---
title: "Create a company"
method: POST
path: "/v1/companies"
tags: ["Companies"]
---

# Create a company

`POST /v1/companies`

Creates a single company.

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Request body

- CreateCompanyRequestBody
  - `legalName` string, required — Legal name of the company.
  - `entityType` 'association' | 'attorney-for-bar' | 'benefit-corporation' | 'benefit-llc' | 'benefit-professional-corporation' | 'close-corporation' | 'close-limited-liability-company' | 'close-professional-corporation' | 'cooperative' | 'corporation-sole' | 'corporation' | 'doing-business-as-name' | 'exempt-nonstock-corporation' | 'general-partnership' | 'individual' | 'limited-liability-company' | 'limited-liability-limited-partnership' | 'limited-liability-partnership' | 'limited-partnership' | 'low-profit-limited-liability-company' | 'massachusetts-trust' | 'mutual-benefit-enterprise' | 'mutual-benefit-nonprofit-corporation' | 'nonprofit-corporation' | 'nonprofit-limited-liability-company' | 'personal-attorney' | 'professional-corporation' | 'professional-limited-liability-company' | 'professional-limited-liability-limited-partnership' | 'professional-limited-liability-partnership' | 'professional-limited-partnership' | 'public-benefit-nonprofit-corporation' | 'religious-nonprofit-corporation' | 'series-limited-liability-company' | 'series-professional-limited-liability-company' | 'sole-proprietorship' | 'sustainable-business-corporation' | 'trust', required
  - `jurisdictions` State[], required — List of states in which the company operates.
  - `formationJurisdiction` 'AK' | 'AL' | 'AR' | 'AZ' | 'CA' | 'CO' | 'CT' | 'DC' | 'DE' | 'FL' | 'GA' | 'HI' | 'IA' | 'ID' | 'IL' | 'IN' | 'KS' | 'KY' | 'LA' | 'MA' | 'MD' | 'ME' | 'MI' | 'MN' | 'MO' | 'MS' | 'MT' | 'NC' | 'ND' | 'NE' | 'NH' | 'NJ' | 'NM' | 'NV' | 'NY' | 'OH' | 'OK' | 'OR' | 'PA' | 'PR' | 'RI' | 'SC' | 'SD' | 'TN' | 'TX' | 'UT' | 'VA' | 'VT' | 'WA' | 'WI' | 'WV' | 'WY', required
  - `formationDate` string — Date the company was formed, in YYYY-MM-DD format.
  - `ein` string — Employer Identification Number in the format xx-xxxxxxx.

## Response `200`

Success

- Company
  - `id` string, required
  - `status` 'active' | 'inactive', required
  - `legalName` string, required
  - `entityType` 'association' | 'attorney-for-bar' | 'benefit-corporation' | 'benefit-llc' | 'benefit-professional-corporation' | 'close-corporation' | 'close-limited-liability-company' | 'close-professional-corporation' | 'cooperative' | 'corporation-sole' | 'corporation' | 'doing-business-as-name' | 'exempt-nonstock-corporation' | 'general-partnership' | 'individual' | 'limited-liability-company' | 'limited-liability-limited-partnership' | 'limited-liability-partnership' | 'limited-partnership' | 'low-profit-limited-liability-company' | 'massachusetts-trust' | 'mutual-benefit-enterprise' | 'mutual-benefit-nonprofit-corporation' | 'nonprofit-corporation' | 'nonprofit-limited-liability-company' | 'personal-attorney' | 'professional-corporation' | 'professional-limited-liability-company' | 'professional-limited-liability-limited-partnership' | 'professional-limited-liability-partnership' | 'professional-limited-partnership' | 'public-benefit-nonprofit-corporation' | 'religious-nonprofit-corporation' | 'series-limited-liability-company' | 'series-professional-limited-liability-company' | 'sole-proprietorship' | 'sustainable-business-corporation' | 'trust'
  - `ein` string — The Employer Identification Number, or null if not set.
  - `jurisdictions` CompanyJurisdiction[], required
    - `locationCode` 'AK' | 'AL' | 'AR' | 'AZ' | 'CA' | 'CO' | 'CT' | 'DC' | 'DE' | 'FL' | 'GA' | 'HI' | 'IA' | 'ID' | 'IL' | 'IN' | 'KS' | 'KY' | 'LA' | 'MA' | 'MD' | 'ME' | 'MI' | 'MN' | 'MO' | 'MS' | 'MT' | 'NC' | 'ND' | 'NE' | 'NH' | 'NJ' | 'NM' | 'NV' | 'NY' | 'OH' | 'OK' | 'OR' | 'PA' | 'PR' | 'RI' | 'SC' | 'SD' | 'TN' | 'TX' | 'UT' | 'VA' | 'VT' | 'WA' | 'WI' | 'WV' | 'WY', required
    - `formation` boolean, required
  - `formationDate` string — The formation date in YYYY-MM-DD format, or null if not set.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `500` — Internal Server Error

---

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