---
title: "Create an organization"
method: POST
path: "/v1beta/organizations"
tags: ["Organizations"]
---

# Create an organization

`POST /v1beta/organizations`

Creates a new organization. The authenticated user becomes the organization owner.

## Request body

- CreateOrganizationRequest — CreateOrganizationRequest contains the data needed to create a new organization.
  - `name` string, required — Human-readable organization name.
  - `owner_user_id` string, nullable — Owner user ID. If not provided, the authenticated user becomes the owner. Authorization: Specifying a different user requires system maintainer role. Required when the caller is a service account (service accounts cannot own organizations). Pattern: user_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}

## Response `200`

Success

- CreateOrganizationResponse — CreateOrganizationResponse contains the newly created organization.
  - `organization` Organization, required — Organization represents a Factify organization.
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required — Timestamp when the organization was created.
    - `id` string, required — Unique ID for the organization. Pattern: org_[0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{26}
    - `logo_image_url` string, nullable — Optional — organizations may not have a logo.
    - `name` string, required — Human-readable organization name.

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request parameters
- `401` — Authentication failed - missing or invalid API key
- `403` — Authorization failed - valid key but insufficient permissions
- `404` — Resource not found
- `429` — Too many requests
- `500` — Internal server error

## Changes

- **2026-03-19** `885f41a57639` — 1 info
  - added the optional property `organization/logo_image_url` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-03-16** `cb42a69ce465` — 1 breaking
  - the request property `owner_user_id` became not nullable

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/factify-inc/apis/factify-api/changes/v1beta/organizations/post.md)

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