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# Search LinkedIn Companies

> Search for Companies on LinkedIn.

With this action, you can extract a list of companies from a LinkedIn Company search. Simply provide a LinkedIn company search URL, and the action will extract all companies obtained from the search.

**Use Cases:**

* Extract your ideal (and similar) company profiles.
* Use LinkedIn People Search automation to find company employees.
* Score leads across the sales pipeline with accurate company data.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Navigate to LinkedIn Companies Search">
    Go to LinkedIn Companies Search
    [https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/companies/](https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/companies/)
  </Step>

  <Step title="Apply your filters" />

  <Step title="Copy and Paste URL">
    Copy the URL from your browser and paste it into the provided field.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Info>
  A valid URL should start with
  '[https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/companies](https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/companies)'.
</Info>

### Inputs

<ParamField path="linkedin_company_search_url" type="string" required={true} primary={true}>
  A LinkedIn Company Search URL should start with
  '[https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/companies](https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/companies)'.
</ParamField>

### Parameters

<ParamField path="max_results" type="number" default={100} minimum={0} maximum={1000}>
  Maximum number of companies to extract per input.
</ParamField>

### Output Fields

The action returns the following fields:

<ResponseField>
  <Expandable title="properties">
    <ResponseField name="company_name" type="string">
      The name of the company
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="description" type="string">
      The description of the company
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="followers" type="integer">
      The number of followers on LinkedIn
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="linkedin_company_handle" type="string">
      The LinkedIn company handle
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="linkedin_company_id" type="string">
      The LinkedIn company ID
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="linkedin_company_url" type="string">
      The LinkedIn company URL
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="short_description" type="string">
      A short description of the company
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="tracking_id" type="string">
      The tracking ID for the company
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

Here is the JSON schema for the output fields:

<Accordion title="Show JSON Output Schema">
  ```json
  {
    "company_name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "followers": "integer",
    "linkedin_company_handle": "string",
    "linkedin_company_id": "string",
    "linkedin_company_url": "string",
    "short_description": "string",
    "tracking_id": "string"
  }
  ```
</Accordion>

<Note>
  By default, the maximum number of results is set to LinkedIn's system limit of
  1000\. If you need to extract more companies, consider segmenting your search
  into smaller batches.
</Note>