Search similar companies with our API

Find companies similar to your target with our API. Perfect for competitive analysis and market research.

Search for similar companies (competitors, your customers, etc.)

5 credits per similar company

Send us one or more domains and we will return a list of similar companies.

Query parameters

domainsarray (required)

A list of domains separated by commas.

…/companies/similar?domains[]=microsoft.com&domains[]=wix.com

pagenumber (optional)

The page to fetch (default to 1).

/companies/similar?domains[]=…&page=1

simplifiedboolean (optional)

Return a simplified version of the companies (no credits deducted but limitation are applied on the free plan). It is useful for previewing the data before fetching the full version. Default to false.

/companies/similar?domains[]=…&simplified=true

Possible values

false

true

sizenumber (optional)

The number of similar companies to be returned (between 1 and 100). Default to 10.

/companies/similar?domains[]=…&size=50

sortFieldsstring (optional)

An array of multiple fields combined to sort the results.

…/companies/similar?sortFields=%5B%7B%22key%22%3A%22meta.score%22%2C%22order%22%3A%22desc%22%7D%5D

Make sure this parameter is stringified and encoded.

sortKeystring (optional)

The field to sort the results.

…/companies/similar?sortKey=meta.score

Possible values

about.businessType

about.industries

about.industry

about.name

about.totalEmployees

about.yearFounded

analytics.monthlyVisitors

apps

codes.naics

codes.sic

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sortOrderstring (optional)

The order to sort the results.

…/companies/similar?sortOrder=asc

Possible values

asc

desc

Response

companiesarray

The similar companies for your list of domains.

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metaobject

The metas information.

This API feature is one of the most powerful. You can use it to find similar companies to your own, or to find companies that are similar to your customers. You can also use it to find companies that are similar to your competitors. The possibilities are endless.

Endpoint

GET

https://api.thecompaniesapi.com/v2/companies/similar?domains[]=microsoft.com&page=1&size=10