# Importing Companies

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/importing-companies/20962>\
**Category:** CRM\
**Tags:** companies\
**Created:** [May 18, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/importing-companies/20962 "2020-05-18T18:48:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kstevens](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/kstevens/32/68653_2.png) [@kstevens](https://community.hubspot.com/u/kstevens)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/importing-companies/20962/1 "2020-05-18T18:48:13Z")

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Hello! I have a list of Companies that I would like to link to Contacts upon import, matching by a custom property. The Contacts already exist in HubSpot. Is this possible?

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**Author:** ![Phil\_Vallender](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/phil_vallender/32/48924_2.png) [@Phil\_Vallender](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Phil_Vallender)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/importing-companies/20962/2 "2020-05-18T23:05:46Z")

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Hi @kstevens

You will need to import the contacts at the same time as the companies so that HubSpot can use the common field - the common field can be a property if you like, but it doesn’t have to be.

HubSpot will dedupe the existing contacts based on their email address, or their unique ID if you exported that and then choose that option.

Hope this helps.