# Admit enterprise

Source: https://business-api-docs.youhodler.com/docs/api/reference/enterprises/enterprises-create

Create the enterprise perimeter when it does not exist yet.

## Request

**Request URL — POST**
```http
POST /enterprises
```

**Request Body — application/json**
```json
{
  "designated_admin": {
    "display_name": "Acme Admin",
    "email": "admin@acme.example"
  },
  "external_id": "ent-ext-0001",
  "jurisdiction": "DE",
  "legal_name": "Acme Fintech GmbH",
  "metadata": {
    "industry": "fintech"
  }
}
```

## Responses

**201 Resource created successfully**

Resource created successfully.

```json
{
  "enterprise": {
    "admission_state": "operational",
    "created_at": "2026-05-01T10:00:00Z",
    "default_master_account": "master-accounts/b8e2f1a0-4c3d-4e5f-9a1b-2c3d4e5f6a7b",
    "etag": "W/\"a1b2c3d4\"",
    "external_id": "ent-ext-0001",
    "id": "b8e2f1a0-4c3d-4e5f-9a1b-2c3d4e5f6a7b",
    "jurisdiction": "DE",
    "legal_name": "Acme Fintech GmbH",
    "metadata": {
      "hq_country": "DE",
      "industry": "fintech"
    },
    "resource": "enterprise",
    "restriction_state": "none",
    "updated_at": "2026-05-01T10:00:00Z"
  },
  "master_account": {
    "created_at": "2026-05-01T10:00:00Z",
    "display_name": "Primary Settlement Account",
    "etag": "W/\"b2c3d4e5\"",
    "id": "b8e2f1a0-4c3d-4e5f-9a1b-2c3d4e5f6a7b",
    "parent": "enterprises/b8e2f1a0-4c3d-4e5f-9a1b-2c3d4e5f6a7b",
    "resource": "master_account",
    "status": "active",
    "tenant_type": "enterprise",
    "updated_at": "2026-05-01T10:00:00Z"
  }
}
```

**400 Invalid request payload**

Invalid request payload, query, or parameter shape.

```json
{
  "code": "invalid_request",
  "details": {
    "reason": "missing_required_field"
  },
  "message": "Invalid request."
}
```

**401 Caller is not authenticated or the bearer token is invalid**

Caller is not authenticated or the bearer token is invalid.

```json
{
  "code": "unauthorized",
  "message": "Authentication required."
}
```

**403 Caller lacks the required capability or permitted scope**

Caller lacks the required capability or permitted scope.

```json
{
  "code": "forbidden_capability_scope",
  "details": {
    "reason": "missing_capability"
  },
  "message": "Insufficient capability or scope for this operation."
}
```

**409 State conflict — the request cannot be applied to the current resource state**

State conflict — the request cannot be applied to the current resource state.

```json
{
  "code": "idempotency_conflict",
  "details": {
    "reason": "key_payload_mismatch"
  },
  "message": "Idempotency key conflict."
}
```

**422 Operation is not admissible — it violates a business rule**

Operation is not admissible — it violates a business rule, policy constraint, or lifecycle precondition specific to this resource.

```json
{
  "code": "not_admissible",
  "details": {
    "reason": "not_admissible"
  },
  "message": "The operation is not admissible in the current state."
}
```

**429 Request rate limit exceeded**

Request rate limit exceeded. Retry after the delay indicated in the `details.retry_after_ms` field.

```json
{
  "code": "rate_limited",
  "details": {
    "retry_after_ms": 5000
  },
  "message": "Too many requests."
}
```

**502 Upstream service returned an unexpected error**

Upstream service returned an unexpected error.

```json
{
  "code": "upstream_error",
  "message": "An upstream service returned an unexpected error."
}
```

**503 Service is temporarily unavailable**

Service is temporarily unavailable; retry with backoff.

```json
{
  "code": "temporarily_unavailable",
  "details": {
    "reason": "downstream_rbac_unavailable"
  },
  "message": "Service is temporarily unavailable."
}
```