Trustpilot Category Newest

Get the newest companies added to a Trustpilot category — the short list shown on the category page, plus the category’s size and subcategories.

Endpoint

GET /v1/trustpilot/category/newest

Price: $0.005 per request Free tier: 50 requests/month

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
`category_id`	Yes	Category slug, e.g. bank. See Category IDs. A trustpilot.com/categories/… URL also works

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`companies`	array	Newest companies in the category, newest first
`companies[].business_unit_id`	string	Trustpilot business unit ID
`companies[].name`	string	Company display name
`companies[].domain`	string	Company website domain — pass to Company Reviews as `domain`
`companies[].website`	string \| null	Company website URL
`companies[].url`	string	Trustpilot review page URL
`companies[].logo`	string \| null	Company logo URL
`companies[].rating`	number \| null	TrustScore, 1.0-5.0 (Trustpilot’s weighted score, favours recent reviews)
`companies[].stars`	number \| null	TrustScore rounded to the nearest half star (display value)
`companies[].review_count`	integer \| null	Total number of reviews
`companies[].categories`	array	Categories the company is listed in: `category_id`, `name`, `is_primary`
`companies[].city`	string \| null	City
`companies[].country`	string \| null	Country name (e.g. `United States`)
`companies[].address`	string \| null	Street address
`companies[].zipcode`	string \| null	Postal code
`companies[].is_recommended`	boolean \| null	Whether Trustpilot recommends the company within its categories
`count`	integer	Number of companies returned
`category`	object	The category
`category.category_id`	string	Category ID (slug)
`category.name`	string \| null	Display name
`category.business_count`	integer \| null	Number of businesses in the category
`category.parent_id`	string \| null	Parent category ID, `null` for a top-level category
`category.url`	string	Category page URL on Trustpilot
`category.subcategories`	array	Direct subcategories: `category_id`, `name`, `business_count`

Example Request

cURL

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/trustpilot/category/newest?category_id=bank" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/trustpilot/category/newest",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={"category_id": "bank"}
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "companies": [
    {
      "business_unit_id": "6a7e73aed75f36cab8924224",
      "name": "Lutonsavings",
      "domain": "www.lutonsavings.com",
      "website": null,
      "url": "https://www.trustpilot.com/review/www.lutonsavings.com",
      "logo": null,
      "rating": 2.9,
      "stars": 3.0,
      "review_count": 2,
      "categories": [
        {
          "category_id": "savings_bank",
          "name": "Savings Bank",
          "is_primary": true
        },
        {
          "category_id": "bank",
          "name": "Bank",
          "is_primary": false
        },
        {
          "category_id": "non_bank_finance",
          "name": "Non-Bank Financial Service",
          "is_primary": false
        },
        {
          "category_id": "financial_consultant",
          "name": "Financial Consultant",
          "is_primary": false
        }
      ],
      "city": "",
      "country": "United States",
      "address": null,
      "zipcode": null,
      "is_recommended": null
    },
    {
      "business_unit_id": "6a8bf26af4ba0eb8dbbfe55c",
      "name": "Trustbankonline",
      "domain": "trustbankonline.com",
      "website": null,
      "url": "https://www.trustpilot.com/review/trustbankonline.com",
      "logo": null,
      "rating": 3.2,
      "stars": 3.0,
      "review_count": 1,
      "categories": [
        {
          "category_id": "financial_institution",
          "name": "Financial Institution",
          "is_primary": false
        },
        {
          "category_id": "cryptocurrency_service",
          "name": "Cryptocurrency Service",
          "is_primary": true
        },
        {
          "category_id": "bank",
          "name": "Bank",
          "is_primary": false
        },
        {
          "category_id": "financial_consultant",
          "name": "Financial Consultant",
          "is_primary": false
        },
        {
          "category_id": "currency_exchange_service",
          "name": "Currency Exchange Service",
          "is_primary": false
        }
      ],
      "city": "",
      "country": "United States",
      "address": null,
      "zipcode": null,
      "is_recommended": null
    }
  ],
  "count": 10,
  "category": {
    "category_id": "bank",
    "name": "Bank",
    "business_count": 1861,
    "parent_id": "banking_money",
    "url": "https://www.trustpilot.com/categories/bank",
    "subcategories": []
  }
}

Notes

This is Trustpilot’s own “newest companies” list for the category, typically 0-10 entries; many categories have none at a given moment.
For the full, paginated list of companies in a category use Category Companies.