# Needle, free: LinkedIn company data API

> Returns a company by public identifier, numeric id, or company URL.

Needle's LinkedIn company data API on its Free Trial plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. Needle's docs list 5 of the 13 key fields we check: Description, Industry and type, Images, Employees, Headquarters.
You get 1 linked account. This call is free. Needle limits how many calls you get but gives no number.
We haven't run Needle through [our LinkedIn company data API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-linkedin-company-data-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 686 plans for LinkedIn company data APIs by price. Half the plans cost $5.80 per 1,000 companies or less.
[Village's $1 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/village/1-monthly-core-post-v2-companies-enrich-enrich-company-cached-only/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 companies. Village's $1 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many companies as Village's rate limit allows.
Village's $1 monthly plan covers any number of companies on the call named “[Enrich Company (Bulk), cached only](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/village/1-monthly-core-post-v2-companies-enrich-bulk-enrich-company-bulk-cached-only/llms.txt)”.
[DataForB2B](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/dataforb2b/499-monthly/llms.txt), [Reverse Contact](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/reverse-contact/449-monthly/llms.txt) and [BlitzAPI](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/blitzapi/99-monthly/llms.txt) are the best LinkedIn company data API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/needle/free
- [LinkedIn company data API: the best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-linkedin-company-data-api.txt)
- Get it: https://needle.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-company-data-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://needle.app/api/v1/linkedin/companies/{identifier}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://needle.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-company-data-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://needle.app/docs/api-reference/get-linkedin-company?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-company-data-api-pricing
- Sold by: Needle (https://needle.app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-company-data-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 38%
- Description: ✓
- Industry and type: ✓
- Images: ✓
- Employees: ✓
- Headquarters: ✓

## Price

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

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: 112 other calls · from the same budget: List posts by a person or company

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Returns a company by public identifier, numeric id, or company URL.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: You may use Needle only in compliance with these terms and all applicable laws. [...] You agree not to misuse the service, including by attempting to access it in unauthorized ways, disrupting its operation, or using it to violate the rights of others.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1 linked account
- Expires: 7 days

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: identifier, connectedAccountId
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/v1/linkedin/companies/{identifier}

## About the plan

- Plan: Free Trial
- Who can get it: anyone with a LinkedIn, Instagram or email account to connect

## The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

company ID, universal name, LinkedIn URL, name, tagline, description, website, industries, employee count, employee count range, follower count, logo URL, company type, headquarters, founded year, is following, is employee

## Needle's plans (4)

- [Needle, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/needle/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete
- [Needle, $69 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/needle/69-monthly/llms.txt): 38% complete
- [Needle, $724 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/needle/724-monthly/llms.txt): 38% complete
- [Needle, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/needle/contact-us/llms.txt): 38% complete

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

- `GET /api/v1/linkedin/companies/{identifier}`: [Needle, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)

## Needle's APIs (16)

- [Needle: Local business search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
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- [Needle: Instagram profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: company open jobs API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-open-job-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn company search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn profile post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-person-post-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn people search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-people-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn job details API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-details-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn job search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-job-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn post comment API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-comment-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn post reaction API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-reaction-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [Needle: LinkedIn post search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)

## Needle: LinkedIn company data API alternatives

- [Reverse Contact, free trial, POST /v2/fetch/companies](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/reverse-contact/free-trial-post-v2-fetch-companies/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 62% complete, stored
- [BlitzAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/blitzapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 46% complete, stored
- [Scrappa, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/scrappa/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 77% complete, live
- [Bridgly, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/bridgly/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 69% complete, live
- [Apinoa, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/apinoa/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete

## 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://needle.app/api/v1/openapi?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-company-data-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/docs/api-reference/get-linkedin-company?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-company-data-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/docs/api-reference/get-linkedin-profile?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-company-data-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-company-data-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-company-data-api-pricing