Update an Account

patch

https://api.apollo.io/api/v1/accounts/{account_id}

Use the Update an Account endpoint to update existing accounts in your team's Apollo account.

In Apollo terminology, an account is a company that your team has explicitly added to your database.

To create a new account, use the Create an Account endpoint instead. To update the account stage for multiple account, use the Update Account Stage for Multiple Accounts endpoint.

This endpoint requires a master API key. If you attempt to call the endpoint without a master key, you will receive a 403 response. Refer to Create API Keys to learn how to create a master API key.

Path Params

account_id

string

required

The Apollo ID for the account that you want to update.

To find account IDs, call the Search for Accounts endpoint and identify the id value for the contact.

Example: 66e9abf95ac32901b20d1a0d

Body Params

name

string

Update the account's name. This should be a human-readable name.

Example: The Fast Irish Copywriters

domain

string

Update the domain name for the account. Do not include www. or similar.

Example: apollo.io or microsoft.com

owner_id

string

The ID for the account owner within your team's Apollo account. Enter a different ID to update the owner of the account.

Use the Get a List of Users endpoint to retrieve IDs for all of the users within your Apollo account.

Example: 66302798d03b9601c7934ebf

account_stage_id

string

The Apollo ID for the account stage to which you want to assign the account. Enter a different ID to update the account stage.

Call the List Account Stages endpoint to retrieve a list of all the account stage IDs available in your Apollo account.

If you do not specify the account stage, Apollo automatically assigns the account to a stage as determined by your team's Apollo account. To change the order of account stages, launch the Apollo product and go to Settings > Objects > Accounts. Then, access the Triggers tab and change the stage for when an account is created.

Example: 61b8e913e0f4d2012e3af74e

raw_address

string

Update the corporate location for the account. This can include a city, US state, and country.

Apollo matches the location you provide to the most applicable pre-defined location.

Examples: Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland; Dallas, United States

phone

string

Update the primary phone number for the account.

This can be the phone number for the corporate headquarters, a branch location, or a direct dial to the primary point of contact for the account.

Apollo sanitizes phone numbers, so you can enter them in any format. The sanitized number can be viewed in the endpoint response.

Examples: 555-303-1234; +44 7911 123456

typed_custom_fields

object

Add information to custom fields in Apollo.

Your custom fields are unique to your team's Apollo account. This means that the examples in this documentation may not work for your testing purposes.

To utilize this parameter successfully, call the Get a List of All Custom Fields endpoint and identify the id value for the custom field, as well as the appropriate data type. For example, if a custom field accepts picklist entries, you need to pass the accompanying id value for the picklist entry that you want to use as the input value.

Example: When the Get a List of All Custom Fields endpoint returns an id of field:

"60c39ed82bd02f01154c470a" (datetime)

then the value passed should be:

{"60c39ed82bd02f01154c470a": "2025-08-07"}

Headers

string

enum

Defaults to application/json

Generated from available response content types

Allowed:

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