Search Sales Navigator Company Employees
Extract a list of employees on Sales Navigator starting from a company ID and from a set of given criteria.
/v1/actions/salesnavigator-search-company-employees/run/liveEdges is not related to LinkedIn and is not an official LinkedIn product.
Input
Request parameters
Cursor value obtained from the `X-Pagination-Next` response header of a previous request, used to continue pagination. Cursors expire after 24 hours. If a cursor has expired or is invalid, pagination must be restarted from the beginning.
Maximum number of results per page (read-only; defined by the endpoint, actual count may be lower in some cases like throttling or internal limits).
Input parameters
A Sales Navigator Profile Search URL should start with 'https://www.linkedin.com/sales/search/people'
A Sales Navigator Company URL should start with 'https://www.linkedin.com/sales/company/'
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Configuration
Filter by locations URN (e.g. 103644278 for United States). To select multiple locations, separate each number with a comma without spaces.
Filter by function URN (e.g. 25 for Sales). To select multiple functions, separate each number with a comma without spaces.
Filter employees by network: 1st, 2nd or 3rd.
Filter employees by title.
Filter by postal code.
Integration
Array of identity UUIDs to use for the action
Mode for identity handling: direct, auto, or managed.
Description
What Search Sales Navigator Company Employees does
Search Sales Navigator Company Employees extracts a filtered list of employees working at a target company on Sales Navigator, starting from a company ID and the search criteria you pass in. You get a structured roster of people — headline, current role, seniority, location — ready to push into your CRM, enrichment pipeline, or outreach queue.
This action runs on the Sales Navigator level and is built for sales, recruiting, and ABM teams who need to map accounts by actual headcount rather than by a static company profile.
How it works
You hand Edges a Sales Navigator company ID plus the filters you want applied (seniority, function, geography, keyword). Edges runs the search through your authenticated Sales Navigator session, paginates results safely, and returns a normalized list. The run is async for deep pulls so you can step away and collect results when the job finishes.
Because it runs on Edges infrastructure, pacing is handled for you — no client-side throttling, no browser automation to babysit. Every request is signed with the Sales Navigator account you connected to Edges, which keeps the activity auditable.
When to use Search Sales Navigator Company Employees
Use this action when you need the current people layer of an account, not the marketing bio. It plugs directly into the LinkedIn search API use case — you feed it a target list of company IDs and it returns the decision-makers, champions, or end users you need to talk to.
Pair it with company-level extraction to build full account profiles before outreach starts.
Use cases
- ABM target mapping. For each account in your ICP list, extract all VPs and directors in the buying function and sync them to Salesforce.
- Champion tracking after a job change. When a past champion shows up at a new company, pull their new colleagues and find your next entry point.
- Recruiting talent pool building. Pull engineers at 50 competitor companies into a single ranked list with seniority and skills metadata.
- Competitive intelligence. Track hiring and team composition at specific competitors over time by running the search on a schedule.
- Event follow-up. After a conference, pull employees at sponsoring companies and prioritize outreach by function.
Best practices
- Filter tight, not wide. Sales Navigator returns more accurate results on narrow searches. Apply seniority + function + geography rather than broad keyword matches.
- Chain with profile extraction. Follow Search Sales Navigator Company Employees with Extract LinkedIn Profile to enrich each result with skills, experience, and contact info.
- Run async for deep pulls. Anything beyond the first few pages should run async — the action handles pagination and rate limits safely on its own.
- Cache company IDs. Resolve the Sales Navigator company ID once via Extract Company and reuse it across employee searches.
Common questions
How many employees can I extract per run?
The action paginates through Sales Navigator's result cap (typically the first 2,500 records per search), so narrow your filters if the company exceeds that. Split by function or location to cover larger organizations.
Does this use my Sales Navigator account or a shared pool?
Your own Sales Navigator session. Edges signs every request with the account you connected, so results reflect your network, saved lists, and search history, and activity is attributed to you.
Can I chain Search Sales Navigator Company Employees with other Edges actions?
Yes. A common chain is Search Sales Navigator Companies to find target accounts, then Search Sales Navigator Company Employees to extract decision-makers, then Extract LinkedIn Profile to enrich each person.
Get started
Run Search Sales Navigator Company Employees from the Edges library, wire it into your ABM or recruiting stack, or call it directly from the Edges API. Browse the full Actions library to see what to chain before and after the search.
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