This Choreo provides a powerful and flexible way to search the CorpWatch database. It retrieves a list of companies according to several search parameters such as industry, location, date range, company name, etc. You do not need an API Key to run this Choreo. However, if you would like a much higher limit on the number of calls you can make each day, then registering with CorpWatch and obtaining an API Key is the way to go. More information on authentication and limits is available here. Detailed information about the various search parameters is here.
To search for "National commercial banks" that filed for the first time in 2008:
IndustryCode: 6021
MinYear: 2008
ResponseType: json
The following is a partial sample of the output returned by this Choreo:
{
"meta": {
"success": 1,
"status": 200,
"status_string": "Success",
"total_results": "57",
"results_complete": 1,
"api_version": "0.04 (2012-02-03)",
"parameters": {
"top_parent_id": "cw_7324",
"limit": 100,
"index": 0,
"year": "most_recent"
}
},
"result": {
"companies": {
"cw_7324": {
"cw_id": "cw_7324",
"cik": "865436",
"company_name": "WHOLE FOODS MARKET INC",
"irs_number": "741989366",
"sic_code": "5411",
"industry_name": "Retail-grocery stores",
"sic_sector": "5400",
"sector_name": "Food stores",
"source_type": "filers",
"raw_address": "550 BOWIE STREET, AUSTIN TX 78703",
"country_code": "US",
"subdiv_code": "TX",
"top_parent_id": "cw_7324",
"num_parents": "0",
"num_children": "0",
"max_year": "2012",
"min_year": "2003"
},
"cw_213344": {
"cw_id": "cw_213344",
"cik": "0",
"company_name": "Allegro Coffee Co",
"irs_number": null,
"sic_code": null,
"industry_name": null,
"sic_sector": null,
"sector_name": null,
"source_type": "relationships",
"raw_address": "Colorado",
"country_code": "US",
"subdiv_code": "CO",
"top_parent_id": "cw_7324",
"num_parents": "1",
"num_children": "0",
"max_year": "2011",
"min_year": "2003"
},