This API is a powerful tool that delivers Company Firmographic and Legal Entity level data for 102M Organizations doing business in the US.
This API allows businesses to leverage up-to-date company information using various valuable data points, such as company name, address (including HQ address, Legal Entity address, and any other address), headcount, or industry, and generate business opportunities, discover industry trends, and unlock market insights.
The API provides information related to corporate family tree structure and compliance checks that help businesses with identity as well as verification of the legal status of the company.
This API enables a client to search for a Company or Legal Entity using input parameters such as:
BQ ID
Company Name
Company Address
Website URL
Ticker
CIK
Output parameters include Organization
Firmographics with Revenue and Employment Ranges
Legal Entity details, BQ Credit Score, Taxliens etc.
BQʼs proprietary search algorithms utilize multiple match methods and sorts the results using a combination of proximity and company size with a preference towards larger companies.
Authentication
The API supports the following authentication method
API Key
Method: POST
You can use the API Endpoint to supply your API Key.
Postman Setup
Below is the step-by-step process to implement the authentication
Select POST as the method and enter the Endpoint URL.
Go to the Headers section.
Add the following header:
Key:x-api-key
Value:<Your API Key>
Send the request with the x-api-key header included.
POST
BQ Organizations Search API
Organization: An organization is a company, which represents a collection of legal entities that are under common control; this table contains basic identifying information on the organization, and how it links to its component legal entities; type of hierarchy.
https://apigw.brightquery.com/search/identity/org
Parameter
Data Type
Description / Example
bq_id
String
Unique BQ identifier for the Organization.
ticker
String
TICKER of the Organization if it is public. Example: bq_ticker=FLO
ticker_parent
String
TICKER of the Organization's parent holding company if the parent is publicly listed. Example: bq_ticker_parent = ‘FLO’
ticker_related
String
All TICKERs associated with the Organization if it is publicly listed Example: bq_ticker_related = ‘FLO’
Organization Name Example: bq_company_name=FLOWERS FOODS INC
address
String
Address of Organization Example: bq_company_address1_line_1=1919 Flowers Cir Thomasville, GA 31757
website
String
Website of Organization Example: bq_website=https://www.flowersfoods.com
email
String
Email of the contact
POST
BQ Legal Entities API
Legal Entity: Legal entity identifying and status information, such as home jurisdiction, legal status, active status, legal address, corporate parent and children.
https://apigw.brightquery.com/search/identity/le
Parameters
Data Type
Description
company_name
String
Legal name of the Legal Entity
address
String
Address of Legal Entity
website
String
Website of Organization
email
String
Email
POST
BQ Locations API
Business locations (address, industry category) associated with an organization; these are typically stores, offices, distribution centers, and branches.