---
title: "Create intake business"
method: POST
path: "/v1/admin/businesses"
tags: ["Operations"]
---

# Create intake business

`POST /v1/admin/businesses`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://loppee.com`
- URL: `https://loppee.com/v1/admin/businesses`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `X-LOPPEE-API-Key`

Create intake business. The response is scoped and validated by the runtime repository; unknown or unauthorized resources use the canonical error envelope.

## Request body

- object
  - `display_name` string, required
  - `legal_name` string
  - `category` string
  - `taxonomy_category_aliases` string[], required
  - `phone` string
  - `website` string
  - `street_address` string
  - `city` string
  - `state` string
  - `zip` string
  - `dedupe_ack` boolean

## Response `200`

Create intake business response

- object: Created intake record; creation never implies publication or verification.

## Other responses

- `400`: ErrorResponse
- `401`: ErrorResponse
- `403`: ErrorResponse
- `404`: ErrorResponse
- `409`: ErrorResponse
- `413`: ErrorResponse
- `429`: RateLimitError
- `default`: ErrorResponse

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/loppee/apis/loppee-business-registry-api-for-external-agents.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/loppee/apis/loppee-business-registry-api-for-external-agents/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/loppee/apis/loppee-business-registry-api-for-external-agents/revisions/37285f7cddcd?raw)