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# Company search

> Find companies with Business Search. [POST /search/company](/api-reference/business-search/search-company) searches by name, industry, headquarters location and size, in JSON or plain language.

Company search builds a target account list from the criteria that define your ideal customer profile.

Send every company request to [`POST /search/company`](/api-reference/business-search/search-company).

## Which company field names should you use?

The operator a field accepts depends on the field's type. Text fields accept only the `text` operator. Typed fields, such as strings and integers, accept `equals`, `in` and `range`. Sending `equals` to a text field returns HTTP 400.

| Field                                  | Type             | Operators         | Notes                                                                                                         |
| -------------------------------------- | ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `industry`                             | text             | `text`            | Word match, for example `software`                                                                            |
| `name`                                 | text             | `text`            | Company name                                                                                                  |
| `about`, `slogan`, `specialties`       | text             | `text`            | Descriptive text                                                                                              |
| `headquarters_location`                | text             | `text`            | Descriptive location string                                                                                   |
| `headquarters_country_code`            | string           | `equals`, `in`    | ISO 3166 alpha-2 code such as `US` or `GB`                                                                    |
| `headquarters_city`                    | string           | `equals`          | Exact city name                                                                                               |
| `offices_country_codes`                | array of strings | `in`              | Countries where the company has an office                                                                     |
| `offices_cities`                       | array of strings | `in`              | Cities where the company has an office                                                                        |
| `organization_type`                    | string           | `equals`          | One of `Privately Held`, `Public Company`, `Nonprofit`, `Educational`, `Self-Employed` or `Government Agency` |
| `founded_year`                         | integer          | `range`, `equals` |                                                                                                               |
| `employees_in_linkedin`                | integer          | `range`           | Headcount recorded at the source                                                                              |
| `company_size_from`, `company_size_to` | integer          | `range`           | Self-reported size band                                                                                       |
| `funding_stage`                        | string           | `equals`, `in`    | Latest round type                                                                                             |
| `funding_raised`                       | integer          | `range`           | Amount of the last round, in USD                                                                              |
| `linkedin_followers`                   | integer          | `range`           | Follower count                                                                                                |

`funding_stage` accepts `pre-seed`, `seed`, `angel`, `series-a`, `series-b`, `series-c`, `series-d`, `series-e`, `series-unknown`, `grant`, `debt`, `convertible-note`, `crowdfunding`, `non-equity-assistance`, `corporate-round`, `private-equity` and `undisclosed`.

## What does a company search request look like?

This Ludicrous request finds US companies with `software` in their industry and 50 to 500 employees on record. It also requests the founding year and follower count as output fields:

```json theme={null}
{
  "mode": "ludicrous",
  "query": {
    "and": [
      { "text": { "industry": "software" } },
      { "equals": { "headquarters_country_code": "US" } },
      {
        "range": {
          "employees_in_linkedin": { ">=": 50, "<=": 500 }
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "offset": 0,
  "limit": 10,
  "view": {
    "fields": [
      "name", "website", "industry",
      "headquarters_country_code", "employees_in_linkedin",
      "founded_year", "linkedin_followers", "url"
    ]
  }
}
```

A field you select for output does not become a search condition. The `view` list above returns `founded_year`, but it does not restrict the search to companies that have a founding year on record. Conditions live in `query`, output lives in `view`.

## How should you read employees\_in\_linkedin?

`employees_in_linkedin` is the headcount recorded in the source profile. Do not treat it as a guaranteed total company headcount. When your product shows a headcount to an end user, label the source rather than presenting the number as the company's official size.

`company_size_from` and `company_size_to`, when available, represent the company size range. Use them when you need a band rather than a point estimate.

Roughly 40 percent of company records have no headcount on record and store `employees_in_linkedin` as 0. For a reliable size filter, combine the headcount range with the size band and keep the lower bound of `employees_in_linkedin` at 1 or higher, so records with an unknown count drop out:

```json theme={null}
{
  "and": [
    { "range": { "employees_in_linkedin": { ">=": 50, "<=": 200 } } },
    { "range": { "company_size_from": { "<=": 200 } } },
    { "range": { "company_size_to": { ">=": 50 } } }
  ]
}
```

A record qualifies when its headcount is in the range and its self-reported band overlaps it.

## Which fields does the summary view return?

The `summary` view returns 14 fields: `name`, `slogan`, `industry`, `headquarters_location`, `headquarters_country_code`, `offices_cities`, `company_size_from`, `company_size_to`, `employees_in_linkedin`, `linkedin_followers`, `website`, `domain`, `url` and `logo`. A field the record has no value for is left out rather than returned as null.

`founded_year` is not in `summary`, so request it in a `fields` list. See [Business Search field views](/products/business-search/select-fields).