Data sources

Data source

Firmographic & technographic

Enrichment profile for a domain — company type, size and industry footprint, technology name lists, and funding snapshot when available.

21 detectable patterns across footprint, type, firmographics, funding, stack, and discovery — plus category tags when present

Firmographics bind the account. Tech shows the stack sample.

Firmographics

Whether we observe a usable enrichment profile — type, size band, industry, country, founded, funding keys.

Technographics

Whether a technology name list is present for the domain — and how rich the count looks — or an honest “unavailable.”

How enrichment evidence stacks

Three layers — bind the enrichment footprint, read the firmographic profile, then see whether a tech stack sample is present.

1
Footprint Observed / miss / thin
2
Firmographic profile Type · size · industry · geo
3
Tech stack Names present or unavailable
  • Always useful Observed vs not found vs thin — cheap and decisive.
  • Profile keys Type, size band, industry, geo, funding snapshot when present.
  • Stack honesty Names observed — or unavailable without inventing “no software.”

Industry, type, and HQ are categorical here. Stack language lives on Website signals and Job openings.

  • Also read Website signals — stack language on their own site
  • Also read Job openings — tooling and process language in the requisition

Enrichment footprint

First question: does this domain return a usable enrichment profile?

  • Profile observed

    Usable enrichment keys for the domain — firmographic lane open.

  • Domain not found

    Not enrichable in this pass — not proof the company is illegitimate.

  • Thin / unusable

    Enrich returned but lacked usable keys — not “no firmographics anywhere.”

Exactly one footprint outcome per research pass.

Company type

When the profile parses a known type — private, public, educational, nonprofit, or government.

At most one type on a pass.

  • Private

    Classified as private on the enrichment profile.

  • Public

    Classified as public — optional stock fields are enrichment-reported only.

  • Educational

    Classified as educational.

  • Nonprofit

    Classified as nonprofit.

  • Government

    Classified as government.

Firmographic profile

Size band, revenue when disclosed, industry, country, founded year, and NAICS when present.

  • Size band

    Employee range observed — not payroll headcount or live workforce count.

  • Revenue band

    Revenue range disclosed when present — absence ≠ low revenue.

  • Industry

    Primary industry label present on the profile.

  • Country

    HQ country code present — may be coarse (country-level).

  • Founded year

    Founding year present when coerceable.

  • NAICS codes

    At least one NAICS code — coding coverage varies.

Size and revenue are enrichment range bands — not payroll or audited financials.

Category tags when present on the profile — taxonomy coverage varies.

  • B2B
  • B2C
  • SaaS
  • E-commerce
  • Manufacturing
  • Healthcare

Funding snapshot

Stage label, total funding magnitude, and funding-row count when the enrichment payload includes them.

  • Funding stage

    Stage label present — may not match Crunchbase stage.

  • Total funding

    Numeric total when present — nulls are common for PE or bootstrapped firms.

  • Funding rows

    Count of funding rows — not a complete fundraising narrative.

This is a snapshot lane — for round-by-round depth, pair with Crunchbase.

Tech stack

Whether vendor / technology names appear on the enrichment profile.

  • Stack observed

    At least one technology name in the enrichment list — count available for packs.

  • Stack unavailable

    No technology names in this payload — not proof the company uses no software.

Illustrative names when a stack sample is observed — not every tool the company runs.

  • Shopify
  • React
  • Google Analytics
  • Salesforce
  • AWS
  • WordPress

A name list is not an exhaustive stack audit. Unavailable ≠ no software.

Discovery URLs

LinkedIn and Crunchbase org URLs when reported on the profile — hops for further research.

  • LinkedIn URL

    Company LinkedIn URL reported — discovery hint; URL may be stale.

  • Crunchbase URL

    Crunchbase org URL reported — discovery hint, not a CB page scrape.

What it looks like in a verified fit

Northline Analytics

Example findings · illustrative

  • Profile observed This week
    2

    Usable enrichment keys returned for the domain.

    Firmographic lane open — safe to read type, size, and stack.

  • Size band This week
    1.9 2.1

    Employee range present (e.g. 51–200).

    Scale filter grounded in an enrichment band, not a directory guess.

  • Stack observed This week
    2

    Technology name list with count ≥ 1.

    Stack sample available for GTM and ICP narrative.

Boundaries & method

  • Third-party enrichment for the domain — not registry legal truth.
  • Domain not enrichable here ≠ the company is illegitimate.
  • A thin return means this pass lacked usable keys — not “no firmographics exist anywhere.”
  • Employee range is an enrichment band — not payroll headcount or live workforce count.
  • No revenue band on this pass ≠ low revenue.
  • Technology names are a sample list — not an exhaustive stack audit.
  • No tech names returned ≠ the company uses no software.
  • Stage / total / row count are enrichment snapshots — may not match Crunchbase depth.
  • Reported LinkedIn / Crunchbase URLs are discovery hints — they can be stale.
  • We do not invent size or revenue ladders beyond the enrichment bands, and this guide has no “recent raise” timing.
  • Headcount motion and people coverage live on the Company workforce guide.