The Lookalike Companies Search API Endpoint lets you perform a search in our APIs to fetch one or more companies based on your chosen filters in Ocean.
Use case
A strong use case is to perform a Lookalike search for one or more companies that are a great fit, to find similar companies to reach out to.
💡 Tip: You can apply both company- as well as people filters in this endpoint. Combine the two to get a targeted search that gives the best of both world.
Step-by-step guide
Here's a step-by-step guide to make an API call to the Search Lookalike Companies API Endpoint, using Postman.
Click on + in your workspace to add a new call.
Ensure the request type is set to POST
Copy and paste the link below into the Enter URL or paste text field, where you replace XXX with your API token (need help to find your API token?)
Ensure you add Content-Type: application/json in your Headers.
In the Body, parse whatever filters you would like to apply to the search. For instance, if you want to find lookalike companies in Germany to pandadoc.com, you would use the body below in your request. Click here for the full list of possible attributes to parse.
{
"companiesFilters": {
"lookalikeDomains": [
"pandadoc.com"
],
"primaryCountries": [
"de"
]
}
}
Ensure you choose JSON in the Body, before hitting Send and make your call.
That's it! Now you get a list of Lookalike companies to pandadoc.com with their primary location in Germany.
Getting the next page
If you don't parse a different "size" parameter, the default returned maximum results is 50. There are often more than 50 results available, so how do you get to the next "page" of results?
You do that by copying the "searchAfter" property that was returned to you:
And use that in your next API call, by adding it to the request body:
That way, you will receive the next 50 results, or whatever number you have specified in "size" in your API call.
💸 Credit usage: Calling this endpoint costs 0.2 credits per returned company.
📅 Did your subscription start before February 2026 or do you have a custom plan? Then you might be on our legacy plan. See this support article for more details (only accessible for legacy customers).