{"id":985,"date":"2026-05-25T13:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T13:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serpstat.com\/data\/?page_id=985"},"modified":"2026-05-25T14:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:01:22","slug":"website-categorization-api","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/serpstat.com\/data\/website-categorization-api\/","title":{"rendered":"Website Categorization API"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Website Categorization API \u2014 Classify Any Domain by Industry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Send a list of domains and get back the industry category for each one. Our Website Categorization API covers 1,286 categories across 230 regions \u2014 built on the same taxonomy Google uses to classify the web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How It Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Send a list of domains via API \u2014 up to 100,000 at once<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Serpstat matches each domain against a database of 1B+ classified websites<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Get back a category for each domain: industry, subcategory, and confidence score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/api-docs.serpstat.com\/docs\/serpstat-public-api\/jj5nrsbjeb9wi-domain-classification-api\">See full API documentation \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use Cases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lead enrichment &amp; CRM segmentation<\/strong> \u2014 upload a list of prospect domains and instantly know what industry each company is in. Score leads, route them to the right sales team, and personalize outreach without manual research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Competitor landscape analysis<\/strong> \u2014 classify thousands of competitor domains by niche. Understand which industries are saturated, where opportunities exist, and how the market is structured.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Brand safety &amp; ad targeting<\/strong> \u2014 filter out irrelevant or unsafe domains before placing ads. Ensure your campaigns appear only on sites that match your target industry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Audience segmentation<\/strong> \u2014 enrich your analytics with industry data. Group website visitors or customers by the sector they work in, based on their company domain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example Response<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>{\n  \"hubspot.com\": {\n    \"category\": \"Computers &amp; Electronics \/ Software \/ Business &amp; Productivity Software\",\n    \"category_id\": \".7.10.1.\",\n    \"confidence\": 0.97\n  },\n  \"shopify.com\": {\n    \"category\": \"Computers &amp; Electronics \/ Software \/ Business &amp; Productivity Software\",\n    \"category_id\": \".7.10.1.\",\n    \"confidence\": 0.95\n  },\n  \"stripe.com\": {\n    \"category\": \"Finance \/ Banking \/ Mobile Payments &amp; Digital Wallets\",\n    \"category_id\": \".8.3.3.\",\n    \"confidence\": 0.96\n  }\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coverage &amp; Taxonomy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">1,286 industry categories based on Google&#8217;s content classification taxonomy \u2014 from broad verticals like Finance and Healthcare down to specific niches like Mobile Payments or SaaS Tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">No regional limits. The categorization works globally \u2014 submit any domain regardless of country or language, and get its industry category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get Access<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Available as part of Serpstat Data API. Contact us to get started or <a href=\"https:\/\/api-docs.serpstat.com\/docs\/serpstat-public-api\/jj5nrsbjeb9wi-domain-classification-api\">explore the full documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Website Categorization API \u2014 Classify Any Domain by Industry Send a list of domains and get back the industry category for each one. Our Website Categorization API covers 1,286 categories across 230 regions \u2014 built on the same taxonomy Google uses to classify the web. 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