Create a company

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Adds a company to your CRM. Only name is required.

Search the list endpoint by name first — nothing here deduplicates for you, so creating a company you already have leaves you with two.

Every company created through the API is a client. Vendors cannot be created here.

Body
required
application/json

Company attributes, wrapped in a company key.

  • company
    Type: object
    required
Responses
  • application/json
  • application/json
  • application/json
  • application/json
  • application/json
  • application/json
Request Example for post/public-api/v1/companies
curl https://app.hellobonsai.com/public-api/v1/companies \
  --request POST \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN' \
  --data '{
  "company": {
    "name": "Acme Corp",
    "default_contact_id": 7,
    "domains": [
      "example.com",
      "example.net"
    ]
  }
}'

{
  "data": {
    "id": 42,
    "name": "Acme Corp",
    "default_contact_id": 7,
    "archived_at": "2026-04-14T09:12:04.000Z",
    "created_at": "2026-04-14T09:12:04.000Z",
    "domains": [
      "example.com",
      "example.net"
    ],
    "url": "https://app.hellobonsai.com/companies/42"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "b1f0d2c4-7a9e-4c3b-8d5f-1e2a3b4c5d6e"
  }
}

The company was created.