---
title: "Search known companies"
method: GET
path: "/v1/lookups/companies"
tags: ["Companies"]
---

# Search known companies

`GET /v1/lookups/companies`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.recruitmcp.com`
- URL: `https://api.recruitmcp.com/v1/lookups/companies`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://recruitmcp.com/oauth/authorize`, token URL `https://recruitmcp.com/oauth/token`, scopes: `sourcing:read`)

Searches the built-in company list. Free. For any other name use POST /v1/companies:resolve.

Scope: `sourcing:read`.

## Query parameters

- `q` string, required
- `limit` integer
- `cursor` string

## Headers

- `RecruitMCP-Version` '2026-10-13'
- `RecruitMCP-Customer` string

## Response `200`

Matches.

- CompanyList
  - `object` 'list', required
  - `data` Company[], required
    - `query_name` string, required
    - `company_name` string, nullable
    - `company_id` string, nullable
    - `company_url` string, nullable
    - `universal_name` string, nullable
    - `industry` string, nullable
    - `employee_count` integer, nullable
    - `website` string, nullable
    - `not_found` boolean
  - `next_cursor` string, nullable, required: Pass as cursor for the next page. Null on the last page.
  - `has_more` boolean, required
  - `cost` Cost
    - `credits` integer, required: Credits charged by this call. Whole credits. 0 on an idempotent replay, where the body also has replayed: true and the header Idempotent-Replayed: true.
    - `cached_items` integer: Items read from cache. On a replay, the value of the first response.
    - `live_items` integer: Items fetched live by this call. 0 on a replay.
    - `upstream_calls` integer: Index calls made by this call. 0 on a replay.

## Other responses

- `400`: `invalid_request` (do not retry): A field is missing or has a value this endpoint does not accept. `unsupported_version` (do not retry): RecruitMCP-Version is not a supported version.
- `401`: `unauthorized` (do not retry): Missing bearer API key.
- `403`: `forbidden` (do not retry): This customer is disabled. `insufficient_scope` (do not retry): This key does not include the scope this endpoint requires.
- `429`: `rate_limited` (retry): Per-key rate limit exceeded.

## Changes

- **2026-10-20** `ad27b35513a6`: 4 warning
  - added the new `approval_forced` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `approval_forced` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `401`
  - added the new `approval_forced` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `403`
  - added the new `approval_forced` enum value to the `error/code` response property for the response status `429`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/recruitmcp/apis/recruitmcp-api/changes/v1/lookups/companies/get.md)

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