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Lusha Dataset: 45,000+ U.S. companies expanding their IT teams

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IT hiring is a strong sign that a company is investing in its systems, infrastructure, security, or internal technology operations. As IT teams grow, so does the need for software, cloud services, cybersecurity, devices, implementation support, and managed services.

This dataset covers U.S.-headquartered companies in Lusha’s 51–500 employee bands showing a recent surge in information technology hiring, verified and continuously updated. Whether you sell technology or help companies build and support their IT teams, it helps you find organizations already increasing technical capacity.

What you’ll get back — live company sample

Goxxxill Industries International

Rockville, MD · 51–200 employee band · Nonprofit organizations

Sxx-AFTRA

Los Angeles, CA · 201–500 employee band · Entertainment

Zaxxxs

Atlanta, GA · 201–500 employee band · Restaurants and food services

Chxxx

New York City, NY · 51–200 employee band · Business services

Oraxgexxxory Fitness

Boca Raton, FL · 201–500 employee band · Wellness and fitness services

Real companies from the Lusha API, July 2026. 45,864 total companies matched this exact search.

Use cases

1

IT software and infrastructure

Companies expanding their IT teams may be investing in new systems, cloud infrastructure, networking, endpoint management, identity tools, or internal support platforms.

2

Cybersecurity and access management

Growing IT environments create more users, devices, applications, and access requirements. This audience is a strong fit for identity management, endpoint security, cloud security, backup, monitoring, and compliance vendors.

3

Managed IT services and consulting

Internal IT growth can signal upcoming implementation, migration, integration, support, or modernization projects. Managed service providers and consultants can use this audience to identify companies entering periods of technical change.

4

IT recruiting and technical staffing

Recruiting firms can identify companies with growing demand for IT administrators, support specialists, infrastructure engineers, security professionals, systems managers, and technology leaders.

How to access this data set

1

In Claude or ChatGPT

With the Lusha connector enabled, ask: “Find U.S. companies with 51–500 employees showing a recent surge in IT hiring. Give me the CIOs, VPs of IT, and IT directors 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": "Information Technology", "startDate": "2026-01-29"}]}.

FAQ

  • An IT hiring surge indicates increased hiring activity within a company’s information technology department. It can signal investment in systems, infrastructure, security, internal support, cloud operations, or digital transformation.

  • This dataset covers information technology 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.

  • No. Information technology hiring typically covers internal systems, infrastructure, support, security, enterprise applications, and technology operations.

    Engineering hiring is more commonly associated with product development, software engineering, platform engineering, and technical product teams.

  • No. It includes companies across hospitality, healthcare, retail, entertainment, nonprofit organizations, business services, and other industries.

    Companies in nearly every industry operate internal IT teams.

  • Depending on your product or service, you can search for:

    • Chief Information Officer
    • Chief Technology Officer
    • Chief Information Security Officer
    • VP of Information Technology
    • VP of Infrastructure
    • Director of IT
    • Director of Information Security
    • Head of Enterprise Applications
    • Head of IT Operations
    • Head of Technical Recruiting

  • Yes. You can combine the IT hiring signal with industry, sub-industry, state, city, revenue, employee count, technology, or additional company signals.

  • Not necessarily. It is a timing signal that indicates increased investment in the IT function.

    Combine it with IT spend, technologies used, company growth, leadership changes, and relevant contact data to prioritize the strongest opportunities.

  • Yes. After identifying matching companies, use Lusha to find relevant IT and security 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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