# Accounts

## Definition(s)

* An [account](https://docs.glencoco.com/core-concepts/leads/accounts) is an organization, and information about that organization, that sales reps can use to reach out to solicit interest and secure meetings/pipeline.
* [accounts](https://docs.glencoco.com/core-concepts/leads/accounts "mention") are one of two [objects](https://docs.glencoco.com/core-concepts/advanced-concepts/objects "mention") that we [split out](https://docs.glencoco.com/core-concepts/lead-ingestions/leads-greater-than-contacts-and-accounts) [](https://docs.glencoco.com/core-concepts/leads "mention")into, with the other being [contacts](https://docs.glencoco.com/core-concepts/leads/contacts "mention")

## Simplified Schema

<table><thead><tr><th width="218.6640625">column</th><th>datatype</th><th>context</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>id</td><td>text</td><td>unique</td></tr><tr><td>customer_campaign_id</td><td>text</td><td><a data-mention href="../advanced-concepts/object-relationships">object-relationships</a> to <a href="../campaigns">campaigns</a></td></tr><tr><td>ingestion_id</td><td>text</td><td><a data-mention href="../advanced-concepts/object-relationships">object-relationships</a> to <a href="../lead-ingestions">lead ingestions</a></td></tr><tr><td>remote_id</td><td>text</td><td>relates to <a href="../lead-ingestions/crm-integrations">crm integrations</a></td></tr><tr><td>name</td><td>text</td><td>required</td></tr><tr><td>website</td><td>text</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>city</td><td>text</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>state</td><td>text</td><td>required</td></tr><tr><td>country</td><td>text</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>industry</td><td>text</td><td>required</td></tr><tr><td>headcount</td><td>text</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>revenue</td><td>integer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>dq_reason</td><td>text</td><td>relates to <a href="../lead-statuses/disqualified-leads">disqualified leads</a></td></tr><tr><td>meta</td><td>json</td><td>custom columns mapped to here</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Learn about [lead-ingestions](https://docs.glencoco.com/core-concepts/lead-ingestions "mention")
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Learn about [leads-greater-than-contacts-and-accounts](https://docs.glencoco.com/core-concepts/lead-ingestions/leads-greater-than-contacts-and-accounts "mention")
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Learn about [deduplication](https://docs.glencoco.com/core-concepts/lead-ingestions/deduplication "mention")
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