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BQ Organizations Search

POST
/search/identity/org

Search for an Organization. An organization is a company, which represents a collection of legal entities that are under common control. Returns firmographics with revenue and employment ranges, legal entity (family tree) details and tax-lien indicators. BQ's search uses multiple match methods; up to 10 records are returned, sorted by revenue and employee headcount.

Supported search combinations:

  • Name + Address
  • Name + Website
  • Name Only
  • Website Only
  • Ticker Only
  • LinkedIn URL
  • CIK Only
  • Email Only
  • BQ ID Only
  • Ticker Parent Only
  • Related Ticker Only

Authorization

ApiKeyAuth
x-api-key<token>

Your BrightQuery API key, sent in the x-api-key request header.

In: header

Request Body

application/json

Search for an Organization (a company made up of legal entities under common control). At least one field is required. Supported search scenarios: Name + Address, Name + Website, Name Only, Website Only, Ticker, LinkedIn URL, CIK, Email, BQ ID, Ticker Parent, Related Ticker.

Properties1 <= properties
bq_id?string

Unique ID assigned by BQ to the Organization.

company_name?string

Name of the Organization.

address?string

Address of the Organization.

website?string

Website of the Organization.

email?string

Email of the contact.

ticker?string

Ticker of the Organization if publicly listed.

ticker_parent?string

Ticker of the Organization's publicly listed parent holding company.

ticker_related?string

All tickers associated with the Organization.

cik?string

SEC Central Index Key of the Organization.

linkedin_url?string

Organization LinkedIn URL.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X POST "https://example.com/search/identity/org" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "company_name": "Flower",    "address": "1919 Flowers Cir Thomasville"  }'
{  "status": 0,  "credit_balance": 0,  "root": {    "totalCount": 0,    "children": [      {        "bq_organization_id": "string",        "bq_organization_name": "string",        "bq_organization_legal_name": "string",        "bq_organization_lfo": "string",        "bq_organization_structure": "string",        "bq_organization_website": "string",        "bq_organization_linkedin_url": "string",        "bq_organization_crunchbase_url": "string",        "bq_organization_company_number": "string",        "bq_organization_company_type": "string",        "bq_organization_date_founded": "string",        "bq_organization_jurisdiction_code": "string",        "bq_organization_address1_line_1": "string",        "bq_organization_address1_city": "string",        "bq_organization_address1_state": "string",        "bq_organization_address1_state_name": "string",        "bq_organization_address1_county_fips": "string",        "bq_organization_address1_county_name": "string",        "bq_organization_address1_country": "string",        "bq_organization_address1_zip5": "string",        "bq_organization_address1_latitude": "string",        "bq_organization_address1_longitude": "string",        "bq_organization_address1_rdi": "string",        "bq_organization_address1_cbsa_code": "string",        "bq_organization_address1_location": {},        "bq_organization_address_summary": "string",        "bq_organization_address1_valid_indicator": "string",        "bq_organization_address1_type": "string",        "bq_organization_ticker": "string",        "bq_ticker_parent": "string",        "bq_tickers_related": "string",        "bq_organization_cik": "string",        "bq_organization_subsector_code": "string",        "bq_organization_subsector_name": "string",        "bq_organization_naics_code": "string",        "bq_organization_naics_name": "string",        "bq_organization_naics_sector_code": "string",        "bq_organization_naics_sector_name": "string",        "bq_organization_irs_industry_code": "string",        "bq_organization_irs_industry_name": "string",        "bq_organization_sector_code": "string",        "bq_organization_sector_name": "string",        "bq_industry_name": "string",        "bq_business_code": "string",        "bq_public_indicator": true,        "bq_organization_active_indicator": "string",        "bq_organization_nonprofit_indicator": "string",        "bq_organization_public_indicator": "string",        "bq_organization_de_ultimate_parent_indicator": "string",        "bq_organization_ofac_indicator": "string",        "bq_organization_irs_taxlien_indicator": "string",        "bq_sp500_indicator": "string",        "bq_organization_year_founded": 0,        "bq_confidence_score": "string",        "bq_organization_valuation": "string",        "bq_organization_legal_address1_line_1": "string",        "bq_organization_legal_address1_line_2": "string",        "bq_organization_legal_address1_city": "string",        "bq_organization_legal_address1_state": "string",        "bq_organization_legal_address1_zip5": "string",        "bq_organization_legal_address1_zip_type": "string",        "bq_organization_legal_address1_summary": "string",        "bq_organization_legal_address1_rdi": "string",        "bq_organization_legal_address1_type": "string",        "bq_organization_legal_address1_valid_indicator": "string",        "bq_organization_address1_cbsa_name": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_id": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_name": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_jurisdiction_code": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_parent_status": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_immediate_children_ids": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_immediate_children_count": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_children_ids": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_children_count": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_immediate_establishment_ids": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_immediate_establishment_count": 0,        "bq_legal_entity_irs_taxlien_indicator": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_address1_type": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_address1_valid_indicator": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_address1_line_1": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_address1_city": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_address1_state": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_address1_state_name": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_address1_county_fips": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_address1_county_name": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_address1_zip5": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_address1_latitude": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_address1_longitude": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_address1_rdi": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_current_status": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_active_indicator": "string",        "bq_legal_entity_address_summary": "string",        "extracted_on": "string",        "bq_revenue_range": "string",        "bq_employment_range": "string",        "bq_company_address1_administrative_area": "string",        "bq_company_address1_postal_code": "string",        "bq_company_address1_postal_code_ext": "string",        "bq_company_address1_country_code2": "string",        "bq_company_address1_country_code3": "string",        "bq_match_types": "string"      }    ]  }}

People Lookup POST

Search for an Executive and their associated company information using name, LinkedIn URL, or email. Returns up to 10 records per hit.

BQ Legal Entities Search POST

Search for a Legal Entity (identifying and status information such as home jurisdiction, legal status, active status, legal address, and corporate parent/children). Returns up to 10 records sorted by revenue and employee headcount. **Supported search combinations:** - Name + Address - Name + Website - Name only - Website only - Email