Add a company search with autocomplete to your application

Introduction

Here is an example of an autocomplete field to suggest businesses, which you can create with our API.

This feature can be useful to enhance the user experience on your product by making your form easier to use.

Try the demo

Try with a company name

How it works

We have designed an API endpoint to help you search companies by name.

This feature is rate limited to a specific number of requests per second according to your plan. Make sure to read our pricing to know more about the API limits.

The three important parameters to know are:

name: The name of the company to search for.
simplified: Whether to return a short version of a company profile. This does not cost credits when set to true.
size: The number of results to return.

For all other parameters, refer to

Search companies by name

GET

https://api.thecompaniesapi.com/v2/companies/by-name?name=microsoft&simplified=true&size=1

API tokens

Before using The Companies API, you'll need an API token. Make sure to read our documentation to properly authenticate your requests.

It seems you don't have any API tokens yet. You can create one in the following block.

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Code examples

Here are code examples in various languages to help you implement an autocomplete field. Each demonstrates making API requests to search companies by name and handle responses.

Select your favorite language:

Java

JavaScript

SDK

PHP

Python

Ruby

Rust

async function autocompleteCompanies(name, page = 1) {
  const baseUrl = 'https://api.thecompaniesapi.com/v2/companies/by-name';

  const params = new URLSearchParams({
    name,
    page,
    simplified: 'true',
    size: '25'
  });

  const url = `${baseUrl}?${params.toString()}`;

  const response = await fetch(url, {
    headers: {
      Authorization: `Basic ${process.env.YOUR_API_TOKEN}`,
    },
  });

  if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`API request failed: ${response.status}`);
  }

  return await response.json();
}

To go further

Explore these autocomplete components to quickly implement company search functionality in your preferred web framework. Each component provides robust features like dropdown suggestions, keyboard navigation, and customizable styling.