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What Is Organisation Schema Markup?

Organisation schema describes your brand to search engines as an entity. Here is what it is, the properties it uses, what the sameAs property does, and how it relates to knowledge panels.

Updated: July 2026
Written by: Andrew Odgers, Managing Director
Reading time: 7 minutes
The short answer

Organisation schema markup is structured data describing a company to search engines: name, logo, contact details and official profiles. Common properties include name, logo, URL, contact details, and sameAs links. The sameAs property links your brand to its official profiles elsewhere. It can support features like knowledge panels, but does not create or guarantee one, since Google decides those independently. You use it to give search engines clear brand information. Results are never guaranteed.

Your brand as an entity

What Organisation schema is, and the properties it uses

Organisation schema markup is structured data that describes a company or organisation to search engines, including its name, logo, contact details and official profiles. It helps them understand your brand as an entity; because it clarifies who you are, Organisation schema supports how your brand is understood, though it does not guarantee any particular result. Common properties include the organisation name, logo, URL, contact details, and sameAs links to official social or authoritative profiles. Accuracy is important; because these describe your real brand, keeping them correct and consistent with your other online presence supports trust, and it pairs with your Local Business schema.

OG 01

Brand details

Name, logo, contact.

OG 02

sameAs

Links official profiles.

OG 03

Foundational

Defines your entity.

sameAs, knowledge panels and why use it

The sameAs property, knowledge panels, and why use it

The sameAs property links your organisation to its official profiles elsewhere, such as social media or authoritative listings, helping search engines connect your brand across the web. It builds entity connections; because it ties your presence together, accurate sameAs links can strengthen how your brand is recognised. Organisation schema can help search engines understand your brand, which may support features like knowledge panels, but it does not create or guarantee one, as Google decides those independently. It is a contributing signal, not a switch; because Google controls such features, the markup supports understanding rather than promising any panel, as we explain on the knowledge panel guide. You use Organisation schema to give search engines clear, structured information about your brand, supporting recognition and consistency across your presence. Clear brand data helps; because it defines your organisation as an entity, Organisation schema is a valuable foundational markup, though results are never guaranteed.

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Frequently asked

Organisation schema markup

What is Organisation schema markup?
Organisation schema markup is structured data that describes a company or organisation to search engines, including its name, logo, contact details and official profiles. It helps them understand your brand as an entity. Because it clarifies who you are, Organisation schema supports how your brand is understood, though it does not guarantee any particular result.
What properties does Organisation schema use?
Common properties include the organisation name, logo, URL, contact details, and sameAs links to official social or authoritative profiles. Accuracy is important. Because these describe your real brand, keeping them correct and consistent with your other online presence supports trust.
What is the sameAs property?
The sameAs property links your organisation to its official profiles elsewhere, such as social media or authoritative listings, helping search engines connect your brand across the web. It builds entity connections. Because it ties your presence together, accurate sameAs links can strengthen how your brand is recognised.
How does Organisation schema relate to a knowledge panel?
Organisation schema can help search engines understand your brand, which may support features like knowledge panels, but it does not create or guarantee one, as Google decides those independently. It is a contributing signal, not a switch. Because Google controls such features, the markup supports understanding rather than promising any panel.
Why use Organisation schema?
You use it to give search engines clear, structured information about your brand, supporting recognition and consistency across your presence. Clear brand data helps. Because it defines your organisation as an entity, Organisation schema is a valuable foundational markup, though results are never guaranteed.