Clearbit API
APIFreeReal-time company and person data enrichment API.
Capabilities13 decomposed
email-to-person-enrichment-lookup
Medium confidenceAccepts an email address as input and returns enriched person data including social profiles, contact information, and professional attributes. The system performs real-time lookups against Clearbit's proprietary database of person records, matching email addresses to aggregated profile data from public sources and third-party integrations. Returns structured JSON containing verified contact details, social media handles, job titles, and employment history.
Clearbit's person enrichment uses a multi-source aggregation approach combining public web data, social networks, and proprietary B2B databases to match emails to verified person profiles, with LLM-based data standardization to normalize unstructured information into consistent schemas across 100+ attributes.
Broader social profile coverage and employment history depth than Hunter.io or RocketReach due to direct integrations with LinkedIn and GitHub APIs, though with lower email-finding accuracy for cold prospecting.
domain-to-company-enrichment-lookup
Medium confidenceAccepts a company domain (e.g., acme.com) or company identifier and returns comprehensive firmographic and technographic data including employee count, funding history, industry classification, technology stack, and corporate hierarchy. The system queries Clearbit's company database which aggregates data from SEC filings, job boards, technology tracking services, and web crawling to build a unified company profile. Returns structured JSON with 50+ company attributes including NAICS/GICS/SIC codes, parent/subsidiary relationships, and detected technology vendors.
Clearbit's company enrichment combines web crawling, SEC filing analysis, job board scraping, and technology fingerprinting (via tools like BuiltWith) with LLM-based entity resolution to deduplicate and standardize company records across multiple data sources, enabling detection of technology stacks with vendor-level precision.
More comprehensive technographics (technology stack detection) and deeper corporate hierarchy mapping than Apollo.io or ZoomInfo, though with slightly lower real-time accuracy on employee count changes due to reliance on aggregated rather than direct HR data sources.
employee-count-and-headcount-estimation
Medium confidenceProvides estimated employee counts for companies based on aggregated data from job boards, LinkedIn, company filings, and web sources. The system analyzes hiring patterns, job postings, LinkedIn employee counts, and SEC filings to estimate current headcount and historical growth trends. Returns estimated employee count ranges (e.g., '100-500 employees') with confidence scores and data freshness indicators. Enables company size-based targeting and analysis of hiring trends.
Clearbit's employee count estimation uses multi-source aggregation (LinkedIn employee counts, job board analysis, SEC filings, web crawling) with confidence scoring to provide estimated ranges rather than exact counts, enabling size-based targeting with transparency about estimation uncertainty.
More transparent confidence scoring and range-based estimates than point estimates from competitors, though with less accuracy than LinkedIn's official employee count data (which Clearbit may use as a source) and no real-time hiring/layoff detection.
webhook-based-real-time-event-notifications
Medium confidenceSends real-time webhook notifications when enrichment data changes or new data becomes available for monitored companies. The system tracks changes to company data (funding announcements, technology stack changes, employee count updates, executive changes) and delivers webhook payloads to a configured endpoint when changes are detected. Enables reactive workflows such as triggering sales outreach when a target company raises funding or changes technology stack. Webhook payloads include the changed data, change type, and timestamp.
Clearbit's webhook system enables event-driven enrichment workflows by monitoring company data changes and delivering real-time notifications, allowing downstream systems to react to company events (funding, technology changes, executive moves) without polling the API.
More comprehensive event types (funding, technology, executives, etc.) than basic webhook systems, though with less guaranteed delivery and real-time accuracy than dedicated event streaming platforms (Kafka, Segment) and no built-in retry/dead-letter queue management.
crm-and-marketing-automation-native-integrations
Medium confidenceProvides native integrations with popular CRM and marketing automation platforms (Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo, Pipedrive) that automatically enrich contact and company records without requiring custom API development. The system uses OAuth-based authentication to connect to CRM/marketing automation accounts, then automatically enriches records as they are created or updated. Enriched data is written back to custom fields in the CRM, enabling sales and marketing teams to access enrichment data directly in their workflow tools. Integrations support both real-time enrichment (on record creation) and batch enrichment (of historical records).
Clearbit's native CRM integrations use OAuth-based authentication and direct API connections to CRM platforms, enabling automatic enrichment of records without custom development, with support for both real-time enrichment (on record creation) and batch enrichment (of historical records).
More seamless CRM integration than manual API calls due to native plugins and OAuth authentication, though with less flexibility than custom API development for complex enrichment workflows and limited to supported CRM platforms.
ip-address-to-company-identification
Medium confidenceAccepts an IP address (typically from website visitor tracking) and returns the company associated with that IP, enabling real-time identification of which organizations are visiting your website. The system performs IP geolocation and reverse DNS lookups against a database of corporate IP ranges and ASN mappings to identify the originating company. Returns company name, industry, employee count, and other firmographic attributes for identified visitors. Integrates with website tracking via JavaScript snippet to capture visitor IP and enrich in real-time.
Clearbit's IP intelligence uses a proprietary database of corporate IP ranges combined with ASN (Autonomous System Number) mapping and reverse DNS lookups to identify companies from visitor IPs, with JavaScript-based client-side collection to avoid server-side IP logging and improve privacy compliance.
More accurate company identification from IP addresses than Clearbit's direct competitors due to continuous IP range database updates and integration with multiple ISP/ASN data sources, though less effective than first-party intent data platforms (6sense, Demandbase) for detecting buying intent signals.
real-time-lead-scoring-and-routing
Medium confidenceEvaluates incoming leads against a customizable Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) in real-time, assigning a score and routing recommendation based on company fit and person-level attributes. The system combines enriched company data (size, industry, technology stack, funding) with person attributes (job title, seniority, department) and applies rule-based or ML-based scoring logic to determine lead quality. Scores are returned as numeric values (0-100) with routing recommendations (e.g., 'route to sales', 'nurture in marketing', 'disqualify'). Integrates with CRM and marketing automation platforms via API or webhook.
Clearbit's lead scoring combines real-time enrichment data (company and person attributes) with customizable rule engines or optional ML models that learn from historical conversion data, enabling dynamic scoring that adapts to both enrichment completeness and user-defined ICP criteria without requiring manual feature engineering.
Tighter integration with enrichment data (company size, technology stack, funding) than standalone lead scoring tools (Leadscoring.com, Clearbit's own legacy system), enabling more sophisticated company-fit scoring, though less sophisticated than dedicated intent data platforms (6sense, Demandbase) for detecting buying intent signals.
dynamic-form-field-reduction-via-enrichment
Medium confidenceAutomatically reduces form fields on web pages based on pre-enriched company and person data, improving conversion rates by eliminating redundant questions. When a visitor lands on a form, Clearbit's JavaScript snippet identifies the company (via IP) and/or person (via email if provided), then queries the enrichment API to retrieve known attributes (company name, size, industry, job title, etc.). The form dynamically hides fields that are already known and pre-fills others, reducing form friction. Integrates with popular form builders (HubSpot, Marketo, Unbounce) via native plugins or custom JavaScript.
Clearbit's form integration uses client-side IP enrichment combined with dynamic form manipulation via JavaScript to reduce fields in real-time without server-side form rebuilds, enabling instant field hiding/pre-filling while maintaining form builder compatibility through native plugins and custom script injection.
More seamless form integration than manual lead enrichment workflows due to real-time client-side enrichment and native form builder plugins, though less sophisticated than dedicated form optimization platforms (Unbounce, Instapage) for A/B testing and progressive profiling logic.
batch-company-enrichment-processing
Medium confidenceProcesses large lists of company domains or identifiers in batch mode, returning enriched company data for all records in a single request or asynchronous job. The system accepts CSV, JSON, or API batch uploads containing company domains or names, queues them for processing, and returns results via download link or webhook callback. Batch processing enables cost-effective enrichment of thousands of records without hitting real-time API rate limits. Results are returned in the same format as single-record enrichment, with additional fields indicating match confidence and data freshness.
Clearbit's batch processing uses asynchronous job queuing with webhook callbacks or downloadable result files, enabling cost-effective enrichment of large datasets without real-time API rate limit constraints, with automatic deduplication and match confidence scoring across the batch.
More cost-effective for bulk enrichment than per-request pricing due to batch discounting, though slower than real-time API for immediate lead enrichment needs, and with less transparency on processing time SLAs compared to competitors like ZoomInfo's batch API.
technographic-technology-stack-detection
Medium confidenceIdentifies and catalogs the technology vendors and tools used by a company, including SaaS platforms, infrastructure services, programming languages, and development frameworks. The system uses web crawling, DNS analysis, job posting analysis, and technology fingerprinting (similar to BuiltWith) to detect technologies deployed on company websites and inferred from hiring patterns. Returns a structured list of detected technologies with vendor names, categories (e.g., 'CRM', 'Analytics', 'Infrastructure'), and confidence scores. Enables targeting of companies based on technology adoption (e.g., 'companies using Salesforce and Slack').
Clearbit's technographic detection combines multiple signal sources (website code analysis, DNS/SSL certificate inspection, job board scraping for tech stack mentions, and web crawling) with LLM-based entity extraction to identify and categorize technologies with vendor-level precision, enabling sophisticated technology-based targeting without requiring direct API integrations with each SaaS platform.
Broader technology coverage and higher accuracy than BuiltWith alone due to job posting analysis and LLM-based extraction, though with less real-time accuracy than direct API integrations with SaaS platforms (e.g., Salesforce API for CRM detection) and no visibility into internal/private tool usage.
funding-and-financial-data-enrichment
Medium confidenceReturns company funding history, including funding rounds, amounts, investors, and valuation estimates. The system aggregates data from SEC filings, Crunchbase, PitchBook, and other financial data sources to build a comprehensive funding timeline. Returns structured data including Series A/B/C round details, investor names, funding amounts, and estimated company valuation. Enables targeting of companies at specific funding stages (e.g., 'Series B companies in the fintech space') for sales and partnership outreach.
Clearbit's funding enrichment aggregates multiple financial data sources (SEC filings, Crunchbase, PitchBook, press releases) with LLM-based entity resolution to deduplicate and standardize funding round information, enabling comprehensive funding history reconstruction even for companies with multiple funding sources or complex corporate structures.
More comprehensive funding data aggregation than single-source APIs (Crunchbase, PitchBook) due to multi-source integration, though with less real-time accuracy than dedicated venture capital databases and no access to private funding rounds or secondary market transactions.
corporate-hierarchy-and-subsidiary-mapping
Medium confidenceIdentifies parent companies, subsidiaries, and corporate relationships for a given company, enabling understanding of complex organizational structures. The system uses SEC filings, business registration databases, and web crawling to map corporate hierarchies and identify ownership relationships. Returns structured data including parent company name/domain, subsidiary list, acquisition history, and ownership percentages. Enables routing of deals to the correct legal entity and understanding of decision-making authority within corporate groups.
Clearbit's hierarchy mapping uses SEC filing analysis (10-K/10-Q forms), business registration database lookups, and web crawling to reconstruct corporate ownership structures, with LLM-based entity resolution to handle name variations and complex holding company relationships across multiple jurisdictions.
More comprehensive subsidiary mapping than basic domain ownership lookups due to SEC filing analysis and acquisition tracking, though with less real-time accuracy than dedicated corporate intelligence platforms (Dun & Bradstreet, Bureau van Dijk) for complex international structures.
industry-classification-and-standardization
Medium confidenceAssigns standardized industry classifications to companies using multiple taxonomies including NAICS (North American Industry Classification System), GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard), and SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) codes. The system analyzes company descriptions, business activities, and revenue sources to determine the most appropriate industry classification. Returns structured data with primary and secondary industry codes, enabling consistent industry-based segmentation and analysis across datasets.
Clearbit's industry classification uses multi-taxonomy mapping (NAICS, GICS, SIC) with LLM-based company description analysis to assign standardized industry codes, enabling consistent cross-taxonomy industry segmentation without requiring manual classification or external taxonomy lookups.
More comprehensive multi-taxonomy support (NAICS, GICS, SIC) than single-taxonomy APIs, though with less accuracy than dedicated industry classification services (Dun & Bradstreet, Bureau van Dijk) for complex multi-industry companies.
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Best For
- ✓B2B SaaS companies building lead enrichment pipelines
- ✓Sales development teams qualifying inbound leads
- ✓Marketing automation platforms integrating contact intelligence
- ✓Account-based marketing teams building target account lists
- ✓Sales intelligence platforms enriching company data
- ✓Product teams identifying technology adoption patterns
- ✓Sales teams targeting companies by size segment
- ✓Marketing teams analyzing company growth and hiring trends
Known Limitations
- ⚠Coverage varies by region and email domain; corporate email addresses have higher match rates than personal emails
- ⚠Data freshness depends on source updates; social profile changes may lag 24-48 hours
- ⚠No guarantee of match for every email; unmatched records return null or partial data
- ⚠Rate limits apply per API tier; batch processing may require async handling for large lists
- ⚠Coverage is strongest for US and Western European companies; emerging markets have lower data density
- ⚠Employee count estimates may lag actual headcount by 1-3 months due to source update frequency
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Business intelligence API providing real-time company and person enrichment data including firmographics, technographics, employee counts, funding, and social profiles from email addresses or domains for lead qualification.
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