> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> Learn how to create Organizations using the Auth0 Dashboard and Management API.

# Create Organizations

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export const AuthCodeBlock = ({filename, icon, language, highlight, children}) => {
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You can create [organizations](/docs/manage-users/organizations/organizations-overview) using either the <Tooltip tip="Auth0 Dashboard: Auth0's main product to configure your services." cta="View Glossary" href="/docs/glossary?term=Auth0+Dashboard">Auth0 Dashboard</Tooltip> or the <Tooltip tip="Auth0 Dashboard: Auth0's main product to configure your services." cta="View Glossary" href="/docs/glossary?term=Management+API">Management API</Tooltip>.

<Card title="Availability varies by Auth0 plan">
  Your Auth0 plan or custom agreement affects whether this feature is available. To learn more, read [Pricing](https://auth0.com/pricing).
</Card>

## Auth0 Dashboard

To create an organization via the Auth0 Dashboard:

1. Navigate to [Auth0 Dashboard > Organizations](https://manage.auth0.com/#/organizations).
2. Select **Create Organization**.
3. Enter basic information for your organization, and select **Add Organization**:

   | **Field**        | **Description**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
   | ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   | **Name**         | Name of the organization you would like to create. This is the name that an end-user would type in the pre-login prompt to identify which organization they wanted to log in through. Unique logical identifier. May contain lowercase alphabetical characters, numbers, underscores (`_`), and dashes (`-`). Can start with a number. Must be between 1 and 50 characters. |
   | **Display Name** | User-friendly name to display.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
4. Locate the **Branding** section and customize your organization, then select **Save changes**:

   | **Field**                 | **Description**                                                                               |
   | ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   | **Organization Logo**     | Logo to display. Minimum recommended resolution is 200 pixels (width) by 200 pixels (height). |
   | **Primary Color**         | Color for primary elements.                                                                   |
   | **Page Background Color** | Color for background.                                                                         |
5. Locate the **Metadata** section and add any necessary metadata key/value pairs to the organization, then select **Add**.

## Management API

To create an organization via the Management API:

Make a `POST` call to the `Create Organizations` endpoint. Ensure you replace the placeholder values with the appropriate values from your tenant. For more details, review the parameter chart below.

<AuthCodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --request POST \
    --url 'https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/organizations' \
    --header 'authorization: Bearer {MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN}' \
    --header 'cache-control: no-cache' \
    --header 'content-type: application/json' \
    --data '{ "name": "ORG_NAME", "display_name": "ORG_DISPLAY_NAME", "branding": [ { "logo_url": "{orgLogo}", "colors": [ { "primary": "{orgPrimaryColor}", "page_background": "{orgPageBackground}" } ] } ], "metadata": [ { "{key}": "{value}", "{key}": "{value}", "{key}": "{value}" } ] }, "enabled_connections": [ { "connection_id": "{connectionId}", "assign_membership_on_login": "{assignMembershipOption}" }, { "connection_id": "{connectionId}", "assign_membership_on_login": "{assignMembershipOption}" } ] }'
  ```

  ```csharp C# theme={null}
  var client = new RestClient("https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/organizations");
  var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
  request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json");
  request.AddHeader("authorization", "Bearer {MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN}");
  request.AddHeader("cache-control", "no-cache");
  request.AddParameter("application/json", "{ "name": "ORG_NAME", "display_name": "ORG_DISPLAY_NAME", "branding": [ { "logo_url": "{orgLogo}", "colors": [ { "primary": "{orgPrimaryColor}", "page_background": "{orgPageBackground}" } ] } ], "metadata": [ { "{key}": "{value}", "{key}": "{value}", "{key}": "{value}" } ] }, "enabled_connections": [ { "connection_id": "{connectionId}", "assign_membership_on_login": "{assignMembershipOption}" }, { "connection_id": "{connectionId}", "assign_membership_on_login": "{assignMembershipOption}" } ] }", ParameterType.RequestBody);
  IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
  ```

  ```go Go theme={null}
  package main

  import (
  	"fmt"
  	"strings"
  	"net/http"
  	"io/ioutil"
  )

  func main() {

  	url := "https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/organizations"

  	payload := strings.NewReader("{ "name": "ORG_NAME", "display_name": "ORG_DISPLAY_NAME", "branding": [ { "logo_url": "{orgLogo}", "colors": [ { "primary": "{orgPrimaryColor}", "page_background": "{orgPageBackground}" } ] } ], "metadata": [ { "{key}": "{value}", "{key}": "{value}", "{key}": "{value}" } ] }, "enabled_connections": [ { "connection_id": "{connectionId}", "assign_membership_on_login": "{assignMembershipOption}" }, { "connection_id": "{connectionId}", "assign_membership_on_login": "{assignMembershipOption}" } ] }")

  	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

  	req.Header.Add("content-type", "application/json")
  	req.Header.Add("authorization", "Bearer {MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN}")
  	req.Header.Add("cache-control", "no-cache")

  	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  	defer res.Body.Close()
  	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

  	fmt.Println(res)
  	fmt.Println(string(body))

  }
  ```

  ```java Java theme={null}
  HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/organizations")
    .header("content-type", "application/json")
    .header("authorization", "Bearer {MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN}")
    .header("cache-control", "no-cache")
    .body("{ "name": "ORG_NAME", "display_name": "ORG_DISPLAY_NAME", "branding": [ { "logo_url": "{orgLogo}", "colors": [ { "primary": "{orgPrimaryColor}", "page_background": "{orgPageBackground}" } ] } ], "metadata": [ { "{key}": "{value}", "{key}": "{value}", "{key}": "{value}" } ] }, "enabled_connections": [ { "connection_id": "{connectionId}", "assign_membership_on_login": "{assignMembershipOption}" }, { "connection_id": "{connectionId}", "assign_membership_on_login": "{assignMembershipOption}" } ] }")
    .asString();
  ```

  ```javascript Node.JS theme={null}
  var axios = require("axios").default;

  var options = {
    method: 'POST',
    url: 'https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/organizations',
    headers: {
      'content-type': 'application/json',
      authorization: 'Bearer {MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN}',
      'cache-control': 'no-cache'
    },
    data: '{ "name": "ORG_NAME", "display_name": "ORG_DISPLAY_NAME", "branding": [ { "logo_url": "{orgLogo}", "colors": [ { "primary": "{orgPrimaryColor}", "page_background": "{orgPageBackground}" } ] } ], "metadata": [ { "{key}": "{value}", "{key}": "{value}", "{key}": "{value}" } ] }, "enabled_connections": [ { "connection_id": "{connectionId}", "assign_membership_on_login": "{assignMembershipOption}" }, { "connection_id": "{connectionId}", "assign_membership_on_login": "{assignMembershipOption}" } ] }'
  };

  axios.request(options).then(function (response) {
    console.log(response.data);
  }).catch(function (error) {
    console.error(error);
  });
  ```

  ```php PHP theme={null}
  $curl = curl_init();

  curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/organizations",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{ "name": "ORG_NAME", "display_name": "ORG_DISPLAY_NAME", "branding": [ { "logo_url": "{orgLogo}", "colors": [ { "primary": "{orgPrimaryColor}", "page_background": "{orgPageBackground}" } ] } ], "metadata": [ { "{key}": "{value}", "{key}": "{value}", "{key}": "{value}" } ] }, "enabled_connections": [ { "connection_id": "{connectionId}", "assign_membership_on_login": "{assignMembershipOption}" }, { "connection_id": "{connectionId}", "assign_membership_on_login": "{assignMembershipOption}" } ] }",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
      "authorization: Bearer {MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN}",
      "cache-control: no-cache",
      "content-type: application/json"
    ],
  ]);

  $response = curl_exec($curl);
  $err = curl_error($curl);

  curl_close($curl);

  if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
  } else {
    echo $response;
  }
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import http.client

  conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("")

  payload = "{ "name": "ORG_NAME", "display_name": "ORG_DISPLAY_NAME", "branding": [ { "logo_url": "{orgLogo}", "colors": [ { "primary": "{orgPrimaryColor}", "page_background": "{orgPageBackground}" } ] } ], "metadata": [ { "{key}": "{value}", "{key}": "{value}", "{key}": "{value}" } ] }, "enabled_connections": [ { "connection_id": "{connectionId}", "assign_membership_on_login": "{assignMembershipOption}" }, { "connection_id": "{connectionId}", "assign_membership_on_login": "{assignMembershipOption}" } ] }"

  headers = {
      'content-type': "application/json",
      'authorization': "Bearer {MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN}",
      'cache-control': "no-cache"
      }

  conn.request("POST", "/{yourDomain}/api/v2/organizations", payload, headers)

  res = conn.getresponse()
  data = res.read()

  print(data.decode("utf-8"))
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby theme={null}
  require 'uri'
  require 'net/http'
  require 'openssl'

  url = URI("https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/organizations")

  http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
  http.use_ssl = true
  http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

  request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
  request["content-type"] = 'application/json'
  request["authorization"] = 'Bearer {MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN}'
  request["cache-control"] = 'no-cache'
  request.body = "{ "name": "ORG_NAME", "display_name": "ORG_DISPLAY_NAME", "branding": [ { "logo_url": "{orgLogo}", "colors": [ { "primary": "{orgPrimaryColor}", "page_background": "{orgPageBackground}" } ] } ], "metadata": [ { "{key}": "{value}", "{key}": "{value}", "{key}": "{value}" } ] }, "enabled_connections": [ { "connection_id": "{connectionId}", "assign_membership_on_login": "{assignMembershipOption}" }, { "connection_id": "{connectionId}", "assign_membership_on_login": "{assignMembershipOption}" } ] }"

  response = http.request(request)
  puts response.read_body
  ```
</AuthCodeGroup>

<Callout icon="file-lines" color="#0EA5E9" iconType="regular">
  **Find Your Auth0 Domain**

  If your Auth0 domain is your tenant name, your regional subdomain (unless your tenant is in the US region and was created before June 2020), plus `.auth0.com`. For example, if your tenant name were `travel0`, your Auth0 domain name would be `travel0.us.auth0.com`. (If your tenant were in the US and created before June 2020, then your domain name would be `https://travel0.auth0.com`.)

  If you are using custom domains, this should be your custom domain name.
</Callout>

| **Value**                  | **Description**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| -------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN`    | [Access Token for the Management API](/docs/secure/tokens/access-tokens/management-api-access-tokens) with the scope `create:organizations`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `ORG_NAME`                 | Name of the organization you would like to create. This is the name that an end-user would type in the pre-login prompt to identify which organization they wanted to log in through. Unique logical identifier. May contain lowercase alphabetical characters, numbers, underscores (`_`), and dashes (`-`). Can start with a number. Must be between 1 and 50 characters. |
| `ORG_DISPLAY_NAME`         | Optional. User-friendly name of the organizations that can be displayed in the login flow and email templates.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `ORG_LOGO`                 | Optional. URL of the organization’s logo.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `ORG_PRIMARY_COLOR`        | Optional. HEX color code for primary elements.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `ORG_BACKGROUND_COLOR`     | Optional. HEX color code for background.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| `KEY`/`VALUE`              | Optional. String key/value pairs that represent metadata for the organization. Maximum of 255 characters each. Maximum of 25 metadata pairs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `CONNECTION_ID`            | Optional. ID of the connection you want to enable for the specified organization. Enabled connections are displayed on the organization's login prompt, so users can access your application(s) through them.                                                                                                                                                               |
| `ASSIGN_MEMBERSHIP_OPTION` | Optional. Indicates whether you want users that log in with the enabled connection to automatically be granted membership in the specified organization. When set to `true`, users will automatically be granted membership. When set to `false`, they will not automatically be granted membership.                                                                        |

### Response status codes

Possible response status codes are as follows:

| **Status code** | **Error code**          | **Message**                                                                                          | **Cause**                                                                          |
| --------------- | ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `201`           |                         | Organization successfully created.                                                                   |                                                                                    |
| `400`           | `invalid_body`          | Invalid request body. The message will vary depending on the cause.                                  | The request payload is not valid.                                                  |
| `400`           | `invalid_query_string`  | Invalid request query string. The message will vary depending on the cause.                          | The query string is not valid.                                                     |
| `401`           |                         | Invalid token.                                                                                       |                                                                                    |
| `401`           |                         | Invalid signature received for JSON Web Token validation.                                            |                                                                                    |
| `401`           |                         | Client is not global.                                                                                |                                                                                    |
| `403`           | `insufficient_scope`    | Insufficient scope; expected any of: `create:organizations`.                                         | Tried to read/write a field that is not allowed with provided bearer token scopes. |
| `409`           | `organization_conflict` | An organization with the same name already exists.                                                   | An organization with the same name already exists.                                 |
| `429`           |                         | Too many requests. Check the X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining and X-RateLimit-Reset headers. |                                                                                    |
