# US Business Coder

## Overview
The Business Coder Cloud API provides in-depth firmographic information for over 25 million U.S. enterprises. This data encompasses standardized company names, job titles, contact details (including names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses), SIC/NAICS codes, workforce sizes, stock ticker symbols, revenue figures, and more. This API offers a wealth of valuable insights into businesses, serving a wide range of purposes such as market analysis, lead generation, and customer profiling.

You can use Business Coder to:
  * Search for businesses using the phone number, stock ticker, and web address.
  * Discover business SIC codes, sales volumes, employee sizes, phone numbers, etc.

**Documentation**
* [Business Coder Documentation](https://docs.melissa.com/cloud-api/business-coder/business-coder-index.html)

**Useful Resources**
* [Release Notes](https://releasenotes.melissa.com/cloud-api/business-coder/)
* [Result Codes](https://docs.melissa.com/cloud-api/business-coder/result-codes.html)

**Product Page**

[https://www.melissa.com/firmographic-data](https://www.melissa.com/firmographic-data)

**Support Center**

[https://www.melissa.com/company/product-support](https://www.melissa.com/company/product-support)



## Servers

US Business Coder Server
```
https://businesscoder.melissadata.net/WEB/BusinessCoder
```

## Download OpenAPI description

[US Business Coder](https://md-developer-portal-staging.redocly.app/_bundle/apis/us-business-coder.yaml)

## Business Validation

Use this endpoint to search and standardize Business Demographics data (USA).

### Validate and retrieve business information

 - [GET /doBusinessCoderUS](https://md-developer-portal-staging.redocly.app/apis/us-business-coder/business-validation/dobusinesscoderusget.md): Uses HTTPS GET to accept one input record and returns the response in JSON format. This is useful for browser level or quick single queries.

_Note:_ A request to the Business Coder Cloud Service must consist of the License Key and Either Address, MAK and Company, Stock Ticker, Web Address, or Phone to verify.

### Validate and retrieve businesses information

 - [POST /doBusinessCoderUS](https://md-developer-portal-staging.redocly.app/apis/us-business-coder/business-validation/dobusinesscoderuspost.md): An HTTPS POST is issued with the "ContentType" header specifying the format of the request and
the "Accept" header specifying the format of the response.

_Note:_ A request to the Business Coder Cloud Service must consist of the License Key and either Address, MAK and Company, Stock Ticker, Web Address, or Phone to verify.