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Organization schema: how to add it and what to include

Organization schema is structured data that describes your company: its name, URL, logo, contact details, and official profiles. Add it as JSON-LD on your homepage or About page, using the Organization type or a more specific subtype, with properties such as name, url, logo, sameAs links to official profiles, and contactPoint. Google uses it to understand your organisation and can use the logo in search results and knowledge panels.

Organization schema is one of the simplest structured data types and one of the most useful for brand understanding. This page lists the properties worth including, describes a clean JSON-LD structure, and covers where to place it and common mistakes.

By , Founder, SerionFlow

What we measured ·

What Google shows for "organization schema" right now

Method: Live Google results (United States, desktop, English) for "organization schema" retrieved through DataForSEO's SERP API on 2026-10-22. Page types are our own classification of each ranking URL.

The top 8 organic results for "organization schema" were 3 product or service pages, 2 guides or explainers, 1 official search-engine documentation, 1 free tool, 1 forum or community thread. The first three were support.google.com, aubreyyung.com, semantecseo.com. Community threads (stackoverflow.com) ranked on page one, a sign searchers want first-hand answers, not only vendor pages.

Google showed an AI Overview for this query, citing 7 source domains including developers.google.com, searchengineland.com, www.karpi.studio, www.finemediabw.com. Pages that state the answer directly and early are the ones an Overview can quote.

People Also Ask listed: "What is an organizational schema?"; "How do I check if my website has schema markup?"; "Does AI use schema markup?"; "Is schema still relevant?". The sections below answer the ones within this page's scope.

Top organic results for "organization schema", 2026-10-22
PositionDomainPage type
1support.google.comOfficial search-engine documentation
2aubreyyung.comFree tool
3semantecseo.comProduct or service page
4kalicube.comGuide or explainer
5www.infidigit.comGuide or explainer
6stackoverflow.comForum or community thread
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Properties worth including

Google's documentation lists recommended properties; none are strictly required, but more accurate detail helps.

Organization schema properties
PropertyValueNotes
@typeOrganization or a subtypee.g. Corporation, OnlineBusiness, LocalBusiness
@idA stable URL identifierOften https://example.com/#organization
nameOfficial company nameMatch the site and profiles
urlHomepage URLCanonical form
logoImageObject or URLAt least 112 by 112 pixels, crawlable
sameAsArray of official profile URLsLinkedIn, X, GitHub, Crunchbase, Wikipedia if any
descriptionOne-sentence descriptionSame wording as elsewhere
contactPointContactPoint with email or phone and contactTypeSupport or sales
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JSON-LD structure

Place a script element with type application/ld+json in the page head or body. Inside, use @context set to https://schema.org, @type Organization, and an @id such as your homepage URL with #organization. Add the properties above. Other structured data on the site, such as WebSite, Article publisher, or SoftwareApplication provider, can reference the organisation by the same @id rather than repeating it. That keeps every page describing the company identically.

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Where to place it

Google recommends placing Organization markup on the homepage or a page about the organisation; it does not need to be on every page. Sites with a shared head template often include it site-wide, which is also acceptable if the values are identical everywhere. On serionflow.com the Organization, WebSite, and SoftwareApplication blocks are defined once in the shared document head, and individual pages reference them by @id.

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Why it matters for AI search

Search engines use Organization data to connect your site with your official profiles and to understand basic facts about your company, which feeds knowledge panels. AI systems that rely on search indexes benefit from that clarity indirectly. The schema is most useful when it reinforces facts stated consistently in visible text across your site and profiles; it cannot fix inconsistent descriptions elsewhere.

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Common mistakes and validation

Logo URLs that are blocked, redirect, or point to an SVG that cannot be processed. sameAs links to profiles you do not control or that no longer exist. Different names or descriptions on different pages. Several conflicting Organization blocks with the same @id. Validate with the Rich Results Test and the Schema.org validator. Our free schema builder and validator generates Organization JSON-LD from a form and checks existing markup on a live page.

Clear answers

Frequently asked questions

Does AI use schema markup?

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Search engines use structured data, and many AI answers draw on search indexes. There is little public evidence that language models read JSON-LD directly when writing answers, so treat schema as supporting clear visible content.

How do I check if my website has schema markup?

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Run the page through Google's Rich Results Test or the Schema.org validator, or view the page source and search for application/ld+json.

About the author

· Founder, SerionFlow

Shadrack builds SerionFlow's site research, page generation, and Search Console tooling, and runs the free tools these guides pair with. Search Console figures cited on these pages come from serionflow.com's own property.

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