---
title: "Create Business Type"
description: "Use POST /business_types to create a business type. The current public operation is BusinessType.register."
canonical: https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/create-business-types/
---

# Create Business Type

> **API operation:** [Open the endpoint in the API reference](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/#tag/business_types/POST/business_types)

Use `POST /business_types` to create a business type. The current public operation is `BusinessType.register`.

If available, the operation requires administrator authentication and currently requires `name`. Optional fields include `description`, `enabled`, and `image`; see the operation guide for validation and image handling.

This operation creates a business type, not a business.

## OpenAPI reference

**Operation:** `POST /business_types`

**Request body fields**

| Name          | Type    | Required |
| ------------- | ------- | -------- |
| `description` | any     | No       |
| `enabled`     | boolean | No       |
| `image`       | any     | No       |
| `name`        | any     | Yes      |

**Responses**

| Code | Description                           |
| ---- | ------------------------------------- |
| 200  | OK (Envelope)                         |
| 400  | Bad Request (ErrorResponse)           |
| 401  | Unauthorized                          |
| 404  | Not Found                             |
| 429  | Too Many Requests (ErrorResponse)     |
| 500  | Internal Server Error (ErrorResponse) |
| 503  | Service Unavailable (ErrorResponse)   |

[Open this operation in the API reference](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/#tag/business_types/POST/business_types)