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Identify similar companies from Pipedrive deals

Built by: Lusha
Difficulty: Medium
Tools: LushaPipedriveZapier

This play monitors updates to deals in Pipedrive (such as stage changes or closed-won status), uses the associated company as a signal of fit, and leverages Lusha to identify similar companies. Those lookalikes are then automatically created as new Pipedrive organizations, ready for targeting and outreach.

The result: your CRM continuously generates new, high-fit target accounts based on real deal data—without manual list building.

Why this works

Your deal data already shows what “good fit” looks like. When a deal progresses or closes, it’s a strong signal you can reuse.

This play operationalizes that insight by:

  • Learning from active or successful deals
  • Finding companies with similar firmographic profiles
  • Feeding your CRM with fresh, relevant targets

Instead of guessing who to target next, you scale what’s already working.

What you get

  • Automatic trigger on Pipedrive deal updates
  • Lookalike company recommendations powered by Lusha
  • Auto-creation of new organizations in Pipedrive
  • Consistent account expansion driven by real data
  • Zero manual research or imports

How to set it up

01

Connect your apps in Zapier

Ensure active connections for:

  • Pipedrive: permission to read deals and create organizations
  • Lusha: API access for company recommendations
02

Configure the Pipedrive trigger

Choose which deal updates should trigger the flow:

  • Deal moved to a specific stage
  • Deal marked “Closed Won”
  • Deal value above a threshold

Best practice: Start with Closed Won or late-stage deals for the highest-quality lookalikes.

03

Configure similar company discovery

Use attributes from the deal’s organization, such as:

  • Industry
  • Company size
  • Location
  • Deal size or segment

These inputs help Lusha return higher-quality recommendations.

04

Create new Pipedrive organizations

Map recommended company fields:

  • Organization name
  • Website/domain
  • Industry
  • Company size (if available)
  • Source = “Lusha Lookalike (Deal-Based)”

Tip: Tag these orgs clearly so reps know they’re lookalike targets.

05

Test end-to-end

Update a test deal and confirm:

  • Similar companies are returned
  • New organizations are created in Pipedrive

No duplicate orgs are introduced

What to do next

  • Add contact discovery: Automatically find and enrich decision-makers at newly created orgs.
  • Score lookalikes: Rank companies by similarity to your highest-value deals.
  • Route by segment: Assign lookalike orgs to the right team or territory.
  • Trigger outbound plays: Enroll new orgs into SDR or ABM workflows.
  • Track impact: Measure pipeline generated from deal-based lookalike accounts.

The goal: Every deal tells a story about who’s a good fit. This play turns those insights into a self-reinforcing growth loop, continuously expanding your target account list—directly inside Pipedrive.

 

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