Renaming Person Account Labels

If your org uses person accounts, you can rename three standard fields.

Required Editions

Available in: Salesforce Classic
Person accounts available in: Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions
Field Tab Description
Business Account Accounts An account that isn’t a person account because it doesn’t have a record type specific to person accounts. This label is primarily used to clarify the type of accounts you’re importing.
Person Account Accounts A person account.
Business Contact Contacts A contact that is associated with a business account. This label is primarily used to clarify the type of accounts you’re importing.

When you rename the Person Account field label, the renamed label appears in Salesforce:

  • As a prefix to differentiate person account fields such as Birthdate and Home Phone from business account fields. For example, Person Account: Birthdate is available as an account column in opportunity reports.
  • In the name of the Is Person Account field and icon. For example, if you rename the Person Account field to “Consumer,” then Is Person Account becomes Is Consumer.
Note
Note The Person Account and Business Account field labels are independent from actual record type names.
  • To customize person account record types, from the object management settings for person accounts, go to Record Types.
  • To customize business account record types, from the object management settings for accounts, go to Record Types.