Sources - Updates To Companies

How We Handle Company Changes, Rebrands, and Acquisitions

JobFront tracks thousands of companies. Companies rename themselves, get acquired, change domains, and sometimes shut down entirely.

Here's what our system does in each case — so you always know where your data went and why.

What happened	Does the job board URL change?	What we do	Relationship tracked
Minor domain shift (e.g. .io → .com)	No	Update domain only — all job history preserved	—
Full rebrand (same company, new name/logo)	No	Update name and description; clear logo and industry tags for re-enrichment	—
Acquisition — brand kept, job board unchanged	No	Update name/description if needed	acquired-by
Acquisition — absorbed into acquirer's board	Yes	Retire old source; check for existing acquirer record; create if not found	acquired-by
Domain sold to an unrelated new company	Yes	Retire old source; flag for manual review	—
Domain parked or for sale (expired/lapsed)	—	Flag for manual review	—
Same company operating two separate job boards	—	Flag for manual review; our team decides the canonical record	same-as
Spinoff or new product with its own job board	—	Check for existing record; create new source if not found	subsidiary-of

Note:

• Every automated field change is logged. When our system updates a name, domain, or description, a changelog entry is written so we can trace exactly what changed and when.