Creating your CARTO organization
The CARTO Workspace is the user interface for our next generation cloud-native Location Intelligence platform. It allows you to create stunning maps and to perform spatial analytics at scale, with everything running directly on top of your cloud data warehouse(s). Learn how to make the most out of our Builder tool, Analytics Toolbox, Data Observatory, and other new features.
Follow these simple steps to access the CARTO Workspace:
- 1.Email and password
- Enter your email address and password. You can also sign up with your existing Google account by clicking Continue with Google.
- Once you have entered your credentials: click Continue.
- Verify your email with the link sent to your existing email address.
- Click Verify email in the email sent.
- Click Back to Login/Signup.
- 2.Organization setupWhen a user initiates the process to create an organization, CARTO will detect if their e-mail domain is already associated with an existing CARTO organization. If so, the user is allowed to choose to either create a brand new organization or to join one of the existing organizations that have been detected under the same domain. When joining an existing organization, there are two options available: to join the organization directly (if the admin allows through a specific organization setting), or to request access and wait for the admin to approve your request.
To create a new organization follow these steps:
- Choose an organization name (e.g. CARTO)
- Select if you want anyone with the same e-mail domain to automatically join your organization, or leave it unchecked if you want them to go through an approval process.
- Choose the region where you want CARTO to run. CARTO’s cloud-infrastructure in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is in four regions: Europe-West, USA-Central, Asia-Northeast, and Australia-Southeast. We give you the possibility to choose the region that is closest to your data warehouse.
- Click Next.

Enter your personal information:
- First name.
- Last name.
- Country.
- Phone number.
- Click Next.

Enter your business profile information:
- Company name.
- Job title.
- Number of employees (optional).
- Industry (optional).
- What use case are you interested in? (optional).
- Click Finish.

You are ready to start using CARTO!
To join an existing organization follow these steps:
- Choose Join an organization or Request access to an organization.

If you select to Join the organization directly, you will need to enter additional information before accessing the CARTO Workspace.
Enter your personal information:
- First name.
- Last name.
- Country.
- Phone number.
- Click Next.

Enter your business profile information:
- Company name.
- Job title.
- Number of employees (optional).
- Industry (optional).
- What use case are you interested in? (optional).
- Click Finish.

You are ready to start using CARTO!
If you select Request access, the request will be sent to the organization administrator and your access will be on hold until it is accepted:

You will receive an email to your existing email address informing you whether your request has been accepted or declined. If it is declined, you have the possibility to select a different organization to join or create a new organization. If it is accepted, you will be redirected to the personal information form which needs to be filled in before having access to the CARTO Workspace.
Enter your personal information:
- First name.
- Last name.
- Country.
- Phone number.
- Click Next.

Enter your business profile information:
- Company name.
- Job title.
- Number of employees (optional).
- Industry (optional).
- What use case are you interested in? (optional).
- Click Finish.

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