On the Contacts page in the CRM, I added the “Associated Company” column but I cannot sort the contacts list using this column.
Any ideas?
Hi @monicaway
Try using the ‘Company Name’ field instead - this is sortable and should contain similar, if not the same, data.
Does that help?
Many thanks Phil for taking the time to help me.
In the case of our database, it turns out that “Company Name” contains much less data (and I’m not sure why) than does “Associated Company”. I would rather sort by “Associated Company” for that reason. Is there a reason that you know about that causes some columns to be sortable while others are not?
On the same note, do you have any advice for sorting the Contacts list by “Name”? When I try, it does not sort that column properly.
Fingers crossed.
Monica
Hi @monicaway
This is probably because Associated Company is populated automatically by HubSpot and Company Name is not. I use a workflow in the marketing tool to copy the associated company name to the company name, but this may not be an option for you yet. Other than exporting the associated company data from time to time and importing it into Company Name, I can’t really think of a solution.
Regarding name - sorting the Name field sorts by surname. If you want to sort by first name instead you will have to add the First Name column to your view and then sort that.
Hope this helps.
Thanks very much Phil for the info.
Can you describe a little bit more about what you meant by this: “I use a workflow in the marketing tool to copy the associated company name to the company name, but this may not be an option for you yet.”
Many thanks,
Monica
Hi @monicaway
Sure! HubSpot’s Pro marketing software includes a feature called workflows - these are really the essence of marketing automation. Workflows can do many things like sending emails to contacts and changing contact properties. One function is to copy information from one field to another.
I use a workflow to copy the contents of the name field in the company object into the company name filed of the contact record - if that makes sense.
Workflows are not included in the free CRM unfortunatly.
Let me know if you have any questions.
@Phil_Vallender - Any idea why Hubspot does not allow the CRM to sort by “Associated Company”? Seems unusual since it’s possible to sort by so many other fields, including “Company Name” as you said previously.
Thanks!
@Phil_Vallender Can you please provide a screenshot of the Workflow?
@Phil_Vallender Thanks!
This does not seem to work for me. I can’t pick Primary Company company name anywhere, nor can I select anything other than “Company Name” from either the contact or company field
Hi.
I am a new brand user of the paid version of HubSpot. I’m also uncomfortable not being able to sort my contacts or lists by ‘Associated Company’ column. Can you please help me with a quick step-by-step workflow to load automatically the ‘Associated Company’ data into the ‘Company Name’ field (been trying to do it by myself but it’s a little bit tricky?
Thanks in advance
Yes, this is a real limitation and would seem to be a very simple fix…
I think writing a workflow to help is a creative work around, but it is rediculous to have to go to that measure just to sort your contacts by company…
And also (for those of us on the Starter plan) it would seem to cost an extra $800/month to get the workflow feature… Hubspot please do consider letting us sort by Associated Company, as it would be so much easier than filling out Company Name manually for each contact!
Our usage is this: we’re an agency with 75 odd support clients, and want to be able to run through our list of key contacts and check they’re all correct - it’s much easier to do this when sorted by company. Thanks.
By the way - bit of a bulky hack but here’s what we’ve done (without upgrading to get the HubSpot workflows): export our list of contacts (including associated companies) to Mailchimp, which will let us sort by company name; and use Zapier to sync things in future so that new contacts are copied across too. This lets us use tagging in Mailchimp too (which we’re hoping HubSpot will add in future!)
I agree this is a problem. We understand that Associated Company isn’t technically a Contact property. In general, however, ANY property that can be selected as a column in any Filter, Report, etc. should be sortable. Otherwise, there is little to no use to include it.
Thanks,
Cameron
This says it was solved, but I am still unable to sort contacts by company. Is this a current capability of hubspot?
Hi @AmberT
It’s still not possible to sort on the associated company column in a view of contacts.
I am a little suprised this is the case.
This post was marked as solved based on the workaround of copying the associated company name into the contact’s company name property. Not ideal, but the best we can do right now.
This is quite puzzling - it’s been an issue since 2017 on quite a few posts and still hasn’t been addressed. Associated Company is a field in the CRM and we need to be able to sort by it - I get the “solution” of adding a copy of the field for Company Name, but that defeats the purpose of Hubspot’s database and a value proposition.
This is causing massive FRICTION for our team’s processes. I’ve been able to do this functionality in other CRMs and feels like a let down not to be able to in HubSpot as I really like your Please Please Please enable this functionality.
Please 
Agree – this function is really critical for us as we’re working with a list of nearly 7000 contacts on a paid account. Alphabetizing would be a huge win.