---
title: "Find companies from public data"
method: POST
path: "/public/companies"
tags: ["public"]
---

# Find companies from public data

`POST /public/companies`

Search for public company pages through an anonymous web search; no connected account is needed. Returns company names and page links that can be read with the public company lookup.

## Request body

- object
  - `filters` object, required — Search facets. Provide at least one company-level facet: company, industry, location, or keywords. A role or title cannot select companies.
    - `title` union — Role or job title facet. One value or a list of alternatives.
      - string
      - string[]
    - `location` union — City, region, or country facet. One value or a list of alternatives.
      - string
      - string[]
    - `company` union — Company name facet. One value or a list of alternatives.
      - string
      - string[]
    - `industry` union — Industry facet. One value or a list of alternatives.
      - string
      - string[]
    - `seniority` union — Seniority facet. One value or a list of alternatives.
      - string
      - string[]
    - `keywords` string — Free-text keywords appended to the search query.
    - `countryCode` string — ISO alpha-2 country code used to scope results to one country.
  - `limit` integer — Target number of companies.
  - `more` boolean — Continue past what an earlier call on this same ask already returned, instead of returning it again. What counts as already returned is kept server side.

## Response `200`

Matched companies

- object
  - `source` 'public', required
  - `provider` string, required — The search provider that answered.
  - `query` string, required — The exact query sent, so a thin result set can be read rather than guessed at.
  - `companies` object[], required
    - `name` string, required
    - `slug` string, required
    - `companyUrl` string, required
    - `description` string, nullable, required — Short blurb about the company. Free text, so it names the industry and location in prose rather than as fields, and it is what tells two same-named companies apart.
  - `moreAvailable` boolean, required — Whether asking again with more can still reach rows you have not seen. False means this ask is walked out; say so and do not call more again.
  - `duplicates` integer — Rows a continuation re-reached and dropped as already delivered. Normal bookkeeping, never a failure.

## Other responses

- `400` — The server cannot or will not process the request due to something that is perceived to be a client error.
- `401` — Although HTTP specifies "unauthorized", this response means "unauthenticated". Authenticate to continue. NOTE: 401 is also returned with code "linkedin_not_connected" when the caller IS authenticated but has no connected LinkedIn account — connect LinkedIn (not re-authenticate) to continue.
- `403` — The client does not have access rights to the content.
- `404` — The server cannot find the requested resource.
- `409` — The request conflicts with the current state of the server.
- `410` — The requested content has been permanently deleted from the server.
- `422` — The request was well-formed but was unable to be followed due to semantic errors.
- `429` — Rate limit exceeded. Read error.retryAfter for the wait time in seconds.
- `500` — The server encountered a situation it does not know how to handle.
- `502` — LinkedIn returned a server error or the proxy connection failed. Retry after a few seconds.
- `503` — Proxy capacity temporarily exceeded. Retry after a few seconds.

## Changes

> 11 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-08-28** `ee1b63eb6645` — 3 info
  - added the new optional request property `more`
  - added the optional property `duplicates` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the required property `moreAvailable` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-08-27** `d5f1141f87e3` — 11 warning
  - added the new `pacing` enum value to the `error/quotaKind` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `pacing` enum value to the `error/quotaKind` response property for the response status `401`
  - added the new `pacing` enum value to the `error/quotaKind` response property for the response status `403`
  - added the new `pacing` enum value to the `error/quotaKind` response property for the response status `404`
  - …7 more
- **2026-08-20** `9217eedacbb8` — 1 info
  - added the required property `companies/items/description` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-08-19** `1ad91026000b` — 2 warning, 2 info
  - removed the optional property `creditsUsed` from the response with the `200` status
  - removed the optional property `retryAfter` from the response with the `200` status
  - added the required property `provider` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the required property `query` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-07-26** `463db127267a` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/berea/apis/bereach-api/changes/public/companies/post.md)

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