# Does parent/child auto-change lifecycle stage

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/does-parent-child-auto-change-lifecycle-stage/93623>\
**Category:** Tips, Tricks & Best Practices\
**Tags:** crm, best-practices\
**Created:** [November 8, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/does-parent-child-auto-change-lifecycle-stage/93623 "2023-11-08T22:13:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![DChimenti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DChimenti](https://community.hubspot.com/u/DChimenti)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/does-parent-child-auto-change-lifecycle-stage/93623/1 "2023-11-08T22:13:00Z")

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I just added about 1,000 accounts and did the parent child relationships with them.  
If I assign someone as a child account to a parent that is a current customer, does HubSpot automatically assume that the child is a customer too?  
If so, would this affect anything at the contact level?

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 5:45am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/does-parent-child-auto-change-lifecycle-stage/93623/2 "2023-11-09T05:45:49Z")

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Hi @DChimenti,

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> @DChimenti wrote:
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> If I assign someone as a child account to a parent that is a current customer, does HubSpot automatically assume that the child is a customer too?
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No, unless someone in your portal has set up specific automation for that, it wouldn’t happen automatically.

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> @DChimenti wrote:
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> If so, would this affect anything at the contact level?
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This depends on whether you’re syncing lifecycle stage between contact and company, see here: [Automatically set and sync record lifecycle stages](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/crm-setup/manage-how-lifecycle-stages-sync-between-objects)

Hope this helps!

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**Author:** ![DChimenti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DChimenti](https://community.hubspot.com/u/DChimenti)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 10:34am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/does-parent-child-auto-change-lifecycle-stage/93623/3 "2023-11-09T10:34:25Z")

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Thank you Karsten. Being that I inherited this HubSpot and am new to it, can you tell me how I can find out if someone previous to me has set up a specific automation for that correlation at the company level?

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 10:41am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/does-parent-child-auto-change-lifecycle-stage/93623/4 "2023-11-09T10:41:40Z")

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Hi @DChimenti,

Navigate to _Settings_ \> _Properties_, switch to the _Company properties_ dropdown and find “Lifecycle stage”. Click on it and you should see a “Used in” tab. If nothing’s there, nothing was set up.

Best regards!

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**Author:** ![DChimenti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DChimenti](https://community.hubspot.com/u/DChimenti)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/does-parent-child-auto-change-lifecycle-stage/93623/5 "2023-11-09T11:54:03Z")

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so if this is the setup, and it doesn’t show automation, I can assume that there is no automation setup?

 ![parent child lifecycle.PNG](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/1/1/116688b2657f0ac0cf4ba77e5084497f06d83537.png)

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/does-parent-child-auto-change-lifecycle-stage/93623/6 "2023-11-09T11:55:03Z")

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Hi @DChimenti,

Workflows are a form of automation, you would have to review what those workflows do.

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**Author:** ![DChimenti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DChimenti](https://community.hubspot.com/u/DChimenti)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/does-parent-child-auto-change-lifecycle-stage/93623/7 "2023-11-09T12:02:02Z")

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Karsten, amazing advice as always.  
Thank you for your service to our community.