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How Sage Accounts uses the Company file

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Summary

Sage 50 Accounts stores your data path in a file called Company, located in the Settings Directory, and accesses it when you open the program.

Resolution

The following sections explain how Sage Accounts uses the Company file.

Where is the Company file located?

Find the Company file in the appropriate folder within the Accounts settings directory:

Sage Accounts version Default data path
Sage Accounts v31 C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2025
Sage Accounts v30 C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2024
Sage Accounts v29 C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2023
Sage Accounts v28 C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2022
Sage Accounts v27 C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2021
Sage Accounts v26 C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2020

The Company file is a text file with no extension, created during the initial setup of Sage Accounts. The information in the Company file depends upon the installation type.

Standalone installations

The data path in the Company file is in the relevant year of the program installed, and by default is:

Sage Accounts version Default data path
Sage Accounts v31 C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2025\Company.000
Sage Accounts v30 C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2024\Company.000
Sage Accounts v29 C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2023\Company.000
Sage Accounts v28 C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2022\Company.000
Sage Accounts v27 C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2021\Company.000
Sage Accounts v26 C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2020\Company.000

Network Installations

On network installations the Company file on the server computer by default reads the same as on a standalone installation. The Company file on a client computer holds details of the network path that goes to the data held on the server computer. 

Multi-company installations

On multi-company installations, each company has an Accdata folder that holds the data files for that company. This means that multi-company versions of Sage Accounts have a separate line in the Company file for each company. Sage Accounts then shows a list of available companies in the Select Company window when it’s opens. When you create a new company, the Company file on that computer automatically updates with the new data path.

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