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Business Owned Businesses

Updated: Aug 18, 2025

Reading

The client businesses owned.

Example

GET /v25.0/{business-id}/owned_businesses HTTP/1.1
Host: graph.facebook.com
Try it in Graph API Explorer
If you want to learn how to use the Graph API, read our Using Graph API guide

Parameters

Parameter Description
child_business_external_id
string
ID defined upon creation by 3P app caller. Used to store custom id as key for lookup using a key defined by the app developer.
client_user_id
UID
System User from Login ID or User from Login ID. This is the user that was used to create the child buisness

Fields

Reading from this edge will return a JSON formatted result: 
{
"data": [],
"paging": {},
"summary": {}
}
data
A list of Business nodes.
The following fields will be added to each node that is returned:
Field Description
relationship
BusinessAggregatorRelationship
relationship
paging
For more details about pagination, see the Graph API guide.
summary
Aggregated information about the edge, such as counts. Specify the fields to fetch in the summary param (like summary=__type__).
Field Description

Error Codes

Error Code Description
100
Invalid parameter
200
Permissions error
104
Incorrect signature

Creating

To create other Business Managers, your business needs to obtain BUSINESS_MANAGEMENT during the app review process. If your app is in development mode, you can surpass this requirement, but to create only two child businesses.

/{business_id}/owned_businesses

You can make a POST request to owned_businesses edge from the following paths:
When posting to this edge, a Business will be created.

Parameters

Parameter Description
child_business_external_id
string
(Optional) An external id that allows you to specify a key for your app to identify the child business. You should query for child businesses using this id because the list API is indexed on this field.
name
string
(Required) Name of entity for displaying. It should match the public name of your business or organization, since it will be visible across Meta. It can't contain special characters.
required
page_permitted_tasks 

array<enum {MANAGE, CREATE_CONTENT, MODERATE, MESSAGING, ADVERTISE, ANALYZE, MODERATE_COMMUNITY, MANAGE_JOBS, PAGES_MESSAGING, PAGES_MESSAGING_SUBSCRIPTIONS, READ_PAGE_MAILBOXES, VIEW_MONETIZATION_INSIGHTS, MANAGE_LEADS, PROFILE_PLUS_FULL_CONTROL, PROFILE_PLUS_MANAGE, PROFILE_PLUS_FACEBOOK_ACCESS, PROFILE_PLUS_CREATE_CONTENT, PROFILE_PLUS_MODERATE, PROFILE_PLUS_MODERATE_DELEGATE_COMMUNITY, PROFILE_PLUS_MESSAGING, PROFILE_PLUS_ADVERTISE, PROFILE_PLUS_ANALYZE, PROFILE_PLUS_REVENUE, PROFILE_PLUS_MANAGE_LEADS, CASHIER_ROLE, GLOBAL_STRUCTURE_MANAGEMENT, PROFILE_PLUS_GLOBAL_STRUCTURE_MANAGEMENT}>
(Required) page_permitted_tasks
shared_page_id
numeric string
(Required) shared_page_id
timezone_id
enum {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592}
timezone_id

Return Type

This endpoint supports read-after-write and will read the node represented by id in the return type. 
Struct  {
id: numeric string,
name: string,
}

Error Codes

Error Code Description
200
Permissions error
3913
It doesn’t look like you have permission to create a new Business Manager.
368
The action attempted has been deemed abusive or is otherwise disallowed
100
Invalid parameter
3947
You are trying to create a Business Manager with the same name as one you are already a part of. Please pick a different name.
3974
The name you chose for this Business Manager is not valid. Try a different name.

Updating

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.

Deleting

In order to delete a child Business Manager that has a line of credit, ensure that all ad accounts on it have been switched over to a different payment method in Business Manager. All prior monthly invoices must be fully paid, and the new payment method must be able to pay existing balances, if any.

/{business_id}/owned_businesses

You can dissociate a Business from a Business by making a DELETE request to /{business_id}/owned_businesses.

Parameters

Parameter Description
client_id
numeric string
ID of the Child Business you want to delete
required

Return Type

Struct  {
success: bool,
}

Error Codes

Error Code Description
3912
There was a technical issue and the changes you made to your Business Manager weren’t saved. Please try again.
100
Invalid parameter

Error Codes

Error Description
1752089
A User Can Only Create One Business Account At One Time
1690091
The name provided is not valid. Consider using {business_name} instead. Learn more about choosing a name.⁠
1690090
The name you chose for this Business Manager is not valid. Please choose another. Learn more about choosing a name.⁠
1690062
The name provided is already in use. Please choose a different name. Learn more about choosing a name.⁠
1690111
Your payment account is disabled
1690138
To create a business using a primary page, you must be an admin of that page.
1690165
This aggregator business already has an existing client business associated with this user
1690232
Businesses Do Not Have Primary Pages: Please ensure all Business Managers have a unique Primary Page ID and try again.
1404163
Your Advertising Access is Restricted: You’re no longer allowed to use Facebook Products to advertise. You can’t run ads, manage advertising assets or create new ad or business accounts. Learn More⁠
1404006
Sorry, this feature isn’t available right now: An error occurred while processing this request. Please try again later.
1752089
Can Only Create One Business Account At One Time: A User Can Only Create One Business Account At One Time
2859040
Action not allowed: You are attempting to create a new Client Business Manager with a shared_page_id owned by a disallowed_business.
1690192
App is not owned or shared by a business: App must exist and be owned or shared to aggregator business to create client businesses
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