---
title: "Lists all customer families"
method: GET
path: "/customer-families"
tags: ["Customer Families"]
---

# Lists all customer families

`GET /customer-families`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.rillet.com`
- URL: `https://api.rillet.com/customer-families`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/rillet/apis/rillet-accounting-api/docs/customer-families/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Returns customer families with pagination and optional search or update filters.
The response does not include members; use list-customer-family-members to read them.

## Query parameters

- `limit` integer
- `cursor` string: If defined, a cursor to retrieve the next page.
- `search` string
- `updated.gt` string, date-time
- `sort_by` 'created' | 'updated'

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `customer_families` CustomerFamily[], required
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `name` string, required: Defaults to the root parent customer's name when omitted on create.
    - `root_parent_customer_id` string, uuid, required: The customer at the top of the tree. Every family has exactly one. Not to be confused with a member's parent_customer_id, which points at whoever that member reports to.
    - `member_count` integer, required: How many customers are in the family, counting the one at the top. Always at least two.
  - `pagination` Pagination
    - `next_cursor` string: If defined, a cursor to retrieve the next page.

## Other responses

- `default`: Error

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `c393d0102005`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/rillet/apis/rillet-accounting-api/changes/customer-families/get.md)

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