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# September 2025 Release Notes

| Release Name   | Dataset Version | Publish Date |
| :------------- | :-------------- | :----------- |
| September 2025 | `v31.2`         | 09/16/2025   |

**Welcome to our September 2025 release notes!**

This month, we're rolling out some fresh updates and exciting features across our products.

Here's what's new:

* **📊 Freshness Updates**: This past quarter, we [verified 111M+ jobs](#freshness) and detected [1.7M+ job changes](#job-changes) across our global dataset.
* **<Icon icon="chart-line" /> Job Posting Growth**: Another [14% growth](#coverage) in our Job Posting Dataset this month (now with coverage for 16% more employers)!
* **🚀 Pro Plan Trial**: Explore PDL's premium APIs and field bundles with [no upfront commitment required](#pro-plan-trial).
* **<Icon icon="industry" /> New Industry Field**: Introducing the [new `industry_v2` field for our company dataset](#new-company-industry-field-company), providing the most recent industry classifications for over 70M+ company records.

## Schema Changes

### New Company Industry Field ([Company](/docs/company-data-overview))

**What's new?**

This month, we've expanded our Company dataset with a brand new field: `industry_v2`.

| FIELD NAME                                        | FIELD TYPE                             | FIELD BUNDLE                                                                                                                                                                                | FIELD DESCRIPTION                                                                                                                                                    |
| :------------------------------------------------ | :------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`industry_v2`](/docs/company-schema#industry_v2) | [`Enum (String)`](/docs/industries-v2) | [Company Base](/docs/company-data-field-bundles#base), [Company Premium](/docs/company-data-field-bundles#premium), [Company Comprehensive](/docs/company-data-field-bundles#comprehensive) | Industry v2 is the self-reported industry from an expanded list of [Canonical v2 Industries](/docs/industries-v2). If no industry is found, the field will be `null` |

This field captures the most recently observed industry classification reported by the company, and includes expanded support for the more external industry taxonomies. It ensures our dataset reflects modernized industry categories that may differ from the legacy classifications still in use by the `industry` field.

**Why it matters**

This change addresses customer feedback that company industry classifications sometimes appear outdated or inconsistent with what companies currently use to describe themselves. With `industry_v2`, you get:

* **Improved workflow compatibility** → better results in targeting, search, and discovery use cases that depend on modern industry categories
* **No manual mapping required** → reduces the need to build and maintain your own taxonomy conversions
* **Up-to-date company classifications** → no more mismatched values

This change brings refreshed industry classifications to the 70M+ companies in our Company Dataset.

**Availability**

The new `industry_v2` field is immediately available to all customers across all delivery methods for Company data. This new field is automatically included in the Company Base, Premium, and Comprehensive bundles and is provided at no extra cost.

**Comparison to the legacy `industry` field**

The legacy `industry` field will still be available with its functionality preserved. The `industry` field will continue to provide PDL's [original canonical industry taxonomy](/docs/industries), while the `industry_v2` field will provide classifications from an [expanded industry taxonomy](/docs/industries-v2).

For most users, we recommend using the new `industry_v2` field, however if you have existing workflows reliant on the original PDL industry classifications, then you should continue to leverage the `industry` field.

<Note>
  The new `industry_v2` field is a schema change specific to the Company Dataset.

  The Person dataset will continue to contain the legacy industry values in the `industry`, `job_company_industry`, and `experience.company.industry` fields.
</Note>

**We'd Love Your Feedback!**

Your input helps shape what we build next. Share your thoughts on these fields or suggest new ones via our [Roadmap Feature Request Board](https://feedback.peopledatalabs.com/)!

## Upcoming Breaking Changes

<Warning>
  Upcoming breaking changes may impact your current processes. We are announcing them here to provide ample time for you to adjust your processes accordingly.
</Warning>

### Deprecation Notice: Query Builder & API Explorer Tools

**Deprecation Date:** November 2025 (v32.1)
**Impacted Product:** API Dashboard

**Tools Being Removed**

* Query Builder Tool
* API Explorer Tool

In November 2025, we will be deprecating several legacy tools in our API Dashboard and public documentation in favor of our new API Playground which went live last month in August.

**Timeline**

* November 2025: Legacy tools fully removed.
* July–November 2025: Legacy tools and API Playground both available
* July 2025: API Playground available in your API Dashboard

**Action You Need to Take**

* Recreate any workflows you currently run in the Query Builder by writing SQL or Elasticsearch queries in the new API Playground
* Start using the API Playground now to prepare for the upcoming deprecations

Need Help? If you have any questions or need help with the transition, please reach out to your Customer Account Team - we're here to support you.

## New Products and Features

### Pro Plan Trial ([Dashboard](https://dashboard.peopledatalabs.com/tools/api-playground))

This month we're excited to introduce the Pro Plan Trial, designed to help new and existing, non-enterprise users explore PDL's APIs for free before committing to a paid plan.

**What's New**

During the trial, you'll receive 500 API credits to use over a single 30-day period via the API Dashboard. You'll also receive access to premium features like increased rate limits and field bundles across our APIs including:

* IP Enrichment
* Company Search
* Company Enrichment
* Person Identify
* Person Search
* Person Enrichment

**Access**

The Pro Plan Trial is available to all, non-enterprise users globally. New users can access the trial immediately after completing the onboarding steps and existing users can start a trial from the Home page.

**How to Get Started**

1. Sign up for a new PDL account (or log in to an existing non-enterprise account).
2. Click the Start Trial button on any product you'd like to trial from the Home page.
3. Provide a credit card for a \$1 authorization hold.
4. Start using 500 API credits over 30 days.

**Pro Tip: API Playground**

Once you start your trial, check out the [API Playground](https://support.peopledatalabs.com/hc/en-us/articles/39343616025755-API-Playground) to explore your new fields without writing a single line of code.

## Data Updates

### Freshness

*The number of jobs and locations verified in our datasets (based on the `job_last_verified` and `location_last_updated` fields).*

**Monthly (v31.1 → v31.2)**
*Freshness updates over the past month.*

| Dataset | Geography     | Field        | Records Updated |
| :------ | :------------ | :----------- | :-------------- |
| Resume  | Global        | `experience` | 111,649,232     |
| Resume  | Global        | `location`   | 166,713,893     |
| Resume  | United States | `experience` | 31,640,391      |
| Resume  | United States | `location`   | 43,908,581      |

### Job Changes

*The number of person records where the primary job experience changed in our Person Dataset (based on the `job_last_changed` field).*

**Monthly (v31.1 → v31.2)**
*Freshness updates over the past month.*

| Dataset | Geography     | Records Updated |
| :------ | :------------ | :-------------- |
| Resume  | Global        | 1,758,083       |
| Resume  | United States | 974,038         |

### Coverage

(Full Stats: [Person](/docs/datasets), [Company](/docs/company-stats), [IP](/docs/ip-stats), [Job Posting](/docs/jp-stats))

**Monthly (v31.1 → v31.2)**

**[Resume Dataset](/docs/resume-stats)**

| Linkage       | Coverage in v31.1 | Coverage in v31.2 | Increase (%) |
| :------------ | :---------------- | :---------------- | :----------- |
| Total Records | 781,715,532       | 782,476,661       | 0.10%        |
| `headline`    | 92,478,345        | 100,778,592       | 8.98%        |

**[API Dataset](/docs/stats)**

| Linkage       | Coverage in v31.1 | Coverage in v31.2 | Increase (%) |
| :------------ | :---------------- | :---------------- | :----------- |
| Total Records | 2,442,298,059     | 2,442,828,924     | 0.02%        |

**[Email Dataset](/docs/email-stats)**

| Linkage       | Coverage in v31.1 | Coverage in v31.2 | Increase (%) |
| :------------ | :---------------- | :---------------- | :----------- |
| Total Records | 591,113,964       | 590,959,775       | -0.03%       |

**[Mobile Phone Dataset](/docs/mobile-phone-stats)**

| Linkage       | Coverage in v31.1 | Coverage in v31.2 | Increase (%) |
| :------------ | :---------------- | :---------------- | :----------- |
| Total Records | 481,934,392       | 481,857,739       | -0.02%       |

**[Company Dataset](/docs/company-stats)**

| Linkage       | Coverage in v31.1 | Coverage in v31.2 | Increase (%) |
| :------------ | :---------------- | :---------------- | :----------- |
| Total Records | 71,648,103        | 71,658,719        | 0.015%       |

**[Job Posting Dataset](/docs/jp-stats)**

| Linkage                | Coverage in v31.1 | Coverage in v31.2 | Increase (%) |
| :--------------------- | :---------------- | :---------------- | :----------- |
| Total Records          | 14,333,305        | 16,340,506        | 14.00%       |
| Total Unique Companies | 34,704            | 40,378            | 16.35%       |
| Total Active Postings  | 2,313,744         | 2,565,142         | 10.87%       |

### Commentary

* **Person**
  * We saw another 8% increase in coverage for the `headline` field as result of a new data source we integrated last month.
* **Job Posting Data**
  * We saw \~16% growth in the total number of companies in our Job Posting Dataset alongside a 10% increase in the Active Postings in the dataset (and 14% increase in overall volume).

## Improvements and Bug Fixes

### Improvements

* **Better Experience Deduplication**
  * We improved our logic for experience and education to better detect primary roles, reduce duplicates, and maintain cleaner experience histories.
* **Company "All Office Locations" improvements**
  * We introduced a series of refinements to reduce the rate of duplicate company addresses, improve the freshness of primary HQ office designations, and increase the accuracy of the "active" status labels

### Bug Fixes

No bugs were squashed this time...but we're ready for the next round.


## Related topics

- [September 2024 Release Notes](/changelog/september-2024-release-announcement-v272.md)
- [January 2025 Release Notes](/changelog/january-2025-release-notes-v290.md)
- [December 2025 Release Notes](/changelog/december-2025-release-notes-v322.md)
- [November 2025 Release Notes](/changelog/november-2025-release-notes-v321.md)
- [August 2025 Release Notes](/changelog/august-2025-release-notes-v311.md)