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# Search for Businesses

<mark style="color:blue;">`GET`</mark> `{{baseurl}}/v2/api/verifications/global/search-companies`

#### Path Parameters

| Name                                    | Type   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| --------------------------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| query<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | Search query would be a business name.                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| countryCode                             | String | [Get business search supported countries and region](/know-your-business-services-kyb/get-supported-countries-and-regions.md) Both sub-division code and main country code can be used even if the country has sub-divisions. |
| limit                                   | String | <p>limit of search results. Maximum is 100.</p><p>Default value: <mark style="color:red;"><code>10</code></mark></p>                                                                                                          |

#### Headers

| Name                                    | Type   | Description      |
| --------------------------------------- | ------ | ---------------- |
| token<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | API secret token |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Success Respone" %}

```json
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{
        "success": true,
        "statusCode": 200,
        "message": "success",
        "data": [
            {
                "name": "John Doe Inc.",
                "companyNumber": "000000",
                "countryCode": "CA-FD",
                "countryName": "Canada Federal Companies (Canada)"
            },
            {
                "name": "JOHN DOE ONLINE SERVICES LTD",
                "companyNumber": "000000",
                "countryCode": "NG",
                "countryName": "Nigeria"
            },
            {
                "name": "YJ.COM, INC.",
                "companyNumber": "C0000000",
                "countryCode": "US-CA",
                "countryName": "California (United State)"
            }
        ],
        "links": []
    }
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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