# GET /api/v1/businesses

> List businesses

- **Tag:** businesses
- **Operation ID:** `list_businesses_api_v1_businesses_get`

## Description

Retrieve businesses the authenticated user has access to.

## Authentication

Bearer token in `Authorization` header.
Required header: `x-business-id: <business uuid>`.

## Parameters

- `id` (query, string, optional)
- `name` (query, string, optional)
- `teal_instance` (query, string, optional)
- `stripe_account_id` (query, string, optional)
- `shopify_shop_domain` (query, string, optional)
- `user_id` (query, string, optional)
- `cursor` (query, string, optional) — Cursor for pagination
- `limit` (query, integer, optional) — Pagination limit
- `direction` (query, string, optional) — Pagination direction: 'next' or 'prev'
- `include_total_count` (query, boolean, optional) — Whether to include total count (expensive - avoid if possible)
- `sort_by` (query, string, optional) — Column name to sort by (e.g. 'created_at', 'amount', 'name'). When changing sort, reset cursor to None.
- `descending` (query, boolean, optional) — Sort direction: true for descending (newest/largest first), false for ascending

## Responses

### 200 — Successful Response

Schema: `BusinessCursorListResponse`

- `items` (array · BusinessResponse · required) → `BusinessResponse` — List of items
  - `id` (string) — Business UUID.
  - `firm_id` (string) — Advisory firm UUID this business belongs to.
  - `mailbox` (string) — Email prefix for bill forwarding.
  - `name` (string) — Business name.
  - `logo_url` (string) — URL to business logo/avatar image.
  - `default_currency` (string) — Default currency for the business (USD, CAD, AUD, EUR, or GBP).
  - `tax_year_end_month` (integer) — Month when the tax/fiscal year ends (1-12). 12 = calendar year.
  - `tax_year_display` (string) — Human-readable tax year description (e.g., 'Calendar Year (Jan-Dec)').
  - `created_at` (string · date-time) — Creation timestamp.
  - `updated_at` (string · date-time) — Last update timestamp.
  - `teal_instance_id` (string) — Teal instance ID (API format).
  - `teal_instance` (string) — Teal database ID.
  - `entries_start` (string · date-time) — Start date for transaction imports.
  - `stripe_account_id` (string) — Connected Stripe account ID.
  - `stripe_subscription_id` (string) — Stripe subscription ID.
  - `stripe_customer_id` (string) — Stripe customer ID.
  - `subscription_items` (object) — Stripe subscription items/products linked to this business.
  - `shopify_shop_domain` (string) — Connected Shopify domain.
  - `shopify_access_token_id` (string) — Shopify token UUID.
  - `ramp_connection_id` (string) — Ramp connection UUID.
  - `square_connection_id` (string) — Square connection UUID.
  - `finch_connection_id` (string) — Finch payroll connection UUID.
  - `hubspot_connection_id` (string) — HubSpot connection UUID.
  - `plaid_connections` (array · PlaidConnectionSchema) — Connected bank accounts via Plaid.
  - `slack_connected` (boolean) — Whether a Slack webhook URL is configured.
  - `sync` (SyncStatus) — Teal sync status.
  - `inventory_mode` (string) — Inventory module flavor: 'cpg' or 'finished_goods'.
- `total` (integer) — Total number of items (null when not calculated for performance)
- `limit` (integer) — Pagination limit
- `next_cursor` (string) — Cursor for next page
- `prev_cursor` (string) — Cursor for previous page
- `has_next` (boolean · required) — Whether there are more items
- `has_prev` (boolean · required) — Whether there are previous items

### 401 — Unauthorized - Authentication required

### 403 — Forbidden - Insufficient permissions

### 422 — Validation Error

Schema: `HTTPValidationError`

- `detail` (array · ValidationError) → `ValidationError`
  - `loc` (array · string | integer · required)
  - `msg` (string · required)
  - `type` (string · required)
  - `input` (object)
  - `ctx` (object)

## Code samples

### cURL

```bash
curl -X GET 'https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/businesses' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer dz_your_token' \
  -H 'x-business-id: YOUR_BUSINESS_ID'
```

### JavaScript

```javascript
const response = await fetch('https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/businesses', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer dz_your_token',
    'x-business-id': 'YOUR_BUSINESS_ID',
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
```

### Python

```python
import httpx

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer dz_your_token",
    "x-business-id": "YOUR_BUSINESS_ID",
}

response = httpx.get("https://api.ondayzero.com/api/v1/businesses", headers=headers)
data = response.json()
```

## See also

- HTML version: https://www.ondayzero.com/docs/reference/businesses/list-businesses
- OpenAPI slice: https://www.ondayzero.com/docs/reference/businesses/list-businesses/openapi.json
- Other endpoints in **businesses**: https://www.ondayzero.com/docs/reference/businesses