diff --git a/lib/services/pax8-company-matcher.ts b/lib/services/pax8-company-matcher.ts
index 248e334..0de0c19 100644
--- a/lib/services/pax8-company-matcher.ts
+++ b/lib/services/pax8-company-matcher.ts
@@ -186,7 +186,12 @@ export async function matchPax8Companies(opts?: {
   dryRun?: boolean;
 }): Promise<Pax8CompanyMatchResult> {
   const startedAt = Date.now();
-  const limit = opts?.limit ?? 1000;
+  // WR-02 default raised well above any near-term PAX8/Autotask company
+  // count (validated at 118 companies; generous headroom for growth) and
+  // the eligibility ORDER BY below rotates fairness so accumulating
+  // review-flagged rows can no longer permanently starve alphabetically
+  // later companies even if this limit is ever hit.
+  const limit = opts?.limit ?? 10000;
   const dryRun = opts?.dryRun ?? false;
 
   const result: Pax8CompanyMatchResult = {
@@ -198,17 +203,29 @@ export async function matchPax8Companies(opts?: {
   };
 
   try {
+    // WR-02: ORDER BY name is a static cursor — once flagged-for-review
+    // companies accumulate (their matched_at stays NULL indefinitely; see
+    // recordConflict), they keep re-occupying the same slots in every run's
+    // top-N by name, and once eligible rows exceed `limit`, everything
+    // sorting alphabetically after that point is starved. Ordering instead
+    // by "last time this row was actually considered" (the open review's
+    // detected_at, falling back to matched_at, falling back to the epoch
+    // for never-yet-scanned rows) rotates fairness: least-recently-attempted
+    // rows always sort first, so a permanently-open review row sinks behind
+    // any row that hasn't been reconsidered as recently.
     const eligible = await postgresClient.query<EligibleCompany>(
-      `SELECT id::text, name
-         FROM pax8_companies
-        WHERE is_deleted = false
-          AND match_method IS DISTINCT FROM 'manual'
+      `SELECT c.id::text, c.name
+         FROM pax8_companies c
+         LEFT JOIN pax8_company_match_review r
+           ON r.pax8_company_id = c.id AND r.resolved_at IS NULL
+        WHERE c.is_deleted = false
+          AND c.match_method IS DISTINCT FROM 'manual'
           AND NOT EXISTS (
-            SELECT 1 FROM pax8_company_match_review r
-             WHERE r.pax8_company_id = pax8_companies.id
-               AND r.resolved_at IS NOT NULL
+            SELECT 1 FROM pax8_company_match_review r2
+             WHERE r2.pax8_company_id = c.id
+               AND r2.resolved_at IS NOT NULL
           )
-        ORDER BY name
+        ORDER BY COALESCE(r.detected_at, c.matched_at, 'epoch'::timestamptz) ASC
         LIMIT $1`,
       [limit]
     );