---
title: "Search companies"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/companies/search"
tags: ["Companies"]
---

# Search companies

`GET /api/v1/companies/search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://app.argorant.com`
- URL: `https://app.argorant.com/api/v1/companies/search`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Companies that match your filters, with name, domain, industry, size and place. Free. Pages stop at 10,000 results; narrow the filters for more.

| Cost | What it does | Key scopes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | Reads only | `argorant:search_segments` |

## Query parameters

- `q` string
- `industries` string
- `industry` string
- `keywords` string
- `technologies` string
- `employee_range` '1-10' | '11-50' | '51-200' | '201-500' | '501-1000' | '1001-5000' | '5001-10000' | '10000+' | 'unknown'
- `company_name` string
- `company_domain` string
- `country` string
- `state` string
- `city` string
- `exclude_industries` string
- `exclude_industry` string
- `exclude_keywords` string
- `keyword_scope` 'company' | 'people' | 'any'
- `exclude_company_domain` string
- `exclude_country` string
- `exclude_state` string
- `exclude_city` string
- `limit` integer
- `cursor` string
- `offset` integer

## Headers

- `X-Request-Id` string

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `total` integer, nullable, required: How many rows exist in total for this query.
  - `limit` integer, required: Rows per page in this answer.
  - `offset` integer, required: Rows skipped before this page.
  - `next_cursor` string, nullable, required: Pass as cursor to get the next page. null on the last page.
  - `has_more` boolean, required: true when another page exists.
  - `total_is_estimate` boolean: Present and true when total is a lower bound, for example when a list reached its upper size.
  - `companies` Company[], required
    - `record_id` string: Stable Argorant id of the company.
    - `company_name` string, nullable: Company name as recorded.
    - `display_name` string, nullable: The name to show.
    - `company_normalized` string, nullable: The company name people say.
    - `company_domain` string, nullable: Website domain.
    - `industry` string, nullable: Main industry.
    - `industry_display` string, nullable: The industry to show.
    - `industries` string[], nullable: All industry labels.
    - `employee_range` string, nullable: Size bucket, for example 51-200.
    - `employee_count` integer, nullable: Employees, when known.
    - `company_size` string, nullable: Size as recorded.
    - `company_revenue` string, nullable: Revenue band, when known.
    - `year_founded` integer, nullable: Year founded, when known.
    - `linkedin_url` string, uri, nullable: Company profile URL.
    - `description` string, nullable: What the company does.
    - `location` string, nullable: City and country as one line.
    - `city` string, nullable: City.
    - `state` string, nullable: State or region.
    - `country` string, nullable: Country.

## Other responses

- `401`: 401 Unauthorized. `unauthorized` when the API key is missing, wrong or revoked.
- `403`: 403 Forbidden. `scope_missing` when the key lacks argorant:search_segments.
- `422`: 422 Validation error. `validation_error` when a field has the wrong type or is missing.
- `429`: 429 Too many requests. `rate_limited` when too many requests this minute.

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