# Create company

Create a company and return the saved record.

POST https://api.brigg.app/v1/operations/customers.CreateCompany

## Access & visibility

Allow `customers.CreateCompany` on your API key. Resource read permissions: `core:Company`. Resource write permissions: `core:Company`.

**Workspace access by default.** Private member data requires [approved member delegation](https://developer.brigg.app/authentication#member-delegation) through `Brigg-Act-As`; the key supplies permissions while private ownership and project boundaries remain enforced.

[Set up authentication](https://developer.brigg.app/authentication) · [Choose permissions](https://developer.brigg.app/permissions)

## Request fields

Send a JSON object with the following fields. Required fields must be included; omit optional fields you do not need.
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `data` | [Company](#company-request-data) | Yes | The record's fields. |
| `private` | boolean | No | Defaults to false: the record is shared with the workspace. True assigns private ownership to the approved acting member and requires member delegation. This is independent of created_by provenance. |

### Company · request.data

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | string | Yes | Company's display name; use org_number and registry_country for its registered identity. |
| `domain` | string | No | Website hostname, without a scheme or path. |
| `industry` | string | No | Industry classification. Send the stored enum value; the English label is for display only. Values: `bygg` — Construction; `handel` — Retail and wholesale; `konsulent` — Consulting; `it` — Information technology; `helse` — Healthcare; `restaurant` — Restaurants; `eiendom` — Real estate; `transport` — Transport; `finans` — Finance; `utdanning` — Education; `industri` — Manufacturing; `offentlig` — Public sector; `annet` — Other. |
| `description` | string | No | Business description recorded for this company. |
| `owner_ref` | string | No | ID of a `core:Person` record. Find it with [customers.ListPeople](https://developer.brigg.app/reference/customers/ListPeople) and use the top-level `id`. This is not an account ID or a display name. |
| `website` | string | No | Company website URL, including https://. |
| `org_number` | string | No | Organisation number from the company register, stored as text to preserve leading zeros. |
| `registry_country` | string | No | Country of registration: NO for Norway or SE for Sweden. Allowed: `"NO"`, `"SE"`. |
| `address` | string | No | Street address, including building or unit when applicable. |
| `postal_code` | string | No | Postal code as text, preserving leading zeros. |
| `city` | string | No | Postal town or city. |
| `country` | string | No | Country associated with the address or record. |
| `phone` | string | No | Phone number including its country calling code. |
| `tags` | array of string | No | Stable tag keys, not labels. Use [List tag vocabularies](https://developer.brigg.app/reference/customers/ListTagVocabularies) to find the vocabulary for this resource type and field, then [List tags](https://developer.brigg.app/reference/customers/ListTags) for its key/label pairs. |
| `product_lines` | array of [object](#request-data-product-lines) | No | Products or services agreed with this company, including quantity, price and billing frequency. |
| `profile` | [object](#request-data-profile) | No | Generated or supplied company profile, with a summary and key facts. |

### request.data.product_lines[]

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `product_ref` | string | No | Product record ID. |
| `name` | string | Yes | Display name. |
| `description` | string | No | Descriptive text. |
| `quantity` | number | No | Number of units. May be fractional when the product allows it. Minimum: 0. |
| `unit` | string | No | Unit used for the quantity, such as hours or items. |
| `unit_price_ore` | integer | No | Price per unit in Norwegian øre; 100000 is NOK 1,000. Product lines use NOK only. |
| `agreed_at` | number | No | Time the commercial terms were agreed, in Unix milliseconds. |
| `agreed_deal_ref` | string | No | Deal record ID. |
| `revenue_type` | string | No | Whether this amount is charged once or repeats monthly, quarterly or annually. Allowed: `"one_time"`, `"monthly"`, `"quarterly"`, `"annual"`. |
| `start_date` | string | No | ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| `end_date` | string | No | ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD) |

### request.data.profile

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `summary` | string | No | Short summary of the source information. |
| `highlights` | array of string | No | Key points extracted from the source information. |

## Choose ownership deliberately

Omitting `private`, or setting it to false, creates a workspace-shared record. Set `private: true` to create a record owned by the approved acting member. Private records require member delegation; a workspace-only credential cannot own a personal record. The credential’s exact resource grants authorize the write; private ownership and project membership remain enforced.

A create is a new record, not an upsert. Reuse the same idempotency key only for retries of that logical creation. For recurring synchronization, use the resource’s upsert operation when available: it matches a permanent external reference. Otherwise keep the returned record ID and use the corresponding update operation for subsequent changes.

## Response

Returns **200 OK** with a JSON body.

Record metadata sits outside `data`. Timestamps `created_at` and `updated_at` are Unix milliseconds. Optional business fields may be absent; absence does not mean false or zero. A field accepts null only when its type includes null.
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `item` | [CompanyRecord](#companyrecord-response-item) | Yes | The requested record, including its metadata and data fields. |

### CompanyRecord · response.item

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | Yes | Stable core:Company record ID. Keep this top-level value when reading or referring to this record. Available actions are linked under Next steps; an ID does not imply the resource can be edited. |
| `created_at` | number | Yes | Time the record was created, in Unix milliseconds. |
| `updated_at` | number | Yes | Time the record most recently changed, in Unix milliseconds. Use with overlapping windows for incremental reads. |
| `created_by` | string or null | Yes | Account that originally created the record, or null for a workspace/system-originated record. This is provenance, not its current owner or a Person record ID. |
| `private` | boolean | Yes | True for a member-owned private record. An API key needs approved delegation to that owner; false alone does not bypass resource grants or other access rules. |
| `data` | [Company](#company-response-item-data) | Yes | The record's fields. |

### Company · response.item.data

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | string | Yes | Company's display name; use org_number and registry_country for its registered identity. |
| `domain` | string | No | Website hostname, without a scheme or path. |
| `industry` | string | No | Industry classification. Send the stored enum value; the English label is for display only. Values: `bygg` — Construction; `handel` — Retail and wholesale; `konsulent` — Consulting; `it` — Information technology; `helse` — Healthcare; `restaurant` — Restaurants; `eiendom` — Real estate; `transport` — Transport; `finans` — Finance; `utdanning` — Education; `industri` — Manufacturing; `offentlig` — Public sector; `annet` — Other. |
| `description` | string | No | Business description recorded for this company. |
| `owner_ref` | string | No | ID of a `core:Person` record. Find it with [customers.ListPeople](https://developer.brigg.app/reference/customers/ListPeople) and use the top-level `id`. This is not an account ID or a display name. |
| `website` | string | No | Company website URL, including https://. |
| `org_number` | string | No | Organisation number from the company register, stored as text to preserve leading zeros. |
| `registry_country` | string | No | Country of registration: NO for Norway or SE for Sweden. Allowed: `"NO"`, `"SE"`. |
| `address` | string | No | Street address, including building or unit when applicable. |
| `postal_code` | string | No | Postal code as text, preserving leading zeros. |
| `city` | string | No | Postal town or city. |
| `country` | string | No | Country associated with the address or record. |
| `phone` | string | No | Phone number including its country calling code. |
| `tags` | array of string | No | Stable tag keys, not labels. Use [List tag vocabularies](https://developer.brigg.app/reference/customers/ListTagVocabularies) to find the vocabulary for this resource type and field, then [List tags](https://developer.brigg.app/reference/customers/ListTags) for its key/label pairs. |
| `product_lines` | array of [object](#response-item-data-product-lines) | No | Products or services agreed with this company, including quantity, price and billing frequency. |
| `profile` | [object](#response-item-data-profile) | No | Generated or supplied company profile, with a summary and key facts. |

### response.item.data.product_lines[]

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `product_ref` | string | No | Product record ID. |
| `name` | string | Yes | Display name. |
| `description` | string | No | Descriptive text. |
| `quantity` | number | No | Number of units. May be fractional when the product allows it. Minimum: 0. |
| `unit` | string | No | Unit used for the quantity, such as hours or items. |
| `unit_price_ore` | integer | No | Price per unit in Norwegian øre; 100000 is NOK 1,000. Product lines use NOK only. |
| `agreed_at` | number | No | Time the commercial terms were agreed, in Unix milliseconds. |
| `agreed_deal_ref` | string | No | Deal record ID. |
| `revenue_type` | string | No | Whether this amount is charged once or repeats monthly, quarterly or annually. Allowed: `"one_time"`, `"monthly"`, `"quarterly"`, `"annual"`. |
| `start_date` | string | No | ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
| `end_date` | string | No | ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD) |

### response.item.data.profile

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `summary` | string | No | Short summary of the source information. |
| `highlights` | array of string | No | Key points extracted from the source information. |

## Errors & retries

Set `BRIGG_REQUEST_ID` once for each logical action. The samples send it as `Idempotency-Key`. Reuse the same value and body on retries, including after a timeout; a missing response does not prove the action failed.

For rate limits, follow the server’s retry guidance and back off. See [HTTP errors](https://developer.brigg.app/http#errors) and [safe retries and limits](https://developer.brigg.app/reliability).

| HTTP status | Code | What to do |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 400 | `invalid_json` | Send a JSON object with Content-Type: application/json. |
| 400 | `invalid_input` | Check the request fields and types. Supply a stable Idempotency-Key containing 1–200 characters. |
| 401 | `invalid_key` | The workspace API key is missing, invalid or revoked. |
| 403 | `forbidden` | Check the key’s operation and resource grants. If Brigg-Act-As is supplied, the key must be authorized to delegate to that member. |
| 404 | `not_found` | The requested operation or resource is not available to this credential. |
| 429 | `rate_limited` | Wait for Retry-After before retrying. Reuse the original Idempotency-Key. |

## Next steps

- [List companies](https://developer.brigg.app/reference/customers/ListCompanies)
- [Get company](https://developer.brigg.app/reference/customers/GetCompany)
- [Upsert company](https://developer.brigg.app/reference/customers/UpsertCompany)
- [Update company](https://developer.brigg.app/reference/customers/UpdateCompany)
- [Delete company](https://developer.brigg.app/reference/customers/DeleteCompany)

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## Examples

### Example request

Fictional values. Replace IDs and business details with values from your workspace.
#### cURL


```sh
curl 'https://api.brigg.app/v1/operations/customers.CreateCompany' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BRIGG_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $BRIGG_REQUEST_ID" \
  --data-raw '{
  "data": {
    "name": "Example Consulting",
    "industry": "konsulent",
    "website": "https://example.com",
    "city": "Oslo"
  }
}'
```

#### TypeScript


```typescript
const requestId = process.env.BRIGG_REQUEST_ID;
if (!requestId) throw new Error("Set BRIGG_REQUEST_ID once per action and reuse it on retries.");

const response = await fetch("https://api.brigg.app/v1/operations/customers.CreateCompany", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BRIGG_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": requestId, // Create once per action; reuse on retries.
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "data": {
      "name": "Example Consulting",
      "industry": "konsulent",
      "website": "https://example.com",
      "city": "Oslo"
    }
  }),
});
const result = await response.json();
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${result.error} — ${result.message}`);
console.log(result);
```

#### Python


```python
import json
import os
from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
from urllib.error import HTTPError

request_id = os.environ["BRIGG_REQUEST_ID"]  # Reuse for retries of this action.
payload = {
  "data": {
    "name": "Example Consulting",
    "industry": "konsulent",
    "website": "https://example.com",
    "city": "Oslo"
  }
}
request = Request(
    "https://api.brigg.app/v1/operations/customers.CreateCompany",
    data=json.dumps(payload).encode("utf-8"),
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['BRIGG_API_KEY']}",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Idempotency-Key": request_id,  # Create once per action; reuse on retries.
    },
    method="POST",
)
try:
    with urlopen(request) as response:
        print(json.load(response))
except HTTPError as error:
    print(error.code, json.load(error))
    raise
```

#### Response example


```json
{
  "item": {
    "id": "e_company_example",
    "created_at": 1794301200000,
    "updated_at": 1794301200000,
    "created_by": "a_example",
    "private": false,
    "data": {
      "name": "Example Consulting",
      "industry": "konsulent",
      "website": "https://example.com",
      "city": "Oslo"
    }
  }
}
```

## JSON schemas


```json-schema-request
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "data": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Company's display name; use org_number and registry_country for its registered identity."
        },
        "domain": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Website hostname, without a scheme or path."
        },
        "industry": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "bygg",
            "handel",
            "konsulent",
            "it",
            "helse",
            "restaurant",
            "eiendom",
            "transport",
            "finans",
            "utdanning",
            "industri",
            "offentlig",
            "annet"
          ],
          "description": "Industry classification. Send the stored enum value; the English label is for display only. Values: `bygg` — Construction; `handel` — Retail and wholesale; `konsulent` — Consulting; `it` — Information technology; `helse` — Healthcare; `restaurant` — Restaurants; `eiendom` — Real estate; `transport` — Transport; `finans` — Finance; `utdanning` — Education; `industri` — Manufacturing; `offentlig` — Public sector; `annet` — Other."
        },
        "description": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Business description recorded for this company."
        },
        "owner_ref": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "ID of a `core:Person` record. Find it with [customers.ListPeople](https://developer.brigg.app/reference/customers/ListPeople) and use the top-level `id`. This is not an account ID or a display name."
        },
        "website": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Company website URL, including https://."
        },
        "org_number": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Organisation number from the company register, stored as text to preserve leading zeros."
        },
        "registry_country": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "NO",
            "SE"
          ],
          "description": "Country of registration: NO for Norway or SE for Sweden."
        },
        "address": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Street address, including building or unit when applicable."
        },
        "postal_code": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Postal code as text, preserving leading zeros."
        },
        "city": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Postal town or city."
        },
        "country": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Country associated with the address or record."
        },
        "phone": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Phone number including its country calling code."
        },
        "tags": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": "Stable tag keys, not labels. Use [List tag vocabularies](https://developer.brigg.app/reference/customers/ListTagVocabularies) to find the vocabulary for this resource type and field, then [List tags](https://developer.brigg.app/reference/customers/ListTags) for its key/label pairs."
        },
        "product_lines": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "product_ref": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Product record ID."
              },
              "name": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Display name."
              },
              "description": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Descriptive text."
              },
              "quantity": {
                "type": "number",
                "minimum": 0,
                "description": "Number of units. May be fractional when the product allows it."
              },
              "unit": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Unit used for the quantity, such as hours or items."
              },
              "unit_price_ore": {
                "type": "integer",
                "description": "Price per unit in Norwegian øre; 100000 is NOK 1,000. Product lines use NOK only."
              },
              "agreed_at": {
                "type": "number",
                "description": "Time the commercial terms were agreed, in Unix milliseconds."
              },
              "agreed_deal_ref": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Deal record ID."
              },
              "revenue_type": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "one_time",
                  "monthly",
                  "quarterly",
                  "annual"
                ],
                "description": "Whether this amount is charged once or repeats monthly, quarterly or annually."
              },
              "start_date": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD)"
              },
              "end_date": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD)"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "name"
            ],
            "additionalProperties": false
          },
          "description": "Products or services agreed with this company, including quantity, price and billing frequency."
        },
        "profile": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "summary": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Short summary of the source information."
            },
            "highlights": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "description": "Key points extracted from the source information."
            }
          },
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "description": "Generated or supplied company profile, with a summary and key facts."
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "name"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "description": "The record's fields.",
      "title": "Company"
    },
    "private": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Defaults to false: the record is shared with the workspace. True assigns private ownership to the approved acting member and requires member delegation. This is independent of created_by provenance."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "data"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "examples": [
    {
      "data": {
        "name": "Example Consulting",
        "industry": "konsulent",
        "website": "https://example.com",
        "city": "Oslo"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```


```json-schema-response
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "item": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Stable core:Company record ID. Keep this top-level value when reading or referring to this record. Available actions are linked under Next steps; an ID does not imply the resource can be edited."
        },
        "created_at": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Time the record was created, in Unix milliseconds."
        },
        "updated_at": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Time the record most recently changed, in Unix milliseconds. Use with overlapping windows for incremental reads."
        },
        "created_by": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "Account that originally created the record, or null for a workspace/system-originated record. This is provenance, not its current owner or a Person record ID."
        },
        "private": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "description": "True for a member-owned private record. An API key needs approved delegation to that owner; false alone does not bypass resource grants or other access rules."
        },
        "data": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "name": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Company's display name; use org_number and registry_country for its registered identity."
            },
            "domain": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Website hostname, without a scheme or path."
            },
            "industry": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "bygg",
                "handel",
                "konsulent",
                "it",
                "helse",
                "restaurant",
                "eiendom",
                "transport",
                "finans",
                "utdanning",
                "industri",
                "offentlig",
                "annet"
              ],
              "description": "Industry classification. Send the stored enum value; the English label is for display only. Values: `bygg` — Construction; `handel` — Retail and wholesale; `konsulent` — Consulting; `it` — Information technology; `helse` — Healthcare; `restaurant` — Restaurants; `eiendom` — Real estate; `transport` — Transport; `finans` — Finance; `utdanning` — Education; `industri` — Manufacturing; `offentlig` — Public sector; `annet` — Other."
            },
            "description": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Business description recorded for this company."
            },
            "owner_ref": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "ID of a `core:Person` record. Find it with [customers.ListPeople](https://developer.brigg.app/reference/customers/ListPeople) and use the top-level `id`. This is not an account ID or a display name."
            },
            "website": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Company website URL, including https://."
            },
            "org_number": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Organisation number from the company register, stored as text to preserve leading zeros."
            },
            "registry_country": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "NO",
                "SE"
              ],
              "description": "Country of registration: NO for Norway or SE for Sweden."
            },
            "address": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Street address, including building or unit when applicable."
            },
            "postal_code": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Postal code as text, preserving leading zeros."
            },
            "city": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Postal town or city."
            },
            "country": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Country associated with the address or record."
            },
            "phone": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Phone number including its country calling code."
            },
            "tags": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "description": "Stable tag keys, not labels. Use [List tag vocabularies](https://developer.brigg.app/reference/customers/ListTagVocabularies) to find the vocabulary for this resource type and field, then [List tags](https://developer.brigg.app/reference/customers/ListTags) for its key/label pairs."
            },
            "product_lines": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "product_ref": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Product record ID."
                  },
                  "name": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Display name."
                  },
                  "description": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Descriptive text."
                  },
                  "quantity": {
                    "type": "number",
                    "minimum": 0,
                    "description": "Number of units. May be fractional when the product allows it."
                  },
                  "unit": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Unit used for the quantity, such as hours or items."
                  },
                  "unit_price_ore": {
                    "type": "integer",
                    "description": "Price per unit in Norwegian øre; 100000 is NOK 1,000. Product lines use NOK only."
                  },
                  "agreed_at": {
                    "type": "number",
                    "description": "Time the commercial terms were agreed, in Unix milliseconds."
                  },
                  "agreed_deal_ref": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Deal record ID."
                  },
                  "revenue_type": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "enum": [
                      "one_time",
                      "monthly",
                      "quarterly",
                      "annual"
                    ],
                    "description": "Whether this amount is charged once or repeats monthly, quarterly or annually."
                  },
                  "start_date": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD)"
                  },
                  "end_date": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD)"
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "name"
                ],
                "additionalProperties": false
              },
              "description": "Products or services agreed with this company, including quantity, price and billing frequency."
            },
            "profile": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "summary": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Short summary of the source information."
                },
                "highlights": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "items": {
                    "type": "string"
                  },
                  "description": "Key points extracted from the source information."
                }
              },
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "description": "Generated or supplied company profile, with a summary and key facts."
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "name"
          ],
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "description": "The record's fields.",
          "title": "Company"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "id",
        "created_at",
        "updated_at",
        "created_by",
        "private",
        "data"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "description": "The requested record, including its metadata and data fields.",
      "title": "CompanyRecord"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "item"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "examples": [
    {
      "item": {
        "id": "e_company_example",
        "created_at": 1794301200000,
        "updated_at": 1794301200000,
        "created_by": "a_example",
        "private": false,
        "data": {
          "name": "Example Consulting",
          "industry": "konsulent",
          "website": "https://example.com",
          "city": "Oslo"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```