing company in the area and ask for terms, instead of picking from the first search results.

How to segment and qualify a towing company list

Light duty vs heavy duty

Run light-duty terms (tow truck service, flatbed towing) and heavy-duty terms (semi truck towing, heavy duty towing) as separate searches. Heavy-duty operators buy rotators and big wreckers and work with fleets and trucking companies.

Roadside-only services

Lockout, jump-start, tire change and fuel delivery services often run vans, not tow trucks. Keep them as their own segment for roadside software and parts vendors.

Towing plus repair or junkyard

Use the categories column to find towing companies that also list Auto repair shop or Junkyard. They buy parts and shop equipment as well as trucks.

Highway corridors

Draw a polygon along interstates and truck routes to find the companies that handle highway and commercial recovery.

Newly opened companies

New towing businesses need insurance, trucks, dispatch software and a listing that ranks. A monitor on your area surfaces new listings as they appear on Google Maps.

How to reach towing companies

Respect the dispatch line

The number on the listing is how stranded drivers reach them. Sell by email. If you call, call the office line from their website during business hours and keep it short.

Owners work odd hours

Many owners drive calls themselves, nights and weekends included. Email lands best early morning, and a short, phone-readable message gets read.

Lead with calls, trucks and claims

Towing owners count calls per truck, motor club payouts and insurance cost. Offers framed in those numbers land better than feature lists.

CAN-SPAM and TCPA

Commercial email to businesses is covered by CAN-SPAM: honest subject lines, your physical address and an opt-out that you honor. Many listed numbers are owners' cell phones, so calls and texts fall under the TCPA: dial by hand and don't send marketing texts without consent. Read our cold email laws guide and get legal advice for your setup.

How to find towing company leads: build the list in four steps

Choose the place. A city, county or ZIP code, a radius around an address, or a shape you draw on the map (or a KML file).
Search every variant. Start from the terms above. Leadraft splits large areas into tiles so you get the businesses past Google's first few hundred results, and keeps only the ones inside your area and in the trade.
Preview before you pay. The free preview shows real businesses already found there, with emails masked.
Export or push. Download CSV or XLSX, or send the Verified emails straight to Instantly, Smartlead, lemlist or HubSpot with your suppression list applied. Each business is charged once, ever.

Towing companies lead lists: questions

How do I find towing company leads?

Pick the area you sell into (a city, county, ZIP code or a shape you draw), then search Google Maps terms such as towing service, tow truck service, roadside assistance, heavy duty towing and wrecker service. Leadraft searches the area tile by tile so you get past Google's limit of about 120 results per search, keeps only companies inside your area, finds up to 5 emails on each company's website and checks every one before you export.

How many towing companies are there in the US?

The Census Bureau's County Business Patterns counted 10,566 motor vehicle towing establishments with paid employees in 2023 (NAICS 488410). California has the most (1,292), then Texas (886) and Florida (648). One-truck operators with no payroll aren't in that count, and many repair shops and junkyards also tow, so Google Maps shows more.

Can I get a list of only heavy-duty towing companies?

Yes. Search heavy-duty terms (heavy duty towing, semi truck towing, wrecker service) and check each row's name, categories and website before you export. Light-duty companies also show up in those searches, so expect to drop some rows.

Are the emails verified?

Each email is checked against the company's mail server and graded Verified (the mailbox exists), Accept-all (the server accepts any address, so it's a maybe) or Invalid (never exported). Emails come from the company's own website, with the page each was found on.

How much does a towing company email list cost?

Leadraft charges one business credit per business, once, and one checked-email credit per verified email you take out. The whole US has about 10,600 towing establishments with employees (Census 2023), so even a national list of that size fits the Starter plan's 25,000 businesses ($19 a month, 1,000 checked emails). If you want 4,000 verified emails, Growth ($49, 5,000 checked emails) covers it in one month. A California-only list (1,292 companies in the Census count) is a smaller first step, and the Free plan gives you 500 businesses and 50 checked emails a month to test one metro.

Do you include owner names?

No. Leadraft lists businesses, not people. You get the emails each company publishes on its own website, often an office or dispatch address and sometimes a named owner, with the role and the page it was found on.

Sources

1.US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (NAICS 488410, Motor Vehicle Towing) · US and state files, establishments with paid employees, released 2025.
2.FTC: CAN-SPAM Act, a compliance guide for business
3.FCC: Stop unwanted robocalls and texts (TCPA consent rules)

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