---
title: "Create a new Client"
method: POST
path: "/company.json"
tags: ["Clients"]
---

# Create a new Client

`POST /company.json`

#### OAuth Scope
This endpoint requires the following OAuth scope **manage_customers**.

			
			
#### Record UUID
UUID is optional for record creation. If no UUID is supplied, a UUID will be automatically generated for the new record and returned in the `x-record-uuid` response header.

## Request body

- CompanyCreate
  - `name` string, required — Company Name
  - `abn_number` string — Australian Business Number. A unique 11-digit identifier issued by the Australian Taxation Office to businesses. Required for tax compliance and validation of business identity in Australia.
  - `address` string — Password
  - `billing_address` string — Confirm Password
  - `is_individual` 0 | 1 — Derived flag indicating whether the client is an individual. This value is set automatically based on the company name and contact first/last name, and cannot be set via the API.. Valid values are [0,1]
  - `parent_company_uuid` unknown
  - `uuid` string, uuid — Unique identifier for this record
  - `website` string
  - `address_street` string
  - `address_city` string
  - `address_state` string
  - `address_postcode` string
  - `address_country` string
  - `fax_number` string
  - `badges` string — JSON Array of Badge UUIDs
  - `tax_rate_uuid` string, uuid
  - `billing_attention` string
  - `payment_terms` string

## Response `200`

Success

- Result
  - `errorCode` number
  - `message` string

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request - The request is malformed or contains invalid parameters
- `401` — Unauthorized - Authentication credentials are missing or invalid
- `403` — Forbidden - You don't have permission to create this resource
- `429` — Too Many Requests - You have exceeded the rate limit
- `500` — Internal Server Error - An unexpected error occurred on the server

## Changes

- **2026-02-23** `509ed0fe9958` — 1 breaking, 3 info
  - request property `is_individual` was restricted to a list of enum values
  - the request optional property `is_individual` became read-only
  - added the new `0.00` enum value to the request property `is_individual`
  - added the new `1.00` enum value to the request property `is_individual`
- **2025-09-12** `638a8df09bf4` — 1 warning
  - removed the request property `active`
- **2025-08-14** `ca9b053c4373` — 4 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
  - added the non-success response with the status `429`
  - added the non-success response with the status `500`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/servicem8/apis/servicem8-api/changes/company.json/post.md)

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