BQ Historical Employment API
Query Parameter: bq_id=100003273517
| Parameter | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| bq_id | int | Unique ID assigned by BQ to the Organization. |
Historical Employment API
This API offers current and historic Employment data for approximately 102M Organizations that do business in the US.
This API offers current and historic Employment data for approximately approximately 102M Organizations that do business in the US.
- This API encompasses employment data, both recent and historic.
- Historic data goes back up to the last 5 years on a monthly basis for employment.
- Use the unique BQ ID to get the employment data. Obtain the response output in JSON format.
- The data on company employment numbers is sourced from over 100,000 reliable government sources.
Major features include:
- Employment and Payroll: Monthly employment numbers to track how a company's workforce has grown or declined over time with our Historical Employees endpoint.
Use cases:
- Capital Market
- Sales & Marketing
- Compliance and KYB (Know Your Business) / KYC (Know Your Client)
- Credit Risk: Insurance & Banking
Caching of API Data:
You must not pre-fetch, cache, or store the Historic Employment API content beyond 7 days, although the BQ_ID is exempt from caching restrictions.
Authentication Method
The API supports the following authentication method
- API Key Authentication
Method: GET
API Key authentication
You can use the API Endpoint to manually supply your API Key provided by BQ