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title: "Setting up Cost Categories"
description: "What are Cost Categories, and how to set them up in Bramble."
url: https://support.brmbl.io/en/articles/8239771-setting-up-cost-categories
collection: "How to setup Bramble"
updated: 2025-07-24
language: en
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# Setting up Cost Categories

What are Cost Categories, and how to set them up in Bramble.

Cost categorization and cost category reporting are essential financial management practices that help businesses organize and track their expenses effectively. By categorizing costs and generating comprehensive cost category reports, businesses can gain valuable insights into their spending patterns, make informed decisions, and optimize resource allocation.

Bramble provides organizations with a mechanism to create a customizable list of Cost Categories that can be applied to any and all production tasks being completed by their people.

Anyone with Account Admin access can create Cost Categories by simply following the below steps:

1.  Go to **Settings** section of the menu
    
2.  Select **Check-ins**
    
3.  Click on the **Create** button in the top right of the screen
    
4.  Type in the **Name** and **Description**
    
5.  Hit **Save**
    

The Cost Category will now appear in the Cost Categories list and by available for people to select on the [Check-in](https://support.brmbl.io/en/articles/6963808-the-check-in-screen.md) screen.