---
title: "Sector benchmark"
method: GET
path: "/intelligence/benchmark/{number}"
tags: ["Intelligence"]
---

# Sector benchmark

`GET /intelligence/benchmark/{number}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.companystack.co.uk`
- URL: `https://api.companystack.co.uk/intelligence/benchmark/{number}`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `X-Api-Key`

The company's industry as the register shows it: for its primary SIC code, the number of companies (`total_companies`), how many are active, in liquidation or being struck off, their average age, and where they are registered (`top_locations`). 404 when the company is not found or has no SIC code.

## Path parameters

- `number` string, required

## Response `200`

Industry benchmark data

## Other responses

- `401`: API key missing, malformed or revoked
- `403`: The key's plan does not include this endpoint (`code: plan_upgrade_required`, with `upgrade_url`), the key may not call it, or the key is beyond the plan's key limit after a downgrade (`code: key_limit_exceeded`: the newest keys are paused until keys are deleted or the plan upgraded)
- `429`: Per-minute or per-day limit reached (`code: rate_limited`, `window: minute|day`). Wait `Retry-After` seconds; when both windows are full the day is reported. A refused request does not count against either limit. A bulk lookup (`POST /company/bulk`) counts each company number in it as one request, so one that is more than you have left is refused whole, and the body adds `requested` and `fits`.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/companystack/apis/companystack-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/companystack/apis/companystack-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/companystack/apis/companystack-api/revisions/8f3234237d2d?raw)