# QueryCompanies

Retrieve all companies

`GET /api/v2/companies`

**API:** AvaTax API
**Tag:** Companies
**API Version:** v2
**Base URL:** https://sandbox-rest.avatax.com/
**Accepts:** `application/json`
**Authentication:** API Key (`Authorization` in header) or OAuth 2.0 or Basic (username + license key)

Source: https://developer.avalara.com/products/avatax/api/methods/Companies/QueryCompanies/

## Description

Get multiple company objects.
            
A `company` represents a single corporation or individual that is registered to handle transactional taxes.
            
Search for specific objects using the criteria in the `$filter` parameter; full documentation is available on [Filtering in REST](http://developer.avalara.com/avatax/filtering-in-rest/) .
Paginate your results using the `$top`, `$skip`, and `$orderby` parameters.
You may specify one or more of the following values in the `$include` parameter to fetch additional nested data, using commas to separate multiple values:
            
* Contacts
* Items
* Locations
* Nexus
* Settings
* TaxCodes
* TaxRules
* UPC
* Parameters

### Security Policies

* This API requires one of the following user roles: AccountAdmin, AccountOperator, AccountUser, AvaTaxOnlyAccountAdmin, AvaTaxOnlyAccountUser, AvaTaxOnlyCompanyAdmin, AvaTaxOnlyCompanyUser, BatchServiceAdmin, CompanyAdmin, CompanyUser, Compliance Root User, ComplianceAdmin, ComplianceUser, CSPAdmin, CSPTester, ECMAccountUser, ECMCompanyUser, FirmAdmin, FirmUser, ProStoresOperator, Registrar, ReturnsOnlyAccountAdmin, ReturnsOnlyAccountUser, ReturnsOnlyCompanyAdmin, ReturnsOnlyCompanyUser, SiteAdmin, SSTAdmin, SystemAdmin, TechnicalSupportAdmin, TechnicalSupportUser, TreasuryAdmin, TreasuryUser.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | In | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| `$include` | string | query | No | A comma separated list of objects to fetch underneath this company.  Any object with a URL path underneath this company can be fetched by specifying its name. |
| `$filter` | string | query | No | A filter statement to identify specific records to retrieve.  For more information on filtering, see [Filtering in REST](http://developer.avalara.com/avatax/filtering-in-rest/).*Not filterable:* IsFein, contacts, items, locations, nexus, settings, taxCodes, taxRules, upcs, nonReportingChildCompanies, exemptCerts, parameters, supplierandcustomers, isAdvSave, companyUrl, companyDescription |
| `$top` | integer | query | No | If nonzero, return no more than this number of results.  Used with `$skip` to provide pagination for large datasets.  Unless otherwise specified, the maximum number of records that can be returned from an API call is 1,000 records. |
| `$skip` | integer | query | No | If nonzero, skip this number of results before returning data.  Used with `$top` to provide pagination for large datasets. |
| `$orderBy` | string | query | No | A comma separated list of sort statements in the format `(fieldname) [ASC|DESC]`, for example `id ASC`. |
| `X-Avalara-Client` | string | header | No | Identifies the software you are using to call this API.  For more information on the client header, see [Client Headers](https://developer.avalara.com/avatax/client-headers/) . |

## Responses

| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | Success | `CompanyModelFetchResult` |
| 400 | Bad Request | `ProblemDetails` |
| 401 | Unauthorized | `ProblemDetails` |
| 404 | Not Found | `ProblemDetails` |

### 200 Response: `CompanyModelFetchResult`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `@recordsetCount` | integer | No |  |
| `value` | CompanyModel[] | No |  |
| `@nextLink` | string | No |  |
| `pageKey` | string | No |  |

## Example Request

```bash
curl -X GET "https://sandbox-rest.avatax.com/api/v2/companies" \
  -H "Authorization: Basic <credentials>" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"
```