# companies - admin-graphql - QUERY Version: 2025-01 ## Description Returns the list of companies in the shop. ### Access Scopes ## Arguments * [after](/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/scalars/String): String - The elements that come after the specified [cursor](https://shopify.dev/api/usage/pagination-graphql). * [before](/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/scalars/String): String - The elements that come before the specified [cursor](https://shopify.dev/api/usage/pagination-graphql). * [first](/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/scalars/Int): Int - The first `n` elements from the [paginated list](https://shopify.dev/api/usage/pagination-graphql). * [last](/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/scalars/Int): Int - The last `n` elements from the [paginated list](https://shopify.dev/api/usage/pagination-graphql). * [query](/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/scalars/String): String - A filter made up of terms, connectives, modifiers, and comparators. | name | type | description | acceptable_values | default_value | example_use | | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | | default | string | Filter by a case-insensitive search of multiple fields in a document. | | | - `query=Bob Norman`<br/> - `query=title:green hoodie` | | active_customers_count | integer | | created_at | time | | external_id | id | | id | id | Filter by `id` range. | | | - `id:1234`<br/> - `id:>=1234`<br/> - `id:<=1234` | | name | string | | since_date | time | | updated_at | time | You can apply one or more filters to a query. Learn more about [Shopify API search syntax](https://shopify.dev/api/usage/search-syntax). * [reverse](/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/scalars/Boolean): Boolean - Reverse the order of the underlying list. * [sortKey](/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/enums/CompanySortKeys): CompanySortKeys - Sort the underlying list by the given key. ## Returns * [edges](/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/objects/CompanyEdge): CompanyEdge! The connection between the node and its parent. Each edge contains a minimum of the edge's cursor and the node. * [nodes](/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/objects/Company): Company! A list of nodes that are contained in CompanyEdge. You can fetch data about an individual node, or you can follow the edges to fetch data about a collection of related nodes. At each node, you specify the fields that you want to retrieve. * [pageInfo](/docs/api/admin-graphql/2025-01/objects/PageInfo): PageInfo! An object that’s used to retrieve [cursor information](https://shopify.dev/api/usage/pagination-graphql) about the current page. ## Examples