Can I find companies with Hunter?

Yes! It is certainly possible to find companies or domains using Hunter Discover.

With Discover, you can search for companies that match your ideal customer profile (ICP) and access their email data.

You can refine your search with filters such as:

Company name
Headquarters location
Industry
Size
Keywords
Technologies (paid plan)
Funding (paid plan)
Job openings
Year founded (paid plan)
Company type
Companies similar to (paid plan)
Hide saved companies

👉 Learn more about finding companies in Discover here.

Finding emails

Once you've identified the right companies, you can view their profiles and access professional emails. Simply click "Find all people" to retrieve emails associated with these companies.

Here you can add additional filters to target the right leads, such as:

Job title: filter by specific job titles
Department: Select specific departments
Seniority: from junior roles up to executives
Verification status: Valid, Accept all or Unknown
Show only results with: phone number, full name, or job title
Location: include or exclude continents, business regions, countries, states, or cities
Saved leads: Hide existing leads
Limit people per company: 1 to 100 contacts per company
Email source: All, Public, or Inferred
People tab: All leads
Decision makers tab: only decision makers
Generic tab: only generic emails such as info@ or support@

👉 Learn more about how to find emails from Discover here.

Saving companies

If you'd like to save multiple companies at once, you can:

Select companies individually by clicking the checkboxes, or
Leave the selection empty and click the Save all companies button.
From there, add them to an existing company list, create a new one, or save them without a list under All companies.

💡The company save function is limited to 100 companies at a time for users on the Free plan. However, there are no limits for saving companies on paid plans.

👉Learn how to find emails from saved companies in your leads here.

How to find companies by industry or location?

With Hunter Discover, you can easily find companies by applying a wide range of filters. These filters allow you to refine your search based on specific criteria including industry, location, and much more.

👉 We have a detailed help article that explains how to tailor your research using filters in Discover here.

I typed an industry into the filter and nothing came up, but I still see companies listed under it — why?

The Industry filter's search box doesn't always surface a term when you type it. Try scrolling through the full dropdown instead. The industry is very likely there, just further down the list.

How are credits counted in Discover?

Using Hunter Discover to identify companies doesn't cost you any credits.

You can apply as many filters as you like and run multiple searches without being charged. In other words, Discover is free to use.

Credits are only used when you choose to reveal email addresses from the companies you've found. Each email revealed costs 1 credit, following the standard credit system.

The difference between free and paid plans lies in the available features and storage limits:

Filters – Premium filters such as "Companies similar to", "Technologies", "Year founded" and "Funding" are only available on paid plans.
Saved companies – On a free plan, you can save up to 100 companies at a time. Paid plans have no limit.

My Discover search doesn't return any results

If your Discover search doesn't return any results—or only a handful—it usually means that your filters are too strict, or we don't currently have any data in our database that matches the filters you've set.

How can I fix this?

Try loosening some of your filters.
Experiment with different keywords.
Try the AI Assistant
And remember, Discover is free to use, so feel free to play around with filters until you find the combination that gives you the best results.

Tips for starting your search

To get the most out of Discover, it helps to start with a clear customer profile in mind. This way, you'll know which filters are most relevant to apply.

If your customer base includes multiple Ideal Customer Profiles (ICPs), we recommend running separate searches for each ICP to get more tailored results.

Can I find emails in Discover?

Yes, while Discover is meant to identify companies that match your target customers, once you have found your companies, you can easily start finding emails for them and apply additional filters.

To find emails

Simply click "Find all people" to retrieve emails associated with these companies.

Here you can add additional filters to target the right leads, such as:

Job title: filter by specific job titles
Department: Select specific departments
Seniority: from junior roles up to executives
Verification status: Valid, Accept all or Unknown
Show only results with: phone number, full name, or job title
Location: include or exclude continents, business regions, countries, states, or cities
Saved leads: Hide existing leads
Limit people per company: 1 to 100 contacts per company
Email source: All, Public, or Inferred
People tab: All leads
Decision makers tab: only decision makers
Generic tab: only generic emails such as info@ or support@

👉 Learn more about how to find emails from Discover here.

Can I export companies from Discover?

Yes, you can export companies found in Discover as a CSV file or save them to your Leads, where you can manage, segment and find emails for them.

For both actions, you need first to save the companies found in Discover to your Leads.

If you need to save multiple companies, select them individually, or leave the selection empty and click Save all companies to save them all at once. Add them to an existing company list, create a new one, or save them without a list.

The companies will be visible in the Leads Companies section, where you can manage them, find emails or export them.

The Export button will be immediately visible in your Company lists after selecting the companies to export:

Export limits for companies:

Paid plans: 100.000 companies per export
Free plans: 100 companies per export

Can I find people in a specific location?

Yes, you can! First, start a Discover search for the companies you'd like to target. If you use the Headquarters location filter, it will narrow the results to companies based on where their headquarters are located.

Once you've identified the companies, you can begin finding emails. At this stage, you'll also have access to additional filters that apply to the leads you're researching. Among these is the location filter, which lets you include or exclude people by continent, business region, country, state, or city.

Can AI help me with finding the right companies?

AI can help you quickly find the right companies. With the AI Assistant in Discover, you can simply describe your target audience in a sentence (for example, "SaaS companies with 50–200 employees in Europe"), and it will automatically apply the relevant search filters for you.

It can also suggest ways to refine your results, helping you narrow down or expand your search to find more relevant companies faster. You can also manually edit any filters and continue with your research.

Note: The number of Discover AI searches you get each month depends on your plan, ranging from 30 on the Free plan up to 900 on the highest plans. The allowance is shared across the Discover web app, the API, MCP and Hunter Agent. See the full breakdown under "What counts as one AI search in Discover?" below.

Can I exclude already saved companies from my results?

Yes, you can exclude already saved companies from your list by selecting the Saved Companies filter and checking the Hide already saved companies option.

This will ensure that the list of companies returned, doesn't include any companies you have already saved to your Company Leads.

Can I save a Discover search?

Yes. After setting your filters in Discover, scroll to the bottom of the filters panel and click Save this search. Give it a name and it will be stored for later use.

To reopen a saved search, click the folder icon at the bottom of the filters panel and select it from the list. You can also manage or delete saved searches from the Manage saved searches option.

Can I search for a specific company by name?

Yes. In the filters panel, use the Company name filter and type the company's name. Click the company to open its profile. The Email addresses tab shows the contacts available for that company.

What counts as one AI search in Discover?

One AI search is counted each time you submit a new prompt to the AI assistant. In other words, each search attempt counts, not each page of results.

Your monthly AI search allowance depends on your plan:

Free: 30 searches/month
Starter: 150 searches/month
Growth : 450 searches/month
Scale / Enterprise: 900 searches/month

This allowance applies to AI searches made from the Discover web app, the API, MCP and Hunter Agent. They all count toward the same monthly total.

💡Data Platform plans: Data Platform doesn't include the Discover UI. The 900 AI searches/month for Data Platform apply to the Discover API's AI assistant (the natural-language query parameter), not the Discover web app.

You can review your AI Search usage in the Usage section of your account.

💡Manually adjusting filters after an AI search does not count as a new AI search.

Will I be charged credits in Discover for an email I've already revealed?

No. If the contact is already in your Leads, or your team revealed it during the current billing period (via Discover or any other tool), revealing it again is free. Hunter won't charge you twice for the same address.

What filters and attributes are available in Discover?

Company search filters

When searching for companies in Hunter Discover, you can refine your results using the following filters.

Company name Type the full or partial name of a company to find it directly.
Headquarters location Filter companies by where their headquarters are located. You can search by city, state, country, continent, or business region (AMER, EMEA, APAC, LATAM). Supports both Include and Exclude options.

Industry Filter by one or more industry categories. Hunter uses LinkedIn's industry classification — see the full list here. You can choose to match Any or All of the selected industries. Supports Include and Exclude options.

The list is hierarchical: selecting a top-level Industry automatically includes all of its sub-categories.

For example: selecting Capital Markets also pulls in companies tagged under Investment Management, Venture Capital, and other nested categories underneath it — you don't need to select each one separately.

Size Filter by number of employees. Available ranges: 1–10 / 11–50 / 51–200 / 201–500 / 501–1,000 / 1,001–5,000 / 5,001–10,000 / 10,000+
Company type Filter by ownership structure. Supports Include and Exclude options. Available options: Educational, Educational Institution, Government Agency, Non Profit, Partnership, Privately Held, Public Company, Self Employed, Self Owned, Sole Proprietorship.
Keywords Filter by keywords that appear in a company's profile. Enter multiple keywords and choose to match Any or All of them. Supports Include and Exclude options.
Funding (Paid plans) Filter companies that have raised funding, by:
- Round: Any, Pre-seed, Seed, Pre-Series A, Series A, Pre-Series B, Series B, Pre-Series C, Series C and later, Other.
- Amount raised: specify a range
- Date of funding: specify a range
Job openings Filter companies that are currently hiring, by:
- Departments: select one or more departments to filter open roles by
- Job title keywords: filter open roles by keywords in the job title
- Date published: filter by when the job opening was posted
- Number of roles: set a minimum and/or maximum number of open roles
- Include closed roles: optionally include roles that are no longer open (off by default)
Technologies (Paid plans) Filter companies by the technologies they use. Browse the full list of available technologies here. Select multiple technologies and choose to match Any or All. Supports Include and Exclude options.
Year founded (Paid plans) Filter by the year the company was established. Enter an exact year or a range (e.g. founded between 2010 and 2020).
Companies similar to (Paid plans) Enter a company name to find businesses that share similar characteristics. Useful when you already have an ideal customer and want to find lookalikes.
Hide saved companies Excludes companies you've already saved to your Company Leads, so you can focus on new prospects.

People search filters

Once you've found companies in Discover and click Find all people, the following filters help you target the right contacts.

Job title Free-text input — type one or more job titles to filter contacts by their role (e.g. CEO, Head of Marketing, Account Executive).
Department Select one or more departments, such as Sales, Marketing, IT / Engineering, Finance, or Product.
Seniority Focus on contacts at the right level, from junior roles up to executives.
Location Filter contacts by their personal location, independently from the company headquarters. You can include or exclude continents, business regions, countries, states, or cities.
Verification status Filter by the email verification status:
- Valid — the email has been verified and is deliverable.
- Accept-all — the domain accepts all emails, so individual deliverability can't be confirmed.
- Unknown — verification status could not be determined.

Limit people per company Set the maximum number of contacts returned for each company (1 to 100).
Show only results with Show only contacts that have a specific field populated:
- Full name
- Job title
- Phone number — note: phone numbers are linked to personal emails only, not generic ones and results are limited.
Email source Show all emails, only emails found publicly, or only inferred emails (built and verified from the person's name and the company's domain).
Hide saved leads Excludes contacts you've already saved to your Leads. (active by default - can be removed)
Email category Use the tabs at the top of the results to filter by email type:
- People — all personal email addresses found.
- Decision makers — contacts identified as the most likely decision makers (e.g. C-level, VPs, Directors).
- Generic — role-based addresses such as contact@, info@, or support@.

Which industry should I pick if my business doesn't fit neatly into one category?

Hunter's industry list follows LinkedIn's Industry Codes V2 taxonomy. Rather than searching for one perfect label, start from your ideal customer profile (ICP): think about the types of businesses you're actually trying to reach, then use the industry filter to reflect that — since some businesses genuinely span more than one category, and a single label won't always capture them.

A few tips for getting this right:

You can select multiple industries at once (matching Any or All) to broaden your search and cover businesses that could fall under more than one category.
If your results feel too broad, narrow them down with the Keywords filter, which matches terms from a company's description or profile.
Remember the list is hierarchical — selecting a parent category automatically includes its sub-categories, so you don't need to hunt for every related term separately.

👉 For a full walkthrough of combining filters like this, see How to tailor your Discover search using filters.

Can I search for a specific person in Discover?

No. Discover finds companies first, then the people who work there. If you type a person’s name or an email address into the search bar, Discover points you to the right tool instead:

the Email Finder to find someone’s email from their name and company
the Email Verifier to check an email address you already have

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