FAQs#

Firmographics#

What are the Append Rates for Business Coder Firmographics?#

Firmographic

Average Append Rate

Company

58%

Phone

55%

Employee Size

45%

Sales Volume

44%

SIC

49%

NAICS

39%

Location Type

58%

Stock Ticker

5%

Web Address

51%

Contacts

44%

What kind of Business Firmographics can I get from Business Coder?#

The following are the fields and information that can be retrieved from the Business Coder Service:

Column Name

Data Definition

CompanyName

Name of the Business

AddressLine1

First Address Line

Suite

Suite

City

City

State

State

PostalCode

ZipCode/PostalCode

Plus4

Plus4 of the Address

DeliveryIndicator

Residential Or Business Address Indicator

MelissaAddressKey

Unique key assigned to an Address Record

LocationType

The code denoting whether the business is a headquarter, a branch, or a subsidiary headquarter.

Phone

10-Digit Phone Number

EmployeesEstimate

This field contains the estimate number of employees who work at this particular business location.

SalesEstimate

This field contains the estimate sales volume particular business location.

StockTicker

Unique abbreviation/symbol assigned by the stock exchange for listed companies.

WebAddress

The Web Address/Domain for a Company.

SICCode1

6-digit Standard Industrial Classification code for the business’s primary activity (line of business).

SICCode2

Second SIC Code

SICCode3

Third SIC Code

NAICSCode1

North American Industry Classification System code.

NAICSCode2

Second NAICS Code

NAICSCode3

Third NAICS Code

SICDescription1

SIC Code Description

SICDescription2

Second SIC Code Description

SICDescription3

Third SIC Code Description

NAICSDescription1

NAICS Code Description

NAICSDescription2

Second NAICS Code Description

NAICSDescription3

Third NAICS Code Description

Latitude

Latitude Geo Coordinate

Longitude

Longitude Geo Coordinate

CountyName

Name of the County

CountyFIPS

FIPS of the County

CensusTract

Census Tract number for the address

CensusBlock

Census Block number for the address

PlaceCode

Census Bureau Place Code

PlaceName

Census Bureau Place Name

Results

Returns Record Specific Result Codes.

TransmissionResults

Returns Error Codes for Web Service Level issues.

RecordID

ID of the Record

TransmissionReference

Pass through of the Input Transmission Reference.

Version

Current Web Service Version

TotalRecords

The total number of records returned in the records array.

What type of Information can I submit to the Web Service in order to get business firmographics?#

  1. Address (With or without the company name)

  2. Phone Number

  3. Melissa Address Key (Can be retrieved using any of Melissa Data’s Address Verification Solutions)

  4. Web Address

  5. Stock Ticker

Data Source#

Where does Business Coder Get its Data?#

The Business Coder Database is compiled from several sources and industries. The final combined database merges the data to about 15 million records of business information. This data is then exposed through the Business Coder Web Service which allows for appending Firmographics. Since the service revolves heavily around the contents of the data, the exact provider for the sources is not something we can disclose at the moment as we prefer to keep this information private in order to maintain the product’s uniqueness and value in the industry.