---
title: "Create Account"
method: POST
path: "/accounts"
tags: ["Accounts"]
---

# Create Account

`POST /accounts`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://secure.fleetio.com/api`
- URL: `https://secure.fleetio.com/api/accounts`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization` and API key in header `Account-Token`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/fleetio/apis/fleetio-developer-api/docs/accounts/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Creates a new Account.

:::info
This endpoint is only usable by Fleetio partners with an Organization Token or Partner Token.
:::

## Headers

- `Partner-Token` string: Used by Fleetio Partners to manage integrations.
- `Organization-Token` string: Used by organizations to manage multiple accounts.

## Request body

- object
  - `user_full_name` string, required: The full name of the User.
  - `user_email` string, required: The email address of the User.
  - `user_password` string, required: The password of the User.
  - `account_name` string, required: The name of the Account.
  - `account_industry` 'Transportation & Logistics' | 'Rental & Leasing' | 'Consumer/Business Services' | 'Construction Contractors & Services' | 'Government' | 'Energy, Utilities & Mining' | 'Retail, Wholesale & Manufacturing' | 'Information & Telecommunications' | 'Education' | 'Arts, Entertainment & Recreation' | 'Non-Profit/Religious Organizations' | 'Other'
  - `account_phone_number` string: The primary phone number of the Account.
  - `account_date_format` 'mmddyyy_slash' | 'ddmmyyyy_slash' | 'ddmmyyyy_dot' | 'yyyymmdd_dot' | 'yyyymmdd_slash' | 'yyyymmdd_dash': This determines the format dates are displayed in the UI.
  - `account_default_meter_unit` 'mi' | 'km' | 'hr': The default meter unit for assets created on the Account.
  - `account_default_fuel_volume_unit` 'us_gallons' | 'uk_gallons' | 'liters': The default fuel volume units for assets created on the Account.
  - `account_default_system_of_measurement` 'imperial' | 'metric': The default system of measurement to be used on the Account.
  - `account_hide_getting_started` boolean: Setting this value to true will result in the getting started onboarding assistance being skipped.
  - `account_currency` string: The international 3-letter currency code as defined by the ISO 4217 standard.
  - `account_time_24_format` boolean: Whether to use 24 hour time format.
  - `account_street_address` string: The street address of the Account.
  - `account_city` string: The city of the Account.
  - `account_region` string: The region, province, state, or territory of the Account.
  - `account_postal_code` string: The postal code or ZIP code of the Account.
  - `account_country` string: The country of the Account in ISO3166 Alpha-2. This will be used to set defaults for currency, meter_unit, system of measurement, fuel_volume_unit, and date_format for supported countries when creating an account. You may find ISO3166 Alpha-2 country codes [here](https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search/code/)
  - `account_web_session_timeout_minutes` string: The amount of time in minutes that should pass before a `User` is required to log in again on web.
  - `account_go_session_timeout_minutes` string: The amount of time in minutes that should pass before a `User` is required to log in again on Fleetio Go.
  - `account_time_zone` '(GMT-12:00) International Date Line West' | '(GMT-11:00) American Samoa' | '(GMT-11:00) Midway Island' | '(GMT-10:00) Hawaii' | '(GMT-09:00) Alaska' | '(GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)' | '(GMT-08:00) Tijuana' | '(GMT-07:00) Arizona' | '(GMT-07:00) Chihuahua' | '(GMT-07:00) Mazatlan' | '(GMT-07:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)' | '(GMT-06:00) Central America' | '(GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)' | '(GMT-06:00) Guadalajara' | '(GMT-06:00) Mexico City' | '(GMT-06:00) Monterrey' | '(GMT-06:00) Saskatchewan' | '(GMT-05:00) Bogota' | '(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)' | '(GMT-05:00) Indiana (East)' | '(GMT-05:00) Lima' | '(GMT-05:00) Quito' | '(GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)' | '(GMT-04:00) Caracas' | '(GMT-04:00) Georgetown' | '(GMT-04:00) La Paz' | '(GMT-04:00) Puerto Rico' | '(GMT-04:00) Santiago' | '(GMT-03:30) Newfoundland' | '(GMT-03:00) Brasilia' | '(GMT-03:00) Buenos Aires' | '(GMT-03:00) Greenland' | '(GMT-03:00) Montevideo' | '(GMT-02:00) Mid-Atlantic' | '(GMT-01:00) Azores' | '(GMT-01:00) Cape Verde Is.' | '(GMT+00:00) Casablanca' | '(GMT+00:00) Dublin' | '(GMT+00:00) Edinburgh' | '(GMT+00:00) Lisbon' | '(GMT+00:00) London' | '(GMT+00:00) Monrovia' | '(GMT+00:00) UTC' | '(GMT+01:00) Amsterdam' | '(GMT+01:00) Belgrade' | '(GMT+01:00) Berlin' | '(GMT+01:00) Bern' | '(GMT+01:00) Bratislava' | '(GMT+01:00) Brussels' | '(GMT+01:00) Budapest' | '(GMT+01:00) Copenhagen' | '(GMT+01:00) Ljubljana' | '(GMT+01:00) Madrid' | '(GMT+01:00) Paris' | '(GMT+01:00) Prague' | '(GMT+01:00) Rome' | '(GMT+01:00) Sarajevo' | '(GMT+01:00) Skopje' | '(GMT+01:00) Stockholm' | '(GMT+01:00) Vienna' | '(GMT+01:00) Warsaw' | '(GMT+01:00) West Central Africa' | '(GMT+01:00) Zagreb' | '(GMT+01:00) Zurich' | '(GMT+02:00) Athens' | '(GMT+02:00) Bucharest' | '(GMT+02:00) Cairo' | '(GMT+02:00) Harare' | '(GMT+02:00) Helsinki' | '(GMT+02:00) Jerusalem' | '(GMT+02:00) Kaliningrad' | '(GMT+02:00) Kyiv' | '(GMT+02:00) Pretoria' | '(GMT+02:00) Riga' | '(GMT+02:00) Sofia' | '(GMT+02:00) Tallinn' | '(GMT+02:00) Vilnius' | '(GMT+03:00) Baghdad' | '(GMT+03:00) Istanbul' | '(GMT+03:00) Kuwait' | '(GMT+03:00) Minsk' | '(GMT+03:00) Moscow' | '(GMT+03:00) Nairobi' | '(GMT+03:00) Riyadh' | '(GMT+03:00) St. Petersburg' | '(GMT+03:00) Volgograd' | '(GMT+03:30) Tehran' | '(GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi' | '(GMT+04:00) Baku' | '(GMT+04:00) Muscat' | '(GMT+04:00) Samara' | '(GMT+04:00) Tbilisi' | '(GMT+04:00) Yerevan' | '(GMT+04:30) Kabul' | '(GMT+05:00) Ekaterinburg' | '(GMT+05:00) Islamabad' | '(GMT+05:00) Karachi' | '(GMT+05:00) Tashkent' | '(GMT+05:30) Chennai' | '(GMT+05:30) Kolkata' | '(GMT+05:30) Mumbai' | '(GMT+05:30) New Delhi' | '(GMT+05:30) Sri Jayawardenepura' | '(GMT+05:45) Kathmandu' | '(GMT+06:00) Almaty' | '(GMT+06:00) Astana' | '(GMT+06:00) Dhaka' | '(GMT+06:00) Urumqi' | '(GMT+06:30) Rangoon' | '(GMT+07:00) Bangkok' | '(GMT+07:00) Hanoi' | '(GMT+07:00) Jakarta' | '(GMT+07:00) Krasnoyarsk' | '(GMT+07:00) Novosibirsk' | '(GMT+08:00) Beijing' | '(GMT+08:00) Chongqing' | '(GMT+08:00) Hong Kong' | '(GMT+08:00) Irkutsk' | '(GMT+08:00) Kuala Lumpur' | '(GMT+08:00) Perth' | '(GMT+08:00) Singapore' | '(GMT+08:00) Taipei' | '(GMT+08:00) Ulaanbaatar' | '(GMT+09:00) Osaka' | '(GMT+09:00) Sapporo' | '(GMT+09:00) Seoul' | '(GMT+09:00) Tokyo' | '(GMT+09:00) Yakutsk' | '(GMT+09:30) Adelaide' | '(GMT+09:30) Darwin' | '(GMT+10:00) Brisbane' | '(GMT+10:00) Canberra' | '(GMT+10:00) Guam' | '(GMT+10:00) Hobart' | '(GMT+10:00) Melbourne' | '(GMT+10:00) Port Moresby' | '(GMT+10:00) Sydney' | '(GMT+10:00) Vladivostok' | '(GMT+11:00) Magadan' | '(GMT+11:00) New Caledonia' | '(GMT+11:00) Solomon Is.' | '(GMT+11:00) Srednekolymsk' | '(GMT+12:00) Auckland' | '(GMT+12:00) Fiji' | '(GMT+12:00) Kamchatka' | '(GMT+12:00) Marshall Is.' | '(GMT+12:00) Wellington' | '(GMT+12:45) Chatham Is.' | '(GMT+13:00) Nuku'alofa' | '(GMT+13:00) Samoa' | '(GMT+13:00) Tokelau Is.': The time zone of the Account. The prepended `(offset)` is for convenience, it should not be included in the value sent. For example, `(GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)` would be sent as `Pacific Time (US & Canada)`.
  - `plan` 'professional' | 'premium': The plan to be used for the Account. All plans default to the 10,000 band

## Response `201`

OK

## Other responses

- `401`: Request could not be authenticated
- `403`: Insufficient permission to perform this operation
- `422`: Unprocessable Entity

## Changes

- **2026-02-13** `1172c0b6ab85`: 1 info
  - added the new optional request property `account_hide_getting_started`
- **2025-09-06** `6daa53a03224`: 1 breaking, 3 info
  - the `account_country` request property's maxLength was decreased to `2`
  - added the new optional request property `account_default_fuel_volume_unit`
  - added the new optional request property `account_default_meter_unit`
  - added the new optional request property `account_default_system_of_measurement`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/fleetio/apis/fleetio-developer-api/changes/accounts/post.md)

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