LinkedIn geo ID finder
Search for a place and get its LinkedIn geo ID. Free and no signup — this runs against the same live endpoint our customers call, so you are seeing the API work rather than a stored list.
No matches. Try a broader term — a region or country rather than a neighbourhood.
Pass the ID as geoId on any
search endpoint. It overrides the free-text location filter.
Why geo IDs matter
Location filters that take free text have to guess. "Cambridge" is a real place in England and a real place in Massachusetts, and a string cannot tell them apart — so a search filtered on the text quietly returns a mixture of both.
A geo ID is unambiguous. Resolve the place once, store the ID, and every subsequent search targets exactly the region you meant. For any pipeline that runs repeatedly, this is the difference between a filter that works and one that is subtly wrong forever.
Region size matters as much as region identity
Geo IDs exist at several levels — country, region, metropolitan area, city — and picking the wrong level is the more common mistake. Searching a city ID when your market is the surrounding metro area silently excludes most of it, because people list the metro rather than the specific town.
As a rule, metro-level IDs give better recall for talent and sales work than city-level ones. Search for the metro name explicitly — "Greater Boston Area" rather than "Boston" — and compare the result counts before committing.
Using them in the API
Every search endpoint that accepts location also accepts geoId, and geoId wins when both are supplied. So:
GET /v1/profile-search?title=data%20engineer&geoId=103644278
The lookup itself is one of our cheapest calls, and you only ever need to run it once per place. Build a small lookup table of the regions you care about and pass IDs from then on — see the Search API for the full parameter list.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need an account to use this tool?
No. It is free and unauthenticated. We rate limit it per IP to keep it available, but there is no signup and no charge.
Are geo IDs stable over time?
They are far more stable than location strings and are safe to store. Region definitions do occasionally change, so re-checking the handful you depend on once a year is sensible.
Can I look up geo IDs in bulk?
This tool is one at a time. For bulk resolution, call the geo-id-search endpoint directly with an API key — it is among the cheapest endpoints we offer.
Why do I get several results for one city?
Because places nest — a city, its metro area and its region are separate entries. Pick the level that matches how your audience describes where they are, which is usually the metro.