---
title: "Retrieve a company"
method: GET
path: "/companies/{company}"
tags: ["Companies"]
---

# Retrieve a company

`GET /companies/{company}`

## Path parameters

- `company` string, required

## Query parameters

- `expand` string[]

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `id` string — The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr.
  - `object` string — The type of the object in Nmbr (`"company"`).
  - `data` Company
    - `name` string — The company's name.
    - `pay_day_movement_setting` 'inherit' | 'next_business_day' | 'previous_business_day' — The company-level setting for how pay dates are adjusted when they fall on a weekend or bank holiday. Inherited by Business Entities and Pay Schedules whose own setting is `inherit`.
    - `external_ref` string, nullable — A reference to the object in an external system, e.g. the primary key of the object in your application's database. Nmbr doesn't use, validate, parse, or require this value to be unique - it simply stores it for your reference.
    - `preferred_locale` 'en' | 'fr', nullable — The locale used for payroll communications sent to Employees and Contractors within this company. If not set, the Partner's locale is used.
    - `created_at` string, dateTime — The date and time the object was created in Nmbr.
    - `updated_at` string, dateTime — The date and time the object was last updated in Nmbr.

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