Crunchbase has made significant improvements to our data offering including broader data coverage, new endpoints, AI-powered predictive company intelligence, and more.
To support these advancements and to ensure ongoing scalability and support, you are required to migrate your Legacy Crunchbase API Key and CSV plan to a new Crunchbase API Key. This update enables access to Crunchbase’s data quality improvements, enhanced ease-of-use, and ultimately a better support experience.
What’s Changed with Key Access?
Crunchbase has moved away from legacy API keys and introduced new packaging tiers based on access to Crunchbase’s proprietary company intelligence. If you’re a legacy customer, your new API key and CSV access has been provisioned to a package that reflects your current contract and level of access.
What steps do I need to take?
We’ve aimed to make the migration process simple. You should have received notice from the Crunchbase team outlining the migration details and next steps. To make it easy we’ve provided the below guide to help you retrieve your new API key and update your CSV export URLs accordingly. For additional context, watch the video for a step-by-step overview.
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Retrieve your new API key
- Login to Crunchbase
- Go to Account Settings > Integrations > Crunchbase API.
- You’ll see your updated API package (the package will be reflective of your legacy plan’s access)
- Click “Show Key” to access your new API key
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Update your CSV Export URLS
- Replace your old API key by appending your new key to the end of the appropriate CSV export URL.
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You can find the full list of exportable CSVs and their corresponding URLs here.
- For example, to access Crunchbase’s Organizations export, the updated URL format would look like:
https://api.crunchbase.com/v4/data/static_exports/organizations.zip?user_key=YOUR NEW CRUNCHBASE API KEY - Once updated, simply paste the full url into your browser and hit Enter to begin downloading that day’s CSV file.
- For example, to access Crunchbase’s Organizations export, the updated URL format would look like:
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Extract your CSV from the ZIP files
- When you extract the downloaded ZIP files, the resulting CSV file name will include a variable component (for example, organizations.2025-10-09.907a5e54.csv).
- To simplify scripting and create a consistent output file name, you can use the following command:
This command extracts the CSV file from the ZIP and saves it as organizations.csv, regardless of the variable portion in the original name.
Note on CSV Tables and Columns Update
- All legacy CSV export requests have been mapped to their equivalents using the new Crunchbase API key.
- We’ve retained legacy table names while introducing new tables to reflect our expanded data offerings. You may notice slight updates to some column names — these have been aligned with the field names used in Crunchbase API responses.
📒View the full list of available tables and see detailed changes to CSV fields and table mappings in this doc.
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Test and Confirm Your Migration
- After you’ve updated and tested all necessary CSV URLs using your new key:
- Ensure the correct files are downloading as expected
- Confirm with our team when the new key is fully in use
- We’ll then deprecate your legacy key
- After you’ve updated and tested all necessary CSV URLs using your new key:
Please note: Once your Legacy API key is deprecated, it will no longer be usable. It is important that you’ve tested and updated all relevant URLs to avoid any disruption in data access.
Have additional questions? Please reach out to enterprisesupport@crunchbase.com for assistance.