---
title: "Creates an Account"
method: POST
path: "/api/2026-07-01/resources/finance/accounts"
tags: ["Finance > Account"]
---

# Creates an Account

`POST /api/2026-07-01/resources/finance/accounts`

Create a ledger account for the company legal_entity. To avoid duplicates use the external_id field to set the ID of the ledger account in the external system.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string — Name of the ledger account
  - `number` string, required — Number of the ledger account
  - `type` 'equity' | 'non_current_asset' | 'current_asset' | 'bank' | 'non_current_liability' | 'current_liability' | 'expense' | 'income', required — Type of the ledger account
  - `currency` string, required — Currency of the ledger account
  - `legal_entity_id` string, required — Legal entity ID of the ledger account
  - `external_id` string — Id of the ledger account on the external system. This field is important to avoid having duplicated ledger accounts

## Response `201`

CREATED

- FinanceAccount
  - `id` string, required — Unique identifier in factorial for the ledger account
  - `name` string — Name of the ledger account
  - `legal_entity_id` string, required — Legal entity ID of the ledger account
  - `number` string, required — Number of the ledger account
  - `disabled` boolean, required — Whether the ledger account is disabled
  - `type` 'equity' | 'non_current_asset' | 'current_asset' | 'bank' | 'non_current_liability' | 'current_liability' | 'expense' | 'income', required — Type of the ledger account
  - `external_id` string — Id of the ledger account on the external system
  - `updated_at` string, required — Last updated date of the ledger account

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