# DataLayer, free: Company headcount API

> Returns current employee count across 15 departments.

DataLayer's company headcount API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. It returns none of the 5 key fields we check: Total, By location, By department, By seniority and Company.
We haven't run DataLayer through [our company headcount API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-headcount-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 213 plans for company headcount APIs by price. Half the plans cost $9.00 per 1,000 companies or less.
[Financial Modeling Prep's $139 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-headcount-apis/financial-modeling-prep/139-monthly-ultimate-get-stable-employee-count/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 companies: as little as $0.0011. Financial Modeling Prep's $139 monthly plan covers up to 129,600,000 companies a month at no extra cost.
[BlitzAPI](https://datacircle.dev/company-headcount-apis/blitzapi/499-monthly-scale-post-v2-enrichment-company-distribution-by-country/llms.txt), [Up2Data](https://datacircle.dev/company-headcount-apis/up2data/25-pack-10k-post-v1-companies-headcount/llms.txt) and [Skrapp](https://datacircle.dev/company-headcount-apis/skrapp/349-monthly-enterprise-50k-get-api-v3-companies-enrich/llms.txt) are the best company headcount API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/company-headcount-apis/datalayer/free
- [Company headcount API: 8 providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-headcount-api.txt)
- Get it: https://datalayer.sh/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-headcount-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.datalayer.sh/v1/companies/{domain}/headcount`
- API key: with the plan, on https://datalayer.sh/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-headcount-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://api.datalayer.sh/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-headcount-api-pricing#tag/company-intel/GET/v1/companies/{domain}/headcount
- Sold by: DataLayer (https://datalayer.sh?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-headcount-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-02

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Enrich a person profile · Enrich a company profile · Bulk enrich person profiles · Bulk enrich company profiles · Lookup a person · Lookup a company · Search people · Search companies · Get company employees · Get company open roles · Get company tech stack · Companies with buying intent

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Returns current employee count across 15 departments.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 10 credits
- Enough for: 10 calls

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.17
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: domain
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/companies/{domain}/headcount

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 15 fields the plan's answer can hold

engineering headcount, sales headcount, marketing headcount, operations headcount, IT headcount, DevOps headcount, customer success headcount, business development headcount, Android development headcount, iOS development headcount, mobile development headcount, QA headcount, security headcount, GRC headcount, network infrastructure headcount

## DataLayer's plans (6)

- [DataLayer, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-headcount-apis/datalayer/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [DataLayer, top-up from $30](https://datacircle.dev/company-headcount-apis/datalayer/top-up-from-30/llms.txt): $60.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [DataLayer, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-headcount-apis/datalayer/49-monthly/llms.txt): $49.00 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [DataLayer, $499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-headcount-apis/datalayer/499-monthly/llms.txt): $49.90 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [DataLayer, $1,499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-headcount-apis/datalayer/1499-monthly/llms.txt): $29.98 per 1,000, 0% complete
- [DataLayer, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/company-headcount-apis/datalayer/contact-us/llms.txt): 0% complete

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

- `GET /v1/companies/{domain}/headcount`: [DataLayer, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-headcount-apis/datalayer/free/llms.txt)

## DataLayer's APIs (5)

- [DataLayer: company discovery API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/datalayer/free/llms.txt)
- [DataLayer: company headcount API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-headcount-apis/datalayer/free/llms.txt)
- [DataLayer: tech stack API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-technology-apis/datalayer/free/llms.txt)
- [DataLayer: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 6 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/datalayer/free/llms.txt)
- [DataLayer: company enrichment API pricing, 6 plans, POST /v1/enrich/company/bulk](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/datalayer/free-post-v1-enrich-company-bulk/llms.txt)
- [DataLayer: company enrichment API pricing, 6 plans, POST /v1/enrich/company](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/datalayer/free-post-v1-enrich-company/llms.txt)
- [DataLayer: company enrichment API pricing, 6 plans, GET /v1/companies/lookup](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/datalayer/free-get-v1-companies-lookup/llms.txt)

## DataLayer: company headcount API alternatives

- [Enrich Layer, $100 pack, PAYG $100, GET /api/v2/company/employees/count, Employee Count Endpoint](https://datacircle.dev/company-headcount-apis/enrich-layer/100-pack-payg-100-get-api-v2-company-employees-count-employee-count-endpoint/llms.txt): $26.399 per 1,000, 20% complete, stored
- [The Swarm, $299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-headcount-apis/the-swarm/299-monthly/llms.txt): $29.90 per 1,000, 40% complete, stored
- [Direct Data, top-up from R$50, Pré-pago, GET /api/CadastroPessoaJuridica](https://datacircle.dev/company-headcount-apis/direct-data/top-up-from-r-50-pre-pago-get-api-cadastropessoajuridica/llms.txt): $31.478 per 1,000, 20% complete, stored
- [Edges, $440 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/company-headcount-apis/edges/440-monthly/llms.txt): $32.985 per 1,000, 40% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-02.

- https://api.datalayer.sh/docs/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-headcount-api-pricing
- https://api.datalayer.sh/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-headcount-api-pricing
- https://datalayer.sh/articles/enrichment-api-pricing-comparison.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-headcount-api-pricing
- https://datalayer.sh/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-headcount-api-pricing
- https://datalayer.sh/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-headcount-api-pricing