> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.commenda.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Corporate structure

> Define relationships between your entities to map your corporate structure.

If your company has multiple entities with ownership or operational relationships, you can map your corporate structure in Commenda.

## Relationship types

Commenda supports the following relationship types between entities:

| Relationship               | Description                                                    |
| -------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Parent / Subsidiary**    | One entity owns or controls another                            |
| **Joint venture**          | Two or more entities share ownership of a venture              |
| **Sister company**         | Entities that share a common parent                            |
| **Affiliate**              | Entities with a business relationship but not direct ownership |
| **Supplier / Customer**    | Entities with a commercial trading relationship                |
| **Mergers & Acquisitions** | Entities involved in M\&A activity                             |

## Setting up relationships

<Steps>
  <Step title="Go to an entity">
    Navigate to **Entities** and select one of the entities in the relationship.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open the Ownership tab">
    Click the **Ownership** tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add a relationship">
    Click **Add relationship** and select the other entity and the relationship type.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Org chart view

Open **Corporate structure** from the company-level navigation to see every entity in your group as a diagram, with the ownership percentages and key persons of each entity laid out as a graph. The view is generated automatically from the shareholdings recorded on the [Ownership](/product/entities/ownership) tab — you do not maintain it separately.

Each node in the diagram includes:

* The entity's legal name and incorporation country
* The entity type and tax classification
* A summary of the entity's key persons and bank accounts

Edges show the ownership percentage between a parent and a subsidiary, and highlight any link where the parent has significant control. Control-only links — where a corporate shareholder holds 0% but exercises significant control — are rendered as dashed edges to distinguish them from equity ownership.

If your workspace contains entities that are not yet linked into the structure, the org chart shows a banner above the diagram listing the unlinked entities so you can attach them.

## Why corporate structure matters

Defining your corporate structure is important for:

* **Transfer pricing** — intercompany transactions require documentation when entities are related
* **Compliance** — some jurisdictions have specific filing requirements for parent-subsidiary relationships
* **Beneficial ownership reporting** — many jurisdictions require disclosure of indirect UBOs that arise through the structure
* **Reporting** — Commenda can generate reports that reflect your complete corporate hierarchy