Glassdoor Company Overview API Documentation Retrieve the Glassdoor overview of one company: name, logo, overall rating, review, salary and job counts, headquarters, size, revenue, website, industry, type, founding year, description, mission, Glassdoor links, and parent, subsidiary and sibling companies when they exist. An unknown employer id returns a 404 error that is not billed.
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Parameters
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Runnable path
1 required parameter needed before sending a request.
integer
Required
Glassdoor employer id from the search or autocomplete endpoints. Example: 9079.
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Response Schema
Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.
Example response fields
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data
meta
success
{
"data": {
"company": {
"id": 9079,
"url": "https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Google-EI_IE9079.11,17.htm",
"name": "Google Inc.",
"size": "10000+ Employees",
"type": "Company - Public",
"links": {
"jobs": "https://www.glassdoor.com/Jobs/Google-Jobs-E9079.htm",
"reviews": "https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Google-Reviews-E9079.htm",
"benefits": "https://www.glassdoor.com/Benefits/Google-Benefits-E9079.htm",
"salaries": "https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Google-Salaries-E9079.htm",
"interviews": "https://www.glassdoor.com/Interview/Google-Interview-Questions-E9079.htm"
},
"rating": 4.4,
"founded": 1998,
"mission": "Organize the world\u2019s information and make it universally accessible and useful.",
"revenue": "$10+ billion (USD)",
"website": "https://goo.gle/4ehVuXi",
"industry": "Internet & Web Services",
"logo_url": "https://media.glassdoor.com/sqls/9079/google-squarelogo-1441130773284.png",
"job_count": 5964,
"short_name": "Google",
"description": "Since our founding in 1998, Google has grown by leaps and bounds. Starting from two computer science students in a university dorm room, we now have over a hundred thousand employees and over one hundred offices around the world. These Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. So whether you want to be a part of developing innovative technology, campaigns, products or partnerships, your work here is a chance to accomplish things that matter. To learn more about our job opportunities, teams, offices, benefits and workplace culture, visit careers.google.com.",
"industry_id": 200063,
"headquarters": "Mountain View, CA",
"review_count": 71422,
"salary_count": 192559,
"subsidiaries": [
{
"id": 40803,
"url": "https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-EI_IE40803.htm",
"name": "YouTube",
"rating": 4.4,
"logo_url": "https://media.glassdoor.com/sql/40803/youtube-squarelogo.png",
"review_count": 2175
}
]
}
},
"meta": {
"billable": true,
"endpoint_family": "company_overview"
},
"success": true
}Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Validation Error
A required query parameter is missing or invalid. No upstream call is made. This response is not billable.
{
"errors": {
"employer_id": [
"The employer id field is required."
]
},
"message": "The request validation failed"
}Company Not Found
The Glassdoor employer id does not exist. This response is not billable.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": false,
"endpoint_family": "company_overview"
},
"error": {
"code": "NOT_FOUND",
"message": "The requested Glassdoor company was not found."
},
"success": false
}Invalid Source Response
Glassdoor answered with a shape that no longer matches the documented contract. This response is not billable.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true,
"endpoint_family": "company_overview"
},
"error": {
"code": "PARSER_DRIFT",
"message": "The Glassdoor API is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
},
"success": false
}Service Unavailable
The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true,
"endpoint_family": "company_overview"
},
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "The Glassdoor API is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
},
"success": false
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