LinkedIn Company Headcount & Growth Tracker

"Which companies in this sector are actually growing? Every one of them says they are hiring."

A careers page is marketing; the headcount trend is not. Track LinkedIn company profiles to extract headcount growth metrics, hiring rate, workforce totals, and company metadata.

⬇️ Input

Configure target company handles or slugs to track headcount trends and hiring rate.

Field	Type	Description
companies	Array of strings	List of target company handles or slugs (for example microsoft, google, openai).
maxUnits	Integer	Safety cap on maximum company profile rows returned. Default: 50.
requestsPerMinute	Integer	Pacing budget for outgoing requests per minute. Default: 60.

⬆️ Output

Each collected company profile emits a structured JSON object containing computed headcount fields:

• headcountGrowth12m: Computed 12-month headcount growth rate percentage.
• hiringRate: Calculated hiring pace metric based on active open roles versus workforce size.
• companySlug: Canonical company identifier string.
• companyName: Corporate company name.
• followerCount: Total follower count on LinkedIn.
• industry: Commercial industry sector.
• headquarters: Corporate headquarters location.
• website: Official corporate website address.
• url: Direct LinkedIn company page URL.
• scrapedAt: ISO 8601 timestamp when data was collected.

{
  "headcountGrowth12m": 14.2,
  "hiringRate": 8.5,
  "companySlug": "microsoft",
  "companyName": "Microsoft",
  "followerCount": 28795664,
  "industry": "Software Development",
  "headquarters": "Redmond, WA",
  "website": "https://news.microsoft.com",
  "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsoft",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z"
}

How it works

1. Iterates through specified company handles.
2. Requests public company profile pages (https://www.linkedin.com/company/<slug>) over plain HTTP.
3. Parses Open Graph tags, LD+JSON schema graphs, and metadata for follower counts, descriptions, and company details.
4. Computes headcount growth trends and hiring rate indices.
5. Emits structured dataset records ready for competitive analysis and recruitment decks.

❓ FAQ

Do I need a proxy to run this actor?

No. This actor operates on plain datacenter HTTP connections with verified HTTP 200 responses.

How are headcount growth trends calculated?

Headcount trends and field changes require repeated observations across time. On initial runs, trend fields return null accompanied by explicit explanatory reasons that your baseline record starts today.

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