Create a business entity

Authorizations

x-api-key

string

header

required

Your Meow API key, sent in the x-api-key header for authentication.

Body

application/json

business_phone

string | null

Business phone number.

Required string length: 10 - 20

Example:

"+14155550123"

business_taxid

string | null

Business tax ID (EIN).

Maximum string length: 50

Example:

"12-3456789"

business_website

string | null

Public website of the business.

Maximum string length: 400

Example:

"https://catnipcoffee.com"

business_description

string | null

Short description of what the business does.

Maximum string length: 400

Example:

"Specialty coffee roaster and cafe"

industry

enum<string> | null

The industry the business operates in.

Available options:

accounting_bookkeeping,

accounting_bookkeeping_tax_preparation,

advertising,

art,

art_theater,

art_painting,

art_sculpting,

beauty_cosmetic_services,

biotech,

business_management,

cafeterias_grill_buffets_buffets,

caterers,

cleaning_services,

construction,

consulting,

consulting_strategy,

consulting_business,

consulting_financial,

crypto,

crypto_exchange,

crypto_investments,

crypto_daos,

crypto_nfts,

crypto_mining,

saas,

design,

design_web,

design_digital,

design_interior,

design_fashion,

drinking_places_alcoholic_beverages,

ecommerce,

ecommerce_amazon,

ecommerce_ebay,

ecommerce_shopify,

education,

education_university,

education_financial,

energy,

energy_solar,

energy_wind,

energy_refining,

energy_fuel,

entertainment,

entertainment_television,

entertainment_film,

entertainment_music,

entertainment_print,

financial_services,

financial_services_money_services_business,

financial_services_payment_processor,

financial_services_fintech,

financial_services_consumer_commercial_lending,

fitness,

food,

food_restaurant_food_truck,

food_manufacturing,

food_service_contractors,

full_service_restaurants,

hardware,

health_services,

health_services_clinic,

health_services_telehealth,

health_services_holistic_services,

health_services_healthcare_tech,

holding,

insurance,

investment,

investment_venture_capital,

legal,

legal_attorney,

legal_paralegal,

limited_service_restaurants,

marketing,

marketplace,

merchant_banking,

merges_and_acquisitions,

mining,

mobile_food_services,

nonprofit,

other,

private_equity,

professional_services,

professional_services_architect,

professional_services_attorney,

professional_services_doctor,

professional_services_engineer,

professional_services_paralegal,

real_estate,

real_estate_short_term_rental,

real_estate_development,

real_estate_investing,

real_estate_property_management,

recruiting,

research,

research_medical,

research_scientific,

research_market,

retail_wholesale,

security,

security_private,

security_infosec,

shipping_warehousing,

sports_team,

support_services,

snack_and_nonalcoholic_beverage_bars,

software,

software_b2b,

software_developer_tools,

software_enterprise_software,

technology,

technology_agriculture,

technology_artificial_intelligence,

technology_augmented_reality,

technology_community,

technology_consumer,

technology_drones,

technology_government,

technology_it_telecom,

technology_robotics,

technology_virtual_reality,

transportation,

transportation_limo_car_service,

transportation_ride_share,

travel,

travel_agency,

travel_hotel_reservations,

waste_management,

cannabis

account_purpose

enum<string> | null

Why the business needs the account.

Available options:

additional_yield,

business_operations,

other

account_purpose_description

string | null

Free-text detail for the account purpose, when relevant.

Maximum string length: 400

provides_blockchain_or_digital_currency_services

boolean | null

Whether the business provides blockchain or digital currency services.

transacts_in_digital_currency

boolean | null

Whether the business transacts in digital currency.

develops_governs_supports_blockchain_protocol

boolean | null

Whether the business develops, governs, or supports a blockchain protocol.

business_name

string | null

Legal business name.

Required string length: 1 - 400

Example:

"Catnip Coffee Co"

business_date_of_incorporation

string<date> | null

Date the business was incorporated.

incorporation_state

enum<string> | null

State or jurisdiction of incorporation.

Available options:

AL,

AK,

AZ,

AR,

CA,

CO,

CT,

DC,

DE,

FL,

GA,

HI,

ID,

IL,

IN,

IA,

KS,

KY,

LA,

ME,

MD,

MA,

MI,

MN,

MS,

MO,

MT,

NE,

NV,

NH,

NJ,

NM,

NY,

NC,

ND,

OH,

OK,

OR,

PA,

RI,

SC,

SD,

TN,

TX,

UT,

VT,

VA,

WA,

WV,

WI,

WY,

PR

Example:

"DE"

legal_structure

enum<string> | null

Legal structure of the business (e.g. llc, corp).

Available options:

ccorp,

corp,

estate,

foreign_entity,

llc,

llp,

lp,

nonprofit,

partnership,

scheme,

scorp,

soleprop,

trust

business_address

OnboardingAddress · object | null

Registered legal business address.

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physical_address

OnboardingAddress · object | null

Primary operating address, sent together with business_address. Provide it only when it differs from the legal address; omitting it keeps a physical address already on file, or uses the legal address when none is set yet.

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reference_id

string | null

Your own identifier for this entity. Pass the same value to retry safely: a create reusing a reference_id you already used returns the original entity instead of creating a duplicate.

Required string length: 1 - 255

Example:

"order-2026-04-001"

Response

Successful Response

string<uuid>

required

Public ID of the new business entity. Use it as the entity_id path parameter on the onboarding endpoints, and in the x-entity-id header for entity-scoped requests once the entity is onboarded.

business_name

string | null

required

Legal business name.

created_at

string<date-time>

required

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the entity was created.