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Contact & data model — found from sitemap — HubSpot Sales Hub
Checked for HubSpot Sales Hub on 1 Oct 2026
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- https://knowledge.hubspot.com/object-settings/automatically-create-and-associate-companies-with-contacts
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Availability Report an error
“Available with any of the following subscriptions, except where noted: All products and plans”
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Domain matching Report an error
“Automatically associate contacts with companies by matching the domain in the Email value of a contact with the Company domain name value of a company.”
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Company creation Report an error
“If a company doesn't already exist in your account, HubSpot will automatically create a company record and populate it with information from HubSpot's database.”
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Subdomain records Report an error
“A company record will be created for each unique domain, including subdomains (e.g., @example.com and @info.example.com will result in two different company records).”
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Freemail website URL matching Report an error
“If the contact has a freemail value in the Email property (e.g., gmail.com, yahoo.com), HubSpot will also look at the contact's Website URL property to attempt to match the contact with a company's domain name.”
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Excluded domains limit Report an error
“You can exclude up to 1000 domains from automatic association.”
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Retroactive application Report an error
“Click Yes to retroactively create company records and associate existing contacts based on their email addresses.”
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New contacts only option Report an error
“Click No to apply the setting only to new contacts. Existing contacts will not be affected”
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Existing association preserved Report an error
“If a contact has an associated company that is different from their email address domain, the setting will not override the existing association.”
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Import associations preserved Report an error
“If you create contacts via a multiple object import that associates contacts and companies, the setting will not override the imported associations.”
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Freemail no match exclusion Report an error
“If a contact has a freemail value in the Email property (e.g., gmail.com, hotmail.com) and no value in the Website URL property.”
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Form submission association Report an error
“if a form submission includes company properties, the contact will automatically associate with the company included in the submission.”
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Duplicate domain limitation Report an error
“If multiple companies have the same Company domain name value, contacts with emails containing that domain will be automatically associated with only one company.”
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Salesforce integration caveat Report an error
“if you've turned on the HubSpot-Salesforce integration, it's not recommended to turn on automatic association because it can result in duplicate company records.”
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Setting location Report an error
“In the Automation section, select the Create and associate companies with contacts checkbox.”