> ## Documentation Index
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# Parent Company Added

> A parent company was set where there was none.

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  <Card title="Signal key" icon="code">
    `parent_company_added`
  </Card>

  <Card title="Category" icon="category">
    Structure
  </Card>

  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Company Professional Network page (parent relationship).
  </Card>
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A parent company was set where there was none.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  `parent_id` was null and is now populated. Strong acquisition signal.
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## Stored fields

This signal persists the following metadata you can read downstream:

| Field                | Description                          |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| `meta.new_parent_id` | The new parent company's identifier. |

## Magnitude

High, one of the clearest acquisition markers.

<Note>
  For the full bucket definitions used across percentage-based signals, see [Magnitude buckets](/buying-signals/concepts/magnitude-buckets).
</Note>

## Why it matters

This is a strong acquisition signal. A company gaining a parent for the first time has almost certainly been acquired, the new parent is stored so you can map the relationship. It's a core input to acquired\_signal.

## How to read it

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  <Card title="Acquisition">
    Gaining a parent for the first time means being acquired.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Map the parent">
    meta.new\_parent\_id lets you understand the new owner.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Composite input">
    Core component of acquired\_signal.
  </Card>
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## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  Strong acquisition signal. Map the parent; the deal may release or freeze budget.
</Tip>

## Related signals

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  <Card title="Parent Company Change" href="/buying-signals/signals/structure/parent-company-change">
    The parent company changed to a different one.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Parent Company Removed" href="/buying-signals/signals/structure/parent-company-removed">
    A parent company relationship was cleared.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Subsidiary Status Change" href="/buying-signals/signals/structure/subsidiary-status-change">
    The company became or stopped being a subsidiary.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Acquired Signal" href="/buying-signals/signals/composite/acquired-signal">
    A company was acquired.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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