# Ocean.io Company Search

> Ocean.io Company Search is a paid API for AI agents from Ocean.io at mpp.orthogonal.com, paid per call via MPP, $1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-10).

Search for companies using filters such as industry, size, location, technologies used, revenue, and headcount growth

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://mpp.orthogonal.com/ocean-io/v3/search/companies?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $1/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-10
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: Ocean.io
- Docs: https://api.ocean.io
- Website: https://api.ocean.io
- Tags: company, people, search, enrichment, data
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ocean-io-company-search-b9a53a8b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_B-woT07B2r_uu4QdnOHAX

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability ocean-io-company-search-b9a53a8b -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you find me a list of mid-sized fintech companies (200-500 employees) headquartered in Germany that use Stripe and have had headcount growth over 20% in the last year?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to discover and prospect for companies matching a multi-dimensional set of criteria (industry, size, location, tech stack, growth signals). Prefer this over the company lookup/enrich endpoint when you don't have existing company domains and need to build a list from scratch based on firmographic and technographic filters.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported filter combinations return an error
- Overly narrow filters return zero results
- Rate limits or quota exceeded return a 429 or payment error
- Malformed request body returns a 400 validation error
- Unknown technology or industry names may return no matches

## How this service works

Search for companies using filters (industry, size, location, technologies, revenue, headcount growth, etc.) and/or

## Output

A list of matching companies with attributes such as name, domain, industry, employee count, revenue estimate, location, technologies used, and headcount growth rate

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/ocean-io-company-search-b9a53a8b/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from mpp.orthogonal.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/mpp.orthogonal.com/llms.txt)