# Branch

A branch, office or site of an organization, never a second legal entity.

Source table: Branch in Core Record Types (`bds:BusinessUnit`). A Branch is a branch, office or site of an organization: a unit of the legal entity with its own address, never a second organization.

## Rules and relationships

Enter Name as the company uses it, link the Parent Organization (the legal entity) and link the site's [Address](/systems/core/address). The parent is a multiple-record link, but a branch belongs to one organization. A site that has its own legal registration is an Organization, related through [Business Relationship](/systems/core/business-relationship), not a Branch.

## Lifecycle and checks

Lifecycle Status is Draft, Active, On Hold, Archived or Superseded. The table has no formula check and only the default Grid view.

## Source fields

Names, types, options and links are those configured in Core Record Types. The meaning is the first line of each field description in Airtable. Options describe configuration; they do not prove a rule is enforced elsewhere.

### Recorded values

| Field | Type | Meaning | Options, link or calculation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Name | Text | Stores the name the site is known by inside the company. | Entered value. |
| Lifecycle Status | Single select | Stores where this site stands in its life. | Draft, Active, On Hold, Archived, Superseded |

### Links

| Field | Type | Meaning | Options, link or calculation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Parent Organization | Linked records | Links the legal entity this site belongs to. | → [Organization](/systems/core/organization) · several records |
| Address | Linked records | Links the postal address of this site. | → [Address](/systems/core/address) · several records |
| Tags | Linked records | Links optional labels from the shared Core Tags catalog. | → [Tag](/systems/core/tag) · several records |

## Example (fictitious)

Example Roofing LLC opens an "Austin office": one Branch row links the company as Parent Organization and the Austin Address, with Lifecycle Status Active.

## Use by other systems

No other system mirrors this table.

[Correct shared records](/systems/core/maintain-shared-records) · [All entities](/systems/core/entities)