How to Find Company Founded Year from Full Name?

Derrick lets you Find Company Founded Year from Fullname. Automate your data enrichment for free and have more time for what matters most: Closing.

Used by 31,000+ B2B sales teams Updated February 2026

What is company founded year?

Company founded year is the year an account was incorporated. It's a maturity proxy: a 2024-founded company is in early-stage scrappy mode; a 1998-founded one is in steady-state with established procurement processes. Sales teams use it as an ICP filter alongside headcount, industry and revenue.

When you're working from a full name, the company founded year field becomes one of the most-requested enrichments because it lets you complete the buyer profile without forcing the prospect to fill another form. The trade-off is hit-rate: the company founded year value is only as findable as your full name is unambiguous.

Why you need company founded year for sales

Founded year separates "young venture-funded buyers who decide in days" from "established companies with 90-day procurement cycles". Knowing it upfront calibrates the rep's expectations on cycle length, decision-maker level (founder/CEO at startups vs procurement at enterprises) and price elasticity.

Company Founded Year is one of the highest-ROI enrichments for any team starting from full name: the marginal cost of one credit per row beats the alternative of an SDR manually researching the field on Google or LinkedIn (typically 30-90 seconds per record × your list size = tens of hours saved on a 1,000-row list).

Why find company founded year from full name?

When the only thing you know about a prospect is their full name, you're at the highest-friction starting point in B2B prospecting. Names collide (there are ~12 "John Smith" working in B2B sales right now), so resolving company founded year from a name requires a name + company-context resolver that disambiguates correctly. Hit-rates for company founded year from full name alone usually land 10-15% lower than from a more uniquely-identifying input - but it's the input most B2B teams have on a list of contacts.

Common use cases for company founded year

Sales-cycle calibration (startup vs enterprise)
Decision-maker level estimation
Maturity-based ICP segmentation

Step 1 - Open Google Sheets and install Derrick

Derrick will allow you to find Company Founded Year in a few clicks without any technical skills. Just install Derrick, open Google Sheet, and launch Derrick. Now you’re ready ! You can also find data such as company employee count,company city,company postal code,company country... Discover Derrick Now

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Step 1 - Open Google Sheets and install Derrick

Search LinkedIn Profile

Congratulations, you have done the most complicated. Now let's see how to get company founded year from fullname.In order to Find company founded year With fullname, You will need to use the Search LinkedIn Profile Feature from Derrick App. It's quite easy to use. In the drop-down menu, select the column header that corresponds to a fullname list. Optionally, you can also decide to add the "Company name" column to the profile search by clicking on "Add company column" and selecting a column header corresponding to a company name list in the new drop-down. Then, validate the operation by clicking on search, and let Derrick do his job.

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Enrich Lead Data

Well done, with the previous step !Now you got the linkedin profil of your lead, let's see how we can find much more data about him ! Step 2, Use the feature 'Enrich Linkedin Profiles. In the drop-down menu, select the column header that corresponds to a LinkedIn profile URL. Validate the operation by clicking on enrich, and let Derrick do his job.

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Enrich Company Data

Choose 'Enrich Company' Feature. In the drop-down menu, select the column header that corresponds to a LinkedIn company URL. Validate the operation by clicking on enrich, and let Derrick do his job.Bravo, it's finish !

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Frequently asked questions

Is finding company founded year free?

The free Derrick plan ships 100 credits per month with no credit card required, which is enough to find company founded year for ~100 full name inputs depending on the lookup type. Paid plans start at €9/month for 4,000 credits if you need more volume.

What's the hit rate for finding company founded year from full name?

Derrick runs a 10-source enrichment waterfall, so hit rates are noticeably higher than single-source providers. For US/EU B2B contacts, company founded year hit rates from full name typically land in the 60-85% range - the exact number depends on geography and B2B vs B2C context.

Can I bulk-enrich company founded year for thousands of rows?

Yes - Derrick processes batch enrichment runs across thousands of rows in a single Google Sheets job, with progress tracking and per-row credit accounting. The workflow above scales linearly: 1 row or 10,000 rows, the steps are identical.

How does Derrick compare to other company founded year finders?

Most company founded year tools live as standalone web apps that require CSV export then re-import. Derrick is the only Google-Sheets-native option (plus API + MCP), with hit rates competitive with premium providers and pricing 3-10× cheaper than enterprise databases. See the full sales-tool comparison for a side-by-side review.

Do I need an API key to find company founded year from full name?

No - the Google Sheets add-on works with a one-click sign-in (no API keys, no developer account needed). If you'd rather hit the REST API directly or drive enrichment from Claude / ChatGPT via MCP, both are available on the same credit pool. The choice is workflow-dependent, not pricing-dependent.

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