# Importing multiple objects in Hubspot

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/importing-multiple-objects-in-hubspot/71582>\
**Category:** Tips, Tricks & Best Practices\
**Created:** [December 20, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/importing-multiple-objects-in-hubspot/71582 "2022-12-20T13:11:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![LAryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@LAryan](https://community.hubspot.com/u/LAryan)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/importing-multiple-objects-in-hubspot/71582/1 "2022-12-20T13:11:59Z")

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Hi there,

I want to import multiple objects like contacts, companies, and deals with emails and notes activities. What’s the best practice; multiple objects or single objects?

Help me understand one thing, multiple objects mean I can add all 3 objects in a file and import it and in the single object, I have to create 3 lists and import one-by-one. Right?

Thanks!

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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:** [December 20, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/importing-multiple-objects-in-hubspot/71582/2 "2022-12-20T13:29:38Z")

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Hi @LAryan,

Importing multiple objects at once means that HubSpot will automatically [establish associations between the records](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/crm-setup/associate-records). If you import separate files, HubSpot will not necessarily do that, especially outside of the contact/company relationship. In other words, a deal record might be created from a single object import but the right sidebar of the deal record would not show which companies and contacts the deal is associated to.

If you haven’t yet, I’d recommend reviewing this page: [Format import files](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/crm-setup/set-up-your-import-file)

It’s crucial to understand how HubSpot deduplicates and associates record before running larger imports.

Let me know if you have any follow-up questions!