# TargetDossier, free: Company discovery API

> Find covered companies by name or ticker. Returns the slug you use in the other endpoints, plus ticker, CIK, industry, HQ and latest revenue.

TargetDossier's company discovery API on its Developer plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. TargetDossier's docs list 3 of the 13 key fields we check: Industry, Headquarters, Revenue and budgets.
We haven't run TargetDossier through [our company discovery API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 881 plans for company discovery APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.00 per 1,000 companies or less.
[StackScan's $189 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/stackscan/189-monthly-enterprise-post-v1-tech-lookup-lists/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 companies. StackScan's $189 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many companies as StackScan's rate limit allows.
[PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of companies. PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack costs less up front than StackScan's $189 monthly plan.
[GetProspect](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/getprospect/49-monthly/llms.txt), [Hunter](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/hunter/49-monthly-starter-post-discover/llms.txt) and [PeopleSearch.im](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack/llms.txt) are the best company discovery API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/targetdossier/free
- [Company discovery API: the best of 70+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
- Get it: https://targetdossier.com/pricing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://targetdossier.com/api/v1/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://targetdossier.com/pricing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://targetdossier.com/developers/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing#search
- Sold by: TargetDossier (https://targetdossier.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 23%
- Industry: ✓
- Headquarters: ✓
- Revenue and budgets: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: page of 50
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 50
- Also pays for: from the same budget: Company · Filings

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Find covered companies by name or ticker. Returns the slug you use in the other endpoints, plus ticker, CIK, industry, HQ and latest revenue.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may read, cite and share dossiers with a link back. Automated bulk scraping is not allowed, use the API instead. [...] Dossiers are for research only and are not investment, legal or employment advice.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 500 requests a month
- Enough for: 500 pages a month
- Expires: at the end of each UTC calendar month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: q. Optional: limit
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v1/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Developer
- Who can get it: anyone with a free account

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

slug, ticker, CIK, industry, headquarters, latest revenue

## TargetDossier's plans (3)

- [TargetDossier, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/targetdossier/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete
- [TargetDossier, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/targetdossier/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.098 per 1,000, 23% complete
- [TargetDossier, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/targetdossier/199-monthly/llms.txt): $0.04 per 1,000, 23% complete

## TargetDossier's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /api/v1/search`: [TargetDossier, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/targetdossier/free/llms.txt)

## TargetDossier's APIs (2)

- [TargetDossier: company discovery API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/targetdossier/free/llms.txt)
- [TargetDossier: company enrichment API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/targetdossier/free/llms.txt)

## TargetDossier: company discovery API alternatives

- [ScrapeUnblocker, €29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/scrapeunblocker/29-monthly-starter-post-companies-crunchbase/llms.txt): $0.038 per 1,000, 15% complete, live
- [StackScan, $39 monthly, Pro, POST /v1/tech-lookup/lists](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/stackscan/39-monthly-pro-post-v1-tech-lookup-lists/llms.txt): $0.039 per 1,000, 15% complete, stored
- [StartupHub.ai, $2 pack](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/startuphub-ai/2-pack/llms.txt): $0.04 per 1,000, 46% complete, stored
- [GetLeads, $249 monthly, Partner, POST /api/v1/companies/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/getleads/249-monthly-partner-post-api-v1-companies-search/llms.txt): $0.042 per 1,000, 46% complete, 1 month

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-06.

- https://targetdossier.com/developers/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://targetdossier.com/methodology/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://targetdossier.com/pricing/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://targetdossier.com/terms/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing