[GNC] Max number of Accounts

[R Losey]

It appears from how GnuCash functions that it assigns an internal ID to
each account and thus, the number of accounts is limited by the number in
use.  If there is no other restriction on accounts (such as Asset accounts
are all in the same range), then the internal ID number is likely to be
limited by what kind of a number is used; a 16-bit number would support
over 65,000 accounts; a 32-bit number (more likely) would support over 4
billion accounts... Even 65,000 seems like a lot.

But a developer would have to tell you this for sure.


On Fri, Dec 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) <
stan+gc at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> On 2025-12-05 09:07, Christopher Treen wrote:
> >
> > But my question is a simple one: Is there a MAXIMUM number of Accounts,
> > or file size? I currently have 53 parts with one Account per Part Number
> > to track stock levels. This WILL grow with time.
> >
> > Thanks in advance, Chris
>
> Hi, Chris!  Welcome to GnuCash!
>
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