This module adds company categories concept.
On the company form view, you can set the category of the company.
This module is usefull for statistical purposes, in a multi company context.
auto_awesome What this module does
AI-generated from the code · Odoo 18.0Adds company categories so you can group and classify companies in a multi-company database. You can assign a category to each company and browse companies by category.
This module introduces a new concept of company categories, useful for statistical and organisational purposes when you manage several companies in Odoo.
- On the company form, a new Category field lets you pick the category a company belongs to. The category also appears in the company list and can be used as a filter in the company search view.
- A new Company Categories screen is available under the Users menu. There you can create categories, give them a name, mark them as archived, and organise them in a hierarchy using a parent category.
- Categories come in two kinds: Normal categories, which are assigned to companies, and View categories, which are only used as grouping parents. Only normal categories can be selected on a company.
- Each category shows a Companies counter button that opens the list of companies in that category. For view categories, the counter adds up the companies of all sub-categories.
- The full name of a category is built automatically from its parent, for example Shops / Organic Food Shops, and categories are sorted by that full name.
Access is read-only for regular users; only managers can create, edit or delete categories.
Depends on
Menus it adds
Models and fields (2)
- res.company · extends an existing modelcategory_id (Category)
- res.company.category · new modelname, type, active, child_ids (Category Childs), parent_id (Parent Category), company_ids (Companies), company_qty (Companies Quantity), parent_path, complete_name
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Availability by version
Reviewed: 2026-11-03Confirmation status: 3 confirmed, 6 with no information of 9 versions.
Sources · Odoo 12.0
Confirmed on 2026-11-03 in branch 12.0 of OCA/multi-company.
terminal Installation and usage
OCA documentation · Odoo 18.0Configuration
Source · Odoo 18.0- go to 'Configuration' / 'Companies' / 'Company Categories'
- Create new company categories.
For each category, you can define a type 'view' or 'normal' (as for product categories).
- Go to your companies, and set for each a category in the 'Configuration' tab.
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