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Business Limits and Locked Businesses

What locked businesses mean, how business limits are shown on the selection screen, and when Work Planner sends you to upgrade or add a bolt-on.

Work Planner TeamApril 13, 2026

The business selection screen does more than list your businesses. It also shows how your current plan or bolt-ons affect which businesses stay available.

Locked Businesses

  • Upgrade to access label: appears on a business row when that business is currently outside the allowed business limit.
  • Cannot be selected: locked businesses are faded and cannot be ticked into the current session.
  • Edit button hidden: once a business is locked, the normal edit action is no longer available from that row.

Count Badges

Owned businesses can show a count badge such as 2/3. That is a quick way to see how many of your owned businesses are currently sitting inside the allowance for the account.

Create New Business Card

  • Create Business: appears when you still have room to add another business.
  • Upgrade / Add Business: appears instead when the business limit has been reached and Work Planner knows where to send you for more capacity.
  • Limit message: if there is no direct upgrade link available, the card still explains that the business limit has been reached.

What Usually Unlocks More Businesses

  • Plan changes: moving to a plan with more business capacity can unlock businesses again.
  • Business bolt-ons: adding a business bolt-on increases the allowance without requiring a full plan change.
  • Restoring capacity: if a business or business bolt-on was previously cancelled, restoring it can also change what is locked.

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