{"id":3800,"date":"2026-03-31T00:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/helpcenter\/understanding-exact-match-contains-and-starts-with-in-company-search\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:57:17","password":"","slug":"understanding-exact-match-contains-and-starts-with-in-company-search","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/helpcenter\/understanding-exact-match-contains-and-starts-with-in-company-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Exact Match, Contains, and Starts With in Company Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When searching for a company by name, the match type you choose affects how broad or narrow the results may be.<\/p>\n<h2>How each option works<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Exact Match looks for the company name exactly as entered and is usually the most precise.<\/li>\n<li>Contains looks for records where the phrase appears anywhere within the company name.<\/li>\n<li>Starts With looks for records where the company name begins with the phrase entered.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> Use the narrowest option that still matches the quality of information you have. This helps reduce unnecessary result clutter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Need help?<\/strong> Email <a href=\"mailto:support@kto.co.za\">support@kto.co.za<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:support@j-cred.co.za\">support@j-cred.co.za<\/a>, call <a href=\"tel:+27102240589\">+27 10 224 0589<\/a> during 9AM to 5PM CAT, or log a clear support request with your Search ID and internal reference where applicable.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When searching for a company by name, the match type you choose affects how broad or narrow the results may be. How each option works Exact Match looks for the company name exactly as entered and is usually the most precise. Contains looks for records where the phrase appears anywhere within the company name. Starts With looks for records where the company name begins with the phrase entered. Tip: Use the narrowest option that still matches the quality of information you have. This helps reduce unnecessary result clutter. Need help? Email support@kto.co.za or support@j-cred.co.za, call +27 10 224 0589 during 9AM to 5PM CAT, or log a clear support request with your Search ID and internal reference where applicable.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"doc_category":[19],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3800","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-real-time-searches"],"blocksy_meta":[],"year_month":"2026-07","word_count":121,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"KTO Digital Admin","author_nicename":"tsholo","author_url":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/author\/tsholo\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Real-Time Searches","term_url":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/docs-category\/real-time-searches\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=3800"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/j-cred.co.za\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=3800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}