diff --git a/src/components/contacts/country-whitelist.ts b/src/components/contacts/country-whitelist.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41d6650cd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/contacts/country-whitelist.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import {type CountryCode} from '#/lib/international-telephone-codes'
+import {IS_DEV} from '#/env'
+import {useGeolocation} from '#/geolocation'
+
+const FIND_CONTACTS_FEATURE_COUNTRY_WHITELIST = [
+  'US',
+  'GB',
+  'JP',
+  'CA',
+  'DE',
+  'FR',
+  'ES',
+  'BR',
+  'KR',
+  'NL',
+  'AU',
+  'SE',
+  'IT',
+] satisfies CountryCode[] as string[]
+
+export function isFindContactsFeatureEnabled(countryCode: string): boolean {
+  return FIND_CONTACTS_FEATURE_COUNTRY_WHITELIST.includes(
+    countryCode.toUpperCase(),
+  )
+}
+
+export function useIsFindContactsFeatureEnabledBasedOnGeolocation() {
+  const location = useGeolocation()
+
+  if (IS_DEV) return true
+
+  // they can try, by they'll need a phone number
+  // from one of the whitelisted countries
+  if (!location.countryCode) return true
+
+  return isFindContactsFeatureEnabled(location.countryCode)
+}
diff --git a/src/components/contacts/screens/PhoneInput.tsx b/src/components/contacts/screens/PhoneInput.tsx
index 83e533b1de..1c5db5fe18 100644
--- a/src/components/contacts/screens/PhoneInput.tsx
+++ b/src/components/contacts/screens/PhoneInput.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {InlineLinkText} from '#/components/Link'
 import {Loader} from '#/components/Loader'
 import {Text} from '#/components/Typography'
 import {useGeolocation} from '#/geolocation'
+import {isFindContactsFeatureEnabled} from '../country-whitelist'
 import {
   getCountryCodeFromPastedNumber,
   processPhoneNumber,
@@ -87,7 +88,10 @@ export function PhoneInput({
     },
   })
 
+  const isFeatureEnabled = isFindContactsFeatureEnabled(countryCode)
+
   const onSubmitNumber = () => {
+    if (!isFeatureEnabled) return
     const result = processPhoneNumber(phoneNumber, countryCode)
     if (result.valid) {
       setPhoneNumber(result.formatted)
@@ -150,7 +154,7 @@ export function PhoneInput({
               />
             </View>
             <View style={[a.flex_1]}>
-              <TextField.Root isInvalid={!!formatError}>
+              <TextField.Root isInvalid={!!formatError || !isFeatureEnabled}>
                 <TextField.Input
                   label={_(msg`Phone number`)}
                   value={phoneNumber}
@@ -179,6 +183,14 @@ export function PhoneInput({
           </View>
         </View>
 
+        {!isFeatureEnabled && (
+          <ErrorText>
+            <Trans>
+              Support for this feature in your country has not been enabled yet!
+              Please check back later.
+            </Trans>
+          </ErrorText>
+        )}
         {error && <ErrorText>{error}</ErrorText>}
         {formatError && <ErrorText>{formatError}</ErrorText>}
 
@@ -248,7 +260,7 @@ function LegalDisclaimer() {
   )
 }
 
-function ErrorText({children}: {children: string}) {
+function ErrorText({children}: {children: React.ReactNode}) {
   const t = useTheme()
   return (
     <Text
diff --git a/src/screens/Settings/Settings.tsx b/src/screens/Settings/Settings.tsx
index 7b7cb0b51b..36281cdff6 100644
--- a/src/screens/Settings/Settings.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Settings/Settings.tsx
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import {atoms as a, platform, tokens, useBreakpoints, useTheme} from '#/alf'
 import {AgeAssuranceDismissibleNotice} from '#/components/ageAssurance/AgeAssuranceDismissibleNotice'
 import {AvatarStackWithFetch} from '#/components/AvatarStack'
 import {Button, ButtonText} from '#/components/Button'
+import {useIsFindContactsFeatureEnabledBasedOnGeolocation} from '#/components/contacts/country-whitelist'
 import {useDialogControl} from '#/components/Dialog'
 import {SwitchAccountDialog} from '#/components/dialogs/SwitchAccount'
 import {Accessibility_Stroke2_Corner2_Rounded as AccessibilityIcon} from '#/components/icons/Accessibility'
@@ -90,6 +91,8 @@ export function SettingsScreen({}: Props) {
   const {pendingDid, onPressSwitchAccount} = useAccountSwitcher()
   const [showAccounts, setShowAccounts] = useState(false)
   const [showDevOptions, setShowDevOptions] = useState(false)
+  const findContactsEnabled =
+    useIsFindContactsFeatureEnabledBasedOnGeolocation()
 
   return (
     <Layout.Screen>
@@ -208,7 +211,7 @@ export function SettingsScreen({}: Props) {
               <Trans>Content and media</Trans>
             </SettingsList.ItemText>
           </SettingsList.LinkItem>
-          {isNative && (
+          {isNative && findContactsEnabled && (
             <SettingsList.LinkItem
               to="/settings/find-contacts"
               label={_(msg`Find contacts`)}>