Account Structure & Tools

Meta Business Manager

By the AdFlint research team · Last reviewed July 2026

The ownership and permissions layer that holds ad accounts, Pages, pixels, catalogs, and the people or agencies granted access to them.

Now surfaced as business settings inside a business portfolio, this is where assets are claimed, partners are added, payment methods live, and roles are assigned. You set it up once, then work daily in Ads Manager or Business Suite. The classic error is letting an agency create the portfolio or ad account: ownership sits with them, and reclaiming a Page, pixel, or spend history afterward is slow and sometimes impossible.

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