Overview
Apollo offers a highly accurate database of millions of companies, allowing you to find and connect with your ideal customers across the world. Searching for companies helps you identify and prioritize the accounts that best match your ideal customer profile before you decide who to contact within them.
Use targeted search filters to build a focused account list, identify the best opportunities, and then find the right people at those companies to engage.
Did you know? You can use the AI assistant to research target accounts and identify the right buyers. The assistant helps you generate company overviews, find ICP matches, and surface decision-makers with enriched account intelligence, so you can prioritize accounts faster and prospect more strategically.
Check out the following sections to search for companies on Apollo.
Search for Companies
If you already have existing customers or know specific businesses that match your ideal customer profile, you can find lookalike companies on Apollo. Just navigate to a saved account to view similar companies, allowing you to build on your existing prospect list.
To search for companies:
- Launch Apollo and click Companies.
- Click Show Filters > More Filters.
- Select one or more filters to find the companies most likely to benefit from your outreach. Use filters like buying intent, job postings, industry, or # of employees to hone in on businesses matching your ideal customer profile.
Check out Search Filters Overview to learn more about all of the available filters.
Apollo uses AND logic as you add filters and OR logic within each filter. This means every filter you add narrows your results, while adding more values within the same filter broadens them. For example, if you filter for companies based in the US and then add a filter for 1-10 employees, Apollo only shows US companies with 1-10 employees.
- As you add and edit filters, Apollo updates your search results.
You have now searched for companies on Apollo.
Take action on your search results to keep up the momentum.
Save Results and Take Action
Search is just the beginning. After you find the right companies, take action on your search results to start prospecting:
- Check one or more companies.
- To select companies in bulk, check Bulk Selection at the top of the search results.
- For bulk selection, choose how many companies to select:
- Select number of companies lets you specify how many companies to select from your search results.
- Select this page selects everyone on the current page.
- Select all selects all available companies from the search results.
- Choose an action from the action bar.
| Action | Use it to |
|---|---|
| Save | Save companies as accounts so you can manage, enrich, and engage them from your workspace. |
| Find people | Find people at selected companies so you can move from account targeting to contact targeting. Apollo opens a people search scoped to those companies, where you can add job title, seniority, department, or other people filters to identify the right buyers. |
| List | Add companies to a list or create a new list. Lists help you organize accounts by campaign, segment, territory, account tier, or sales strategy. |
| Workflows | Add companies to a workflow to automate next steps, like adding accounts to lists, assigning owners, updating fields, or sending alerts. |
| Export | Export accounts to a CSV so you can analyze company data, share records with your team, or use the data in another tool. |
| Edit | Edit an account to set account stage, assign an account owner, or set a custom field. |
| Push to CRM | If you have a connected CRM integration, manually push selected companies to your CRM. CRM ownership depends on your team's integration settings and credentials. Learn more about contact and account ownership with CRM integrations. |
| Prospect on LinkedIn | Click ... > Prospect on LinkedIn to review employee profiles on LinkedIn. Then select Use normal LinkedIn Prospector or Use LinkedIn Sales Navigator (subscription required) to get started. (Optional) Check Remember my choice to save your preference. Then click Go to LinkedIn. Apollo opens the company's People page on LinkedIn in a new tab, where you can review employees who work there. |
Want to go beyond general AI research and quickly assess whether a company is worth pursuing? Select Click to run under Qualify Account and let AI research assess company fit, identify disqualifiers, and prioritize high-value opportunities.
To run account qualification in bulk:
- Click Qualify account > Run power-up. Then select the number of records you want to qualify.
You have now taken action on your search results.
Next Steps
Once you've narrowed in on the right accounts, these next steps help you turn company searches into focused, high-impact outreach.
| Save and Share a Search or Set a Search Alert | Ready to reuse your filters? Save a company search and set alerts to keep your team aligned on fresh accounts as soon as they appear. |
|---|---|
| Identify Your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) | Want tighter results next time? Define your ideal customer profile to sharpen filters and focus outreach on accounts that convert. |
| Lookalikes Overview | Already have great customers? Find lookalike companies to expand your list with businesses that match proven winners. |
| Sequences Overview | Found the right accounts? Add contacts to sequences to launch consistent, multi-touch outreach at scale. |
| Export Accounts from Apollo to a CSV | Need to work outside Apollo? Export accounts to a CSV to share company research or load data into other tools. |