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title: 'Create Organizations'
description: 'The organizations section is used to manage all external business partners your company has contact with – like customers, suppliers, partners, or competitors.'
search:
  tags: ['organizations', 'organisationen-anlegen']
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The **Organizations** section is for managing all external business partners your company has contact with – like customers, suppliers, partners, or competitors. Here, all organizations are collected in one place so you can clearly structure and easily analyze projects, contacts, and relationships.

Learn more here [Organizations – List and Detail View](/organizations/organisationen-listen-und-detailansicht)

![Leadtime interface](/images/help-center/organizations/organisationen-anlegen-01.png)

### Structure and Relationships

![Leadtime interface](/images/help-center/organizations/organisationen-anlegen-02.png)

Leadtime makes a distinction between your company's internal structure (_Employees_, _internal projects_) and the external structure (_Organizations_, _contacts_, _external projects_).

This way you always know which projects and people belong to your company – and which belong to external business partners.

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## Organizations Overview

The organization list shows all recorded external companies in a table format:

- **Short name:** Organization abbreviation (e.g., "CONPR" for ConstructoraPro).
- **Logo:** Visual identifier for the organization.
- **Name:** Full company name.
- **Type:** Organization's role, e.g. _Customer_, _Supplier_, _Partner_, _Competitor_.
- **Projects:** Number of linked projects.
- **Members:** Number of related contacts.
- **Added:** Creation date.
- **Status:** Shows if the organization is active.

With the filter bar, you can search for specific types (e.g. _Customers_, _Suppliers_, _Prospects_).

[Organizations – List and detail view](/organizations/organisationen-listen-und-detailansicht)

## Add organization

The "Add organization" dialog helps you capture new external companies or partners in Leadtime. Organizations are the basis for assigning external projects, contacts and business relationships.

![Leadtime interface](/images/help-center/organizations/organisationen-anlegen-03.png)

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When creating a new organization, you enter the key master data:

![Leadtime interface](/images/help-center/organizations/organisationen-anlegen-04.png)

- **Icon:** Pick an icon that visually represents the organization.
- **Name:** Full company name.
- **Short name:** Abbreviation for quick ID (e.g. “LEAD” for Leadtime GmbH).
- **Type:** Defines the relationship with the organization (e.g. Customer, Supplier, Partner, Prospect).
- **Legal form:** Choose the legal company form (e.g. GmbH, AG, KG).
- **Color:** Used to visually distinguish in lists and projects.
- **Logo:** Optional file upload for the company logo.
- **Start of cooperation:** Date the cooperation started.
- **Description:** Short overview of industry, size or what the organization does.

### Organization Types

| **Type**                                   | **Description**                                       |
| ------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| pink_heart **Customer**                    | Existing business partner with ongoing projects       |
| hourglass_flowing_sand **Prospect**        | Potential customer with first contact or active offer |
| bullseye **Target group**                  | Company that belongs to your target customer group    |
| handshake **Partner**                      | Strategic partner or reseller                         |
| articulated_lorry **Supplier**             | External provider of goods or services                |
| hammer_and_wrench **Service provider**     | Supporting external provider, e.g. for support        |
| moneybag **Investor**                      | Financial or institutional investor                   |
| crossed_swords **Competitor**              | Competitor in the same industry                       |
| classical_building **Authority**           | Public institution or government agency               |
| graduation_cap **Educational institution** | University, school, or research institute             |

#### More information

By clicking on **“Add more information”** you can expand the form.

![Leadtime interface](/images/help-center/organizations/organisationen-anlegen-05.png)

**Contact information:**

- Country, ZIP code, city, street, house number
- Phone number, email, fax number, website

**Legal information:**

- Tax number
- Registration number
- Registration court

### Finish

Once all relevant info is filled in, you can create the organization with **Save** – or kick off your first sales project straight away with **Save & Create Opportunity**.

### Purpose of the “Save & Create Sales Opportunity” button

**More on this topic: [Sales opportunities](/sales/verkaufschancen)**

![Leadtime interface](/images/help-center/organizations/organisationen-anlegen-06.png)

With this feature, a **sales project** gets created along with the new organization. You'll find it in the main area **Sales → Sales opportunities**.

- You can set up multiple **sales opportunities** as separate projects per organization.
- Every sales opportunity is treated like a regular project — with the same functions and options.
- Team members can create tasks, log hours, and document progress.
- This helps you see how much effort has already gone into a particular sales opportunity.
- Projects act as the main data objects where all info — from activities to files through to reports — gets collected.

This integration makes sure the whole sales process blends smoothly into day-to-day project work and all activities are shown consistently in Leadtime.

**Set up organization settings: [Organizations – Settings](/organizations/organisationen-listen-und-detailansicht)**