Get historical employment
Monthly employment and payroll history for up to 5 years.
Caching: content may not be pre-fetched, cached or stored for more than 7 days. The bq_id itself is exempt.
Guide: Historical Employment API
Authorization
ApiKeyAuth Your API key, provided by BrightQuery. Contact sales@brightquery.com to get one.
In: header
Query Parameters
Unique ID assigned by BrightQuery to the Organization. Get it from a Business Identity or KYB Append search.
int64Response Body
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
curl -X GET "https://example.com/extraction/api/historical-employment?bq_id=100003273517"{ "data": [ { "bq_id": 100003273517, "bq_company_name": "FLOWERS FOODS INC", "bq_year": 2026, "bq_month": 6, "bq_employment": 9300, "bq_payroll": 48200000 }, { "bq_id": 100003273517, "bq_company_name": "FLOWERS FOODS INC", "bq_year": 2026, "bq_month": 5, "bq_employment": 9280, "bq_payroll": 47900000 } ]}Get financials GET
Trailing-twelve-month revenue, EBITDA, net income, assets and payroll, margins and ratios, and per-employee metrics. Public companies use SEC filings; private companies are imputed from IRS filings. **Caching:** content may not be pre-fetched, cached or stored for more than 7 days. The `bq_id` itself is exempt. Guide: [Financials and Employment API](https://docs.brightquery.com/financials_and_employment_api)
List locations GET
All physical locations of an Organization: headquarters and branches, with USPS-standardized addresses, phone and active status. Up to 100 records per page. **Caching:** content may not be pre-fetched, cached or stored for more than 7 days. The `bq_id` itself is exempt. Guide: [Location Extraction API](https://docs.brightquery.com/location_extraction_api)