---
title: "Search for companies"
method: POST
path: "/v1/companies/search"
tags: ["Companies"]
---

# Search for companies

`POST /v1/companies/search`

## Request

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

Search for companies in the workspace.

## Query parameters

- `limit` integer
- `cursor` string

## Request body

- object
  - `combinator` 'and' | 'or'
  - `filter` object

## Response `200`

A paginated list of companies in the workspace.

- object
  - `data` object, required
    - `items` Company[], required
      - `id` string, required
      - `name` string, required: The name of the company.
      - `description` string, required: A short description of the company.
      - `fundingRaised` string, nullable, required: The amount in USD of funding raised by the company.
      - `lastFundingDate` string, date, nullable, required: The date of the last funding round for the company, in YYYY-MM-DD format.
      - `industry` string, nullable, required: The industry the company operates in.
      - `foundationYear` string, nullable, required: The foundation year of the company, in YYYY format.
      - `employeeRange` string, nullable, required: The employee range of the company. Possible values are: "1-10", "11-50", "51-200", "201-500", "501-1000", "1001-5000", "5001-10000", "10000+".
      - `groups` object[], required: The groups associated with the company.
        - `id` string, required
        - `name` string, required
      - `addresses` string[], required
      - `emails` string[], required
      - `phones` string[], required
      - `urls` string[], required
      - `createdAt` string, nullable, required: The date and time the company was created, in ISO format.
      - `createdBy` User, required: A user in the workspace.
        - `id` string, required
        - `fullName` string, required
        - `email` string, required
      - `customFieldValues` object, required
    - `pagination` object, required
      - `nextLink` string
  - `deprecations` string[]

## Other responses

- `400`: The request was unacceptable, often due to missing an invalid parameter.
- `401`: No valid API key provided.
- `403`: The API key doesn’t have permissions to perform the request.
- `404`: The requested resource doesn’t exist.
- `422`: The request was unacceptable, often due to missing or invalid parameters.
- `429`: Too many requests hit the API too quickly. We recommend an exponential backoff of your requests.
- `500`: Something went wrong on our end.
- `503`: The server is overloaded or down for maintenance.

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `c6818f3ba60d`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/folk/apis/folk-external-api/changes/v1/companies/search/post.md)

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