> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.techwolf.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# External Company Creation

To get started, first you need to create one or more external companies within
the Skill Engine API. This process is very similar to the
[entity creation](/tutorials/vacancy-matching/entity-creation/) step from the Vacancy
matching tutorial, with one key difference: as External Companies inside the
Skill Engine API are not standard entities, they do not have a skill profile
(and cannot result in a 422 error).

For each External Company, a minimal set of details is required:

* The company name
* The VAT number
* The location of the company, expressed as latitude and longitude

As with entities, the `external_id` of each External Company is also controlled
by you. To create one, simply submit a `POST` request to the `companies`
endpoint:

```JSON theme={null}
{
  "external_id": "a3903505-eb84-42dc-a79f-5e7b1fe897b7",
  "name": "TechWolf",
  "vat": "BE0702852201",
  "location": {
    "lat": 51.0216707,
    "lng": 3.6887328
  }
}
```

For more details on how to update or delete External Companies, please head over
to the [API Reference](/reference/).

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