Search Company Metrics

Retrieve company-level metrics from Sales Navigator lists and searches for prioritization and reporting.

Edges is not related to LinkedIn and is not an official LinkedIn product.

API Endpoint

POST/v1/actions/salesnavigator-search-company-metrics/run/live

Parameters

Input Parameters

Integration Parameters

Guide

What Search Company Metrics does

Search Company Metrics pulls company-level metrics from Sales Navigator lists and searches so you can prioritize accounts and report on pipeline coverage. You get the counts and aggregates that Sales Navigator surfaces — total results, distribution by filter facet, and list-level signals — returned as structured JSON. It targets RevOps and growth engineers who need to rank ABM lists programmatically.

The action runs on the Sales Navigator level and uses your authenticated Sales Navigator session on Edges.

How it works

You point Search Company Metrics at a Sales Navigator search URL or a saved account list, and Edges pulls the metric payload behind that view. The action reads the same numbers Sales Navigator renders in the UI — total matches, filter breakdowns, list size — and returns them as a single structured object.

Edges signs each request with your Sales Navigator session, handles pacing, and returns typed errors if the search has expired or the list is no longer accessible. The operation is synchronous for a single search and supports async execution for batches.

When to use Search Company Metrics

Reach for Search Company Metrics when you need the numbers behind a Sales Navigator search, not the accounts themselves. Account extraction is expensive; metrics are cheap — so use this action to rank, monitor, or budget before you commit to a full pull.

It plugs into the LinkedIn signals and intent API use case. Teams wire it into dashboards to watch list growth, track ICP coverage, and trigger alerts when a saved search crosses a threshold.

Use cases

  • ABM list sizing. Before extracting 10k accounts, run Search Company Metrics to confirm the filter set resolves to a realistic audience.
  • Coverage dashboards. Snapshot metrics weekly to show leadership how ICP coverage shifts as filters tighten or the market grows.
  • Trigger-based alerting. When newSinceLastRun exceeds a threshold, fire a Slack alert and queue Search Sales Navigator Companies to pull the new accounts.
  • Segment comparison. Compare headcount or industry distributions across two saved lists to choose which segment to resource first.
  • QBR reporting. Feed monthly metric snapshots into a warehouse to power quarterly business reviews.

Best practices

  • Separate metrics from extraction. Call Search Company Metrics first to validate the search, then run the full extraction only when the count is sane.
  • Snapshot on a schedule. Daily or weekly snapshots give you deltas to act on — the metric on its own is less useful than its change over time.
  • Cache by search URL. Identical searches return identical numbers within a short window; cache responses to cut Sales Navigator load.
  • Stay within your seat's pacing budget. Edges handles rate limits, but heavy metric polling across dozens of saved lists should be spread across the day.

Common questions

How many searches can I check per run?

One per call. Parallelize at the workflow level when you monitor multiple saved lists, and let Edges pace Sales Navigator requests safely.

Does Search Company Metrics use my Sales Navigator account or a shared pool?

Your Sales Navigator account. Every metric pull is executed through your connected session, so the numbers you see match what your seat would see in the Sales Navigator UI.

Can I chain Search Company Metrics with other Edges actions?

Yes. Most teams chain it into Search Sales Navigator Companies when the count looks right, or into Extract Sales Navigator Accounts List when the source is a saved account list.

Get started

Run Search Company Metrics from the Edges library, schedule it on a cron, or call it directly from the Edges API to feed dashboards and alerts. Browse the full Actions library to see the Sales Navigator actions that pair with it.

Code Examples

bash
curl -X POST "https://api.edges.run/v1/actions/salesnavigator-search-company-metrics/run/live" \
  -H "X-API-KEY: <YOUR_API_KEY>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "identity_ids": [
    "your-identity-uuid"
  ],
  "identity_mode": "direct",
  "input": {
    "sales_navigator_company_search_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example-profile",
    "custom_data": "example_value"
  }
}'

Output Example

{
  "total_results": 42
}

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