Search Crunchbase Locations
View all Crunchbase Company & Investment Data endpoints →Resolve a place name to candidate Crunchbase locations for geography selection. The required query parameter accepts a place name such as san francisco or london. The optional limit defaults to 15 and accepts integers from 1 to 25. The optional type restricts the lookup to city, region, country or group. Review the candidate name and location type rather than treating a display label as a unique geography. The documented response example contains items, query, total_count and type. Each item includes id and uuid identifiers, name, location_type, link and short_description, plus companies_count, country_code, region_code and groups. Both city and group candidates appear in that example. The last four item fields and the top-level type are null in the example, so populated company counts, geographic codes and group structures are not confirmed. No live probe was recorded for this operation; these fields describe an unverified documentation example, not an observed response guarantee. Confirm the identifier format accepted by a destination search before applying a returned location as a filter.
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/api/project/crunchbase/search-locations API Response (JSON)
{} curl -X GET 'https://api.opendata-api.com/api/project/crunchbase/search-locations?key=<API_KEY>&query=san+francisco'
Query Result
Use Cases
- Build a geography autocomplete that asks a user to review a city candidate before assigning a headquarters location to a CRM account.
- Resolve an investor-screening geography to a returned location identifier, checking the destination filter contract before applying it.
- Keep similarly named cities and broader regions distinct in a startup-sourcing location picker by using the type selector.
- Review candidate geographic IDs for acquisition or event research instead of assuming that free-text place names are accepted as search filters.
Frequently asked questions
What must I supply to search for a location?
Supply the required query parameter with a place name, for example san francisco or london. Limit and type are optional; a type value does not replace the required place-name query.
Which location types can I request?
The documented type values are city, region, country and group. Choose the geographic scale that fits your filter, and review the returned location_type so that similarly named places are not confused.
How many location candidates can I request?
Limit accepts an integer from 1 to 25 and defaults to 15 when omitted. It sets the maximum requested result count, not a promise that every query will have that many matches.
Should I use id or uuid in another geography filter?
The documented location example includes both id and uuid. Check the parameter contract of the destination search before choosing one; this lookup does not establish that the two forms are interchangeable.
Are company counts and geographic codes always populated?
No such guarantee is supported. Companies_count, country_code, region_code and groups are null in the documented example, and no live probe was recorded for this operation. Handle those fields as potentially unavailable rather than inferring counts or codes from the place name.