{
  "type": "recipe",
  "url": "https://implisense.com/en/recipes/find-companies-by-industry-and-region",
  "lang": "en",
  "title": "Find companies by industry, federal state and size",
  "question": "How do I find companies by industry, federal state and size?",
  "subtitle": "Narrow 2.3 million companies down to your target set and keep it as a list.",
  "description": "Narrow prospects down by industry (WZ), federal state, city, postcode and size class, then keep the hits in a list — free in the Implisense Platform.",
  "persona": "sales",
  "surface": "platform",
  "timeEstimate": "5 min",
  "entryPoint": "/en/search",
  "costCredits": "0",
  "tier": "free",
  "steps": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "name": "Describe, do not name",
      "text": "Instead of a company name, type what the companies do — for example „assembly systems feeding technology“. Every company is stored as a vector and the search matches meaning. That is how you find the company whose name gives nothing away."
    },
    {
      "position": 2,
      "name": "Add the filters",
      "text": "Industry via the WZ code (28 for mechanical engineering, say), plus federal state, city, postcode and size class. Filters combine and can be removed one at a time."
    },
    {
      "position": 3,
      "name": "Watch the hit count",
      "text": "The number above the results is shown on both plans and moves with every filter. Compare it before and after filtering — it is the fastest route to a workable segment."
    },
    {
      "position": 4,
      "name": "Bookmark the hits",
      "text": "The bookmark on a result card moves a company into a list. Bookmarking costs nothing, and the list is the working unit for everything that follows."
    }
  ],
  "datePublished": "2026-09-07",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-08"
}