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description: The number of records you can import depends on your permissions and the type of data you’re importing. You can import as many records as allowed, as long as you don’t exceed the overall data storage limits for your org.
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# Records Import Numbers and Types

The number of records you can import depends on your permissions and the type of data you’re importing. You can import as many records as allowed, as long as you don’t exceed the overall data storage limits for your org.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Essentials, Group, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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          <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="4" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d52673e63">Which records can be
            imported?</th>
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          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d52673e69">Type of record</th>
          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d52673e72">Import record limit</th>
          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d52673e75">Users permissions needed</th>
          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d52673e78">Learn more</th>
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          <td data-label="Type of record" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e69 ">Business accounts and contacts owned by you</td>

          <td data-label="Import record limit" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e72 ">50,000 at a time via the Data Import Wizard</td>

          <td data-label="Users permissions needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e75 ">
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Import Personal Contacts</p>
          </td>

          <td data-label="Learn more" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e78 ">
            <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.for_accounts_and_contacts.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="The Data Import Wizard allows you to match records in multiple ways to prevent duplicates. You can match contacts by Salesforce ID, name, email, or external ID. You can match business accounts by Salesforce ID, external ID, or by name and site. Matching by Salesforce ID is inclusive of both contacts and business accounts. If you match one by Salesforce ID, the other is also matched by Salesforce ID.">What Is Imported for Business Accounts and
              Contacts?</a>
          </td>

        </tr>
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          <td data-label="Type of record" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e69 ">Business accounts and contacts owned by other users</td>

          <td data-label="Import record limit" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e72 ">50,000 at a time</td>

          <td data-label="Users permissions needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e75 ">
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Modify All Data</p>
          </td>

          <td data-label="Learn more" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e78 ">
            <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.for_accounts_and_contacts.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="The Data Import Wizard allows you to match records in multiple ways to prevent duplicates. You can match contacts by Salesforce ID, name, email, or external ID. You can match business accounts by Salesforce ID, external ID, or by name and site. Matching by Salesforce ID is inclusive of both contacts and business accounts. If you match one by Salesforce ID, the other is also matched by Salesforce ID.">What Is Imported for Business Accounts and
              Contacts?</a>
          </td>

        </tr>
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          <td data-label="Type of record" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e69 ">Person accounts owned by you</td>

          <td data-label="Import record limit" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e72 ">50,000 at a time</td>

          <td data-label="Users permissions needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e75 ">
            <p>Create on accounts</p>
            <p>AND</p>
            <p>Edit on accounts</p>
            <p>AND</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Import Personal
              Contacts</p>
          </td>

          <td data-label="Learn more" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e78 ">
            <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.importing_what_person_accounts.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="The Data Import Wizard prevents creating duplicate person accounts by matching records according to one of the following fields: Account Name, Salesforce ID, Email, or an external ID field. In your import file, include a column for the field that you’re using for record matching.">What Is Imported for Person Accounts?</a>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Type of record" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e69 ">Person accounts owned by other users</td>

          <td data-label="Import record limit" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e72 ">50,000 at a time</td>

          <td data-label="Users permissions needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e75 ">
            <p>Create on accounts</p>
            <p>AND</p>
            <p>Edit on accounts and
              contacts</p>
            <p>AND</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Modify All Data</p>
          </td>

          <td data-label="Learn more" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e78 ">
            <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.importing_what_person_accounts.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="The Data Import Wizard prevents creating duplicate person accounts by matching records according to one of the following fields: Account Name, Salesforce ID, Email, or an external ID field. In your import file, include a column for the field that you’re using for record matching.">What Is Imported for Person Accounts?</a>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Type of record" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e69 ">Leads</td>

          <td data-label="Import record limit" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e72 ">50,000 at a time</td>

          <td data-label="Users permissions needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e75 ">Import Leads</td>

          <td data-label="Learn more" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e78 ">
            <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.for_leads.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="You can import data into standard lead fields and custom lead fields, even if a field is hidden or read only in your page layout or field-level security settings for leads.">What Is Imported for Leads?</a>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Type of record" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e69 ">Campaign members</td>

          <td data-label="Import record limit" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e72 ">50,000 at a time</td>

          <td data-label="Users permissions needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e75 ">
            <p>Depends on what’s being imported:</p>
            <ul>
              <li>Campaign member statuses</li>
              <li>Existing contacts</li>
              <li>Existing leads</li>
              <li>Existing person accounts</li>
              <li>New contacts</li>
              <li>New leads</li>
            </ul>
          </td>

          <td data-label="Learn more" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e78 ">
            <p>
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.for_campaign_members.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="You can use the Data Import Wizard to update the statuses of campaign members.">What’s Imported for Campaign Members?</a>
            </p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.faq_import_campaign_who_can_import.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Only users with the required permissions can import campaign members with the Data Import Wizard.">Who can import campaign
                members?</a>
            </p>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Type of record" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e69 ">Custom objects</td>

          <td data-label="Import record limit" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e72 ">50,000 at a time</td>

          <td data-label="Users permissions needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e75 ">
            <p>Import Custom Objects</p>
            <p>AND</p>
            <p>Create on the custom
              object</p>
            <p>AND</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Edit on the custom object</p>
          </td>

          <td data-label="Learn more" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e78 ">
            <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.importing_matching.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="The Data Import Wizard prevents creating duplicate records by matching records according to one of the following fields: custom object name, Salesforce ID, or external ID. In your import file, include a column for the field that you are using for record matching.">What Is Imported for Custom Objects?</a>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Type of record" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e69 ">Solutions</td>

          <td data-label="Import record limit" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e72 ">50,000 at a time</td>

          <td data-label="Users permissions needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e75 ">Import Solutions</td>

          <td data-label="Learn more" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e78 ">
            <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.importing_what_solutions.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="The Data Import Wizard prevents creating duplicate records by matching records according to one of the following fields: solution title, Salesforce ID, or external ID. In your import file, include a column for the field that you are using for record matching.">What Is Imported for Solutions?</a>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Type of record" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e69 ">
            <p>Assets</p>
            <p>Cases</p>
            <p>Campaigns</p>
            <p>Contracts</p>
            <p>Documents</p>
            <p>Opportunities</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Products</p>
          </td>

          <td data-label="Import record limit" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52673e63 d52673e72 d52673e75 d52673e78 ">You can’t import these records via the Data
            Import Wizard.</td>

        </tr>
      </tbody>
    </table>

For information on field accessibility and how different field type values are imported, see [Notes on Importing Data](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.notes_on_importing_data.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Review these notes when importing data into Salesforce."). Relationship group members can’t be imported.