# Needle, free: LinkedIn company search API

> Company search by keywords or a company search URL, one or the other.

Needle's LinkedIn company search API on its Free Trial plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. Needle's docs list 5 of the 12 key fields we check: Description, Industry and type, Images, Locations, Followers.
You get 1 linked account. This call is free. Needle limits how many pages you get but gives no number.
We haven't run Needle through [our LinkedIn company search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-linkedin-company-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 180 plans for LinkedIn company search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.00 per 1,000 companies or less.
[Kooperativa's $499 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/kooperativa/499-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 companies. Kooperativa's $499 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many companies as Kooperativa's rate limit allows.
[Magileads's €133 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/magileads/133-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of companies. Magileads's €133 monthly plan costs less up front than Kooperativa's $499 monthly plan.
[Up2Data](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/up2data/200-pack-100k-post-v1-search-companies/llms.txt), [Reverse Contact](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/reverse-contact/449-monthly-plus-post-v2-search-organizations/llms.txt) and [BlitzAPI](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/blitzapi/499-monthly-scale-post-v2-search-companies/llms.txt) are the best LinkedIn company search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/needle/free
- [LinkedIn company search API: the 12 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-linkedin-company-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://needle.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-company-search-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://needle.app/api/v1/linkedin/companies/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://needle.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-company-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://needle.app/docs/api-reference/search-linkedin-companies?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-company-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Needle (https://needle.app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-company-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 42%
- Description: ✓
- Industry and type: ✓
- Images: ✓
- Locations: ✓
- Followers: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: page of 10
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: 112 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Company search by keywords or a company search URL, one or the other.

## 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: connectedAccountId. Optional: keywords, searchUrl, cursor, limit
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v1/linkedin/companies/search

## About the plan

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

## The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

company ID, universal name, company URL, name, summary, industry, location, logo URL, follower count, open jobs count

## Needle's plans (4)

- [Needle, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/needle/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 42% complete
- [Needle, $69 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/needle/69-monthly/llms.txt): 42% complete
- [Needle, $724 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/needle/724-monthly/llms.txt): 42% complete
- [Needle, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/needle/contact-us/llms.txt): 42% complete

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

- `POST /api/v1/linkedin/companies/search`: [Needle, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-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)
- [Needle: Instagram post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/needle/free/llms.txt)
- [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 search API alternatives

- [Reverse Contact, free trial, POST /v2/search/organizations/prompt](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/reverse-contact/free-trial-post-v2-search-organizations-prompt/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 75% complete, stored
- [BlitzAPI, free trial, POST /v2/search/companies](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/blitzapi/free-trial-post-v2-search-companies/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 58% complete, stored
- [Icypeas, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/icypeas/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, 1 month
- [HarvestAPI, free, GET /linkedin/company-search](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/harvestapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 42% complete, live
- [Linkdapi, free](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-search-apis/linkdapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 42% 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-search-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/docs/api-reference/get-linkedin-profile?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-company-search-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/docs/api-reference/search-linkedin-companies?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-company-search-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-company-search-api-pricing
- https://needle.app/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=linkedin-company-search-api-pricing