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Lusha Dataset: 4,500+ U.S. companies expanding their business development teams

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Business development hiring is a strong sign that a company is investing in new revenue channels, strategic partnerships, market expansion, or commercial growth. As these teams grow, so does the need for prospecting data, account intelligence, partnership tools, CRM software, market research, and go-to-market services.

This dataset covers U.S.-headquartered companies in Lusha’s 51–500 employee bands showing a recent surge in business development hiring, verified and continuously updated. Whether you sell sales intelligence, partnership technology, consulting, recruiting, or market expansion services, it helps you find companies already investing in new growth opportunities.

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Zaxxxs

Atlanta, GA · 201–500 employee band · Hospitality

Coxxxrt Keepers

Irvine, CA · 201–500 employee band · Healthcare

Bxxx Version Media

Milwaukee, WI · 201–500 employee band · Business services

Euxxxean Wax Center

Plano, TX · 51–200 employee band · Retail and consumer services

Mixxx1

San Francisco, CA · 51–200 employee band · AI and technology services

Real companies from the Lusha API, August 2026. 4,582 total companies matched this exact search.

Use cases

1

Sales intelligence and market data

Companies expanding business development teams may need accurate contact data, account intelligence, market signals, territory lists, and research to identify new commercial opportunities.

2

Partnership and ecosystem management

Growing partnership teams can create demand for partner relationship management, co-marketing, referral tracking, deal registration, ecosystem analytics, and channel enablement tools.

3

Market expansion and consulting

Business development growth may signal plans to enter new markets, launch new services, develop strategic alliances, or build additional revenue channels.

4

Business development recruiting

Recruiting firms can identify companies with growing demand for business development representatives, partnership managers, market development leaders, and commercial executives.

How to access this dataset

1

In Claude or ChatGPT

With the Lusha connector enabled, ask: “Find U.S. companies with 51–500 employees showing a recent surge in business development hiring. Give me the VPs of Business Development, partnership leaders, and heads of growth with verified emails.”

2

Via the Lusha API

Use prospecting_company_search with locations: [{"country": "United States"}], sizesFilterOption: [{"min": 51, "max": 200}, {"min": 201, "max": 500}], and signals: {"names": ["surgeInHiringByDepartment"], "filterByDepartment": [{"department": "Business Development", "startDate": "2026-02-01"}]}.

FAQ

  • A business development hiring surge indicates increased hiring activity within a company’s business development function. It can signal investment in partnerships, new markets, commercial opportunities, channel growth, or additional revenue streams.

  • This dataset covers business development hiring activity detected during the previous six months. Results are continuously updated as new hiring signals become available.

  • The dataset includes U.S.-headquartered companies in Lusha’s 51–200 and 201–500 employee bands.

  • Depending on your use case, you can search for:

    • Chief Business Officer
    • VP of Business Development
    • Head of Business Development
    • Director of Business Development
    • VP of Partnerships
    • Head of Strategic Partnerships
    • Head of Market Development
    • Director of Corporate Development
    • Head of Growth
    • Business Development Talent Acquisition Leader

  • Not always. Sales teams usually focus on converting prospects into customers and managing a defined revenue pipeline.

    Business development teams may focus more broadly on partnerships, strategic opportunities, new markets, channels, alliances, and long-term commercial growth.

  • No. It includes B2B and B2C companies across hospitality, healthcare, business services, technology, education, retail, and nonprofit organizations.

    You can add industry or business-model filters to narrow the audience to your target market.

  • Yes. Combine the business development hiring signal with industry, sub-industry, state, city, revenue, employee count, technologies used, or additional company signals.

  • Not necessarily. It indicates investment in commercial growth but does not confirm an active vendor evaluation.

    Combine it with company growth, funding, technologies used, market expansion news, and relevant contact data to prioritize stronger opportunities.

  • Yes. After identifying matching companies, use Lusha to find relevant business development, partnerships, growth, and corporate development leaders and reveal available verified business emails and phone numbers.

  • Lusha provides business data in accordance with applicable privacy and data-protection requirements. Visit the Lusha Trust Center for more information about privacy, compliance, and data practices.

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