Vertical or industry fit

Why it works

Industry codes describe a company in broad strokes and often lag behind what it does today. The words in its job posts, such as the clients it serves or the products it handles, place it in a vertical more precisely. That lets you build a list for one niche that an industry filter would blur.

How to act on it

Build vertical SaaS, agency, consulting, or equipment prospect lists.

Connect your agent

curl -X POST https://api.theirstack.com/v1/companies/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "company_keyword_slug_or": ["clinical-trials"]
  }'

Use cases

• Outbound

  Find buyers by what their job posts say they need

  Find companies whose job descriptions name the problem, regulation, project or tool your product handles, and sell to them while they are hiring for it.

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• Market research

  Map producers and traders of a commodity

  Map the companies producing or trading a specific commodity from the commodities named in their job ads, to find suppliers and read a supply chain.

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Related signals

• Category keyword

  The company mentions a product category such as ERP, CRM, HRIS, or POS without naming a vendor.

  Example"Help us select and roll out a new ERP" in an IT role

  →An ERP purchase is open, no vendor chosen

• Role-based hiring

  Hiring the role that owns, uses, or feels the pain your product solves.

  ExampleFirst Head of RevOps role posted

  →Your buyer's problem gets an owner

• Pain-keyword intent

  The job describes a manual task, operational burden, or workflow your product removes.

  Example"Reconcile invoices manually in spreadsheets" in a Finance Analyst post

  →The pain you remove, in their words