Entities

Search SAM entities by name and filters (every plan)

Filter-based entity search.

Every plan, including the free trial: combine q (name substring, trigram-indexed) with naics / state / business_type / active_only / naics_small as needed.

At least one of q / naics / state / business_type / active_only must be provided. NAICS values omit the Y/N small-business suffix (we match either flag).

business_type accepts SAM 2-3 char codes like 8W (WOSB), QF (SDVOSB), 27 (Self-Cert SDB), 2X (For Profit), etc. An unknown code returns 400 listing every valid code. Note: SBA-certified codes (A6, XX, JT, A4) are valid but appear ~zero times in the Public V2 SAM extract.

get/api/v1/entities/search

Request

  • Base URL: https://govconapi.com (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
  • URL: https://govconapi.com/api/v1/entities/search
  • Auth: HTTP bearer

Query parameters

qstring nullable

Name substring

naicsstring nullable

NAICS code, no Y/N suffix

statestring nullable

2-letter US state

business_typestring nullable

SAM business-type code, e.g. 8W (WOSB), QF (SDVOSB), 27 (self-cert SDB). An unknown code returns 400 with the full valid list.

active_onlyboolean

Only Active registrations

naics_smallstring nullable

Firms SMALL for this NAICS per SBA DSBS. SBA's authoritative small-business determination, distinct from SAM's self-reported per-NAICS flag.

limitinteger
offsetinteger
fieldsstring nullable

Comma-separated response fields. uei always included. Example: fields=uei,legal_business_name,primary_naics.

Response

Successful Response

unknown required

Changes

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