BQ Business Identity API

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.

Postman Setup

Below is the step-by-step process to implement the authentication

• Select Method as POST and add Endpoint URL.
• Click the Authorization tab below Select Basic Auth.
• Supply your API Key.

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.

      Name + Address
      {
        "company_name":"Flower",
        "address":"1919 Flowers Cir Thomasville"
      } 

      Name + Website
      {
        "company_name":"Flower",
        "website":"www.flowersfoods.com"
      }

      Name only
      {
        "company_name":"Flower"
      }

      Website only
      {
        "website":"www.flowersfoods.com"
      }

      Ticker only
      {
        "ticker":"FLO"
      }

      LinkedIn URL
      {
        "linkedin_url":"www.linkedin.com/company/flowers-foods"
      }

      CIK only
      {
        "cik":"0001128928"
      }

      Email only
      {
        "email":"john@flowersfoods.com"
      }

      BQ ID only
      {
        "bq_id":"100003273517"
      }
      
      Ticker Parent only
      {
        "ticker_parent": "FLO"        
      }

      Related Ticker only
      {
       "ticker_related": "MSBIP"
      }
       
      

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.

  
      {
        "company_name": "Flower",
        "address": "1919 Flowers Cir Thomasville"
      } 

      {
        "company_name": "Flower",
        "website": "www.flowersfoods.com"
      }
        
      {
        "company_name": "Flower"
      }
      
      {
        "website": "www.flowersfoods.com"
      }

      {
        "email": "joe@flowersfoods.com"      
      }

 

BQ Locations API

Business locations (address, industry category) associated with an organization; these are typically stores, offices, distribution centers, and branches.

 
      Location Name + Address
      {
        "location_name":"Flower",
        "address":"2250 Highmoor Rd"
      }

      Location Name + State + City
      {
        "location_name":"Flowers",
        "state":"Massachusetts",
        "city":"Cambridge"
      }

      Location Name only
      {
        "location_name":"Flower"
      }

      Address only
      {
        "address":"2250 Highmoor Rd"
      }