Why Are Lookalike Results Capped at 50 for Companies?

Jelle O. · 2026-01-13T10:13:16.365Z

Hi, I'm looking for companies using the lookalike. Why are results capped at 50? (not only talking about the preview, but actual results, worldwide)

Why Are Lookalike Results Capped at 50 for Companies? | Clay

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Actually, lookalike results aren't capped at 50. Both our native Find Company Lookalikes action and Ocean.io integration return up to 10 company lookalikes per input company. [1]
When you run lookalikes on multiple companies, you can get many more results - for example, starting with 10 companies might give you 90+ lookalikes total. [2]
Where are you seeing the 50 result cap? That might be from a different feature or integration.
Jelle O.
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Here. FYI I input 10 companies, so should have gotten at least 100
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I see the issue now! You're looking at the "Find Companies" source, not the lookalike feature. The Find Companies source has a "Limit results" setting that you can adjust in the configuration. [1]
When setting up Find Companies, you can modify the limit in step 1 of the configuration - just adjust the "Limit results" field to get more than 50 companies. [2] The 50-row limit you're seeing is just the default setting, not a hard cap.
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Is that what you were looking for?
Jelle O.
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How can I increase the limit? I have 25.000 at the moment, not 50
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The 25,000 limit you're seeing is tied to your current plan. To get more than 25,000 records per search, you'll need to upgrade your plan.
Alternatively, you could use our Bulk Enrichment feature which processes millions of records without row limits - it automatically handles large datasets by archiving processed rows to make room for new ones. [1]
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Did that answer your question?
Jelle O.
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No it doesn't. I need more than 50 results, why are they capped?
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I understand your frustration, and I’ll connect you to a human agent who can assist you further with this issue.
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Our support team has got your message and we'll get back to you soon! We're currently outside of our standard office hours (9 AM to 9 PM EST, Monday through Friday), so it may take a little longer for us to respond.

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Jelle O.
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https://app.clay.com/workspaces/663911/workbooks/wb_0t8ss5tHno2xpTkATYh/all-tables
Silvio B.
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Same here
Silvio B.
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Still capped at 50 rows, also got this error: Find companies search failed. Contact Clay support for help (Error code: at_0t8sweuurJDyJdrkdxK).
Silvio B.
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with the same search directly on ocean, we get 4540 results..
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