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# Adding a company

By default there is one company available in Robaws. This information is used for:

* Custom [background](/en/article/creating-your-background-1d4ug4/) on which all PDF documents are printed
* Peppol sender
* Settings for the accounting integration
* Calculating the kilometres based on the company address and the project address
* Executing payments based on the account number
* Shielding quotations, projects and so on per company with [user roles](https://support.robaws.com/en/article/setting-up-the-permissions-of-your-users-7wabst/)

If you want to deviate on one of the points above, you can consider creating an extra 'Robaws company'. These are then not different legal entities, but rather different business units within the same company.

If you are going to use it to run an extra entity within the same environment, be sure to read ["Starting a second environment or using multiple companies in one environment?"](https://support.robaws.com/en/article/starting-a-second-environment-or-using-multiple-companies-in-one-environment-ho8lxv/)

## Use

Only when several companies have been configured do you see the field 'Company' on a quotation, a project and so on. You can then change it whenever you want.
Consider setting up different [templates](https://support.robaws.com/en/article/creating-a-template-ze96ir/) per company so that you do not have to change this every time.

![Field 'company' on a quotation](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/e/a/d/f/eadf6dec760ec000/en-1-1789034371492_x75dvc.png)

## Settings

You can change the settings of your company via **Settings > General > Others > Company**.
Via '+' you can create a company and enter the accompanying information. Below is an overview of a few fields and what they do.

| Setting | Explanation |
| ---- | ---- |
| Vat Nr | Here you fill in the VAT number of your company. |
| Bankaccount | You fill in the bank account number of your company. This matters when you generate payment files, or when you use the QR code on invoices. |
| [G-account](/en/article/setting-up-the-g-account-nx1oaj/) | If you use a [G-account](/en/article/setting-up-the-g-account-nx1oaj/), you can link it directly to the company as well. |
| [Background](/en/article/creating-your-background-1d4ug4/) | The background is used when exporting to PDF. |
| Address | You enter the address of the company. This address is used when calculating the kilometres from the company to the customer or project. |
| Logo | The logo of the company is used for, among other things, [digitally signing documents](https://support.robaws.com/en/article/having-documents-signed-digitally-18e2mvq/) or payments via [Mollie](https://support.robaws.com/en/article/how-does-the-mollie-integration-work-gnl4fb/). |