# Model buyer organizations

Learn how to model B2B buyer organizations using Business Units, Stores, and inheritance.

**Learning objectives**

After completing this module, you should be able to:

- Explain how B2B extends B2C on a shared data model and identify the resources B2B introduces.
- Design Business Unit hierarchies for different buyer organization structures.
- Determine Store assignment strategies and predict inheritance behavior across a Business Unit hierarchy.
- Evaluate same-project versus separate-project architecture for running B2B alongside B2C.

**Agenda**

1. [How B2B extends B2C](/learning-model-b2b-commerce/model-buyer-organizations/b2b-commerce-what-changes.md)
2. [Business Units: Company and Division](/learning-model-b2b-commerce/model-buyer-organizations/business-units-company-and-division.md)
3. [Stores and Business Units](/learning-model-b2b-commerce/model-buyer-organizations/stores-and-business-units.md)
4. [Learning check](/learning-model-b2b-commerce/model-buyer-organizations/learning-check.md)

**Prerequisites**

- [Stores and Channels](/learning-model-your-business-structure/stores-and-channels/overview.md) module from the [Model your business structure](/learning-model-your-business-structure) learning path.

**Audience**

- Functional Architects and Solution Designers responsible for evaluating platform capabilities and recommending B2B modeling strategies.

## Related pages

- [Area overview page with navigation](/learning-model-b2b-commerce.md)
- [Next page: How B2B extends B2C](/learning-model-b2b-commerce/model-buyer-organizations/b2b-commerce-what-changes.md)