LinkedIn Company Employees Count API
Scrape LinkedIn Company Employees Count data with one API call. Returns how many LinkedIn members list the company as employer, optionally broken down by location ids from `/v1/linkedin/search/location`. The headline headcount is also on `/v1/linkedin/company` as `author.ext.employee_count`.
Last updated October 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
Returns how many LinkedIn members list a company as employer, optionally broken down by location.
Use it for a headcount by city or country; company.ext.employee_count is the headline total.
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The Company Employees Count endpoint gives you structured LinkedIn data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/linkedin/company/employees-count?company_id=1441"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/linkedin/company/employees-count",
params={
'company_id': '1441',
},
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()const response = await fetch(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/linkedin/company/employees-count?company_id=1441",
{
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| company_id | Yes | LinkedIn numeric company ID (from /v1/linkedin/company). |
| geocode | No | Comma-separated location ids from /v1/linkedin/search/location. |
What does the LinkedIn Company Employees Count API return?
Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "linkedin",
"endpoint": "/v1/linkedin/company/employees-count",
"data": {
"byGroup": {
"Current Function": [
{
"Engineering": 76992
},
{
"Information Technology": 19806
}
],
"Field of Study": [
{
"Computer Science": 44389
},
{
"Computational Science": 39128
}
],
"Locations": [
{
"United States": 78537
},
{
"California, United States": 47451
}
],
"School": [
{
"University of California, Berkeley": 3544
},
{
"Stanford University": 3181
}
],
"Service categories": [
{
"Consulting": 1682
},
{
"Marketing": 1452
}
],
"Skill Explicit": [
{
"Python (Programming Language)": 54142
},
{
"Java": 49392
}
]
},
"total": 162494
},
"credits_used": 5,
"request_id": "req_example000000",
"cached": false,
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"source": "captured",
"captured_at": "2026-10-02T12:50:13.709Z",
"redacted": true
}Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.
How does the LinkedIn Company Employees Count API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
}Ready to scrape LinkedIn Company Employees Count data?
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