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# Update your Apple Developer Individual membership to an Organization membership

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**Apple's 4.2.6 guideline is very clear about the use of the Apple Developer account: it must belong to the final owner of the app, who must be clearly identified.**

You can read the 4.2.6 guideline here:
[https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#minimum-functionality](https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#minimum-functionality)
If the owner of the app is a company, then the Apple Developer account must be registered as a Company / Organization entity type.

Here is a practical example:
**1 - My app is about my personal blog, amateur band, hobby...**
In this case, publishing the app under an Individual Apple Developer account, under my personal name, is allowed.

**2 - My app is about the magazine of the publishing company I work for.**
In this case, the Apple Developer account must be under the name of the company, not my own personal name - even if I am the one making the app in the company. The type of account mustn't be Individual but Company / Organization. This type of account requires you to provide a D-U-N-S Number to Apple when creating the Apple Developer account.

## 1. Change your Individual membership to Company / Organization

If you already have an Individual Apple Developer account, but your app actually belongs to your company, you must provide Apple with the necessary information in order to **change your membership to Company / Organization.**

1. Log into your Apple Developer account. [http://developer.apple.com](https://developer.apple.com)
2. In the tab Membership, you can see the line Entity Type which indicates "Individual".
3. Click on **"Need to edit this information?" -**bottom of the page

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4. A popup "**Editing Your Membership Information"** appears.
5. Click on**"Provide your new organization information"** at the bottom of the page

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## 2. Organization D-U-N-S Number

**Fill in the form with the information requested and validate it.**

In order to register your account as a Company / Organization account, you are required to provide your Organization D-U-N-S Number (D-U-N-S stands for Data Universal Numbering System).

**In case you don't know your D-U-N-S Number or need to get one, use the link provided in the form for the "[D-U-N-S Number lookup tool](https://developer.apple.com/enroll/duns-lookup/) ".**

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If you have further question about the process, delay, or the status of your request, contact Apple's support [https://developer.apple.com/contact/](https://developer.apple.com/contact/)