# LinkedIn Profile Interests Companies API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin/profile-interests-companies)

> Lists the companies a LinkedIn member follows, 20 per page, each with `id`, `title`, `url`, `follower_count` and a `logo` ladder; page through with `page`. When the primary source is momentarily rate-limited on page 1, a second source answers that page with the same rows in the same order but without follower counts: `follower_count` is null on every row, and `data._warnings` says so.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/linkedin/profile/interests/companies` costs 5 credits per call and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `url` | yes | Full URL of the LinkedIn profile, company, or post. |
| `page` | no | 1-based page number. Defaults to 1. |
| `urn` | no | The member's opaque LinkedIn URN, as returned in `author.ext.urn` by /v1/linkedin/profile. Optional, and a pure optimisation: pass it ALONGSIDE `url` (which stays required) and this call skips the internal handle lookup, so it answers faster and consumes half the upstream rate-limit budget. Verified on the deployed API 05/09/2026. To address a member by URN alone, send the URN-form profile URL as `url`, for example https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAA8BYqEBCGLg_vT_ca6mMEqkpp9nVffJ3hc: it resolves to the same member as the public address (verified 20/10/2026 on profile/posts and profile/comments) and holds only ASCII, which helps when the public address carries an emoji or other symbol. |
| `max_pages` | no | 1 to 50 (default 1, or 50 when `max_items` or `max_credits` is sent). Walk up to this many pages in one call and return the rows from all of them. Each page walked is billed exactly as one call to this endpoint (a cached page is free) and counts against your rate limit; its charge and any refund are recorded under the page's own request id, listed in `data.walk.request_ids`. The walk stops early at the last page, or when the request's time budget runs low; `data.walk.stopped` says why (`end`, `max_pages`, `max_items`, `max_credits`, `time_budget`, `page_error`) and `pagination.next_cursor` continues from where it stopped. |
| `max_items` | no | 1 to 5000. Get more in one call: keep walking pages until the response holds at least this many rows, then stop with `data.walk.stopped: "max_items"`. The last page is returned whole (it was billed), so `data.items` can hold up to one page more than this, and `pagination.next_cursor` resumes right after it without skipping a row. Walks up to 50 pages unless `max_pages` says fewer; each page is billed as one call (a cached page is free). Add `max_credits` to cap the spend. A long walk can stop on the time budget first (`"time_budget"`): send the returned cursor with the same params to continue. |
| `max_credits` | no | 1 to 100000. The most this call may spend, across every page it walks. A page starts only while the credits already spent plus that page's price (or, when higher, the most any page of this walk has cost) still fit, so the call never goes past it; the walk then stops with `data.walk.stopped: "max_credits"` and the cursor to resume. Sent alone, it walks as far as the budget goes (up to 50 pages). A value below the price of one page is a free 400 whose `error.details.page_credits` names that price. Credits a row join (`include=`) adds are known only once a page has run, so page 1 is checked against its own price. |

## Code example

```bash
curl -G "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/linkedin/profile/interests/companies" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamhgates/" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### How do I list the companies a LinkedIn member follows?

Send a GET request to /v1/linkedin/profile/interests/companies with the member's LinkedIn profile URL in the url parameter. The response returns a list of every company page the member follows, each with the company name, page URL, and follower count.

### What fields come back for each followed company?

Each entry returns the company name, the LinkedIn company page URL, and the company's follower count. Use the page URL to fan out to /v1/linkedin/company for full firmographics like industry, size, and headquarters.

### How do I paginate through followed companies?

Add the page query parameter (integer) to walk through the list. Start at page=1 and increment until the response returns an empty array, which marks the end of the companies the member follows.

### How much does this endpoint cost per request?

Each page costs 5 credits on the advanced tier, regardless of how many companies come back in that page. New accounts start with 100 free credits and no credit card, enough for 20 requests before you upgrade.

### Can I use followed companies as an intent signal for sales?

Yes, the companies a prospect follows are a useful intent and interest signal for social selling and account research. Merge the list into your CRM to segment leads by the vendors, competitors, and industries they already track.

See the full LinkedIn API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

## Explore with AI

Questions this API answers, phrased for an AI assistant:

- How to get the companies a LinkedIn profile follows with an API
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