---
title: "Create a prospect list"
method: POST
path: "/business/lists"
tags: ["Lists"]
---

# Create a prospect list

`POST /business/lists`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.tryfuse.ai/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.tryfuse.ai/api/v1/business/lists`
- Auth: HTTP basic

Creates an empty list owned by the token holder. `name` must be unique in the workspace (409 LIST_NAME_TAKEN otherwise); `entityType` picks a contact list (default) or a company list. The new list starts at the folder root — move it with `PATCH /business/lists/{listId}`. Fill it with `POST .../members` (existing contacts), `POST .../contacts` (new raw rows), `POST /business/lists/save-to-list`, a search save-to-list, or an import.

Errors:
- `409` `LIST_NAME_TAKEN` — A list with this name already exists in the workspace.
- `422` `VALIDATION_FAILED` — The body failed validation (missing/blank name, unknown key, entityType outside contactList|companyList).
- `429` `RATE_LIMITED` — The lists rate bucket is exhausted.

Requires one of the following token scopes: lists.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required: List name (1-255 characters, trimmed); must be unique in the workspace or the call answers 409 LIST_NAME_TAKEN.
  - `entityType` 'contactList' | 'companyList': Kind of list to create: contactList (people, default) or companyList (companies).

## Response `201`

Success

- object
  - `list` object, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `entityType` 'contactList' | 'companyList', required
    - `contactsCount` integer, required
    - `companiesCount` integer, required
    - `createdAt` string
    - `folderId` string, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Error
- `401`: Error
- `402`: Error
- `403`: Error
- `404`: Error
- `409`: Error
- `422`: Error
- `429`: Error
- `500`: Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/fuseai/apis/fuse-business-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/fuseai/apis/fuse-business-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/fuseai/apis/fuse-business-api/revisions/50d95e0536f4?raw)