The business partner category denotes whether a business partner is a natural person (private individual), organization (legal person/entity or part of a legal entity, such as a department), or a group.
When you create a business partner, you have to select a business partner category. Depending on the business partner category, a certain set of fields has to be filled with data.
The selection of name fields available is defined by the business partner category. You can enter the following data:
Organization: Form of address, name, legal form, industry, legal entity
Person: Form of address, first and last name, other name components (such as name prefixes and affixes and academic title), gender
Groups: Form of address, two names, partner group type (marriage, shared living arrangement)
The standard business partner categories are:
Natural person (private individual)
Organization (for example: company, department in a company, club, association)
Group (for example: married couple, shared living arrangement)
It is not possible to create any other business partner categories. You cannot alter the business partner category at a later stage.