# Proff, contact us: People search API

> Search by free-text name (with phonetic matching) or by national ID.

Proff's people search API on its Proff Premium API plan. It returns 1 of the 13 key fields we check: Location.
We haven't run Proff through [our people search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-people-search-api.txt) yet.
Proff gives this plan's price on request. We rank 606 plans for people search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $4.574 per 1,000 people or less.
[Coresignal's $49 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/coresignal/49-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 people: as little as $0.0000038. Coresignal's $49 monthly plan covers up to 12,960,000 pages a month at no extra cost. Each page holds 1,000 people.
[PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack (/api/v1/search)](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack-starter-post-api-v1-search/llms.txt) covers any number of people. PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack costs less up front than Coresignal's $49 monthly plan.
[GetProspect](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/getprospect/49-monthly-starter-post-v2-people-search-people-search/llms.txt), [QuickEnrich](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/quickenrich/29-monthly-starter-post-api-employees-contact-finder/llms.txt) and [AnyAPI](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/anyapi/top-up-from-10-manual-top-up-post-v1-run-people-search-quickenrich/llms.txt) are the best people search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/proff/contact-us
- [People lookup API: 30+ providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-people-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.proff.no/info/proff-api/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.proff.no/api/persons/business/{country}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.proff.no/info/proff-api/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://api.proff.no/swagger/index.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: Proff (https://www.proff.no?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## In the answer

- Completeness: 8%
- Location: ✓

## Price

- Billing: contact

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search by free-text name (with phonetic matching) or by national ID.

## Data

- Countries: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: country, one of query or nationalId. Optional: birthDate, sort, filterPageSize, sortPageSize, pageSize, pageNumber
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/persons/business/{country}

## About the plan

- Plan: Proff Premium API
- Who can get it: anyone with a token from Proff sales

## The 25 fields the plan's answer can hold

total results, person ID, name, gender, age, year of birth, number of roles, associated count, ECO ID, connection name, connection person ID, connection gender, number of connections, industry connection code, industry connection name, country part, county, municipality, coordinates, postal address, visitor address, role company ID, role company name, role name, role company accounts

## Proff's plans (1)

- [Proff, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/proff/contact-us/llms.txt): 8% complete

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

- `GET /api/persons/business/{country}`: [Proff, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/proff/contact-us/llms.txt)

## Proff's APIs (5)

- [Proff: business verification API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/proff/contact-us/llms.txt)
- [Proff: people search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/proff/contact-us/llms.txt)
- [Proff: company hierarchy API pricing, 1 plan, GET /api/companies/register/{country}/{id}/corporateStructure](https://datacircle.dev/company-hierarchy-apis/proff/contact-us-proff-premium-api-get-api-companies-register-country-id-corporatestructure/llms.txt)
- [Proff: company hierarchy API pricing, 1 plan, GET /api/companies/register/corporateStructures/{country}](https://datacircle.dev/company-hierarchy-apis/proff/contact-us-proff-premium-api-get-api-companies-register-corporatestructures-country/llms.txt)
- [Proff: company discovery API pricing, 1 plan, GET /api/companies/eniropro/{country}](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/proff/contact-us-proff-premium-api-get-api-companies-eniropro-country/llms.txt)
- [Proff: company discovery API pricing, 1 plan, GET /api/companies/register/{country}](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/proff/contact-us-proff-premium-api-get-api-companies-register-country/llms.txt)
- [Proff: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /api/companies/eniropro/{country}/{id}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/proff/contact-us-proff-premium-api-get-api-companies-eniropro-country-id/llms.txt)
- [Proff: company enrichment API pricing, 1 plan, GET /api/companies/register/{country}/{id}](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/proff/contact-us-proff-premium-api-get-api-companies-register-country-id/llms.txt)

## Proff: people search API alternatives

- [LeadMagic, contact us, Enterprise Security, POST /v1/people/role-finder](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/leadmagic/contact-us/llms.txt): 8% complete
- [Snov.io, contact us, Custom Ultra, POST /v2/domain-search/prospects/start](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/snov-io/contact-us-custom-ultra-post-v2-domain-search-prospects-start/llms.txt): 8% complete
- [Hunter, contact us, Enterprise, GET /domain-search](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/hunter/contact-us-enterprise-get-domain-search/llms.txt): 8% complete, stored
- [The Swarm, contact us, Enterprise, POST /v3/relationships](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/the-swarm/contact-us/llms.txt): 8% 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 2026-11-04.

- https://api.proff.no/swagger/1.0/swagger.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://api.proff.no/swagger/index.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://apidocs.proff.no?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://www.proff.no/info/avtalevilkar/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://www.proff.no/info/premium-api/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://www.proff.no/info/proff-api/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing