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Definition

Company fingerprint

A company fingerprint is a profile of what a company really does, built from the people who work there: the mix of roles, common titles and skills, size and description. It is evidence you can use when the industry code is wrong.

SampleThe Hive: a business profile with customer examples, fit signals and who you want to reach
Your Hive. What Buzz knows about your business, from your website and your edits.

Key facts

  • Industry codes are self-reported and rarely updated, so a software firm can sit under consulting.
  • A company whose staff are mostly engineers is a software company whatever its code says.
  • Buzzlist reads this kind of evidence when it ranks people from a sentence, and shows why each company fits.
  • The fingerprint helps when the code is not enough.

Industry codes are self-reported and rarely updated, so a software firm can sit under consulting. A company whose staff are mostly engineers is a software company whatever its code says.

Buzzlist reads this kind of evidence when it ranks people from a sentence, and shows why each company fits.

Answered by the Buzzlist team. Last reviewed .

Common questions

Can I still search by NAICS code?

Yes. Codes are still a filter. The fingerprint helps when the code is not enough.

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