Update Business Status - Birdeye Developer Portal

update_business_status

Description

Activates or deactivates a business. Use it to deactivate a business or location, reactivate a previously deactivated one, or change a location’s activation status.

This is a write tool. Deactivating a business makes the whole account inactive and suspends its live functionality. Confirm the exact target and the intended status with the user before proceeding.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`businessNumber`	string	Yes	—	Business number of the location whose status should change
`status`	string	Yes	—	New status. Valid values: `"active"`, `"inactive"`

Example Usage

Deactivate the business 169744180007807.

Reactivate location 169744180007807.

Set my Downtown location to inactive.

Notes

Returns an empty success response (HTTP 200) when the status is updated; there is no response body to inspect.
Clarify the scope first. businessNumber can be the whole enterprise/parent account or a single child location — deactivating the parent affects the entire account, not one location. Confirm whether the user means the parent account (from get_business_info) or one specific location (from get_child_locations).