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title: Adding Companies
description: "[Adding Companies](https://player.vimeo.com/video/941602567?h=8351e34caa&dnt=1&app_id=122963) Use the following instructions to add clients, vendors, and prospective client companies to your database. Company Records are commonly used to: - Store valuable information - Easily access their website and social media - Research the company using…"
url: "https://learning.pcrecruiter.net/site/docs/adding-records/adding-companies/"
updated: "2026-09-25"
category: Adding Records
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# Adding Companies

[Adding Companies](https://player.vimeo.com/video/941602567?h=8351e34caa&dnt=1&app_id=122963)

Use the following instructions to add clients, vendors, and prospective client companies to your database.

Company Records are commonly used to:

- Store valuable information
- Easily access their website and social media
- Research the company using Google and Social Media Search Tools
- View and add its employees
- View and document calls, emails and follow-ups
- Add and monitor job orders received
- Track candidates submitted and ultimately placed

### How to Add a Company Record

1. Click **Company** on your Main Toolbar to open the Company Search Menu
2. Click the **Add** **Company** action icon on the right side of your screen
   - From an existing Company Record, the **Edit Company** navigation tab also has an **Add Company** icon in the action menu dropdown
3. Enter the Company Details and click **Save** (the dialog box will close once the company is added to the database)

## Default Company

The PCR database administrator should create *one* Default Company in the database. Since PCRecruiter's structure requires that all names be associated with a company, the Default Company serves as a holding place for names imported via the Inhaler, candidates who register via web extensions, or names imported from a list when a company is not defined. You may also add any name to this company when their current company is unknown, or you do not need their current company as a record in your database. This Company is accessed by selecting **Display Default Company** from the action menu of a Company Record.

The Default Company is determined by the field titled "Default Company Type" being set to *Default Company*. It is important to know that each database should have only one Default Company.