Instacart Business helps you get the supplies and groceries from your favorite retailers on the platform that you need to run your day-to-day. 

By creating a free, separate business account, any customer in Canada or the U.S. can keep track of business purchases separate from any personal purchases made through Instacart.

Sign up for an Instacart business account

To sign up for an Instacart business account—

  1. Go to https://www.instacart.com/business.
  2. Select Create business profile.
  3. Enter your business email address.
  4. Select Continue.
  5. Add your business name and type.
  6. Select Create business account.

After signing up, you gain access to a profile tailored to businesses. 

You can either import information from your existing personal profile to your new business account or use a business email address that isn’t attached to an existing Instacart profile to create a separate business account. Explore either option by following the Add Business Profile prompt.

If you change your mind and don’t want to sign your business up, exit the sign-up process to go back to the standard Instacart experience.

Instacart Business and Instacart+ benefits

Instacart+ offers all members $0 delivery fees on eligible orders of $35 or more. You must meet the $35 order minimum for each retailer and on each order through Instacart. Additional fees, taxes, and tips may apply.

Instacart Business accounts get these additional Instacart+ benefits—

  • Share Instacart+ benefits with up to 4 additional business members through Shared Instacart+ (benefits shared may vary). Note that the Instacart+ membership must be purchased on an Instacart Business account. Learn more about adding users and sharing Instacart+ benefits in the Manage your business account Help Center article
  • Instacart Business Owners can use their Instacart+ membership on both their Business and personal accounts if they have them
  • Get a 2% Credit Back on eligible orders over $250

Instacart+ memberships purchased on Instacart Business accounts don’t include Family Sharing through a personal account.

For more information on Instacart+ and its benefits, check out our Instacart+ benefits Help Center article.

Tax exemptions

Eligible Instacart Business customers may qualify to make tax-exempt purchases in certain states.

View and manage tax exemptions

  1. Select Account at the bottom of your screen.
  2. Select Business profile settings.
  3. Select Tax exemptions.

Upload tax exemption certificate

You can upload tax exemption certificates through the tax exemption page—

  1. Select Account at the bottom of your screen.
  2. Select Business profile settings.
  3. Select Tax exemptions.
  4. From the tax exemptions page, select Add new certificate.

You’ll be directed to a third-party vendor portal that accepts new certificates. Complete all information and upload your certificate.

You can add 1 certificate per state. The certificate appears under the Certificates section of the Tax exemptions page immediately after uploading.

Note, certificates expire. You receive an email with reminders to upload a new certificate before the certificate expires.

Identifying tax-exempt retailers

Qualifying tax-exempt retailers appear as a tag on the Business home screen. Each individual Business account needs to upload their own tax certificate.

You can also filter for tax-exempt retailers from the home page—

  1. At the top of the home page, select Show all to see a full list of stores in your area.
  2. Scroll through the gray filters at the top and select Tax exemptions.

If you need more help, select Tax exemptions under the support section of the Tax Exemptions page.

W-9s available to Instacart Business Customers

The W-9 form is available to Instacart Business customers who shop on the Instacart platform.

Note: The W-9 doesn't expire unless there is a change at your organization, such as a change in name, TIN, or address.