Questions on Lookalike Companies Feature in Clay

Safi U. · 2025-10-14 10:53:59.45831+00

I’m currently using the Lookalike Companies feature in the Find Companies filters on Clay, and I have a few questions about how it works. 1. If I paste multiple LinkedIn URLs, does the feature generate lookalike companies for each URL individually? 2. At the moment, I can only view 50 rows at a time, and there’s no indication of the total number of results available. Additionally, once I import the data into a table, the number of companies continues to increase as I scroll down. Could you please clarify how this loading behavior works?

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Yes, when you paste multiple LinkedIn URLs, the lookalike feature generates lookalikes for each URL individually - you'll get at least 10 lookalikes per company. [1]
The 50-row limit you're seeing is the maximum results per query (default is 10, max is 50). [2] When you import to a table, the continuous loading happens because lookalikes are returned as lists in single cells. Use the "write to table" feature to separate each lookalike company into individual rows - this takes each company from the lookalike lists and creates separate table entries for better processing. [3]
This is why your table keeps growing as you scroll - each source company can generate multiple lookalike results that get expanded into individual rows.
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If you need any more help understanding the Lookalike Companies feature or how to manage your data in tables, I’m here to assist. Would you like to provide more details about what you’re trying to achieve or any other questions you have?
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the above reply is for the lookalike feature, where we upload csv and apply lookalike to each row, I am more specifically asking about companies lookalike in find company feature
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Got it! You're asking about the lookalike feature within Find Companies (not the enrichment action).
In Find Companies, when you select "Start from: Lookalikes" and paste multiple LinkedIn URLs, it generates lookalikes for all the URLs collectively as one search - not individually per URL. [1]
The system uses all your input URLs to understand the pattern of companies you're looking for, then returns similar companies based on shared attributes across your entire set.
You can set a "Limit results" parameter to control how many companies are returned from this lookalike search. [2]
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Is that what you were looking for?
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If you still need help with the Lookalike Companies feature in Find Companies, I’m happy to assist further. Would you like to share more about what you’re trying to resolve or understand?

Clay Support
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Yes, when you paste multiple LinkedIn URLs, the lookalike feature generates lookalikes for each URL individually - you'll get at least 10 lookalikes per company. [1]
The 50-row limit you're seeing is the maximum results per query (default is 10, max is 50). [2] When you import to a table, the continuous loading happens because lookalikes are returned as lists in single cells. Use the "write to table" feature to separate each lookalike company into individual rows - this takes each company from the lookalike lists and creates separate table entries for better processing. [3]
This is why your table keeps growing as you scroll - each source company can generate multiple lookalike results that get expanded into individual rows.
Clay Support
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Did that answer your question?
Clay Support
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If you need any more help understanding the Lookalike Companies feature or how to manage your data in tables, I’m here to assist. Would you like to provide more details about what you’re trying to achieve or any other questions you have?
Safi U.
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the above reply is for the lookalike feature, where we upload csv and apply lookalike to each row, I am more specifically asking about companies lookalike in find company feature
Clay Support
APP
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Got it! You're asking about the lookalike feature within Find Companies (not the enrichment action).
In Find Companies, when you select "Start from: Lookalikes" and paste multiple LinkedIn URLs, it generates lookalikes for all the URLs collectively as one search - not individually per URL. [1]
The system uses all your input URLs to understand the pattern of companies you're looking for, then returns similar companies based on shared attributes across your entire set.
You can set a "Limit results" parameter to control how many companies are returned from this lookalike search. [2]
Clay Support
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Is that what you were looking for?
Clay Support
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If you still need help with the Lookalike Companies feature in Find Companies, I’m happy to assist further. Would you like to share more about what you’re trying to resolve or understand?