# Similar Company Attributes

These attributes represent company information returned by Tomba's Similar Finder service, which helps identify organizations with similar characteristics to your target company.

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## Company Details

| Attribute     | Description                                | Example    |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------ | ---------- |
| `website_url` | The company's website domain               | summit.com |
| `name`        | The company's name                         | Summit     |
| `industries`  | Industry classification or business sector | Wholesale  |

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## Example Response

```json
{
    "data": [
        {
            "website_url": "summit.com",
            "name": "Summit",
            "industries": "Wholesale"
        },
        {
            "website_url": "xx.io",
            "name": "xx",
            "industries": "Information Technology and Services"
        }
    ]
}
```

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## Use Cases

- **Competitive Analysis**: Identify direct and indirect competitors in your market
- **Market Research**: Discover companies in similar industries or business models
- **Lead Generation**: Find prospects with similar characteristics to your best customers
- **Partnership Opportunities**: Locate potential partners or collaborators
- **Investment Research**: Analyze companies in the same sector for investment decisions

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## Company Industry Attribute

The `industries` field identifies the business sector or classification of the company. For more detailed information about company attributes, see the [Company Attributes](./company) documentation.

Common industry values include:

- Information Technology and Services
- Software Development
- Financial Services
- E-commerce
- Healthcare
- Manufacturing
- Wholesale
- Retail
- Consulting
- Marketing and Advertising
- Real Estate
- Education
- And many more...

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## Notes

- Results are based on multiple factors including industry, company size, location, and business model
- The similarity algorithm considers public data and business intelligence sources
- More specific target companies typically yield more accurate similar matches
- The number of results may vary depending on the uniqueness of the target company
- **Tomba returns a maximum of 25 similar companies per request**