# Companies

View and manage all of your marketplace customer accounts in one place.

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## Overview

A company represents the **business entity purchasing your product**. It acts as the anchor for all related activity — contacts, offers, metering, and invoices. The **Companies** page brings together every customer account across your cloud marketplaces, where you can track key metrics at a glance, filter and search for a specific account, and drill into any company to see its entitlements, offers, and activity — and take action directly.

**Permissions required**

- You need **Admin** access to the Suger Console. If you don't have access yet, ask your organization admin to invite you. See [Account Management](/get-started/account/) for details on users and roles.
- If your organization uses custom roles, you must have explicit edit permissions under:
  - **BUYER scope** (for Companies)
  - **CONTACT scope** (for Contacts)

## How companies are created

In Suger, company records are created automatically, so you don't need to add them manually. A company is created when:

- A deal is synced from a connected CRM (like Salesforce or HubSpot).
- A cloud marketplace offer is accepted.
- A buyer is created through an integrated sales or billing workflow.

This ensures all customer accounts are tracked without manual setup.

## Act on your key metrics

At the top of the page, three metrics help you quickly understand performance and focus areas:

- **Total Buyers** — number of customers who made a purchase
- **Cloud Distribution** — breakdown of activity across cloud segments
- **Region** — performance split by geographic area

![Company page metrics in the Suger Console](images/companies-in-suger-1.png)

## Search and filter

Use the filters to narrow the list by cloud provider, status, or other attributes, or search directly for a specific account.

## Explore individual companies

The Companies table gives you a simple way to view and manage customer accounts. Each row shows key details like company name, cloud partner, account IDs, and financial activity.

![Company table in the Suger Console](images/companies-in-suger-2.png)

When you open a company, you can:

- Automatically see extra details like LinkedIn, website, and location
- View all active entitlements, private offers, and CPPO activity in one place
- Take actions directly, such as starting a renewal or upsell, editing customer info, and downloading invoices or agreements

The company workspace is organized into tabs:

- **Overview** — a high-level summary of the company, including key account information and related activity.
- **Contacts** — all individuals associated with the company, including stakeholders, buyers, and technical contacts.
- **Metering** — usage data and consumption metrics tied to the company, typically used for usage-based billing and tracking.
- **Invoices** — billing records and invoices associated with the company.

![Company page in the Suger Console](images/edit-and-manage-a-company-1.png)

## Edit a company

Edit a company when you need to update its details, correct metadata, or configure billing and usage integrations.

1. Go to the **Company** tab in the Suger Console.
2. Find the company you want to update, then click the **Edit** (pencil icon) next to it.
3. Update **Basic Information**:
   - **Name** — the internal buyer identifier or company name.
   - **Description** — optional notes about the account.
4. Update **Company Information** (optional). This information is typically used for enrichment, reporting, or downstream CRM alignment.
5. Update **Integration Information**. This connects the company to external billing, CRM, or usage metering systems.
6. Click **Save** to apply your changes.

Once saved, updates are reflected across reporting, billing, and integrations.