---
title: "Company Details"
space: "ERPNext"
url: "https://www.prilk.com/docs/erpnext/company"
updated: "2026-05-14"
---

## Company Details

The **Company** record holds your business's identity inside ERPNext — name, legal details, tax IDs, branding. Most of it is filled during the Setup Wizard; this page is about what's there and when to update it.

### Where to find it

**Company → [your company name]** opens the record.

### Key fields

| Field | What |
|---|---|
| **Company Name** | Legal name — appears on invoices, contracts |
| **Abbr** | 2-4 character abbreviation — used in document naming (e.g., "PRILK-INV-0001") |
| **Country** | Drives default tax setup |
| **Default Currency** | Your reporting currency (EUR for NL businesses) |
| **Tax ID (BTW)** | Your BTW number — on invoices |
| **KvK Number** | Chamber of Commerce number — required on Dutch invoices |
| **Email** | Default email for outbound communications |
| **Phone, Fax, Website** | Appears on Letter Heads and invoices |

### Address

The Company has one or more **Addresses** — set the Primary Billing Address used on all outbound invoices. If you have multiple establishments, add each as an Address.

### Default accounts

The Setup Wizard configures these from the chart of accounts:

| Setting | Account it points to |
|---|---|
| **Default Cash Account** | Your main cash account |
| **Default Receivable Account** | Debiteuren |
| **Default Payable Account** | Crediteuren |
| **Default Income Account** | Sales |
| **Default Expense Account** | Operating Expenses (catch-all) |
| **Default Stock Account** | Stock In Hand |
| **Round-Off Account** | For rounding differences in invoices |

You can change these later if you restructure your chart of accounts.

### Multiple companies

For group structures, holding companies, or separate legal entities, create additional Company records via **Company → New**. Each company has:

- Its own books (Chart of Accounts, GL Entries)
- Its own users with company-scoped permissions
- Its own letter head and branding

Inter-company transactions (selling between your own companies) are handled by enabling **Inter-Company Account** on each Company.

### Updating after creation

Most fields are safe to update mid-year:
- Name, address, contact info, banking details — change freely
- Tax IDs — update on change (e.g., BTW number rotation)
- Default accounts — change with care, may affect future postings
- Country / Currency — generally don't change after data exists

### Logo and branding

Upload your **Default Letter Head** which appears on every invoice, quotation, and report PDF. To use different letterheads for different document types or languages, create additional Letter Head records and assign them per Print Format.

### Disabling a company

If you stop operating an entity, set **Disabled = Yes**. Existing records stay; no new transactions allowed.

### Cost Centers

A Company can be structured into **Cost Centers** — departments, projects, branches. Set a default Cost Center on the Company; per-transaction overrides cascade down for granular reporting. See your accountant if you want departmental P&Ls.