> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.seamless.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Industry → Companies

> Target companies by industry, using Seamless's industry taxonomy. One filter of the Seamless.AI Company Search API.

> [!NOTE]
>
> `POST /search/companies` · Credits charged per results returned · v1, v2 · Part of the [Company Search API](/api-catalog/company-search)

## Introduction

Target companies by industry, using Seamless's industry taxonomy. Combine it with any other filter in the same request (AND logic).

## AI agent prompt

```text theme={null}
Read https://docs.seamless.ai/api-catalog/company-filters/industry. Using SEAMLESS_API_KEY, call POST https://api.seamless.ai/api/client/v1/search/companies with the `industry` filter to find companies matching: <your target>. Page with nextToken and keep each searchResultId.
```

## Example

```bash cURL theme={null}
curl -X POST https://api.seamless.ai/api/client/v1/search/companies \
  -H "Token: $SEAMLESS_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"industry": ["Information Technology and Services"], "limit": 25}'
```

```python Python theme={null}
import os, requests
rows = requests.post("https://api.seamless.ai/api/client/v1/search/companies",
    headers={"Token": os.environ["SEAMLESS_API_KEY"]},
    json={"industry": ["Information Technology and Services"], "limit": 25}).json()["data"]
```

## Reference

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `industry` | string\[] | Yes | Industry categories to include. Values come from the fixed list below. Up to 5 values. |
| `limit` | integer | No | Results per page, up to 500. Default `50`. |
| `nextToken` | string | No | Cursor from `supplementalData.nextToken` to fetch the next page. |

> [!NOTE]
>
> Company Search uses a different industry list from Contact Search. Use these values here, and the [Contact Search industry list](/api-catalog/contact-filters/industry) there.

> **All 147 allowed values for industry**
>
> `Accounting`, `Airlines/Aviation`, `Alternative Dispute Resolution`, `Alternative Medicine`, `Animation`, `Apparel & Fashion`, `Architecture & Planning`, `Arts and Crafts`, `Automotive`, `Aviation & Aerospace`, `Banking`, `Biotechnology`, `Broadcast Media`, `Building Materials`, `Business Supplies and Equipment`, `Capital Markets`, `Chemicals`, `Civic & Social Organization`, `Civil Engineering`, `Commercial Real Estate`, `Computer & Network Security`, `Computer Games`, `Computer Hardware`, `Computer Networking`, `Computer Software`, `Construction`, `Consumer Electronics`, `Consumer Goods`, `Consumer Services`, `Cosmetics`, `Dairy`, `Defense & Space`, `Design`, `E-Learning`, `Education Management`, `Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing`, `Entertainment`, `Environmental Services`, `Events Services`, `Executive Office`, `Facilities Services`, `Farming`, `Financial Services`, `Fine Art`, `Fishery`, `Food & Beverages`, `Food Production`, `Fund-Raising`, `Furniture`, `Gambling & Casinos`, `Glass, Ceramics & Concrete`, `Government Administration`, `Government Relations`, `Graphic Design`, `Health, Wellness and Fitness`, `Higher Education`, `Hospital & Health Care`, `Hospitality`, `Human Resources`, `Import and Export`, `Individual & Family Services`, `Industrial Automation`, `Information Services`, `Information Technology and Services`, `Insurance`, `International Affairs`, `International Trade and Development`, `Internet`, `Investment Banking`, `Investment Management`, `Judiciary`, `Law Enforcement`, `Law Practice`, `Legal Services`, `Legislative Office`, `Leisure, Travel & Tourism`, `Libraries`, `Logistics and Supply Chain`, `Luxury Goods & Jewelry`, `Machinery`, `Management Consulting`, `Maritime`, `Market Research`, `Marketing and Advertising`, `Mechanical or Industrial Engineering`, `Media Production`, `Medical Devices`, `Medical Practice`, `Mental Health Care`, `Military`, `Mining & Metals`, `Motion Pictures and Film`, `Museums and Institutions`, `Music`, `Nanotechnology`, `Newspapers`, `Non-Profit Organization Management`, `Oil & Energy`, `Online Media`, `Outsourcing/Offshoring`, `Package/Freight Delivery`, `Packaging and Containers`, `Paper & Forest Products`, `Performing Arts`, `Pharmaceuticals`, `Philanthropy`, `Photography`, `Plastics`, `Political Organization`, `Primary/Secondary Education`, `Printing`, `Professional Training & Coaching`, `Program Development`, `Public Policy`, `Public Relations and Communications`, `Public Safety`, `Publishing`, `Railroad Manufacture`, `Ranching`, `Real Estate`, `Recreational Facilities and Services`, `Religious Institutions`, `Renewables & Environment`, `Research`, `Restaurants`, `Retail`, `Security and Investigations`, `Semiconductors`, `Shipbuilding`, `Sporting Goods`, `Sports`, `Staffing and Recruiting`, `Supermarkets`, `Telecommunications`, `Textiles`, `Think Tanks`, `Tobacco`, `Translation and Localization`, `Transportation/Trucking/Railroad`, `Utilities`, `Venture Capital & Private Equity`, `Veterinary`, `Warehousing`, `Wholesale`, `Wine and Spirits`, `Wireless`, `Writing and Editing`

## Response

Rows are company previews with `searchResultId`, `companyName`, `domain`, address, industry, size, revenue, and technologies. Send `searchResultId` to [Company Research](/api-catalog/company-enrichment) for the full record. Fields: [Company Search](/api-catalog/company-search).

Auth: `Token` header ([API keys](/authentication/api-keys)) · Errors: [status codes](/api-http-status-codes) · Billing: [rate limits and credits](/rate-limits-and-credits)


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