Search companies by industry, headcount or location

pdl.companies.search

Search PDL companies by industry, headcount, location or tags — pays per record

Price: $0.1/resultAt provider cost
Success rate: 100%Last 30 days · 60 calls
Latency p50: 155 msp95 216 ms
Last verified: Jul 31, 2026Verified working

GEThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/pdl.companies.search?sql=SELECT+*+FROM+company+WHERE+name%3D%27people+data+labs%27&size=1

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Uses platform quota
Synchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

exactly one of sql | query. Unlike person search, company search caps `size` at 100 on BOTH methods, and the spec does not offer scroll_token here. Rate limit 10 req/min

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
Query parameters
`sql`	string	Optional	SQL WHERE clause over the Company schema, e.g. "SELECT * FROM company WHERE industry='computer software' AND size='51-200'"	`SELECT * FROM company WHERE name='people data labs'`
`size`	integer	Optional	records to return, 1-100, default 1 — you pay 1 credit per record	`1`
`query`	string	Optional	Elasticsearch JSON query — the alternative to sql
`pretty`	boolean	Optional
`titlecase`	boolean	Optional
`scroll_token`	string	Optional	cursor from the previous response

Query parameters
sqlstringOptional
SQL WHERE clause over the Company schema, e.g. "SELECT * FROM company WHERE industry='computer software' AND size='51-200'"
Example: SELECT * FROM company WHERE name='people data labs'
sizeintegerOptional
records to return, 1-100, default 1 — you pay 1 credit per record
Example: 1
querystringOptional
Elasticsearch JSON query — the alternative to sql
prettybooleanOptional
titlecasebooleanOptional
scroll_tokenstringOptional
cursor from the previous response

Code samples

Replace $TOOLSWITCH_KEY with the key you created in the console.

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curl -X GET 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/pdl.companies.search?sql=SELECT+*+FROM+company+WHERE+name%3D%27people+data+labs%27&size=1' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY"

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/pdl.companies.search?sql=SELECT+*+FROM+company+WHERE+name%3D%27people+data+labs%27&size=1",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/pdl.companies.search?sql=SELECT+*+FROM+company+WHERE+name%3D%27people+data+labs%27&size=1", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "X-Toolswitch-Key": process.env.TOOLSWITCH_KEY ?? "",
  },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.text());

This gateway API is in preview; its URL and authentication may change. The example parameters are sample data. Calls are billed at $0.1/result, including the service fee.