Financials & Employment

Get historical employment

GET
/extraction/api/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
x-api-key<token>

Your API key, provided by BrightQuery. Contact sales@brightquery.com to get one.

In: header

Query Parameters

bq_id*integer

Unique ID assigned by BrightQuery to the Organization. Get it from a Business Identity or KYB Append search.

Formatint64

Response 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    }  ]}