# Import Companies and Contacts Best Practices

**URL:** <https://integration.keap.com/t/import-companies-and-contacts-best-practices/53939>\
**Category:** Max Classic\
**Created:** [October 4, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/import-companies-and-contacts-best-practices/53939 "2018-10-04T16:51:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sandy\_Selinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Sandy\_Selinger](https://integration.keap.com/u/Sandy_Selinger)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/import-companies-and-contacts-best-practices/53939/1 "2018-10-04T16:51:42Z")

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New to InfusionSoft and I am looking for tips to best import my data. Specifically to start off: if I first import my companies, then import my contacts, will it automatically associate the Contacts with the Company (assuming I have spelled the Company correctly in the CSV for there Contacts import)? Conversely, if I Import Contacts and have the import process create the Company, will I then need to manually enter all the other information I want to import for the companies?

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**Author:** ![martinc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/integration.keap.com/martinc/32/14_2.png) [@martinc](https://integration.keap.com/u/martinc)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/import-companies-and-contacts-best-practices/53939/2 "2018-10-04T19:26:27Z")

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> [@Sandy\_Selinger](#):
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> if I first import my companies, then import my contacts, will it automatically associate the Contacts with the Company (assuming I have spelled the Company correctly in the CSV for there Contacts import)?

That is correct, @Sandy_Selinger

> [@Sandy\_Selinger](#):
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> if I Import Contacts and have the import process create the Company, will I then need to manually enter all the other information I want to import for the companies?

Call or chat into support and have them turn on “Advanced Imports” so that you can import companies. With that tool enabled, you could first import all of your companies and associated data, then import your contacts. And like you said, if the company name matches exactly, the contact will merge into the company record.

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**Author:** ![Oleksandra\_Lukavetsk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/db5fbb/32.png) [@Oleksandra\_Lukavetsk](https://integration.keap.com/u/Oleksandra_Lukavetsk)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/import-companies-and-contacts-best-practices/53939/3 "2018-10-17T11:42:34Z")

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Hi @Sandy_Selinger,  
You can import business data automatically using third-party service. The order you use to upload [CSV files to Infusionsoft](https://www.data2crm.com/migration/crm/csv-to-infusionsoft-migration/#what-you-may-migrate?utm_source=landing-import-companies-and-contacts-best-practices&utm_medium=october_2018_infusionsoft&utm_campaign=CommentsCampaign) doesn’t matter as you will map data fields to set up the right connections between records.