--- title: What is Company Hierarchy? | Makula Help Center description: Makula Help Center --- [Skip to content](https://help.makula.io/en/what-is-company-hierarchy-makula-help-center#main-content) English Show submenu for translations Makula Technology GmbH Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - Contact us Contact us How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Makula Help Center](https://help.makula.io/en?hsLang=en) 2. [Field Service](https://help.makula.io/en/field-service?hsLang=en) 3. [Customer Management](https://help.makula.io/en/field-service?hsLang=en#customer-management) # What is Company Hierarchy? | Makula Help Center ### What is Company Hierarchy? Learn how Company Hierarchy in Makula lets you mirror real world company structures with parent and sub companies. Written by George Newman Updated over a week ago ### What is Company Hierarchy for? Company Hierarchy lets you mirror real world company structures in Makula. For example: - A group with regional subsidiaries - A distributor with its own customers A group with regional subsidiaries A distributor with its own customers Each company stays a single record with one ID, however many places it sits in the hierarchy. ### How does the hierarchy work? - **Multiple parents:** a company can sit under two or more parent companies at the same time, while remaining one company. - **Unlimited levels:** hierarchies can go deeper than parent and sub company, for example Group \> Region \> Site. - **Multiple top level companies:** a company can trace back to any number of top level companies (companies with no parent). - **Same company, several paths:** a company can appear more than once under the same top level company through different routes. For example, if Company A has sub companies B and D, and both B and D have C as a sub company, that is allowed because C is still one company. - **Sub Companies tab:** every company has a Sub Companies tab, not just top level companies. **Multiple parents:** a company can sit under two or more parent companies at the same time, while remaining one company. **Unlimited levels:** hierarchies can go deeper than parent and sub company, for example Group \> Region \> Site. **Multiple top level companies:** a company can trace back to any number of top level companies (companies with no parent). **Same company, several paths:** a company can appear more than once under the same top level company through different routes. For example, if Company A has sub companies B and D, and both B and D have C as a sub company, that is allowed because C is still one company. **Sub Companies tab:** every company has a Sub Companies tab, not just top level companies. ### How do I see the hierarchy in the companies list? - Companies with sub companies have an expandable accordion. The accordion icon shows whether a company has sub companies. - Expand a company to see its sub companies, indented to show the hierarchy. - If a company can be reached through more than one path under the same parent, it is counted once in that parent's sub company count. Companies with sub companies have an expandable accordion. The accordion icon shows whether a company has sub companies. Expand a company to see its sub companies, indented to show the hierarchy. 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