# POST /customers/{customer_id}/businesses

**Create a business for a customer**

Creates a new business for a customer.

If successful, your response includes a copy of the new business entity.

**Required permissions:** `business.write`

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `customer_id` | string | required | Paddle ID of the customer entity to work with. (pattern: `^ctm_[a-z\d]{26}$`) |

## Request body

- `name`: string (required) — Name of this business. (Length: 1–1024)
- `company_number` — Company number for this business. (Max length: 1024)
- `tax_identifier` — Tax or VAT Number for this business. (Max length: 1024)
- `contacts` — List of contacts related to this business, typically used for sending invoices. (Items: max 100, unique)
- `custom_data` — Your own structured key-value data.

### Request example

```json
{
  "name": "Uplift Inc.",
  "company_number": "555775291485",
  "tax_identifier": "555952383",
  "contacts": [
    {
      "name": "Parker Jones",
      "email": "parker@example.com"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Response (201)

- `data`: object (required) — Represents a business entity.
  - `id`: string (required) — Unique Paddle ID for this business entity, prefixed with `biz_`. (pattern: `^biz_[a-z\d]{26}$`)
  - `customer_id`: string (required) — Paddle ID for the customer related to this business, prefixed with `cus_`. (pattern: `^ctm_[a-z\d]{26}$`)
  - `name`: string (required) — Name of this business. (Length: 1–1024)
  - `company_number` (required) — Company number for this business. (Max length: 1024)
  - `tax_identifier` (required) — Tax or VAT Number for this business. (Max length: 1024)
  - `status`: string (required) — Whether this entity can be used in Paddle.
  - `contacts`: array (required) — List of contacts related to this business, typically used for sending invoices. (Items: max 100, unique)
  - `created_at`: string (date-time) (required) — RFC 3339 datetime string of when this entity was created. Set automatically by Paddle.
  - `updated_at`: string (date-time) (required) — RFC 3339 datetime string of when this entity was updated. Set automatically by Paddle.
  - `custom_data` (required) — Your own structured key-value data.
  - `import_meta` (required) — Import information for this entity. `null` if this entity is not imported.
- `meta`: object (required) — Information about this response.
  - `request_id`: string (required) — Unique ID for the request relating to this response. Provide this when contacting Paddle support about a specific request.

### Response example

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "biz_01hv8hkr641vmpwytx38znv56k",
    "status": "active",
    "customer_id": "ctm_01hv6y1jedq4p1n0yqn5ba3ky4",
    "name": "Uplift Inc.",
    "company_number": "555775291485",
    "tax_identifier": "555952383",
    "contacts": [
      {
        "name": "Parker Jones",
        "email": "parker@example.com"
      }
    ],
    "custom_data": null,
    "created_at": "2024-04-12T06:58:37.892Z",
    "updated_at": "2024-04-12T06:58:37.892Z",
    "import_meta": null
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "e925073f-12cd-4871-825d-2c43632edbc0"
  }
}
```