Crunchbase category group search API
One call returns all 49 industry category groups (e.g., Software, Hardware, Financial Services) that Crunchbase uses to organize companies. One item in the answer is a category group with name, slug, and sample categories within it. The answer contains no pagination.
1 live route on Web / SEO, price on request. Every route below answered our last live test on 2026-10-06; the gateway re-tests them daily.
Price per call, by route
The upstream price you are metered at, cheapest first. A route without a published price says so.
| Provider | Endpoint | Price |
|---|---|---|
crunchbase-extractor-full-api3RapidAPI listing | category_group_searchGET category-group/search | price on request |
What it returns
From a real call to the route: crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.
data.items[]Array of category groupsdata.items[].nameCategory group namedata.items[].slugURL-friendly identifier for this groupdata.items[].uuidUnique ID for this category groupdata.items[].category_countNumber of categories in this groupdata.items[].sample_categories[]Sample category slugs in this groupdata.totalTotal category groupsCall it
HTTP with your key in x-api-key, or the call_endpoint tool of our MCP server.
| Parameter | Type | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| q | string · query | optional | Filter by text that appears anywhere in the name or slug (case-insensitive). |
curl "https://fetchapi.co/api/gw/rapidapi-crunchbase-extractor-full-api3/category-group/search" \ -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"
call_endpoint("rapidapi-crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.category_group_search", {}){
"data": {
"items": [
{
"name": "Administrative Services",
"slug": "administrative-services",
"uuid": "a02d6141-a2f8-a33e-7131-4b13f355b206",
"category_count": 21,
"sample_categories": [
"archiving-service",
"call-center",
"… 2 more"
]
},
{
"name": "Advertising",
"slug": "advertising-f0bd",
"uuid": "f0bd7628-8197-1f9c-69a8-a1a8ea7e5bdc",
"category_count": 15,
"sample_categories": [
"ad-exchange",
"ad-network",
"… 2 more"
]
},
"… 2 more"
],
"total": 49,
"returned": 49,
"cached_at": "2026-04-17T15:43:06Z",
"request_id": "b69b987d-9fcc-bb48-d341-ad4e1d41"
},
"status": true,
"request_id": "b69b987d-9fcc-bb48-d341-ad4e1d41"
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Call it over HTTP or from any MCP client. Each key has a rate limit and a monthly cap; calls are metered at the upstream price.