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Technology 9 min readJune 14, 2025

Understanding Match Rates: What 94% Accuracy Actually Means

Not all identity resolution providers are equal. We break down how match rates are calculated and why our 94% accuracy outperforms the market.

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BuyerNetwork Editorial

Published June 14, 2025

Every identity resolution vendor claims high match rates. The numbers range from 60% to 99% depending on who you ask. Understanding what those numbers actually measure is critical to evaluating any provider.

How Match Rates Are Calculated

A match rate is the percentage of incoming visitor signals that result in a successfully resolved identity. But "resolved" can mean different things:

  • Partial matchreturning a name but no contact data
  • Email-only matchreturning an email but no phone or address
  • Full matchreturning name, email, phone, and address
  • Vendors who quote 95%+ match rates are often counting partial matches. BuyerPixels quotes full match rates — meaning we return a complete contact record including physical address.

    Our 94% accuracy figure is validated against ground-truth test sets where the true identity of the visitor is known, not estimated from probabilistic methods.

    What Affects Match Rates

    Match rates vary based on:

  • Traffic sourceOrganic search traffic from residential IPs matches at the highest rates. Bot traffic, VPN traffic, and enterprise IP ranges match at lower rates and are filtered out.
  • GeographyUS residential traffic matches at 94%+. International traffic rates vary by country.
  • Device typeDesktop and mobile traffic from residential connections match at similar rates. Tablet traffic is slightly lower.
  • Time of dayNo significant variation, though late-night traffic has marginally higher VPN usage.
  • Why Accuracy Matters More Than Raw Match Rate

    A 99% match rate means nothing if the data is stale or incorrect. BuyerPixels validates every resolved record against multiple data sources before delivery, ensuring the email addresses and phone numbers we return are active and deliverable.

    Our post-resolution accuracy guarantee: if more than 5% of delivered email addresses hard bounce in a 30-day period, we credit your account for those resolutions.

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